National Geographic My Shot

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National Geographic My Shot My Shot is your chance to have your own National Geographic web page. Here you can create and share albums, puzzles, and games based on photos you upload.

To get your own My Shot page, start by submitting your best photo to Your Shot.

Two photos are selected for publication each month in National Geographic and 12 are published daily at ngm.com.

Once you upload a photo, you can create a My Shot page. Begin by uploading up to 100 of your favorite images.

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Official web site: ngm.nationalgeographic.com/myshot

Rules: ngm.nationalgeographic.com/your-shot/rules

Submit your photos: ngm.nationalgeographic.com/your-shot/submit

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Copyright: You grant to National Geographic Society and its subsidiaries and licensees ("NGS") the following rights: a royalty-free, worldwide, perpetual license to display, distribute, reproduce and create derivatives of the Photograph, in whole or in part, without further review or participation from you, in any medium now existing or subsequently developed, in editorial, commercial, promotional and trade uses in connection with NGS Products. An NGS Product is defined as "a product of NGS, a corporate subsidiary, affiliate, joint venturer or licensee of NGS, in any language, which is associated with an NGS trademark and over which NGS has Editorial Control." For the purposes of this Agreement, "Editorial Control" means the right to review, consult regarding, formulate standards for, or to exercise a veto over the appearance, text, use, or promotion of the product. This license includes the nonexclusive right to make the Photograph available to third parties (i) for library or other research uses through microfiche, microfilm, or any other archival storage and retrieval form, including but not limited to electronic databases and document delivery services; and (ii) for distribution in connection with an NGS press conference or press release.
Eligibility: Anyone
Entry fee: Free
Entry deadline: Monthly

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11 Responses to “National Geographic My Shot”

photographyVoter.com, on March 1st, 2008 at 9:12 pm Said:

National Geographic “My Shot” - Photo Opportunity…
You can now submit your photos to National Geographic web site and have a chance to see them on the main page!…
Foto ReD, on March 29th, 2008 at 6:52 pm Said:

Roberto Magni nato a Bologna 24 genn 1967 collabora co riviste e giornali di tutto il mondo realizza reportages di viaggio ritratti e foto mongolfiere fotografa con fotocamere Canon EOS e obbiettivi dal 16mm al 600mm
Richard Nixon, on July 20th, 2008 at 12:28 am Said:

You’d have to be crazy to do this. You’re giving them your work, for free, forever . . . on the off-chance you’ll get your picture published?
Andrew, on July 20th, 2008 at 7:00 am Said:

Richard, in some way I agree with you.
Beware!!!, on August 20th, 2008 at 2:06 am Said:

THIS IS A TOTAL SCAM!!! As are many of these contests. If you read the fine print in the agreements, you’ll find that they get to use your image for perpetuity for free for whatever purpose they wish.
That means they will use your images to advertise and promote their own agendas. Don’t allow big companies and publishers to exploit you as an artist!!!
Larry Bender, on September 18th, 2008 at 9:58 pm Said:

Do not waste your time. The editors have no idea what a good photo is.
Chris Oquist, on September 21st, 2008 at 2:19 pm Said:

What a sleazy rights grab from a publication that appears to respect photography.
Steve Miller, on November 24th, 2008 at 5:00 am Said:

Agred. This is another rip-off scam to grab hundreds of photos for their greedy commercial purposes…for FREE. I feel sorry for anybody who turns over their photos to these crooks.
John Doyle Photography, on December 30th, 2008 at 8:01 pm Said:

I agree with you lot. There are too many offering us the chance to publish our work, with no reward. If you think that your work is that good then you dont need to go to these cowboys to get your work shown off… watch out for FREE competitions,, nothing is FREE
Luke Cooper, on January 27th, 2009 at 4:13 pm Said:

Absolutely not worth losing all control over your images. Who do they think they’re going to doop into doing this?
Charles E. Lawson, on March 7th, 2009 at 3:05 am Said:

If I thought this was not an attempt to steal once in a lifetime photos I would enter a photo that people who have seen it rate as one of the best they have ever seen but after reading your copy right notation No can do.