TPOTY Awards 2009

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Travel Photographer of the Year 2009 features three portfolio categories - Homeland, Natural Wonders and People of the World, and a One Shot category, on the theme Festival, Fiesta and Celebration.

In addition, it features New Talent, the award for students or those who want to start a career in photography, the First Shot beginners’ single image category, and Young TPOTY (for kids with cameras). There are even prizes for the best individual images within each of the portfolio categories, so plenty of chances for you to win a great prize, and the prestige of being a TPOTY winner!

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You can enter all the categories that you are eligible for as many times as you like. A portfolio is a set of images which fit together to tell a story with a theme. All TPOTY portfolios are four (4) images. Entries shot on either film or digital cameras are eligible for all categories. First Shot is for images shot on mobile phones, compact cameras and basic SLRs only. Images shot on mobile phones will not be accepted for any other categories.

Entering prints - download an Entry Form, fill in and send it to us with your prints.

Entering online - if you are entering online you will fill out an entry form as part of this process so you do not need to download an entry form.

Submitting images online? Follow this link to start uploading your photographs.

Official web site: tpoty.com

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Copyright: When you submit images to us, you agree that we may use them to promote the competition, issue to media to promote the competition, and feature them (if chosen) in TPOTY books, exhibitions and the website. We do not restrict what else you do with your images, and if we are approached to use your images in a way which is not to promote TPOTY, we negotiate a fee on your behalf or put you in touch direct with the person interested in your images. By entering TPOTY we ask that you allow us to use your images to promote the awards, in press coverage of TPOTY, in our exhibitions and in the TPOTY books. For any other usage we either ask your permission to negotiate a fee on your behalf or put the person/organisation wishing to use the image in direct contact with you.
Eligibility: Open to anyone except those directly involved in the organisation and judging. Any photographer, amateur and professional, aged 17 years and over from any country can enter the three Portfolio categories and the One Shot category. The New Talent, First Shot and Young travel Photographer of the Year categories all have restrictions on entry as follows: New Talent is for photographic students, amateur or semi-professional photographers only. Professional photographers are not eligible to enter this category and photographic status will be checked before any prizes are awarded. First Shot category is for amateur photographers only. Young Travel Photographer of the Year is for photographers aged 16 and under.
Entry fee: From £10 to £20
Entry deadline: 22 September 2009

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11 Responses to “TPOTY Awards 2009”

Rajat Kumar Das, on April 20th, 2009 at 6:45 pm Said:

Please waive the entry fee for participating in the competition as I can’t afford the entry fee in pounds from India.
Andrew, on April 20th, 2009 at 9:17 pm Said:

Sorry Rajat Kumar Das, I cannot waive the fee as I am not an organizer. Please contact them directly at http://tpoty.com/index.html
Chanchal Ganguly, on April 21st, 2009 at 9:26 am Said:

As per your fees is concern most of the photographer are not interested to participate in your contest because during the travel time, photographer already spend good amount of money in travel and other thing also, So if its possible you may can waive the fee for participate in the contest.
Andrew, on April 21st, 2009 at 11:09 am Said:

Chanchal Ganguly, I cannot waive the fee as I am not an organizer. Please contact them directly at http://tpoty.com/index.html
I doubt they will be able to waive it
Paul Watson, on April 22nd, 2009 at 1:10 am Said:

Yea , i am also in agreement , Its not economicly viable for anyone to enter this comp. I could pick up a lens ( 2nd hand ) for that ammount …
I feel that by placing a entry fee , its a form of discrimination to others across the world , and why would a Photographer PAY to GIVE someone ussage rights to thier photos ?
We take HUGE chances when entering compitions , we do not know what really happens to our photos , and if they are used in publications there is ussaly nothing we can do about it..
Did you see how many entries the Sony Awards got ? What a awesome experience to have entered in that comp.
Paul Watson
South Africa
Tina, on April 22nd, 2009 at 2:39 pm Said:

Hang on a minute, guys. No one’s forcing us to enter these things! There are some good free contests out there, sure, but most of the big ones do charge entry fees. The Sony one is an exception, but I wonder how much Sony spend to run it? They must be getting something out of it!
And you can always check a contest’s rules to see what they do with your images. I enter quite a few contests and, in my experience, the free ones are often the worse for claiming usage rights.
I’ve entered TPOTY in the past. Never won, but there you go! I’ll probably have another try this year!
Tina Clarke
Sydney, Australia
Andrew, on April 22nd, 2009 at 2:55 pm Said:

Tina, I am glad you wrote the above comment. Thank you!
By the way, would you like to share your experience of entering various contests and probably winning some? I will be happy to publish your story here for others to learn from
Lindsay, on May 7th, 2009 at 9:11 pm Said:

I’m new to entering photo contests, but I find this website interesting. I’m curious to know what the prizes are for this competition- TPOTY Awards 2009. Thanks.
Andrew, on May 7th, 2009 at 9:14 pm Said:

Lindsay, I think you can always ask this question to the organizers at tpoty.com
Gurdas Dua, FIIPC, FBAF, Hon.APASP, on July 1st, 2009 at 4:03 pm Said:

Entering into a photo contest with entry fee, to me is like a gamble. Sometimes I know I have very powerful images for a particular contest, where chances of winning are very bright, but I do not send my entries, because I am a photographer not a gambler.
Why should I ask to waive off the entry fee? May be it’s their buisness.
Syed mahfuz ali, on July 1st, 2009 at 11:36 pm Said:

“Entering into a photo contest with entry fee, to me is like a gamble. Sometimes I know I have very powerful images for a particular contest, where chances of winning are very bright, but I do not send my entries, because I am a photographer not a gambler.
Why should I ask to waive off the entry fee? May be it’s their buisness.” Gurdas Dua, FIIPC, FBAF, Hon.APASP @ thank you sir u just tell my own word, thanks again…
Mahfuz
photographer