Photocompete

• Copyright: Entrants retain the copyright and other equivalent rights to their entries. The organizer reserves the right to publish entries to its public social networking service accounts and the website throughout the submission period in order to publicize the contest.
• Entry fee: Free
• Entry deadline: 15th December 2014
• Who can enter: Open to all photographers, worldwide.

Categories:

• Category A: Theme “HOME”, single photo
• Category B: Theme “HOME”, photo story (two to five images that present the theme.)
• Category C: Open theme, single photo
• Category D: Open theme, photo story (two to five images.)

Prizes:

• Grand Prize
  One prize will be awarded in each of the photography and video categories. Each winner will receive a trophy, an award certificate, and Nikon products equivalent to 1,000,000 yen, 500,000 yen in cash and the opportunity to show his or her portfolio on the Nikon Photo Contest Website
• 1st place
  1 award per category. The winners will receive a trophy, an award certificate, and Nikon products equivalent to 500,000 yen and the opportunity to show their portfolios on the Nikon Photo Contest Website
• 2nd place
  5 awards per category. The winners will receive a trophy, an award certificate, and Nikon products equivalent to 200,000 yen.
• 3rd place
  10 awards per category. The winners will receive a trophy, an award certificate, and Nikon products equivalent to 100,000 yen.
• Participants Award for Most Popular Entry
  1 award. The winner will receive a trophy, an award certificate, and 500,000 yen.
• Generation N
  For the most promising entrants under age 19 with a fresh take on the world. 10 awards. The winners will receive an award certificate and Nikon products equivalent to 300,000 yen.

Contest results are scheduled to be announced on the website in June 2015. The winners will be notified through email by end of May 2015.

Entries for still photography categories (Category A, B, C, D) are limited to a total of ten works. Scans of photographs taken by film cameras are not eligible. Any digital still camera can be used. Online submission of digital only photographs via the website.

Image requirements: File size: Up to 20 MB per work; File format: JPEG/150dpi recommended; The standard color space for the judging process is sRGB.

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