Photocompete

• Copyright: Entrant grants Sponsors a license to use the entry and his/her name, city and state of residence for credit purposes in Sponsors’ online galleries, without further compensation; and for promotion of the contest and the Sponsors.
• Entry fee: Free
• Entry deadline: 13th December 2010
• Who can enter: Open to legal residents of the 50 United States or District of Columbia, 18 years of age or older and who are a student of an accredited college or university enrolled in a photography course or a professional photographer with up to five years of professional experience.

Categories:

• Fashion/Beauty
• Fine Art
• Photojournalism/Sports

Prizes:

• Grand Prize Winner Package (1)
  • Cash Prize of $10,000;
  • Canon EOS 5D Mark II DSLR (ARV: $2,499);
  • Canon EF 24-105mm ƒ/4L IS USM Lens (ARV: $1,249);
  • Canon PIXMA Pro9000 Mark II Professional Inkjet Photo Printer (ARV: $499.99);
  • Datacolor Spyder3Elite (ARV: $249);
  • Publication in the March/April 2011 issue of Digital Photo Pro; Publication in the Digital Photo Pro Emerging Pro online gallery.
• Three First Place Winner Packages (one per category)
  • Cash Prize of $1,000;
  • Datacolor Spyder3Elite (ARV: $249);
  • Publication in the March/April 2011 issue of Digital Photo Pro;
  • Publication in the Digital Photo Pro Emerging Pro online gallery.
• People’s Choice Winner Package (1)
  • Online publication of the winning photo in the Winners Gallery;
  • Datacolor Spyder3Elite (ARV: $249).

Judging Criteria:

• Adherence to Theme
• Composition
• Creativity/Originality

Entrant may submit up to five (5) photographs (each, an “entry”) per Category (as defined below). Photos must be submitted in .JPG or .GIF format and cannot exceed 4MB in size each.

Official website: www.digitalphotopro.com/emerging-pro.html