Photocompete

• Copyright: You consent to the use of your award winning images, without additional compensation in any media or format for any purposes deemed appropriate by Olympus in the promotion of the BioScapes competition.
• Entry fee: Free
• Entry deadline: 30th September 2011
• Who can enter: Open to all, worldwide.

Submit images of life science specimens captured through light microscopes, using any magnification, any illumination technique and any brand of equipment.

Prizes:

• First Prize is the winner’s choice of Olympus microscope or camera equipment valued at $5,000.
• Nine additional winners will also receive valuable prizes from Olympus, and many more will receive recognition as honorable mentions.
• Selected winning images also become part of a traveling exhibit tour of museums and academic institutions.

Each person entering can submit up to five movies, images, or image sequences (such as time lapse series). Entries must include information on the importance or "story" behind the images. Winners are notified in late October and are announced publicly in November. ultiple images that the entrant wants considered together as a single sequence must be consolidated into a zip file for submission.

Official website: www.olympusbioscapes.com