Photocompete

• Copyright: The photographer retains the copyrights of submitted images. Any image used by CIDPA shall carry the photographer’s name. Any image submitted to the competition may be used by CIDPA for marketing and promotional purposes of the event only.
• Entry fee: From CAN$30. Discounts for early bird entries before 30 June 2011.
• Entry deadline: 5th September 2011
• Who can enter: Open to all photographers worldwide.

The main mission of the Canadian International Digital Photography Award is to discover and support new names in professional photography as well as to acknowledge new digital art of the experienced professionals through the International Photography Contest.

Categories:

1. Portraiture (people, glamour)
2. Nature and Wildlife (landscape, animals, urban, rural, wild)
3. Travel (scenic, travel, cultural)
4. Documentary (photojournalism, editorial photography)
5. Lifestyle 
6. Baby and child 
7. Commerce (services, products)
8. Advertisement 
9. Portfolio

Divisions:

• Professionals
• Beginners
• Students

Prizes:

• Gold Prize: “Photographer in Distinction 2011” & Cash Prize $10,000
• Silver Prize: “Photographer in Distinction 2011” & Cash Prize $ 3,000
• Bronze Prize: “Photographer in Distinction 2011” & Cash Prize $1,500
• Gold Beginners Prize: “Photographer in Challenge 2011” & Cash Prize $1,500
• Gold Students Prize: “Photographer in Achievement 2011” & Cash Prize $1,500
• 1st place winners of categories. Cash Prize $600
• 2nd place winners of categories. Cash Prize $400
• Intermediate winners. Cash Encouragement Prize $300 (will be announced in March, May, July and September 2011)

You can submit a Single Image, Series 2-5 images, Series 6 – 10 images, Portfolio. You may enter a minimum of 1 and a maximum of 10 images per category, and may enter as many categories as you wish, however you cannot enter the same image or series of images into more than one category. Image requirements: size under 5MB, saved as JPEG (.jpg) in RGB format and must be no longer than 2500 pixels on the longest side.

Official webiste: photographyaward.org