Photocompete

• Copyright: Photographers retain ownership of copyright to their submitted entries.
• Entry fee: From $9.95 per single image entry (from $4.95 per single mobile phone image)
• Entry deadline: 9th April 2011
• Who can enter: Open to all who are 18+ years old, worldwide.

Categories:

• Landscape
• People
• Festivities

Awards:

• First Prize in each Category: $500
• Second Prize in each Category: Weekend Stay at the Renaissance Washington, DC Dupont Circle Hotel
• Third Prize in each Category: Nikon Coolpix S3000
• Finalists: 91 Additional Images to be Selected
• Winners and Finalists will be Shown in Projection and/or Exhibition Form During the 2011 FotoWeek DC Festival, November 5-12, 2011

Images requirements: JPEG or TIFF format, at least 1,000 pixels on the long dimension. Any or no color profile may be used. Only online submission.

Judging criteria:

• Creative vision (34%)
• Originality (33%)
• Technical competence (33%)

Official website: cherryblossom.fotodc.org/