Photocompete

• Copyright: Photographers retain all rights, Sponsor has the right to publish winning images in conjunction with this contests.
• Entry fee: Single Entry: $45; Student: $25 ($10 more if submit after Jan 25th)
• Entry deadline: 17th February 2012
• Who can enter: Open to all photographers worldwide.

Categories:

Prizes:

• The $15,000 Arnold Newman Prize for New Directions in Photographic Portraiture.
• Adobe presents the Breakthrough Photography Award to celebrate artists creating compelling works through digital imaging. An award of $1,000 prize and Adobe® Creative Suite® 5.5 Master Collection will be given to the winner.
• The Marty Forscher Fellowship Fund cash award to one professional and one student winner.
• The Sony Emerging Photographer Award to one emerging photographer who will receive a Sony camera and a $1,000 cash prize..
• Ten winners will receive a Nielsen Photo Group membership which includes; subscriptions to PDN and Rangefi nder magazines, a PDN PhotoPlus Expo Gold Expo Pass, a PhotoServe portfolio and discounts on WPPI and PDN contests.
• PDN Editor’s Choice Award: one winner will receive a full-page self promotion ad in an upcoming issue of PDN.

One entry consists of one image. Online submission. You may submit unlimited number of entries.

Image requirements: JPG format; at least 1,000 pixels on its long dimension image size.

Judging criteia:

• creativity
• photographic quality
• effectiveness in expressing the contest theme

OFFICIAL WEBSITE: http://www.pdnphotoannual.com