| Copyright | You retain full rights to their photos, including ownership, and will also grant to the Civil War Trust a non-exclusive, worldwide, irrevocable, royalty-free license to reproduce, distribute, and display the submitted photos for promotion purposes. |
|---|---|
| Eligibility | Open to all photographers, worldwide. |
| Finish | 16 August 2013 |
| Entry fee | Free |
Finished
Show us your best Civil War battlefield photos of 2013!
Categories:
- Civil War 1863
- Civil War Battlefields
- People on Civil War Battlefields
- Preservation Threats
- Then & Now
Awards:
- Grand Prize
One winner will receive a Civil War Trust Photo Contest 2013 plaque and their photo will be included in various Civil War Trust presentations, both online and offline. The Grand Prize winner will also receive a one-year Civil War Trust membership and complimentary registration to our 2014 Annual Conference. - First Place winner in each category
Five winners total will receive a Civil War Trust Photo Contest 2013 plaque and their photos will be included in various Civil War Trust presentations, both online and offline. The First Place winners will also receive a one-year Civil War Trust membership (or membership extension). Additionally, the winner of the “Then and Now” category will receive a free registration to The Center for Civil War Photography’s 2013 Image of War seminar. - Second and Third place winners in each category
Five second place and six third place winners will receive a Civil War Trust Photo Contest 2013 plaque and their photos may be included in various Civil War Trust presentations, both online and offline. - People’s Choice winner
Civil War Trust members and other participants will choose one winning photo from a collection of 40 photo finalists. The People’s Choice winner will receive a Civil War Trust Photo Contest 2013 plaque and their photo will be included in various Civil War Trust presentations, both online and offline. The People’s Choice winner will also receive a one-year Civil War Trust membership (or membership extension).
Winners Announced: September, 2013
Image requirements: JPEG, GIF, PNG, and TIFF format; at least 5 MB.
Online submission via Flickr. Do not forget to tag your images. You may enter as many photos as they would like into the contest, but each photo may only be entered into one of our contest categories.
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