Photocompete

• Copyright: Entry in the competition allows photographs chosen as the winner or for special mention to be reproduced, published, and/or exhibited for promotional purposes, only as they pertain to the Banff Mountain Photo Essay Competition and Banff Mountain Festival.
• Entry fee: Free
• Entry deadline: 4th May 2020
• Who can enter: Open to all photographers, worldwide.

Submit photo essays to illustrate your mountain related stories whether they are culture, adventure, wildlife, sport, environment, or natural history.

Awards:

• The Winner will receive a $2000 CDN prize and an opportunity to attend the 2020 Banff Centre Mountain Film and Book Festival to receive their award.
• The winning essay will be displayed as part of the 2020 Banff Centre Mountain Film and Book Festival exhibitions.

The Grand Prize winner will be announced in June 2020

Each essay submitted should consist of three to five images. Photo essays can be sequential in nature, intended to be viewed in a particular order, or they may consist of non-ordered photographs which may be viewed all at once to reveal their character and dynamics.

Judging criteria: effectiveness in conveying the mountain story through composition, technique, content, and originality of well-edited images.

Image requirements: 1024 x 768 pixels; 72ppi; JPG format; no larger than 1MB in file size; sRGB colour space; no  watermarking or digital mattes, frames, or  borders.

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