Open to all photographers. Prize winners and honorable mentions will be exhibited during the Foto3 Conference, the first week of June, 2008, in Fort Collins, CO. There are two categories with one overall Grand Prize and several division prizes:


Overall Grand Prize: $2500


Student Competition

First Prize: $1000
Second Prize Black & White: $500
Second Prize Color: $500
10 Honorable Mention Awards
Master Photographer Competition
First Prize: $1500 (PLUS a Workshop session)
Second Prize Black & White: $750
Second Prize Color: $750
10 Honorable Mention Awards

Please note any technical details you care to share with the judges with each image submitted. Selected images will be published in an upcoming issue of View Camera and other magazines.

Entry Fees


$35 for three images (additional images may be submitted at $10 per image).
Students may enter three images for $15 ($5 each per additional image). Copy of student I.D. required with entry.

In all instances, the fees must include return postage or other prepaid return shipping (e.g., a FedEx label with your account number or credit card number) for all entries. Any entry that does not include the necessary return shipping labels or postage will not be judged and will be destroyed on receipt.

Submission Requirements

You can submit your work as a JPEG or TIFF file on a CD or DVD or as a print.
If you choose to submit your work as a print the print must be no larger than 20 x 24" (mounted or unmounted). Any larger prints will not be judged.
If you are submitting your work digitally, images must be submitted at 300 dpi by 7200 pixels in the longest dimension. Images must be in TIFF format for printing and reproduction purposes. Each file should be labeled with your last name, first name and image # (e.g., Smith_Sally_02TIFF).

Additionally, all entries, print and digital, must be accompanied by digital ‘thumbnails.’ These ‘thumbnail' images must be must be sized and saved at 72 dpi by 900 pixels in the longest dimension in JPEG format for viewing. Each file should be labeled with your last name, first name, and image # (e.g., Smith_Sally_02JPEG)

If you are submitting both TIFF and JPEG images on the same disc, they should be in separate folders, one marked JPEG and the other TIFF.

Name and title or identifying labels must be attached to the back, upper left-hand corner of each submitted print. Each submitted DVD or CD must also be similarly clearly labeled on both media envelope/box and on the disc itself. Unlabeled material will not be considered.

Due Date

Entries may be submitted between April 1, 2008 and May 1, 2008. No entries will be accepted before April 1, 2008 and none after May 1, 2008. No entries received before April 1, 2008 or after May 1, 2008 will be considered.

Return of Work

We will return your prints in the packaging you provide. Entries will be shipped by July 31, 2008.

Liability

We will make every effort to protect your submissions and handle all entries with utmost care. Foto3 is not responsible for damage, loss, or replacement of any submissions. Artists who desire to insure their work must make their own arrangements. If you insure the return of your work, include the entire completed insurance form. It must be stamped at the returning post office or noted on the shipping label to be valid. Foto3 reserves the right to reproduce accepted work for future contest promotion in both printed and electronic forms. Foto3 further reserves the right to publish the winning and honorable mention images. Artists retain all other rights.


Please pack your submissions carefully. Please remember, your fees must include return postage or other prepaid return shipping (e.g., a FedEx label with your account number or credit card number entered as appropriate) for all entries. Any entry that does not include the necessary return shipping labels or postage, or, a signed note that states, “return not required” will not be judged and will not be returned. After the judging is completed, Foto3 will destroy all submissions marked “return not required” and the unjudged submissions without the necessary return shipping documents. We will only return submitted prints. Under no circumstances will any CD’s or DVD’s be returned.

Fees may be paid by U.S. check, U.S. or International Money Order or by Credit/Debit Card.

Entry Forms will be available by December 1, 2007.