Age Groups

YOUTH DIVISIONS

* 10 – 12
* 13 – 15
* 16 – 18

ADULT
Open to anyone over age 18

Categories

* Mississippi’s Natural Landscapes
* Wildlife Birds (Wildlife must be native to MS)
* Wildlife Other (Wildlife must be native to MS)
* People (People must be engaged in some type of outdoor activity – hunting, fishing, canoeing, hiking, etc.)
* Floral Macro (Subject should fill entire frame.)
* Macro (Wildlife / Nature – Subject should fill entire frame.)

Contest Rules

1. Entrants are limited to three (3) entries per category.
2. Each entry must have a completed registration form attached.
3. Entries must be received by the Mississippi Wildlife Federation no later than June 1, 2011.
4. No submission may be manipulated prior to entry (adding or removing objects that were not there when the photograph was taken, no special effects). Cropping is allowed.

Instructions

* Submit unmatted, unframed photograph as an 8X10 only. This rule applies to digital, film and slide photographs. Photo must be printed on a good quality photo paper.
* Attach completed registration form on back of each entry.
* Attach envelope in which negative is enclosed on back of each entry with your name and negative number printed on the envelope. If negative strip contains the negative of more than one entry, indicate the correct negative number on the envelope. If you submit a CD instead of negatives, make sure the JPEG image is 300 DPI and sized to an 8×10 for enlargement purposes. All photographs submitted may be placed on one CD. Slides are also accepted but photographs must be printed for judging purposes.
* Enclose $10.00 entry fee and mail to the Mississippi Wildlife Federation, 517 Cobblestone Court, Suite 2, Madison, MS 39110 no later than June 1, 2011. This fee is $10.00 per person NOT per picture entered.

Prize

The first place photograph in each category and age group will be enlarged courtesy of Digital Imaging Group , LLC (601/939-2008) to an 8X10 for display during the Mississippi Wildlife Extravaganza scheduled August 5-7, 2011 at the Trade Mart in Jackson, MS. These photographs will also be displayed on our website, www.mswildlife.org. From these finalists one will be picked as the Best Overall Photograph in both the Adult and Youth Divisions and awarded a $300 gift certificate each. New is the Judges Special Recognition Award, which may or may not be awarded annually. If awarded, the winner receives a $100 gift certificate. The winning photographs will also be published in MWF’s magazine, Mississippi Wildlife (possible cover) and other MWF publications. The overall winner in each division will be announced on stage at 4:00 p.m. Sunday, August 7, 2011. Pictures, negatives, slides and/or CDs will not be returned unless specified on the registration form. Finalists’ enlarged photographs may be used by MWF as display material for educational programs. Appropriate credit will be given to photographers.

Note: By entering photographs in this contest I grant the Mississippi Wildlife Federation unrestricted rights to use said photographs (not to be resold or for profit) as long as appropriate credit is given the photographer.

Download 2011 Youth & Adult Photography Contest Entry Form – (Remember to attach one entry form to the back of each photo submitted.)

Visit Official Website

Photo by Jason L. Price

The National Wildlife Refuge System has no equal when it comes to conserving our nation’s rich wildlife heritage. The over 550 refuges are home to more than 700 bird species, 220 mammal species, 250 reptile and amphibian species, and over 200 species of fish. Such a diverse array of wildlife means that the Refuge System contains both rare and common types of habitat — everything from southwest desert to arctic tundra. For 40 million visitors each year, refuges provide a welcome retreat to natural surroundings. That’s why we are pleased to conduct this exciting national wildlife refuge digital photo contest.

You can submit your National Wildlife Refuge System images on this site beginning May 1, 2009. There is a $10 entry fee per entrant.

Images can be of birds, mammals, insects, fish, other animals, plants, people, or refuge scenery, in short, almost any sight at a national wildlife refuge can be submitted for this contest.

Entries for the 2009 Contest must be submitted by July 15, 2009. Results will be announced in October 2009 in connection with Refuge Week.

Results of the contest will be prominently featured on our website. Selected photos will be added to NWRA’s digital Refuge Image Library, an online searchable gallery of images taken at national wildlife refuges. Click here to see a collection of all the winning images from the 2008 Contest.

Prizes will include the great products shown on the right. In addition, all photographers submitting an entry to the General Category will receive a complimentary one year membership in the National Wildlife Refuge Association (NWRA), the only organization working exclusively to protect, enhance and expand the National Wildlife Refuge System. See the Contest Prize Page for more information on these and the additional prizes offered by our contest partners.

Winning entries will be selected by two rounds of judging. The first round will select at least 200 images to be included in the NWRA Refuge Image Library. The second round will result in the selection of the top prize winners.

See the Contest Rules and Procedures for more information.

forrás: http://www.refugeassociation.org/

The categories of the Competition are:
(a) Plant Portraits;
(b) Wildlife in the Garden;
(c) Garden Views;
(d) People in the Garden;
(e) Trees;
(f) World Botanic Gardens;
(g) The Edible Garden;

The judges will select around 100 finalists whose photographs will be printed to exhibition standard and planned to be shown at a major exhibition at Kew Gardens, London in the summer of 2009, with substantial press coverage. All finalists will receive an invitation to the private view. Details of this will be announced later in the year.
One finalist will win the title ‘Garden Photographer of the Year’ and an under 16 finalist will win ‘Young Garden Photographer of the Year’.

Each category will have a winner and two runner-up prizes. An additional prize will be awarded for the best portfolio and there will be two portfolio runners-up prizes.

Prizes:

Best overall Single Image*: £5,000 cash and the title “Garden Photographer of the Year”

Best overall Portfolio: £3,000 cash, £2,000 Calumet Photographic Vouchers, plus more than £1,000 worth of vouchers from Manfrotto, Kata and Visible Dust

Best in Category (eg ‘Plant Portraits’): £700 cash, plus more than £700 in Kata, Manfrotto and Visible Dust vouchers

The competition costs £10 to enter. You can pay in British Pounds, Euros, or US Dollars.

As at 26.03.08 – £10 = €13 approx
As at 26.03.08 – £10 = $20 approx

(Note that the exchange rate applied will be that defined by the banking system; we do not have any control over this.)

First, you must choose which category fits your image best.

For £10 you can enter up to 4 photographs in one of the categories. If you wish to enter another category, then this costs an additional £10 for up to 4 photographs . You can enter as many photographs in as many categories as you like.

So you can, for example, buy 4 entries for ‘Plant Portraits’. You can then, if you wish, buy 4 more entries for ‘Plant Portraits’, or 4 more entries for a different category- it is entirely your decision.

Or you may choose to enter a portfolio of 6 themed photographs . This costs £20 per category entered. You can enter as many portfolios as you like.

So you can, for example, buy a portfolio entry for ‘Plant Portraits’. You can then, if you wish, buy a second portfolio entry for ‘Plant Portraits’, or a portfolio entry for a different category- it is entirely your decision.

As at 26.03.08 – £20 = €26 approx
As at 26.03.08 – £20 = $40 approx

Note that portflio photographs will not be judged as single images. They will only be judged as one of six themed photographs.

Preparing your Images

We recommend that you make your final decision on which photographs you are going to enter before you upload them to the competition.

You must have taken the picture on a camera that will enable good prints to be made from them for
the exhibition at Kew .This means that if your photograph is shortlisted, you will need to supply high quality jpeg images of around 1 megabyte as a minimum. More advanced users should aim to supply image files in 8bit TIFF format, with a filesize between 20-50 mb – this size would enable us to make larger prints if desired.

You can still be a winner with a small camera – commended pictures will also be shown in a special online gallery during 2009.

Digital manipulation by software such as Photoshop is allowed.

* Copyright: If your image is short-listed you will be contacted and invited to grant permission for your image to be used to promote the Competition and exhibition only. For avoidance of doubt, no free usage of any photograph is permitted by International Garden Photographer of the Year, or any of its partners or sponsors outside the scope of the International Garden Photographer of the Year competition and exhibition. There is no plan envisaged by International Garden Photographer of the Year, or any of its partners or sponsors, to create a general commercial archive of photographs entered into this competition.
* Eligibility: open to everyone, amateurs and professionals alike.
* Entry fee: £10 for single image and £20 for portfolio
* Third competiton opens: March 2009. Deadline Nov 30th 2009.

Official website: http://www.igpoty.com/competition.asp?parent=competition

and

Fritz Pölking Award 2009 – open for photographers worldwide

Online: possible from March 2009

Take part in this year’s contest “GDT European Wildlife Photographer of the Year” (GDT-EWPY 2009)!
As every year the “Gesellschaft Deutscher Tierfotografen” (GDT) invites all amateur and professional photographers from all over Europe to participate in this contest. The main object of the contest is to illustrate the high quality and the specific style of European wildlife photography by excellent pictures from Europe and all over the world and to promote general awareness for nature conservation through the means of photography.
There will be cash prizes for the winners as well as the runners-up of each category. The overall winner will receive 2 000 € in cash provided by Canon. The winning photographs of the contest will be presented to the public for the first time in an exhibition at the festival in Luenen. After the festival the exhibition will be shown at various venues in Germany and other European countries. All photographers whose pictures are selected will receive the exhibition catalogue. The overall winner as well as the winners and runners-up in each category will receive free tickets for the International Nature Photography Festival in Luenen.
Photographs can be entered in 8 different categories (Birds, Mammals, Other Animals, Plants + Fungi, Landscapes, The Underwater World, Man and Nature, Nature’s Studio) as digital photos or as slides.

In recognition of GDT founder member Fritz Pölking, who died in 2007, this prize will be yearly awarded by the publishing house “Tecklenborg” in cooperation with the GDT within the context of the contest “GDT EWPY”. This prize will be awarded for extraordinary work in the field of wildlife photography. This may either be a special wildlife photography project or a portfolio of individual photographs. The winner will receive 2 000 € in cash donated by Tecklenborg.
The Fritz Pölking Junior Award offers young photographers up to 25 years of age the possibility to win 1 000 € in cash, a travel voucher for a photography tour worth up to 1 000 Euro (both donated by Tecklenborg publishing house) AND hired professional equipment for the duration of the tour (donated by AC-Foto).
Closing date for both awards is 1st June 2009. Entry conditions and further information are available here.

Following the success of our national photography competition over the last two years, WWT and Nikon are once again challenging photographers of all ages to send in their photos of wildlife, landscapes and people at WWT centres.

As last year, the competition has three categories:

WWT Nikon Photo of the Year (general photography)

WWT Nikon Junior Photo of the Year

WWT Nikon Digiscoping Photo of the Year

Whether you’re a WWT member or a first time visitor, this is the perfect opportunity to show us what WWT means to you – in return, you’ll have the chance to win superb Nikon prizes worth over £5,000 in total and you might even see your photo published in WWT’s Waterlife magazine.

Entry form and competition rules are available to download here. For handy hints on how to take good photos as well as what to look out for, click here. Deadline for entries is Monday 7 September.

Hints from the judges

The judging panel, chaired by wildlife photographer Chris Packham, will be looking for variety, innovation and imagination as well as technical accomplishment. For example, your image might capture a special moment, depict specific behaviour or tell a story. It may feature a familiar iconic bird or insect, a frosty morning, or visitors enjoying a guided walk. Remember, we’re interested to know what WWT means to you so focus on capturing the essence of that special and unique world.

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National Talking Newspapers and Magazines

Snap away and help us raise money! We’re running a photo competition and the pick of the crop will be included in our fundraising calendar for 2010. The calendar will be professionally printed and there will also be an exhibition of the winning photographs.

The closing date for entries is 19th June 2009.

“This is a great opportunity for people to see their photos published and help raise much-needed funds for a unique charity at the same time,” says Thelma Hamilton, Fundraising Officer.

“National Talking Newspapers and Magazines provides a lifeline for 7,000 people, not just in the UK but around the world, by offering the same access to newspapers and magazines enjoyed by sighted people This helps blind and print disabled people achieve a level independence and choice most of us take for granted. We transcribe more than 200 popular titles enabling our subscribers to keep up-to-date with news and current affairs as well as a host of leisure and entertainment activities.“

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