The National Park Foundation (NPF) and Olympus recently announced a new photo contest. The 2009 Share the Experience Photo Contest will run from May 4, 2009 through December 31, 2009 and will accept entries that have been taken in any of the national parks in the United States.
The Grand Prize winner’s picture will grace the cover of the 2011 "Federal Recreation Lands Pass," and he/she will also win an Olympus E-3 digital single lens reflex (DSLR) Camera Kit, plus a five-day, four-night trip for four to the Federal Recreation Area of their choice.
National Geographic and Energizer have announced the second installment of the “Energizer Ultimate Photo Contest”. To participate in the contest one has to send a photo in one of six thematic categories: animals/wildlife, nature, travel, people and cultures, weather and inspiration/Keep Going. The 12 photos designated a Category Finalist will be posted online at nationalgeographic.com/energizer on Aug. 14, and voting will extend through Sept. 15.
The 3rd F/STOP International Photography Festival is now accepting submissions from photographers. This year's international competition is called "Where do we go from here?" and deadline for sending your work is 20th April 2009. The winners of the contest will be invited to the world's biggest portfolio review in Houston,Texas (USA) to present his/her work to famous directors, curators and artists.
The Plugin Site which can be accessed at http://www.thepluginsite.com/ recently announced the Postcard Contest 2009. The contest is divided into two topics; Best Purchased Postcard and Best Created Postcard. The first contest category asks people to buy a postcard at their place and write a witty or humorous message on its back. or the second category people should create a postcard of their own.
The Veolia Environment Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2009 photo contest is now open for entries. Last day for entry is 27 March (20 March for postal entries) and this year prize money is £10,000 for the overall winner and up to £1,000 for the category winners. Entry is free for the three youth categories, 10 years and under, 11–14 years and 15–17 years.
Photographers can enter online at http://www.nhm.ac.uk/wildphoto or by posting a CD of images to the competition office.
The 2009 Sony Campaign Award is a new photography based competition where the theme is “football”. The closing date for the Sony Campaign Award is 28th February 2009 and prizes include a Sony α900 DSLR camera, tickets to 2010 World Cup game and unique chance to be a Sony photographer.
The Kenko Group, which includes companies like Kenko, Slik tripods and Hoya filters have announced an international filter competition . The competition is open to anyone who has taken a photograph using any type of filter as entries are not restricted to just Kenko or Hoya filter users. All entries must be sent by 31 December 2009 and for full details including rules and application form please visit the Intro 2020 website at:http://www.intro2020.co.uk
Submissions for the “Leica Oskar Barnack Award” 2009 are now being accepted and one can send in their photographs till March 1, 2009. For more information head over to http://www.leica-oskar-barnack-award.com/. This year a “Newcomer Award” will be incorporated into the competition, which is open to photographer’s age 25 years and under. The winner of the “Leica Oskar Barnack Award” will receive 5,000 euros or, alternatively, Leica camera equipment to the same value.
Fantasea has announced a new photo contest for their customers. Those who use the company’s underwater equipment submit their photographs to the Fantasea website. The best photograph will be chosen as the new Fantasea screensaver and the winner will also receive a Fantasea Nano Single Pro Set, a complete lighting system that includes a Nano Flash, Tray, Flex Arm, Fiber Optic Cable and a Padded Housing Bag. For further information, please click here.
There is a new photography contest in the air however this one is restricted to only Tamron users. The theme for Tamron’s photo contest is “Americana - Photographs That Define American Culture” and the grand prize is the Tamron AF18-270mm F/3.5-6.3 Di II VC LD Aspherical IF Macro zoom lens—the world’s first 15X ratio zoom (a $599 value).
The contest is open to Tamron users residing in the United States and all entries must be received no later than October 31, 2009. For more information head over to http://www.tamron.com.
Corel has announced a new photo competition where the grand prize is a Sony® Alpha 300 DSLR Camera. The Corel Paint Shop Pro® Photo X2 ‘Before and After’ competition will be won by that individual who transforms a picture after enhancing it using Paint Shop Pro software.
1. Download your free 30-day trial of the award-winning Corel® Paint Shop Pro® Photo X2—Corel’s flagship digital imaging software package which provides easy-to-use, professional-quality photo editing at an affordable price
2. Go through your photos and choose the most dreadful photo that wasn’t worthy of a place in your album
3. Now, the transformation can begin. Using your downloaded trial of Corel Paint Shop Pro Photo X2, you can edit the photo as desired. Use the Unique Learning Centre for tips on what tools to use
4. When your work of art is complete and you are happy to reveal it, simply submit the two photos - both the ‘before’ and ‘after’ image by sending them to ‘beforeandafter@corel.co.uk’.
The 2008 Share the Experience Photo Contest is a new photography competition by the National Park Foundation and Olympus in partnership with the National Park Service, the Bureau of Land Management, the Bureau of Reclamation, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the U.S. Forest Service.
This contest will run from August 18, 2008 through December 31, 2008 and encourages Americans to explore and capture the federal land in their own creative styles.The Grand Prize winner’s winning image will grace all the 2010 "Federal Recreation Lands Pass,” and the winner will also an Olympus E-3 DSLR digital camera kit and a five-day, four-night trip to a Federal Recreation Land of his/her choice.
Citizens and legal residents of the who are at least 18 years of age can enter by submitting up to three photo entries online at www.sharetheexperience.org; or via mail in a hand-written, stamped envelope to:
Share the Experience Official Federal Recreation Lands Photo Contest
c/o ePrize, LLC
PO Box 8070 Royal Oak, MI 48068
The results for the 2008 Fujifilm Student Awards are in and the lucky winner is one David Wala from Newcastle College. Wala’s winning picture will now grace the cover of the re-issued version of Ralph Ellison’s 1952 masterpiece, Invisible Man. He also won £200 of Fujifilm Professional film, a library of 100 Penguin Classics titles and a copy of the book, ‘Seven Hundred Penguins’.
The opening date of the Nikon Photo Contest International 2008-2009 has been announced. Nikon will accept entries from 1 September to 30 November 2008. The theme of the competition is At the Heart of the Image and the contest will have town two categories. In the first ‘Free Subject’ category, photographers can submit any image that ignites from their imagination.
The second category is called My Planet, encouraging people to enter submissions that involve the environment, or scenes from daily life.For NPCI competition rules and entry form, please visit http://www.nikon-is-different.com/npci
Life's an Adventure National Parks is a new photography competition launched by National Geographic Traveler magazine. The "Life's an Adventure: National Parks" Reader Photography Contest begins May 29, 2008 and ends August 22, 2008 at 11:59 p.m. EDT. Entries must be received by August 31, 2008 at 11:59 p.m. EDT to be eligible. The contest is open to only U.S. citizens.
A new online photo contest has been announced by Renegade Photo Shoots. The theme is 'Not Normal’ and once can submit their interpretations online during the timeframe July 9 to August 6, 2008.
The winner will receive a gift certificate from Picaboo, an one-year subscriptions to Rangefinder and AfterCapture magazines, plus the publisher's latest Compendium of Winners album featuring outstanding images from the 2007 WPPI 16" x 20" print competition.
Olympus has announced a new contest, which would entail one lucky winner a VIP Pass for two to the European Grand Prix. Customers who take an E-System Test Drive in store have to fill out an entry form and ensure that the salesperson fills out his section, as both will receive the same prize. The promotion will run throughout the summer with the cut off date for entries being 12th September 2008.
House in Focus is a new global photography competition announced by Sydney Opera House and HP. The grand winner will get a chance to exhibit their winning shot at the Sydney Opera House, and will also win a HP TouchSmart PC.
Two runners up will receive a large scale canvas of their image, a roof tile from Sydney Opera House and a book, Building a masterpiece: the Sydney Opera House. Last date for submissions is July 30, 2008 and the winners will be announced on August 18, 2008.
Another photography contest for young adults was announced recently in the UK. The RSPCA Young Photographer Awards 2008 (YPA08), sponsored by Olympus and printing company Warners Midlands is now accepting entries by anyone aged under 19 on 1 September 2008.
The theme is animals and the competition is divided into four categories: under 12 years, 12 to 18 years, pet personalities and the Olympus portfolio.The deadline for entries is Monday 1 September 2008. More information, winning entries from previous years and top tips from wildlife photographer Chris Packham and RSPCA chief photographer Andrew Forsyth are available by logging on to http://www.rspca.org/ypa.
1. Entries must be received no later than Monday 1 September 2008 and should be sent to: YPA08, Publications Department, RSPCA, Wilberforce Way, Southwater, Horsham, West Sussex, RH13 9RS. Entries can also be submitted to the YPA08 website http://www.rspca.org.uk/ypa
2. Entrants must include name, age, address and the category they are entering as well as a maximum of 100 words describing their photo on an accompanying note. We are very sorry, but we cannot return photos. A photo cannot be entered into more than one category, but all photos are eligible to win the overall prize.
3. Full details of the competition, together with rules, can be found on the website.
4. Entries for the YPA08 competition will be divided into four different categories: under 12 years, 12-18 years, pet personalities and the Olympus portfolio. The best overall picture will be chosen from all the entries.
5. The overall winner will receive an Olympus digital E-420 camera, two lenses, a YPA08 trophy – plus the chance to join the RSPCA on an exclusive photoshoot for the day.
6. The winner of the Pet Personalities category will receive an Olympus 1030SW.
7. The Olympus portfolio will reward an individual whose body of work showed consistent quality. Entrants should pick five photographs that display their photography skills and make a great collection of images. One winner will receive an Olympus digital E-420 camera, two lenses and a YPA08 trophy.
8. The winner of the under 12 years category will win an Olympus SP-570 UZ camera and YPA08 trophy. There will be four runners-up prizes of Olympus FE-350 cameras.
9. The winner of the 12-18 years category will win an Olympus SP-570 UZ camera and YPA08 trophy. There will be four runners-up prizes of Olympus FE-350 cameras
Amateur photographer Jan Kostal of the Czech Republic is the grand prize winner of the Canon Fan Foto online competition. His image titled Muddy Playground, Bangladesh” was chosen by a panel of experts from Canon and Getty Images. In this particular contest any football related photo could be uploaded, and visitors to the site could rate their favourites using a simple ‘thumbs up’ or ‘thumbs down’ system.
Steve Rose, Director of Photography, Sport, Getty Images said: “The quality of imagery submitted to Fan Foto was very high and showed a good awareness of the entrants’ photographic skills, with many of the stronger entries managing to capture emotion, thoughtfulness and the spirit of the game. Jan Kostal’s winning image shows an excellent use of light and composition and is one which stood out from the crowd and, more importantly, highlights football is truly a global sport that can be played and enjoyed anywhere.”
ILFORD announced the sponsorship of the fourth edition of the festival Triestèfotografia. The Triestèfotografia is a photography exhibition and competition that will begin in Trieste, Italy, on the 24th of June, 2008 and continue with a series of exhibitions in Italy, Slovenia, Croatia, Germany and Austria that will run until September, 2008.
The official prize, named after the ILFORD award winning GALERIE GOLD Fibre Silk, will be given to the overall winner on June 24th in the Circolo delle Assicurazioni Generali, Piazza Duca degli Abruzzi, Trieste, at 11:00 a.m.
“We are delighted that ILFORD has accepted to support the Triestèfotografia festival”, said Isabella Bembo, the event manager. “ILFORD has long been associated with quality and expertise in the photographic arena and its GALERIE GOLD Fibre Silk paper is further proof that the company understands what professionals are really looking for. Fine arts photographers often depend on large, established organisations to promote their work and to bring their images to life and it’s a real credit to ILFORD that the company continues to support artists on a local level,” she concluded
New York photo retailer, SportsShooter.com in conjunction with Adorama is offering prizes to budding photography students. The top prize package is called The Essentials” and consists of photography gear worth $8,000.
Among the products to be awarded:
* Apple MacBook Pro Computer
* Nikon D300 Camera Body
* Nikon SB-800 Speedlight
* Nikon 18-200 f3.5-5.6 VR Lens
* ThinkTank Airport Security Rolling Case
* Pocket Wizard Plus Set w/ Nikon Remote Cable
* Cradlepoint PHS300 Personal Hotspot
* SanDisk 4GB Extreme III Compact Flash Cards
* X-Rite Color Munki Photo Calibrator
* X-Rite EyeOne Display II
* Induro Carbon Fiber Monopod
* Apple Aperture 2.0
* John Harrington's book "The Best Business Practices for Photographers"
"The digital photo market is such a dynamic marketplace for both photographers and manufacturers," said Jeffrey Snyder, Adorama's pro markets account executive, "We want to encourage the best of today's young photographers to experience the best equipment the industry has to offer. Adorama is very excited to be working side by side with SportsShooter.com for this terrific Educational/Student contest."
The Sony Ericsson World View 2008 Contest can now be accessed on the website http://www.sonyericsson.com/worldview. One of the biggest mobile camera phone competitions in the world, the contest now has a new People’s Choice prize which entails a trip of a lifetime worth £5,000/€6,250. The Experts’ Choice winner, chosen by Sony Ericsson’s panel of elite photography judges, will receive a once-in-a-lifetime trip worth £10,000/€12,500.
Reuters UK & Ireland Chief of Photography, David Viggers comments: “I am honored to have been asked to judge the Sony Ericsson World View competition for the third year running. This is a truly global competition that welcomes some of the world’s best photography from both amateur and skilled photographers.
Shutterbug enthusiasts can now start honing their photography skills as entries to the 32nd Nikon Photo Contest International will be accepted from September 1 to November 30, 2008. The Nikon Photo Contest International is open to all photographers world over.
This year's theme: "At the heart of the image"
" At the heart of the image" is not only the brand statement of Nikon Imaging Company, but it is also the theme of the 32nd contest. We have carefully selected categories as stated below and we look forward to receiving images expressing the emotions that are true to your heart.
This year's categories
1. Free subject:
Express yourself freely, as it moves you.
2. My Planet:
Express your world, whether that involves the environment, scenes from your daily life, or the people and things that stir your passions.
Olympus who are the official sponsors of the US Open and the Olympus US Open Series announced their second annual national sweepstakes. Lucky winners will be sent on the trip to the 2008 US Open Tennis Championships in Flushing Meadows, New York. Winners will receive a weekend getaway August 29-31, 2008, which will include hotel, airfare, spending money and two tickets to the Grand Slam tennis tournament.
Consumers purchasing an Olympus camera between May 13 and July 18, 2008 may register to win by completing a registration form at participating retail locations, entering online at www.getolympus.com/register, or mailing a postcard or letter containing their name, mailing address, email address and telephone number to: emg3, Shoot With the Pros, 215 Commercial St., Portland, ME 04101. Registration for the sweepstakes runs through July 18, 2008 and complete rules are available at www.getolympus.com/register.
Canon USA has announced a new competition to inspire the naturalist within all of us. The Canon Photography In The Parks Photo Contest invites participants to submit images of any park or monument in the USA from April 22nd to September 30th, 2008. Canon is also enhancing the photo contest by extending the age range of eligible participants to non-professional photographers ages 13 and up.
Prices include a trip to a park of the winner’s choice, and a full suite of Canon photographic equipment. For more info go to http://www.usa.canon.com/parks
The names of the finalists for the Garden Photographer of the Year 2008 contest have been put up on the website http://www.igpoty.com, so don’t forget to check if made it or not.
The Finalists’ photographs will be showcased on 22 May, at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Prizes include £5,000 cash for Best Single Image, £5,000* (includes £2,000 of Calumet photographic store vouchers) for Best Portfolio. There are also over £10,000 worth of vouchers from Manfrotto, Kata and Visible Dust.
The New Photographers Association of Canada Photo Competition was one the many competitions announced in the last few months. NPAC has now announced the finalists for the NPAC 2007 Pictures of the Year competition and one can check out if their images made the cut by visiting the image gallery. Finalists were selected from more than 2,200 images.
Another photography contest to be recently announced was the Rainforest Alliance ‘Picture Sustainability Photo Contest’. The contest is being sponsored by Fujifilm and is open to only US residents.
Winners will be chosen from the following categories:
- Wildlife on farms, forests or other natural habitats
- Landscapes (forests, waterways, flowers and plants, beaches, wetlands)
- Eco-tourism in Latin America (bird watching, hiking, surfing, scuba diving, kayaking and other nature activities)
- Macro (insects, flowers and plants, leafy vegetation, birds, reptiles and amphibians, mammals, textures)
- Conservation in action (people working to protect natural resources, including water, flora and fauna)
Tis the season of photo contests! The International Garden Photographer of the Year competition is yet another photo contest which will accept submissions till the January 31, 2008. The images will be exhibited at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, London, from May to September 2008 and the winners will receive over £25,000 (over $50,000) in prizes.
The winner of the Best Single Image will be awarded £5000 (approx. $10,071) cash prize and the photographer with the Best Portfolio will get £3000 (approx. $6042) in cash and loads of gift vouchers. For more details on the Garden Photographer of the Year 2008 contest head over here.
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The 3rd F/STOP International Photography Festival is now accepting submissions from photographers. This year's international competition is called "Where do we go from here?" and deadline for sending your work is 20th April 2009. The winners of the contest will be invited to the world's biggest portfolio review in Houston,Texas (USA) to present his/her work to famous directors, curators and artists.
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The Veolia Environment Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2009 photo contest is now open for entries. Last day for entry is 27 March (20 March for postal entries) and this year prize money is £10,000 for the overall winner and up to £1,000 for the category winners. Entry is free for the three youth categories, 10 years and under, 11–14 years and 15–17 years.
The 2009 Sony Campaign Award is a new photography based competition where the theme is “football”. The closing date for the Sony Campaign Award is 28th February 2009 and prizes include a Sony α900 DSLR camera, tickets to 2010 World Cup game and unique chance to be a Sony photographer. 
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There is a new photography contest in the air however this one is restricted to only Tamron users. The theme for Tamron’s photo contest is “Americana - Photographs That Define American Culture” and the grand prize is the Tamron AF18-270mm F/3.5-6.3 Di II VC LD Aspherical IF Macro zoom lens—the world’s first 15X ratio zoom (a $599 value).
Corel has announced a new photo competition where the grand prize is a Sony® Alpha 300 DSLR Camera. The Corel Paint Shop Pro® Photo X2 ‘Before and After’ competition will be won by that individual who transforms a picture after enhancing it using Paint Shop Pro software. 
The 2008 Share the Experience Photo Contest is a new photography competition by 
The results for the 2008 Fujifilm Student Awards are in and the lucky winner is one David Wala from Newcastle College. Wala’s winning picture will now grace the cover of the re-issued version of Ralph Ellison’s 1952 masterpiece, Invisible Man. He also won £200 of Fujifilm Professional film, a library of 100 Penguin Classics titles and a copy of the book, ‘Seven Hundred Penguins’.
The opening date of the Nikon Photo Contest International 2008-2009 has been announced. Nikon will accept entries from 1 September to 30 November 2008. The theme of the competition is At the Heart of the Image and the contest will have town two categories. In the first ‘Free Subject’ category, photographers can submit any image that ignites from their imagination. 
A new online photo contest has been announced by
House in Focus is a new global photography competition announced by Sydney Opera House and HP. The grand winner will get a chance to exhibit their winning shot at the Sydney Opera House, and will also win a HP TouchSmart PC. 
Another photography contest for young adults was announced recently in the UK. The RSPCA Young Photographer Awards 2008 (YPA08), sponsored by Olympus and printing company Warners Midlands is now accepting entries by anyone aged under 19 on 1 September 2008.
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The Sony Ericsson World View 2008 Contest can now be accessed on the website 
Shutterbug enthusiasts can now start honing their photography skills as entries to the 32nd Nikon Photo Contest International will be accepted from September 1 to November 30, 2008. The Nikon Photo Contest International is open to all photographers world over.
Canon USA has announced a new competition to inspire the naturalist within all of us. The Canon Photography In The Parks Photo Contest invites participants to submit images of any park or monument in the USA from April 22nd to September 30th, 2008. Canon is also enhancing the photo contest by extending the age range of eligible participants to non-professional photographers ages 13 and up.
The names of the finalists for the Garden Photographer of the Year 2008 contest have been put up on the website 
The New Photographers Association of Canada Photo Competition 
Another photography contest to be recently announced was the Rainforest Alliance ‘Picture Sustainability Photo Contest’. The contest is being sponsored by Fujifilm and is open to only US residents. 
Tis the season of photo contests! The International Garden Photographer of the Year competition is yet another photo contest which will accept submissions till the January 31, 2008. The images will be exhibited at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, London, from May to September 2008 and the winners will receive over £25,000 (over $50,000) in prizes. 
