Annual Competition

 

ELIGIBILITY

    • Prints and digital images shown at a monthly competition during the past competition year (Jan – Dec) are automatically eligible.  They will automatically be entered in the same type of competition (print or digital) and in the same category.  Images entered in a special theme category during the year will automatically be entered in the Creative category.
    • Prints and digital images can be added and made eligible during the special year-end entry period.
    • A print or digital image that won a first, second, or third place award in a previous annual competition cannot be eligible in this year’s competitions in the same category.  A print that won a previous Anne MacKenzie competition is not eligible for the Anne MacKenzie competition.
    • A list of your eligible prints and a list of your eligible digital images will be available on-line at 10 PM December 27 in the Competition Entry area on your member area main page.  Your prints can be accessed with the ‘My 2012 Print Entries’ button and your digital images can be accessed with the ‘My 2012 Digital Entries’ button.
    • An image may be entered in more than one category by uploading the same image several times and submit it into different
      categories.
    • An image may be entered in the print competition and the digital competition but not in the same category.
    • Limit on the number of entries per category:
      • PRINTS – 3
      • DIGITAL – 3

ADDING ELIGIBLE ENTRIES DURING THE YEAR-END ENTRY PERIOD

    • Prints that were not shown at a monthly competition during the past competition year can be added during the year-end print entry period (10 PM December 5 to 3 PM December 16).  As in the monthly print competitions, you can enter a print during this entry period even though the print isn’t actually finished or printed yet.  (The print doesn’t have to be physically ready until it is turned in.).
    • You can add a maximum of 9 prints with no more than 3 prints in each category.
    • Digital images that were not shown at a monthly competition during the past competition year can be added during the year-end digital image entry period (10 PM December 16 to 3 PM December 23).  Completed digital images must be submitted at this time.
    • You can add a maximum of 9 digital images, with no more than 3 digital images in each category.

PREPARING AND ENTERING PRINTS

    • Prints must be prepared according to our guidelines for entering prints in a competition, which can be found with the “Print-Digital GUIDELINES” link near the top of our home page.
    • Prints can be entered into the annual print competition on-line between 10 PM December 27 and 10 PM January 18.
    • Using the link on our home page, go to the Competition Entry page and log in.
    • Click on the “My 2012 Print Entries” button to see your eligible prints.
    • Select the prints you’d like to include in the annual competition from the far right column.  You can select no more than three per category.
    • When you’re ready to submit your choices, click the “Submit Your Changes” button.
    • You can change your selections and resubmit your changes until 10 PM on January 18.
    • Once you’ve submitted some prints, you’ll be able to generate a cover sheet by clicking on the “Print Your Cover Sheet” button, and you’ll be able to generate new mat labels (if needed) by clicking on the “Print Your Original Labels If Missing” button.
    • To minimize the risk of damage to prints and mats, each print should be enclosed in a clear plastic envelope and a group of prints should be submitted in a portfolio or flat box designed for holding prints. (Prints will not be accepted in a plastic or paper bag.) This also lessens the burden on those transporting the prints. (To ensure the return of your print envelopes, write your name or initials in one corner. Because the judge may review the prints while they are in their envelopes, please use envelopes that are in good condition with your name or initials showing only on the back side of the envelope.).
    • Place an ID label on the back of each mat (in the upper left corner), and make sure that each label correctly identifies its corresponding print.
    • Inside each print container that you submit, include a cover sheet showing the full title (for Nature, Latin names are optional) and category of each print in the container.  This document is important because it allows the print chair to keep track of your entries and to verify that the prints you submitted match the prints you intended to submit.
    • Place a label on the outside of each print container showing your name.

PREPARING AND ENTERING DIGITAL IMAGES

    • Digital images must be prepared according to our guidelines for entering digital images in a competition, which can be found with the “Print-Digital GUIDELINES” link near the top of our home page.
    • Digital images will be entered into the annual competition on-line between 10 PM December 27 and 10 PM January 18.
    • Using the link on our home page, go to the Competition Entry page and log in.
    • Click on the “My 2012 Digital Entries” button to see your eligible images.
    • From the far right column, select the images you’d like to include in the annual competition.  You can select no more than three per category.
    • When you’re ready to submit your choices, click the Submit Your Changes button.
    • You can change your selections and resubmit your changes until 10 PM on January 18.

FINAL CHECK

    • Verify that all of your entries are eligible.
    • Make sure that each image has been entered only ONCE in the Annual Competition in a specific category.

SUBMISSION OF ENTRIES

    • Prints must be turned in to the print chair (or designee) by 10 PM January 18.
    • Digital images are entered via the digital upload page, as described above.
    • DEADLINE – the end of the club meeting on January 18.

ANNE MACKENZIE AWARD FOR FINE ART PHOTOGRAPHY

In addition to the usual awards in each category, and Print and Digital Images of the Year, there will be a special cash award of $200 in memory of member Anne MacKenzie who passed away in February 2008. This will be given to the club photographer whose print (any category) in the annual competition best illustrates originality and a creative vision, as determined by a separate judge who is a recognized fine-art photographer. During Anne’s 15-plus years in the club, she was an unwavering advocate for photography that conveyed these attributes. She had a very positive influence on many of the club members, which contributed greatly to the club’s reputation for high artistic quality. Her comments on this subject are well worth reviewing.  All prints entered in the annual print competition will automatically be entered in the Anne MacKenzie competition (except for previous Anne MacKenzie competition winners), and there is no other way to enter a print in the Anne MacKenzie competition.

RETURN OF PRINTS

Prints will be returned after the Awards Evening, which will be February 27, 2013.
 
QUESTIONS? 

Contact respective print or digital chairs for the competition year.

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