PHOTO CONTEST INFORMATION

We invite you to share your unique perspective on our planet by entering Nature in Focus: The Nature Conservancy’s 2013 Digital Photo Contest.

Eligibility: Worldwide

Free to Enter

The grand-prize winner’s image will be printed on the cover of the 2015 Nature Conservancy calendar. Other finalist images will also be featured throughout the calendar. All entrants featured in the calendar will receive a copy of the calendar.

What to submit

Images submitted to this contest should highlight the diversity of life on Earth including: the connection between people and nature, plant life, birds and wildlife in natural habitats.

Photographs that showcase the wide range of habitats are also encouraged, including:

• Forests
• Grasslands
• Freshwater (lakes and rivers)
• Deserts and arid lands
• Marine (coral reefs, oceans and coasts)

Photographs that showcase the wide range of habitats are also encouraged, including: Forests, Grasslands, Freshwater (lakes and rivers), Deserts and arid lands, Marine (coral reefs, oceans and coasts)
Please do not include photographs of pets or domestic animals. Images of captive animals photographed in zoos and commercial game farms are also prohibited, however photos from state and national wildlife preserves are allowed.

Copyright and usage of entry: You will retain all rights to any photograph you submit — including ownership if applicable.

You only grant The Nature Conservancy rights (as described below) to your photograph if you are honored by the competition as an honorable mention, finalist, runner up or grand prize winner. Before you are formally honored by the competition, The Nature Conservancy will contact you to confirm that you wish to grant us rights to your image as described below.

If your photograph is formally honored by the competition as an honorable mention, finalist, runner up or grand prize winner, you grant The Nature Conservancy a royalty-free, nonexclusive right, in perpetuity, to:
Use the photograph on the Internet in support of our mission.
Use the photograph in The Nature Conservancy’s non-commercial communications.
Provide your photograph to other individuals and organizations for non-commercial use, TNC-related use in news stories, newsletters, reports, slide shows, displays, web pages, and the like.
Use, in connection with the Photo Contest, your name, city, state and country of residence in promotions and other publications.
Keep the files provided, and to archive the images on CD or in other electronic forms, so that your photos can be used to support our mission and be properly credited.

As conditions of this permission, The Nature Conservancy shall credit all photographs with the caption “© Person’s Name” when the full name is available.

Deadline: September 07, 2013

Website: http://my.nature.org/photography/contest/

Celebrating the variety of wildlife, our Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2013 competition is open to professional, amateur and young photographers alike.

We are looking for striking images exhibiting photographic excellence with high quality and good composition that capture the essence of nature in four categories:

1. Native Wildlife – flora and fauna native or resident in the British Isles
2. Cute and Funny – mother nature at her cutest or most amusing
3. Marwell Wildlife residents
4. Marwell Wildlife endangered – species at Marwell specifically classified by IUCN as endangered or critically endangered

All categories will have prizes awarded for one adult and one junior winner (children aged 15 and under).

An overall adult and junior winner will be decided from the winners of the above categories – see below for the prizes!

Eligibility: UK only

Entry Fee: Entry to the competition costs £5 for adults and is FREE for juniors. Don’t worry if you’re struggling to find your top 5 photos to enter – you can enter twice and up to 10 images if you like.

Prizes
Overall winner : Overseas trip for one person with photography tuition supplied by Wildlife Worldwide and worth over £1,200
Annual subscription to Practical Photography Magazine
Stunning photo book worth over £34
Signed copy of Heather Angel’s book – Exploring Natural China
Colour nest box & feeder cam system from Gardenature worth £129
All category winners prizes

Overall Junior winner : One to one day session & overnight accommodation with Wild Arena out and about at a UK Safari Park and in the Wild Arena studio for two people worth £445!
Powertraveller powermonkey extreme plus aquastrap worth over £120
Annual subscription to Practical Photography Magazine
Stunning photo book worth over £34
Signed copy of Heather Angel’s book – Exploring Natural China
All category winners prizes

Category winners (4 x Adult, 4 x Junior): Marwell Wildlife annual membership x 1 year
Hama traveller mini pro tripod worth £40
SanDisk memory card (16GB) worth £25
Camera Spirit Level worth over £14
Prints on display at Marwell Wildlife from end 2013
All runners up prizes (excluding family day pass)

All runners up (4 x Adult, 4 x Junior): Family day pass to Marwell Wildlife
Prints on display at Marwell Wildlife from end 2013
A3 print of your image provided by City Photographic, Southampton

People’s Choice Winner : 1 x Face to Face penguin encounter
Family day pass to Marwell Wildlife

Copyright and usageright: Entrants grant Marwell Wildlife a perpetual, irrevocable, non-exclusive license to use the work for all purposes connected with the competition and Marwell Wildlife, including but not limited to post-promotion publicity.

Deadline: September 14, 2013

Website: http://www.marwell.org.uk/photocomp/

What can nature tell us? For centuries – if not millennia- Human Beings have found ways to relate to nature, to derive meaning from our interaction between the elements, flora, and fauna- be it simply capturing a beautiful scene with the local animals or creating a meaningful and fable-like composition. For this exhibition, we want your unique take on the classic theme of nature. All international artists, professional and amateur and all art mediums will be considered in this call for entries from photography to wall sculpture, fabric, mixed media, all paintings and drawings including, oil, acrylic, pastels, ink, graphite, etc. Work must be able to be hung on a wall to be considered. Video submissions will be displayed online only.

Accepted entries for this online exhibition will be judged again for a collective live exhibition at our Pasadena Gallery. The artists will be asked if they wish to submit their artwork for the live collective exhibition, which is not a requirement to being a part of the online exhibition.

Eligibility Open to all artists internationally. To amateurs and professionals alike.

Entry Fee $35 for 3 entries $5 for each additional

Prizes N/A

Limit of Entry N/A

Copyright N/A

Deadline 06/12/2013

Contest page  http://linusgallery.com/call-for-entries/nature-speaks-july-1/

All Winning images will be in the November issue of PDN and in an extended online gallery and will be exhibited at the 2013 PDN PhotoPlus Expo and seen by 20,000 attendees! PDN will be hosting a winners gallery happy hour during the tradeshow.

Eligibility: Open to all photographers, worldwide.

Entry Fee: $35 per entry

Prizes and categories:

• FOOD AND STILL LIFE
• FIRST-PLACE CATEGORY WINNER PRIZE: A one-week photography workshop courtesy of Maine Media Workshops.
• OBJECTS AND INTERIORS
• FIRST-PLACE CATEGORY WINNER PRIZE: The new Apple iPad and 12-month subscription to Adobe® Creative Cloud.
• BELOVED (Significant others, friends, children or pets.)
• FIRST-PLACE CATEGORY WINNER PRIZE: A Fujifilm FinePix X100 camera.

All Winning images will be in the November issue of PDN and in an extended online gallery and will be exhibited at the 2013 PDN PhotoPlus Expo and seen by 20,000 attendees

Copyright: You grant PDN the right to use the entry in exhibitions and promotions in print and online when directly related to the PDN Objects of Desire contest for 24 months.

Deadline: 30 July 2013

Website: http://www.pdnobjectsofdesire.com/index.shtml

Are you an aspiring photographer looking to showcase your creative flair? Nokia, a global leader in mobile communications, has partnered with Talenthouse and Dazed & Confused to give 3 aspiring photographers the chance to join Nokia’s official media team at the 2013 Burton High Fives in New Zealand. The aim is simple: to discover the best ‘urban city/street style’ themed photo captured in ‘low light’ conditions.

The 3 winning photographers will have a chance to join Nokia’s official photography team on a road trip in New Zealand – one of the most beautiful places on earth – and have their work featured in influential style magazine: Dazed & Confused.

Eligibility: Worldwide

Free to Enter

Prizes:

3 winning portfolios will be selected by Nokia and Dazed & Confused to receive:

1. An all expenses paid VIP trip to the 2013 Burton High Fives in New Zealand in August where they will have a chance to experience the magnificent scenery of New Zealand and capture their experience through the lens of the Nokia Lumia 925
2. Their final work to be printed in the September issue of Dazed & Confused

We respect the opinion of the public and the highest voted will certainly catch our eye. The highest voted is given a new Nokia Lumia 925.

How to enter
Submit your photo which can be taken on any device making sure it expresses the creativity and mentality of the urban lifestyle through low light photography. This could be fireworks, individuals with a real character, smoky gigs, moody street scenes, neon lights or wherever your imagination takes you.

Copyright and usage right
The Work must be entrant’s own original work, created solely by entrant; must not have been previously published, released or distributed in any form; must not have won any award; and must not infringe the copyright, trademark, privacy, publicity, or other personal or proprietary rights of any person or entity.

Upon Sponsor’s request, winners agree to sign any and all legal forms deemed necessary to license or assign all right, title and interest in and to the Work, including without limitation, all copyrights associated therewith, in exchange for the Prizes.

By entering the Contest, entrants irrevocably grant Sponsor, its subsidiaries, divisions, affiliates, designees, clients, sponsors, licensees, and advertising and promotional agencies, an unlimited, worldwide, perpetual, non-exclusive, royalty-free, unconditional license and absolute right to edit, post, publish, store, copy, transmit, publicly display, and exhibit, the Work (in whole or in part) in connection with the Contest and/or the promotion of the Contest.

Deadline: July 10, 2013

Website http://www.talenthouse.com/photograph-for-nokia-in-new-zealand

The Travel Photographer of the Year (TPOTY) photo contest is run by photographers for photographers. Whether you are amateur or professional, beginner or expert, young or old, wherever you live in the world, TPOTY is for you!
Choose your categories: TPOTY 2013 has:
a. Three Portfolio categories – Monochromal, Vanishing & Emerging Cultures and Wild Stories b. Two single image categories, – One Shot and First Shot c. New Talent category d. HD Video category, Travel Shorts e. Young Travel Photographer of the Year award (with two different age groups) f. The Cutty Sark Award for the overall winner and Travel Photographer of the Year 2013 g. 10 special single image awards, each with a different theme – 10 For 10
Choose the category/ categories you wish to enter and are eligible for. You can enter any category more than once apart from New Talent. However, New Talent can be entered along with other categories that you are eligible for.
By submitting two or more ‘Portfolio’ categories you will be automatically considered and eligible for the Cutty Sark Award and title ‘Travel Photographer of the Year’.

Eligibility Worldwide   18+

Entry Fee 15 GBP / Young TPOTY Free

Prizes:
The Cutty Sark Award for the overall winner of TPOTY 2013 will receive 5,000 GBP plus a complete set of Cutty Sark’s award-winning range of blended whiskies and a true one-off a unique, personalised Cutty Sark surfboard
ONE SHOT – Extraordinary: Join cazenove+loyd’s Inspired Journey to Morocco’s High Atlas Mountains and the walled city of Marrakech from April 27th to May 3rd 2014.
PORTFOLIO – Vanishing & Emerging Cultures: The stunning Fujifilm X-Pro 1 camera with three prime lenses.
NEW TALENT – Metropolis: Receives the Fujifilm X100S
YOUNG TRAVEL PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR – Crowded Planet EMERGING TALENT AWARD: Receives the Fujifilm X20
HD VIDEO – Travel Shorts: Receives the new Fujifilm FinePix HS50EXR
FIRST SHOT – En Route – YOUNG TRAVEL PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR – Crowded Planet: Receives the Fujifilm XP60 outdoor camera.
PORTFOLIO – Monochromal: The Yosemite/Mariposa County Tourism Bureau, San Francisco Travel and Sonoma County Tourism Bureau are offering a prize of 7 nights’ accommodation, car hire, and inspiring, once in a lifetime photography experiences taking in the iconic sights of these 3 destinations.
NEW TALENT – Metropolis, YOUNG TRAVEL PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR – Crowded Planet, EMERGING TALENT AWARD, FIRST SHOT – En Route
The two winners of the beginners category, First Shot, will win a place on one of Photo Iconic’s two day, UK-based photography courses.
The winner of the New Talent category will receive a Photo Iconic portfolio critique of their work.
Placed photographers in other categories, as listed above, will also receive a Photo Iconic critque to help them progress their photography to the next level.
CATEGORIES – Young TPOTY, New Talent – Metropolis, Extraordinary and Wild Stories
The winners of the New Talent award and Wild Stories portfolio category, the Young Travel Photographer of the Year and the runner up in One Shot – Extraordinary: Receive a personalised Plastic Sandwich leather portfolio for a print portfolio or an iPad 2 or 3 Folio for their digital portfolio.
PORTFOLIOS – Vanishing & Emerging Cultures, Wild Stories and Monochromal : Receive a 24″ giclee exhibition quality print of their selected image printed by Genesis Digital Imaging.

Copyright: The copyright always remains with the photographer. TPOTY is on the Pro-Imaging.org’rights-on’ list.

Deadline October 01, 2013

Website: http://www.tpoty.com/home

The 2013 British Baseball Photography Competition is accepting entries until the end of September. Photographers are invited to
submit up to 24 photos over the course of the competition. A prize of £100 in photography vouchers is on offer to the winner, generously donated by BSUK. The competition is listed by the Photography Competitions Network.

Eligibility UK 18+

Prizes 100 GBP in photography vouchers for the overall winner.

Deadline September 30, 2013

Copyright NA

Website: http://www.projectcobb.org.uk/photography.html

The Aperture light Wedding Photography Contest 2013. Enter your most outstanding wedding photographs in the contest, Winners will be selected by the judges of Aperture Light and will be published on the last week of November 2013.

Eligibility: Worldwide

Entry Fee $10

Prizes:

• Certificate of Achievement – Overall and Category winner will get certificate of achievement.
• Portrait Professional software standard edition to overall winner.
• 5,000 Photo Plan for 1 Year ($200 value) to overall winner from shootproof.com

Contest categories

• Getting Ready,
• Ceremony,
• Couples Portrait
• Reception.

Copyright and usage right: Entrants guarantee, upon entry submission, that their works are solely their own, and that any and all third party releases and permissions have been obtained for any elements in the photograph that require such.  All entrants understand that any image submitted to the competition may be used by The Aperture Light for the promotion of the contest.

Deadline November 30, 2013

Website: http://theaperturelight.org/

PhotolisticLife is pleased to offer you the ability to publish your Photo Journal stories right from the website. In the new streamlined process you will create your own Photo Journal and submit it. After being reviewed, and meeting the high standards of PhotolisticLife, it will be published on the site.

Eligibility: Worldwide

Prizes: $300 cash prize

Free Entry

Copyright: By entering the Contest, entrant represents, acknowledges, and warrants that the submitted photograph is an original work created solely by the entrant, that the photograph does not infringe on the copyrights, trademarks, moral rights, rights of privacy/publicity or intellectual property rights of any person or entity, and that no other party has any right, title, claim, or interest in the photograph.

Usage Rights: By entering the Contest, all entrants grant an irrevocable, perpetual, worldwide non-exclusive license to Authorized Parties, to reproduce, distribute, display and create derivative works of the entries (along with a name credit) in connection with the Contest and promotion of the Contest, in any media now or hereafter known, including, but not limited to:
Display at a potential exhibition of winners;
publication of a book featuring select entries in the Contest;
publication in ebooks or online highlighting entries or winners of the Contest.

Entrants consent to the Sponsor doing or omitting to do any act that would otherwise infringe the entrant’s “moral rights” in their entries. Display or publication of any entry on an Authorized Party’s website does not indicate the entrant will be selected as a winner. Authorized Parties will not be required to pay any additional consideration or seek any additional approval in connection with such use

Deadline: October 15, 2013

website http://photolisticlife.com/4551-2/

Considering that beyond its message, photography is also a cultural expression of Man, a feeling and an atmosphere, the Images Humaines group has decided, supported by the Paris City Hall and the 4th District City Hall, to create an International Photography Fair in the heart of Paris.

With this aim will be organized « La Quatrième Image », the first free-entry international photography fair, at lʼEspace des Blancs-Manteaux in Paris. This event will be held annually on the first week of November.

In 2013, La Quatrième Image will take place over 6 days, including a week-end – from the 31st of October to the 5th of November.

La Quatrième Image will be reserved to photographers, as well as photography galleries both French and from around around the globe, who will expose their artists’ work. Renowned professionals from the world of photography will form a committee and hand out the Exhibition Prize to the best photographer at the end of the event.

La Quatrième Image will be a non-profit cultural event presented by the Images Humaines group. Entry will be free along with a certain number of activities such as portfolio readings, and workshops aimed at initiating children to the world of images.

This ambitious project finds its true meaning in the particular attention paid to both the public and the talented photographers
themselves, as well as professionals from this sector. This event will be foremost a window on today’s world of photography, a cultural bridge accessible by all, without regards to age, education, or social status.

To take part in the fair and reserve a stall, interested photographers and galleries must submit their candidacy online at: www.laquatriemeimage.com

Candidacy deadline: June 30, 2013

The list of selected photographs will be announced on the 15th of July 2013.

Eligibility: Wordwide

Entry Fee: 35€

Prizes: The Fourth Image Award (value of 3000€) will be awarded to the best photographer selected by our jury.

Limit of Entry: 5

Copyright Applicants will retain all copyrights on their photos. Selected photographers will need to sign a contract allowing us to feature their work in our exhibition and in our catalog, but will still retain their copyrights.

Usage of Entry
Submissions will be kept at the jury’s discretion. Selected photographers will have their work exhibited in our Paris fair and published in our 2013 catalog.

Deadline 06/30/2013

Contest page http://laquatriemeimage.com/?lang=en

This month, we want to see your best images of wildlife in motion. Photograph species as they stalk and devour their prey, attract a mate, provide for their young, learn through play and maintain their appearance.

Eligibility: Worldwide

Free to Enter

Copyright: You remain the owner of the copyright in any original User Contribution that you submit.

Deadline & Voting
The final date for submissions is 23.59pm GMT on 30 June 2013.
The final date for voting is 31 July 2013.

Website: www.discoverwildlife.com/

Life Framer is a monthly photography award and curated exhibition for the present day. It’s a platform designed to source creative work
and showcase outstanding photography. Our aim is to bring exposure to talented photographers from all over the world: your talent, your vision, your life.

Theme
The June competition theme is “A Journey”. Possible reference points include: cultures, people, customs, travels, landscape, the ordinary or the magical. This is our lead but feel free to go any direction you want.

Judge
This month’s judge is Nirrimi Firebrace; an internationally awarded and acclaimed photographer with an untamable thirst for adventure and precocious talent for amazing images

Eligibility Worldwide, 18+

Entry Fee 1 image = $10, up to 3 = $20, up to 5 = $30

Prizes
• The monthly winner:
- US$400 cash prize
- Your image printed, framed and displayed in our end-of-year
exhibition
- Your image exhibited on our website and spread across our social
media
- An interview featured on our blog
- Feedback from our guest judge

• The monthly runner-up:
- Your image printed, framed and displayed in our end-of-year
exhibition
- Your image exhibited on our website and spread across our social
media
- Feedback from our guest judge

Limit of Entry 5 images maximun

Copyright Entrants retains full copyright of their photographs

Deadline 06/30/2013

Contest page link http://www.life-framer.com/