PHOTO CONTEST INFORMATION

Your entry for this contest should be a photograph of water drops (pretty self-explanatory based on the contest title, I’d say). The water drops can be on anything – a window, a flower, someone’s face, splashing in a puddle, in mid-air – wherever. Just make sure the main subject of the photograph are the water drops themselves (and not just a random photograph that happens to have water drops in it).

Eligibility: Worldwide

Free to Enter

Prizes:
If the winner is a Premiere Member, they will get to pick from one of the following bags:
- Lowepro Terraclime 100 (Grass Green)
- Lowepro Nova 160 AW Shoulder Bag (Chestnut Brown with Black Trim)
- Lowepro Toploader Zoom 45 AW Bag (Sea Blue)

Copyright: Photographers maintain all copyrights to their photographs. You agree to allow PhotographyCorner to display your entry in the voting galleries and other places on the site for the purposes of voting and display.

Deadline: June 03, 2012

Website: http://www.photographycorner.com/forum/showthread.php?t=104695

Photography, perhaps more than any other medium, seems inextricably linked to an increasingly complex modern world constantly unfolding in new and unexpected ways. Its ability to capture our cultural changes, the environments we inhabit, and the thoughts we keep play a vital role in giving us greater insights into our world and ourselves. In the 2012 Center Forward exhibit we are interested in exploring this unique quality of photography, therefore the theme is open and all subject matter is welcome.

Eligibility: Worldwide, The exhibition is open to all photographers world wide, both amateur and professional. The Center invites photographers working in all mediums, styles and schools of thought to participate in its exhibitions.

Entry Fee
Members: $20 for the first three images.
Non-Members: $35 for the first three images
Additional images may be submitted at for $10.
There is no limit to the number of images that may be submitted.

Prizes:
With selection for this exhibition, featured artist’s work will be seen by an international audience of collectors, curators, art consultants and other advocates of fi ne art photography. Each participant will be included in the center’s Main Gallery exhibition, Online Gallery exhibition, and Print Catalog. Select artists will also be included in an exhibition at RayKo Gallery in early 2013 and the Denver International Airport exhibition In the Fall of 2012. Ms. Jastrab and Ms. Glasgow will be available during the reception weekend for complimentary portfolio reviews for exhibiting artists.
2 Juror’s Selection: $425 each
2 liveBooks Website Awards: Valued at $399 from liveBooks.com
1 Blurb Book Award: valued at $250 from blurb.com
Honorable Mention Awards: 2 year membership and a three image
submission to a call for entry at the Center

Copyright: Artists whose submissions are chosen for the exhibition grant the Organizers the right to use their images for the purpose of marketing the exhibition, marketing the Center’s programs and subsequent display on the Center’s website of past exhibitions.

Deadline: Entries due: June 20, 2012
Notice of acceptance: June 29, 2012
Exhibition Dates: Sept. 7 – Oct. 20, 2012
Public/Artists’ Reception: Sept. 7, 2012, 6-9pm

Website: www.c4fap.org

Crossroads Trailer Sales of Newfield, NJ is having their annual 2012 Photo Contest. This year, they “are looking for your best animal photograph from your camping or RVing trip – whether it’s funny, silly, beautiful, or just interesting. Your entry must be a photo that you have taken, or a photo that someone has taken on your behalf.” The Grand Prize is $250 cash! Second is $100 cash, and third is $50 cash! The contest is open to anyone 18 years or older in the United States.

Eligibility: Only persons residing in United States who are at least 18 years of age can enter.

Free to enter

Prizes: The first place winner will be awarded $250. The second place winner will be awarded $100, and the third place winner will be awarded $50. The winners will be mailed a check to their mailing address.

Copyright: All entries that are submitted to this contest will be posted in a gallery on the Crossroads Trailer Sales Facebook page. By submitting your photo to this contest, you grant Crossroads Trailer Sales the right to publish your photo on their Facebook page, on http://www.crossroadstrailers.com, and reserves the right to use the contest entry photos and designs for promotional and commercial purposes

Timeline: The contest opens May 14th and runs until June 3rd, 2012. We will then have a week of judging, then announce the winners on June 11th, 2012.

Contest facebook page https://www.facebook.com/CrossroadsTrailers/app_208195102528120

Enter for a chance to win 1 of 220 prizes including 10 Business Class return tickets, 50 Economy Class return tickets, and up to 1.6 million Qmiles.

Eligibility: Worldwide

Entry Fee: Free to enter

Upload your photo into one of four image galleries:

• Magnificent Cities
• Vibrant Cultures
• Breathtaking Nature
• Exciting Journeys

You can enter up to 8 images (2 per theme ). Once you upload photos, share them with your friends to get votes.

Get 1 point for each of the following activities:

• Upload a photo: 1 point (up to 8 photos or 8 maximum points)
• Vote: 1 point (maximum 5 per day)
• Share via Facebook or Twitter: 1 point (maximum 5 per day)
• Refer: 1 points for every friend that joins the contest from your referral (Maximum 50 per day)

Copyright: Entrant must be the sole author and owner of the copyright of each photo entered. All submitted photos become property of Qatar Airways.

Website: http://reflections.qatarairways.com/contests/showpage/details

Rain represents and transmits diverse emotions in each and every one of us. For some of us, it represents nostalgia, and for others, it is simply relaxing. It transmits different types of feelings to us.

Transmit, through images, what you have been able to capture during a rainy day, or the traces that this has left behind – wet streets, splash-marked glass, umbrellas that come and go, or simply a stormy day. You can participate with your works created from illustrations or photographs. Show us that, to you, a rainy day is much more than an atmospheric phenomenon as we mentioned at the beginning.

Eligibility: Worldwide

Entry Fee: Premium membership

First prize: of 3.000 dollars cash to the author of the best gallery.

Second prize: there will be an exhibition in Spain of the 21 winning galleries that have been selected by a qualified panel of judges, from the first 100 pre-selected that have acquired the greatest number of votes, in Maxó Gallery from June 06 to June 13, 2013.

Third prize: 15 winners will receive a free one year membership as a Premium user.

Date of participation: from 14/05/2012 to 19/11/2012

Voting process: from 19/11/2012 to 21/01/2013

More details Rules available here pre6_bases-en-ingles

Website: http://blipoint.com/contests/

Photography education and entertainment site PhoozL launches with its inaugural photo contest featuring judging by photography legend Joel Meyerowitz. The theme is “Seeing the Light” or capturing those special moments when the light speaks to you. Joel Meyerowitz selected the contest theme and will pick the winners from a preliminary selection by the PhoozL Photo Pros panel. Submit up to five (5) photos relating to the theme (“Seeing the Light”). The capture date does not matter (new or archived), there are no processing/editing restrictions, and the best part of all is the top prize! The Grand Prize Winner receives a priceless one-on-one review of the winner’s photography by the iconic photographer Joel Meyerowitz himself. Second-place Prize is a free photo book selection from Course Technology PTR (a division of Thomson/Reuters). Third-place Prize is a year’s subscription to APERTURE Magazine. All prize winners also receive custom icons for display.

Eligibility: Worldwide, 18+, registration on PhoozL site (it’s free)

Entry Fee: None (free)

Prizes: Grand Prize Winner receives a priceless one-on-one review of the winner’s photography by the iconic photographer Joel Meyerowitz himself. Second-place Prize is a free photo book selection from Course Technology PTR (a division of Thomson/Reuters). Third-place Prize is a year’s subscription to APERTURE Magazine. All prize winners also receive custom icons for display.

Limit: Up to 5 submissions per person

Copyright:

• Entrants retain copyrights in their images, and copyrights will NOT be assigned to any other party, nor are there any Contest requirements asking Entrants to waive their copyrights.

• Entrants grant a royalty-free, irrevocable, perpetual, worldwide, NON-EXCLUSIVE license to PhoozL to reproduce and display any Entry, and any other content submitted by Entrant, in connection with and promotion of the Contest.

Deadline: June 4, 2012

Contest page: http://www.phoozl.com/photo-contests/seeing-the-light-2-2/

The Caribbean Travel + Life Photo Contest 2012 is here! It’s time to inspire and amaze us with your stunning Caribbean photography. Submit your favorite shots for a chance to win dream Caribbean trips, travel gear and, of course, bragging rights in the pages of Caribbean Travel + Life magazine.

Eligibility: Open to Worldwide, The Contest is open only to individuals who are eighteen (18) years or older at time of entry, excluding residents of Cuba, Iran, North Korea, the province of Quebec, Sudan, Syria, and any other jurisdiction where this contest is prohibited.

Entry Fee: $5 per photo.

category, from Anything Goes, Beach, Nature, People, or Scenic.

Prizes:

• Night Stay on a Private Island
• Night Stay in the U.S. Virgin Islands.
• Night Stay in St. Lucia
• Night Stay in the Bahamas
• Night Stay in Curacao
• $50 OtterBox Credit

Copyright: By entering, you represent and warrant that: (i) your entry is your own original work; and (ii) you have the legal right to convey the below-identified rights in your entry to Sponsor.  By entering, you grant to Sponsor a limited, non-exclusive, worldwide license to reproduce and republish your entry, along with your name and likeness, in any and all media, solely for the purpose of promoting the Contest or future related contests by Sponsor, without further permission, notice or compensation (except where prohibited by law).

Deadline: July 08, 2012

Website: http://www.caribbeantravelmag.com/photo-contest/2012/rules

Creative Asia Award OR Photography Contest is open to worldwide, Entries and the Entry Fee must be submitted by 13th June 2012 , the overall winner will get $5000 cash prize and more prizes to be won.

The Creative Asia Awards is revolutionary in its vision to evolve, include and educate its entrants. Entries will be accepted online as digital images. The entries will be judged online in a pre elimination round to determine the top 25 images in each of the 8 categories. All images judged online will receive feedback from the judges so even if you don’t make it to the finals you will still benefit from this experience.

Eligibility: Worldwide

Entry Fee: $35 / per image

Creative Asia Member Fee. Creative Asia members will receive their first entry into the awards at no cost. You may enter as many images as you wish, each additional image entered is USD$25.00.

This year the awards will offer a broader range of categories. These categories will be;

• Wedding Photojouranistic
• Wedding Open
• Portrait Environmental
• Portrait Open
• Illustrative / Abstract
• Landscape
• Commercial & Fashion
• Street & Travel

Prizes
The 2012 Creative Asia Photographer of the Year will receive a US$5000 cash prize!
Category Prizes: First place US$1000 cash, Second place US$500 cash, Third place US$250 cash
abd more prizes,

Copyright and Usage: You are the sole owner and author of each Entry

1. All entrants understand that any image submitted to the competition may be used by The Creative Asia Awards, and its Event Partners, for marketing and promotional purposes of the event only. You hereby grant Creative Asia Awards a non-exclusive, irrevocable license in each Entry throughout the world in perpetuity in all media for any use directly or indirectly connected with the Competition.

Deadline: 13th June 2012

Website: http://www.creativeasia.tv/Awards.php

Participate in the National Geographic Expedition Photo Contest 2012 , the contest is Free to Enter but open to USA and Canada only, the winner of the Expedition Photo Contest 2012 will get Trip for Two on our Galápagos Photography Expedition, last date for image submission is July 01, 2012.

Eligibility: USA & Canada / 18+

Entry Fee: None

Prizes: A Trip for Two on our Galápagos Photography Expedition

Copyright and usage: Upon Sponsor’s request, each entrant must provide a signed written personal release and/or license from all persons who appear in the Photograph submitted, authorizing use of the Photograph in Sponsor’s promotional catalog (in all media in which the catalog is published) to feature the winning entry, without compensation, permission or notification, unless prohibited by law. All releases must be in the form provided by Sponsor. Failure to provide such releases upon request may result in disqualification and selection of an alternate winner.

Each entrant retains the copyright to his/her Photograph(s), but explicitly grants Sponsor, its licensees, affiliates and their designees (collectively, the “Authorized Parties”) an irrevocable, nonexclusive license for the duration of copyright to use each Photograph for advertising, marketing, and promotional purposes, in any and all media now known or hereafter created, including but not limited to publication in catalogs, brochures, blogs, and websites, at Authorized Parties’ discretion. for more rules visit contest page

Deadline: July 01, 2012

Contest Page: http://www.nationalgeographicexpeditions.com/photocontest

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Freedom means something different to many different people. In this year, especially, freedom can be defined by many different views, many countries, many politics, many beliefs and many points of artistic views. Give us your best freedom art for this future exhibition.

All international artists, professional and amateur and all art mediums will be considered from photography, sculpture, fabric, mixed media, all paintings and drawings including, oil, acrylic, pastels, ink, graphite, etc.

Eligibility: Worldwide

Entry Fee: Cost: $35 for 3 entries, $5 for additional entries

Prizes: Those accepted artists will be asked to be a part of a collective show in the future months. The artists will be asked if they wish to submit their artwork for the live show, which is not a requirement to being a part of this (online) show.

Copyright: Artist maintains copyright. All entrants grant Linus Galleries the right to use or publish images of their work to promote the art exhibits or the art gallery. All accepted entries will be placed on this website or blog. All entries must be the original work of the entrant and must not infringe the rights of any other party. The entrants must be the sole owner of copyright in all photographs entered and must have obtained written permission of any people featured in the entries or their parents/guardians if children under 18 are featured. Artist is fully responsible to obtain all model or property releases.

Website: http://linusgallery.com/be-still-life-call-for-entries.html

2012 Wildlife and Nature Photography Competition started at photographyaward.org, contest is open to all, Entry Fee is $15 and winners will get Awards / Certificate and cash prizes, last date of image submission is June 15, 2012.

Eligibility: All photographers 18+ around the World

Prize description: The Gold Prize is a Title “The Best Nature Photographer 2012” – $1,000.00 cash prize and Gold Award Certificate.
The Silver Prize is a Title “The Best Nature Photographer 2012” – $300.00 cash prize and Silver Award Certificate.
The Bronze Prize is a Title “The Best Nature Photographer 2012” – $150.00 cash prize and Bronze Award Certificate.

Entry fee: $15

Copyright: The photographer keeps the copyrights and all other rights of submitted to Competition images. all entrants understand that any image submitted to the competition may be used by CIDPA, and its media partners, for marketing and promotional purposes of the event only, for three years after the Awards Ceremony on November 1st 2011 even though there may not be any monetary compensation. Any image used by CIDPA shall carry the photographer’s name.

Deadline: June 15, 2012

Website: http://photographyaward.org/contests.html

Skyscrapers and other buildings of steel, concrete and glass dominate the landscape of today’s cities. They are monuments to the skills and talents of the architects of the modern world. The landscape of a city is about the vertical view and about looking above toward the sky. This particular call for entry deals with tall buildings and the view from above and also below. TBM is seeking your best interpretations of the metropolitan scenery. Both color and black and white images will be accepted.Photographers retain copyrights.

Eligibility: Contest is open to all individuals 18 years and older, worldwide.

Prizes:
First Place: $500 (USD) cash prize
Second Place: $200 (USD) cash prize
Third Place: $100 (USD) cash prize
Three (3) honorable mentions will also be chosen.

Entry Fee(s):
$20 (USD) for first 4 images
(Up to 8 image entries may be submitted for additional fees)
Color and/or Black and White images will be accepted.

Copyright: Photographer retains full copyright

Deadline: June 28, 2012 (11:59PM CST)

Contest page:  http://terabellamedia.com/photo-contest/