Calls For Entry
October Gallery Show - Loving Golden Gate Park
The San Francisco Women Artists (SFWA) organization, located in the City’s Inner Sunset neighborhood, is pleased to announce a Neighborhood Arts Collaborative (NAC) Exhibition. Bay Area artists are invited to submit colorful, creative artwork for this juried competition. All 2D media except video may be submitted. Maximum width for any piece is 50" INCLUDING FRAME, unless prior permission from gallery has been obtained.
All submitted artwork must be for sale.
Please carefully read the Call for Entries for complete details.
The Intimate Portrait
The SE Center is looking for portraits that go beyond the surface and explore or reveal a deeper vision of the subject, showing an environmental context, capturing a telling expression, or a magical vision that does not exist outside the mind of the artist.
Our Juror for The Intimate Portrait is Joyce Tenneson. Tenneson is internationally lauded as one of the leading photographers of her generation, Joyce Tenneson’s work has been published in books and major magazines, and exhibited in museums and galleries worldwide. Her portraits have appeared on covers for magazines such as: Time, Life, Newsweek, Premiere, Esquire and The New York Times Magazine.
Tenneson is the author of sixteen books including the best seller, Wise Women, which was featured in a six-part Today Show series. She is the recipient of many awards, including Fine Art Photographer of the Year in 2005 (Lucie Awards), and the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Professional Photographers of America in 2012. In a poll conducted by American Photo Magazine, readers voted Tenneson among the ten most influential women in the history of photography. In the Fall of 2014, Fotografiska Museum, in Stockholm, Sweden, mounted a large retrospective of her work which was seen by approximately 30,000 people. Tenneson’s work has been exhibited in museums around the globe and is part of many private and public collections.
35-40 Selected images will hang in the SE Center’s main gallery space for approximately one month with the opportunity to be invited for a solo show at a later date. Openings are timed to coincide with the Village of West Greenville, Greenville, South Carolina's textile mill village turned arts district, First Fridays, a celebration of art, food and music.
Art Banner Project 2017 - Open Competition
San Francisco Women Artists (SFWA) invites all Bay Area artists to submit works based on San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park for a juried Art Banner competition. Funded through SF Grants for the Arts, the Loving Golden Gate Park banners will provide local artists an exciting opportunity to showcase their work in the vibrant Inner Sunset bordering Golden Gate Park.
Selected artworks will be reproduced on vertical banners installed on lampposts along Irving Street from 7th to 10th Avenues. Bay Area artists are invited to submit colorful, creative artwork for this juried competition. Images of local attractions, flora & fauna, landscapes, and abstracts are all welcome. Crisp designs that utilize the banner specs are desired.
PLEASE READ CALL FOR ENTRIES FOR SUBMISSION DETAILS.
6th Annual Photography Show & Sale
The Lodi Community Art Center and Gallery (LCAC) presents its 6th Annual Juried Photography Show. All interested photographers are invited to submit entries. Work must be original to the artist. Works accepted into a prior LCAC Photography Show are not eligible. LCAC reserves the right to reject any work that has unacceptable subject matter. All Items must be for sale.
Complete competition information can be found at www.lodiartcenter.org
Show Awards and Ribbons
- Best of Show $200
- 1st ($100) , 2nd ($75), 3rd ($50) and Honorable Mention for each category
- People’s Choice Gift Certificate/Hardware
PHOTOcentric 2017
PHOTOcentric is an international juried exhibition presented in The Riverside Galleries at Garrison Art Center located in Garrison, New York. It is open to amateurs & professionals in all photographic mediums. The juror Francis M. Naumann is an independent scholar, curator and gallery owner, specializing in the art of the Dada and Surrealist periods, including the noted photographers Man Ray and Naomi Savage. He is author of numerous articles, exhibition catalogues and books, including New York Dada 1915-25 (Harry N. Abrams, 1994), Conversion to Modernism: The Early Work of Man Ray (Rutgers University Press, 2002) and most recently, The Recurrent Haunting Ghost: Essays on the Art, Life and Legacy of Marcel Duchamp (2013). Mr. Naumann has organized museum shows for the Whitney Museum of American Art and the American Craft Museum in New York. He currently owns and operates his own gallery, Francis M. Naumann Fine Art, in New York City. In 2008 he opened his current gallery space with a photography exhibition titled “Teacher-Student / Student-Teacher: Man Ray, Berenice Abbott and Naomi Savage” which showcased the similarities that exist in the works of the three remarkable photographers.
Capitol Hill Arts Workshop Artist Residency
This residency provides an opportunity for a dynamic individual artist or artist team to create a new body of work, evolve an existing body of work, or develop a project in a stimulating, supportive environment. The residency encourages interaction, dialogue and exploration both within the CHAW artist community and city-wide. The residency offers six weeks of time and space to an artist or team of artists each year to experiment and realize new work. The right fit is someone who is interested in transforming the gallery space--and who is looking for a blank slate that is theirs, offering freedom, challenge, and openness to the artistic process, as well as a collaborative community element.
In 2018, CHAW will host the Gallery Resident Artist or Artist Team from March 1 through April 14.
Qualified applicants are professional individual artists or collaborative artist teams over the age of 18; the program is not designed for undergraduate students or commercial artists.
Artists must be available to work in the CHAW gallery during the six weeks of the residency. CHAW will not provide housing for Gallery Resident artists.
After reviewing all the applications, three artists or artist teams will be interviewed at CHAW by the Resident Gallery Manager and the CHAW co-directors.
The schedule for the 2018 CHAW Gallery Resident Artist Program is:
May 22, 2017 Announcement of Call for Entry
September 6, 2017 Midnight deadline for all submissions
October 2-13, 2017 Scheduled interviews with final three candidates
November 1, 2017 Announcement of CHAW Gallery Resident Artist for 2018
- Artists working in all media are welcome to apply, but CHAW cannot support the use of hazardous materials that require specific ventilation requirements.
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The gallery may be used only for art-making activities and educational/public programming associated with them.
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The Resident Artist is responsible for maintaining the gallery in a safe and reasonably tidy manner, and will not make alterations to the space without permission. The artist must leave the gallery in the state in which it was found and remove all belongings at the end of the residency.
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The Resident Artist is responsible for acquisition, insurance, and care of his/her materials and equipment. Artists who wish to use equipment that creates additional electrical use must obtain permission for each piece of equipment that they wish to use in their studios.
The Resident Artist will participate in the following during his/her residencies:
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Work in the studio at CHAW for a minimum of 10 hours/week.
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Welcome the public during exhibition opening receptions.
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Present an artist talk, workshop, screening, and/or other mutually agreed upon public event.
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Create documentation of the artist’s creative process during the course of the residency. This might take the form of blogging, video, journal, or social media, to be confirmed in conversation with the artist.
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Donate one piece of art to the show sponsor.
CHAW will provide:
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A $1000 stipend
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Print and social media promotion
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Opening reception for the public with refreshments
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Refreshments, if appropriate, for workshop or other public event
Application and Selection Process
Required materials include:
- Images: Submit 10 images of work produced during the last three years. Work samples can be a combination of high resolution jpgs and time-based media (*up to 10 minutes total).
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For collaborative teams, 10 images of collaborative work are required as well as a statement of the collaborative nature of the work.
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Two minutes of video, film, sound or performance documentation = one work.
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Image Requirements: 10 images of work are required. They must be in .jpg file format. Longest side must be 1280 pixels or greater.. Maximum file size 2MB per image. Files must be labeled in the following way: last name_title of artwork_1.jpg, last name_title of artwork_2.jpg, etc. The file number corresponds with the number on the list of works. (Ex. Jones_Untitled_1.jpg)
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One document containing the following information, in the following order (max 1000 words) :
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Resume/CV
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Artist Bio
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Artist Statement
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List of Works Form- Numbered list of artworks, corresponding to the file names of supplied images, and including medium, dimensions.
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Residency proposal (max 750 words):
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Describe your project, goals for the residency, and how you might engage with the community or use community resources. You may include a drawing or representative images to help describe your specific proposal.
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$35 application fee
All applications will be reviewed by a panel of artists and arts professionals.
All New England 2017
Cape Cod Art Association seeks submissions for All New England 2017. This annual open juried exhibit aims to honor the wonderful and vast region of New England from the shores of Cape Cod to the mountains of Vermont. This exhibit is open to all artists and any subject matter will be considered. There is a special award for Best New England Landscape. Over $2,000 in cash awards given.
Members must enter CCAA in the discount code box, then click apply for member discount. *Membership status will be verified*.
Entries due by September 8, 2017 by midnight.
Artist notification by email and posted on our website on September 22, 2017. All those who submitted jpegs will be emailed. If you do not receive an email by September 25th, contact kate@capecodartassoc.org.
The prospectus is available on our website.
This exhibit is being juried by Marc St. Pierre, Eli Cedrone, and Paul Goodwin. See our website for bio information. There is no personal feedback given by jurors.
The jury may accept a maximum of two works from any one artist. Payment is non-refundable and does not guarantee acceptance.
(Icon image by Loretta Yoder, "I'll Take One From Here", Oil)
DPA Contest - Fall 2017
The Northwest Tennessee Photography Club (NWTPC)
Invites Artists to
Participate in Our
Semi-Annual Photo Contest
All Winning Entries Will be Exhibited at
The Discovery Park of America (DPA)
Union City, TN
ONLINE ENTRY PROCESS:
This online contest is open to amateur photographers only. An experienced panel of photography judges will be selecting our winners. Subject is “I Love the Night Life“. Photographs must be original and created by the person who enters that image.
Cash Prizes Available: $100 for first place, $75 for second place, and $50 for third place.
To enter the contest:
- Save image you are submitting with its title for the name of your file.For example, image title is “Looking Back,”and image would be saved as lookingback.jpg.
- Register to enter at https://client.smarterentry.com/NWTNPhotoClub. There is a $5 entry fee per photograph entered.
- Upload a duplicated image that is resized to 72dpi, scaled 1024 pixels on longest side with maximum size of 2 MB.
Once the judges make their selections, the nine winners will be emailed instructions on where to upload a high resolution image that is at least 300 dpi quality, suitable for printing to 16 x 24” image size. A total of nine winning images will be selected for the Discovery Park of America exhibit that will begin in December 2017. Winning entries will be on exhibition for an approximate six month period.
CALENDAR:
June 19: Contest Begins. Online submission of entries opens.
September 11: All entries must be received to https://client.smarterentry.com/NWTNPhotoClub by 9:59 PM CENTRAL STANDARD TIME on this date in order to be considered.
Oct 9: Winners will be notified by this date. They must send a high resolution image that is at least 300 dpi quality, suitable for printing to 16 x 24” image size. Images will be printed on professional quality photo paper. Printing and framing of the winning entries is arranged and paid for by the NWTNPC, with individual photographers given credit for their image that is displayed at DPA. Winning images will be posted at www.nwtnphotoclub.com. Photos will only be returned by request with the owner paying for shipping costs.
Oct 30: Deadline for each winner to submit their large file image in order for their winning photo to be accepted is 11:59 PM CENTRAL STANDARD TIME.
OTHER RULES:
PEOPLE: Please include the name of each recognizable person, if any, in your photograph. It is the photographer’s responsibility to have the subject’s permission to enter his or her image in the contest. You must include the subject’s name and contact information with your submission.
SCORING: Each entry is assigned a score by each judge. A composite score is used to determine the overall winners of the contest. The three highest composite scores will be awarded the cash prizes.
FINAL ACCEPTANCE: Final acceptance of nine winning entries in DPA exhibit is up to the judges’ discretion after viewing the full resolution images.
AWARDS: First place will receive a prize of $100, second place will receive $75, and third place will receive $50. In addition, this is an opportunity to showcase your photographic art for tens of thousands of people to enjoy at the Discovery Park of America.
USE OF IMAGES: All entrants agree that any image they submit to this NWTNPhotoClub competition may be used for marketing and promotional purposes directly related to DPA and/or NWTNPhotoClub. This use may include, but is not limited to, publication in any printed materials, advertisements, electronic media, internet, social media, television, catalog, DVD, magazine, gallery shows, and online at www.discoveryparkofamerica.com or at www.nwtnphotoclub.com. Any image used by the DPA or NWTNPhotoClub shall carry a credit line of the artist. Copyright and all other rights remain that of the artist.
QUESTIONS?
Please submit them to contest@nwtnphotoclub.com.
Pacific Currents
Pacific Currents is a juried, all media exhibition that seeks to explore the variety of ways contemporary artists have been inspired or influenced by the arts of Asia. The juried show is presented in conjunction with Nature, Tradition & Innovation: Contemporary Japanese Ceramics from the Gordon Brodfuehrer Collection on view at the Carnegie Arts Center in the fall of 2017, and will serve as a complement to that exhibition.
Artists from throughout northern and central California are invited to submit work that is influenced or inspired by experiences with Asian art or culture.
Dates of Exhibition
October 18, 2017 – January 21, 2018
Media Accepted
Oils and Acrylics, Photography and Digital Media, Prints, Drawings, Watercolors, Collage and Mixed Media, Textiles, Ceramics, Sculpture, Decorative Arts
Awards
Grand Prize $500
Two Awards of Merit $125
Four Honorable Mentions $50
Jurors
Lisa McDermott, Director, Carnegie Arts Center
Rob Stevenson, Professor of Art/Art History/Humanities, Modesto Junior College
See the detailed prospectus for complete rules and instructions.
TRANSFORMATIONS 2017 - Print Exhibition
Welcome to TRANSFORMATIONS!
October 27 - November 12, 2017 at the
Pennsylvania Center for Photography
Entry Deadline September 18, 2017
This option is for people who will display phyiscal prints on the walls of the gallery, if selected by the judge(s). If you wish to have your photographs displayed on the hi-res display, rather than as prints, if selected by the judges, please use the Digital Exhibition option instead!
The Pennsylvania Center For Photography is pleased to announce TRANSFORMATIONS, a juried exhibition that pays tribute to the vision and skills of photographers who freely express their creativity by whatever means they choose. If you have been rejected from other shows or your work questioned because you use textures, composites, filters, or any of the other wonderful tools available to create your own vision, then you have found your home! Welcome to TRANSFORMATIONS!
Photographers working in all genres are invited to submit work for possible inclusion in the exhibition. The subject matter can be anything you want – literally! People, places, things, visions are all fine with us.
The only requirements are that the images must be two-dimensional and have started life in a camera. You can modify or create the physical environment, apply in-camera techniques, or use post processing to realize your own artistic reality. We are a very inclusive organization, so any degree of alteration from mild to extreme is welcome in our show.
Please see the full Prospectus as by entering you are agreeing to its terms.
The cost to enter is $25.00 for the first two images and $5.00 per additional image. You may enter both the Print and Digital Exhibitions but separate entry fees apply.
Please visit our website at http://www.pacenterforphotography.org/
and our Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/pacenterforphotography/
https://www.facebook.com/henry.rowan.98
TRANSFORMATIONS 2017 - Digital Exhibition
Welcome to TRANSFORMATIONS!
October 27 - November 12, 2017 at the
Pennsylvania Center for Photography
Entry Deadline September 18, 2017
This option is for people who will have their images displayed digitally on our 64" 4K screen, if selected by the judge(s). If you wish to have your photographs displayed on the walls as prints rather than as digital images, if selected by the judges, please use the Print Exhibition option instead!
The Pennsylvania Center For Photography is pleased to announce TRANSFORMATIONS, a juried exhibition that pays tribute to the vision and skills of photographers who freely express their creativity by whatever means they choose. If you have been rejected from other shows or your work questioned because you use textures, composites, filters, or any of the other wonderful tools available to create your own vision, then you have found your home! Welcome to TRANSFORMATIONS!
Photographers working in all genres are invited to submit work for possible inclusion in the exhibition. The subject matter can be anything you want – literally! People, places, things, visions are all fine with us.
The only requirements are that the images must be two-dimensional and have started life in a camera. You can modify or create the physical environment, apply in-camera techniques, or use post processing to realize your own artistic reality. We are a very inclusive organization, so any degree of alteration from mild to extreme is welcome in our show.
Please see the full Prospectus as by entering you are agreeing to its terms.
The cost to enter is $25.00 for the first two images and $5.00 per additional image. You may enter both the Print and Digital Exhibitions but separate entry fees apply.
Please visit our website at http://www.pacenterforphotography.org/
and our Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/pacenterforphotography/
https://www.facebook.com/henry.rowan.98
2017 Shades of Gray
The 2017 Shades of Gray show is a Fine Art Black & White photography gallery show that is open to all New Mexico photographers.
It takes place from December 2nd to Decemcer 28 daily but closed on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day.
It is held at the 5,000 sq/ft Fine Arts Gallery At EXPONM in Albuquerque.
For more information, please contact LeRoy Perea at leroyphoto@comcast.net
Open Call
Open Call is just that, an open theme - all subjects, The SE Center is looking for images of any theme, media, digital, analog, or antique processes that show your best work.
Our Juror for Open Call is Tim Anderson. Tim Anderson is the former managing editor/publisher of CameraArts magazine and has been a professional photographer for more than 30 years, is currently Editor-at-Large for Adore Noir, founding editor of Red Dog News, a bi-weekly, international photo-based e-mail newsletter, and the blog, RedDogNews.com. Recently, Anderson launched Shadow & Light Magazine (shadowandlightmagazine.com). He has reviewed photography portfolios for a wide variety of organizations, published “Poser: a sketchbook of ideas for artists and models,” and the poetry book, “Frame of Mind." A mentor for artists, he enjoys working with “newer” artists in an effort to enable them to have more confidence in their work and in themselves.
35-40 Selected images will hang in the SE Center’s main gallery space for approximately one month with the opportunity to be invited for a solo show at a later date. Openings are timed to coincide with the Village of West Greenville, Greenville, South Carolina's textile mill village turned arts district
Heavy Metal
Industrial influences or rock n roll? Rusted salvage or Ozzy Osbourne's guitar? Put on some music and get out your paintbrushes(or blowtorch?) and show us what heavy metal is to you!
Numbers 2017
The Photography Center of Cape Cod, a program of the Cape Cod Art Association seeks entries for their "Numbers" Photography Online Exhibition.
All photographers of any level are invited to submit to this open juried online photography exhibit. The goal of this exhibit is to honor the vision of rising talent and accompished photographers.
Entries due by October 20th by midnight.
Artist notification by email on November 3rd. Online exhibit on website will become live on November 3, 2017.
This online exhibit is being juried by Alison Shaw.
The juror may accept a maximum of two works from any one artist. Payment is non-refundable and does not guarantee acceptance.
Cash prizes awarded for Best in Show, Second Place and two Honorable Mentions.
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Tenth Annual Cup Show: Form and Function
Gulf Coast State College Amelia Center Gallery is hosting its annual juried exhibition that explores the idea of the drinking vessel. The focus of the exhibit is on the function and concept of the drinking vessel, including its relation to history, politics, craft, technology, utility, and narrative. It is a survey of the wide variety of approaches to contemporary ceramics through the lens of the most intimate and accessible vessel – the cup.
2018 Environmental Photography Exhibit
Submission Agreement
Colorado Environmental Film Festival
2018 Environmental Photography Exhibition
Juried by Chris Brown, Environmental Photographer
Call for Entry deadline: Tuesday, October 31, 2017
Notification Date: Friday, December 1, 2017
Physical Delivery Date Deadline: Friday, February 16, 2018
Opening: 5:30 PM Friday, February 23, 2018
Exhibition February 23 - April 27, 2018
Call for Entries:
The Environmental Photography Exhibition is a worldwide curated environmental photography exhibition held at the American Mountaineering Center in Golden, Colorado and is in its ninth year as a part of the Colorado Environmental Film Festival (CEFF). Images from the submissions will be selected by renowned environmental photographer Chris Brown and displayed from February 23 to April 27, 2018. From avant-garde to f64 images, the Environmental Photography Exhibition hopes to represent the shared visions of world communities that are concerned about environmental issues. This exhibit is intended to inspire viewers on an emotional level. Ideally photographs will inform and inspire viewers to think about the environment or motivate them to take action.
Who should consider entering: All photographers from around the globe, using all styles and processes are encouraged to enter.
Divisions: There will be two separate age Divisions, Adult (18 and over) and Youth (under 18). Age of entrant will be determined by their age on the day of the final submission deadline. There must be a minimum of 5 entrants in a given Division, otherwise CEFF reserves the right to cancel that Division and move those submissions to the other Division.
Selections: Submission does not guaranty that the images will be chosen for the exhibition. Accepted prints may be offered for sale, but must remain through the end of the show. Submitters (or parent or guardian for the Youth submitters) warrant that entries are their work and accept the submission choices made by the Festival’s juror(s) as final. This year photographer Chris Brown will judge the entries. In the event any juror is unable to judge, the Director of the Exhibition may substitute or serve as an alternate.
Awards: There will be one Best of Show for the Adult Division and one Best of Show for the Youth Division. Each shall be awarded $250. There will also be two Juror’s Awards (no monetary award). All awards are made based upon consideration of the actual exhibited prints on the wall.
Entries: By following the links to our online submissions manager, Smarter Entry, entries are taken and fees paid. Details for the submission process is provided at the Smarter Entry web site. (For example, only entries submitted up to 1,280 pixels on the long side are accepted.) Photographs chosen for the show will be made from the on-line submissions which will be judged digitally. Only after an entry is accepted is a physical print needed. Any entrant failing to comply with the terms and conditions of entry, or the detailed submission process, may be disqualified from this competition.
Entry Fee: The non-refundable fee is $10 for the first image submitted. Additional entries may be submitted for an additional $10 each. There is a limit of twelve (12) images total that can be submitted. There are no refunds.
Important Dates to Remember:
• The Call for Entry deadline is Tuesday, October 31, 2017. This is the deadline for submitting your entries on line.
• The Notification Date is Friday, December 1, 2017. This is the date that you will receive notification if your entry has been accepted into the show
• Physical Delivery Date is Friday, February 16, 2018. If you are notified that your entry has been accepted into the show, this is the deadline by which your entry must be delivered and received at the American Mountaineering Center in Golden, Colorado in order to be displayed.
• The Exhibition will be open to the public starting Friday, February 23, 2018.
• There will be an open reception at the Mountaineering Center on Friday, February 23, 2018 at 5:30 PM.
Delivery: You can either hand deliver or ship your work directly to the Mountaineering Center. It is required that those desiring to ship will ship their work postage paid and also include a return to sender shipping label, postage paid. In keeping with our environmental theme, any work packed in Styrofoam pellets will not be opened or eligible to be hung. For those photographers sending work without the return postage, it will be assumed that they agree to the donation of their work. To be clear, shipping or hand delivery to and return from the “Gallery” is the responsibility of the artist. The shipping specifications will be sent via e-mail after acceptance into the show.
Final Presentation: Accepted images require professional quality framing with plexiglass or glass, white over-mat (or off-white) and wire on the back ready to hang. Colored mats or prints without over-mats are not acceptable. Framed prints need to be a minimum 14 inches by 17 inches and maximum of 24 inches by 36 inches.
Ownership: Photographers (or parent or guardian for the Youth Division) submitting photographs certify that the work is the property of the photographer and that the photographer owns all rights and title to the work including copyright and trademarks to the work.
Usage Rights: By submitting to the call for entry, entrant represents, acknowledges and warrants that the submitted photographs are original works created solely by the entrant and that no other party has any right, title, claim or interest in the photographs. In consideration of providing the exhibition, each entrant (or parent or guardian for the Youth Division) grants a worldwide, irrevocable license to the exhibition to feature any or all of their submitted images in electronic or print form in their, or their sponsors, promotions for future exhibitions in the following years.
Liability: While the Exhibition will take every precaution and care for work submitted, it can’t be liable for damage or loss for prints and frames while at the show or in transit. Selected prints need to be insured for possible losses or damage by the submitter.
Indemnification: Submitting photographers (or parent or guardian for the Youth Division) agree to indemnify, defend and hold The Environmental Photography Exhibition, The Colorado Environmental Film Festival, The American Mountaineering Center, their staff, volunteers, judges, sponsors and and all others harmless from any claim, expense or demand, including without limitation reasonable attorneys’ fees, made by any third party due to or arising out of issues with photographic submissions, or the photographer’s violation of any law or the rights of a third party.
Applicable Laws: This Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the United States and the state of Colorado, without consideration of conflicts of laws provisions and principles. All claims between the parties, regardless of legal theory and whenever brought, shall be resolved in Jefferson County, Colorado. If, for any reason, any section or provision of this Agreement or any part thereof, or the application of such section, provision or portion is declared invalid or unconstitutional, the remainder thereof shall not be affected by such declaration.
Jurors Decisions are Final: Selection of images to be shown is the sole decision of the juror(s). All decisions of the juror(s) are final. All information concerning the judging and winners is considered to be proprietary and confidential. The Festival reserves the right to modify or alter the exhibition venue or schedule in the event of unforeseen circumstances. Any entrant failing to comply with these terms and conditions may be disqualified from the competition.
CEFF reserves the right to modify these rules at its sole discretion.
2017 Minnesota Renaissance Festival Photo Contest
Each year hundreds of photographers descend on the photo rich environment of the Minnesota Renaissance Festival in Shakopee, Minnesota. Costumed street characters, musicians and stage acts, jousters, fairies, mermaids and crafters present themselves for every camera. Combined with thematic buildings and thousands of unique customers, the Renaissance Festival is prized for its dazzling visuals.
Contest participants not only have a chance to have their images seen by thousands of people, but also may be featured in future marketing and promotional materials.
This contest is open to anyone with a camera at any level of talent.
2017 Minnesota Renaissance Festival iPhoneography Contest
This contest is open to anyone with a camera phone. Anyone may participate in this contest using only images captured with a camera phone.
Each year hundreds of photographers descend on the photo rich environment of the Minnesota Renaissance Festival in Shakopee, Minnesota. Costumed street characters, musicians and stage acts, jousters, fairies, mermaids and crafters present themselves for every camera. Combined with thematic buildings and thousands of unique customers, the Renaissance Festival is prized for its dazzling visuals.
Contest participants not only have a chance to have their images seen by thousands of people, but also may be featured in future marketing and promotional materials.
Small Presence
New Mexico Magazine Photography Content 2017
Founded in 1923, New Mexico Magazine reigns as the longest-tenured state magazine in the United States. Our photography contests are legendary: challenging amateur photographers to capture some of the most stunning scenery, interesting people, and extraordinary events in the world. And every year, we are amazed by the quality and breadth of your submissions. It's time to do it again!
Welcome to the 17th Annual New Mexico Magazine Photography Contest
ENTRY INFORMATION
This year’s contest will open for entries on July 15. Deadline is 5PM Mountain Time on November 6.
A Grand Prize of a gift certificate for the famed Santa Fe Photographic Workshops will be awarded to the single image that gains the most votes.
First, second, and third prizes (winners receive subscriptions, calendars, publication in the magazine, and an invitation to participate in an gallery exhibition), as well as an honorable mention, may be awarded in each of the following categories (depending on number and quality of submissions):
Seasons: From beautiful snowfalls to stormy summer skies, from the first peek of flowers through the snow to aspens ablaze.
Landscapes: Our epic land and sky, framed beautifully.
Sense of Place: From ghost towns to fiestas, from lowrider cruises to chile harvests, those images that can only be from here.
Plants & Animals: If it grows, roams, or flies anywhere in New Mexico.
New Mexico Details: A closer focus on New Mexico life, our people, our professions, our places, and things.
Special Category: State Parks: From Navajo Lake to Bluewater Lake, from Oasis to Pancho Villa, New Mexico State Parks offer a unique experience and stunning opportunities for intrepid photographers to capture people playing, birds flying, water rushing, winds blowing, and everything in-between.
NOTE: Digital photography has changed the way in which images can be made. With that in mind, we’re okay with darkening, lightening, or adjusting color in photographs in all categories. You can change contrast, burn and dodge your images, and convert them to black and white. But really, we believe that this is a beautiful state and like it the way it is. Please don’t overdo it in processing your photos, and as always, our judges will show a preference for a good eye over the willy-nilly use of the saturation slider. Also, if you’re shooting with your phone or other mobile device, your photos will be much easier to choose (and work with) if you’re shooting at your highest resolution.
Winning photographs will be published in the February 2018 issue of New Mexico Magazine (available on newsstands in mid-January), and may be featured in the 2018 New Mexico Magazine Calendar.
And finally, New Mexico Magazine will once again partner with the Tularosa Basin Gallery of Photography in Carrizozo to present a show featuring contest winners. (Participation in the exhibition is strictly voluntary, with all details, including the pricing and proceeds from sales, to be arranged between the photographer and the gallery. The magazine does not share in the proceeds.)
The entry fee is $25 and includes the submission of five images. Each additional image is $5. Photographs must be in digital format, and without watermark. Only online entries will be eligible. No print or film submissions will be accepted.
Please note: If you choose to include people in your submission, you are responsible for obtaining the necessary releases from the individuals depicted. Likewise, if your images include private property (and this includes dogs, cats, mountains, and sculptures, among other subjects), you are responsible for obtaining the necessary release from the property owner. You must be able to provide copies of these releases to New Mexico Magazine upon request. Examples and templates for such a release can be found at https://www.asmp.org/property-model-releases/.
JUDGING
The judges for the 17th Annual Contest are:
- Reid Callanan, Director, Santa Fe Photographic Workshops
- Daniel Kosharek, Photo Curator, Palace of the Governors
- Edie Dillman, Art & Photography Director, New Mexico Magazine
- Gabriela Marks, President of American Society of Media Photographers, New Mexico
- Warren Malkerson, Co-Owner, Tularosa Basin Gallery of Photography
- Wayne Suggs, former Grand Prize winner and freelance photographer
All decisions made by the judges are final. New Mexico Magazine shall determine winner eligibility in its sole and absolute discretion.
Finalists will be selected and asked, by email, to provide high-resolution files (at least 300 dpi) for publication by November 15.
ELIGIBILITY
The New Mexico Magazine Photography Contest is open to all amateur photographers. If you derive more than 50% of your income from photography, this contest isn’t for you. In addition, employees of New Mexico Magazine, the New Mexico Tourism Department, prize sponsors, as well as their families are ineligible. Everyone else is encouraged to shoot and submit.
LICENSE
You retain all rights to your work. But by entering the contest, you grant an irrevocable, perpetual, worldwide non-exclusive license to New Mexico Magazine and the contest sponsors to reproduce, distribute, display, as well as create derivative works of the entries (along with a name credit) in connection with the contest and promotion of the contest, in any media, for no compensation, including, but not limited to: publication in New Mexico Magazine; on posters; in newsletters; in calendars, and as downloadable wallpaper for users of New Mexico Magazine websites and digital products. Please note also that should you submit images to the State Parks category, you additionally grant an irrevocable, perpetual, worldwide non-exclusive license to New Mexico State Parks and New Mexico Energy, Minerals and Natural Resources Department to reproduce, distribute, display, as well as create derivative works of the entries (along with a name credit) in connection with the contest, in any media, for no compensation.
INDEMNIFICATION
All entrants hold New Mexico Magazine, its sponsors and their respective agents (“Indemnified Parties”) harmless from and against all claims of any nature arising in connection with entrant’s participation in the competition and acceptance or use of a prize. The Indemnified Parties are not liable for any costs, damages, injuries, or other claims incurred as a result of entrants’ participation in the competition or winner’s acceptance and usage of a prize. The Indemnified Parties are not responsible for incomplete or misdirected entries, technical or network malfunctions or failures, or causes beyond their control. Entrants are solely responsible for their entries.
The competition is void where prohibited or restricted by law. New Mexico Magazine reserves the right to cancel the competition or modify these rules at its discretion. In the event of a dispute regarding the winners, New Mexico Magazine reserves the right to award or not award the prizes in its sole discretion.
