Description
Contest hosted by: City of Whittier
Website: www.photoscramble.com
Calling all photographers big and small. Submit your best piece(s) into the City of Whittier’s “The Big Picture” photo contest. The purpose of this contest is to capture and display the beauty in and around your life through your photographs. Cash prizes will be awarded to 1st place winners in each category and one over-all winner.Get out your camera, iphone, smartphone, ipod, video camera, etc. and snap a few great photos in these categories.
Category 1: Whittier People and Places
(Model releases are required)
Category 2: Landscapes/Nature/Cityscapes
Category 3: Fine Art, Fashion, Editorial
Photographer may submit a maximum of
eight (8) photographs. No more than two (2)
photographs may be submitted by anyone in a
single category.
Prizes
Winner(s) will be announced on May 18, 2015 at
http://www.photoscramble.com/contests/big-picture-2015/
#1: First Prize
$150 for each category and a $175 prize for over all photo.
Dates
- Contest: Mar 22,2015 – May 18,2015
- Entry: Mar 22,2015 – Apr 30,2015
- Voting: Mar 22,2015 – Apr 30,2015
- Winner(s) will be announced at May 18,
Rules & Eligibility
**Photographer may submit a maximum of
eight (8) photographs. No more than two (2)
photographs may be submitted by anyone in a
single category.**
PHOTO REQUIREMENTS:
A) Photographs must be in digital format. Only online
entries will be eligible. No print or film submissions will be
accepted. The photograph need not be taken with a
digital camera; scans of negatives, transparencies, or
photographic prints are acceptable.
B) All digital files must be 5 megabytes or smaller, must
be in JPEG or JPG format, and must be at least 1,600
pixels wide (if a horizontal image) or 1,600 pixels tall (if a
vertical image).
C) Photographs must have been taken within two (2)
years before the date of entry and may not previously
have won an award in any other Photography Contest.
D) Photographs that include models, sculptures, statues,
paintings and other works of art will be accepted as long
as they do not constitute copyright infringement or fraud;
provided entrants must be prepared to provide a release
form that you can obtain through emailing city staff at
ehamilton@cityofwhittier.org.
E) The photograph, in its entirety, must be a single work
of original material. 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.
F) The photograph must not, in the sole and unfettered
discretion of the Sponsor, contain obscene, provocative,
defamatory, sexually explicit, or otherwise objectionable or
inappropriate content.
G) The caption must be complete and accurate,
sufficient to convey the circumstances in which the
photograph was taken. Disguising or misrepresenting the
origin of your content is cause for disqualification.
H) Watermarks are not acceptable. If we do not receive
a non-watermarked version of the entry within ten (10)
days following its request, the entry will be disqualified.
* NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. A PURCHASE WILL NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING. An entry fee or voting fee may be required, but a purchase of products or services from the contest host company or its sponsors is not necessary. Purchasing will not increase your chances of winning. Entry Fee: $5.00 / entryThis contest is free to vote for your favorite photos.
