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      <title>contests, etc.</title>
      <description>hi all. got this from newsweek:

December

Zeitgeist
December 4th

January

SPD
January 7th YIKES!  (Technically Jan 14th but must pay $10 extra per entry)
http://www.spd.org/pub40/PUB40_entryform.pdf


World Press Contest
Deadline Jan 13, 2005
RULES:
http://www.worldpressphoto.nl/contest/new/detail.jsp?obj=rules
-digital preferred, on cd clearly labeled
Images must be so sized that their longest side is at least 1,600 pixels (vertical and horizontal) and each image must be saved as a separate JPEG with Photoshop image quality setting on 7 (&quot;high&quot;). Image resolution must be set to 72 dpi or higher. An embedded RGB color profile or grayscale must be used (do not use CMYK).
File names must combine an item number (1, 2, 3, etc.) and a category code. Files which together form a story must include an alphabetic code to indicate image sequence (A to L). The file name must not exceed 8 characters.
-attach hard copy of captions
-picture stories betw 2-12 shots (no more than 12, strict)
-single frame entries (no composite photos or multiple exposures)

National Headliners
Postmark by Jan 14
http://www.nationalheadlinerawards.com/
entry form printed and saved
-digital files on cd

Art Directors Club
http://www.adcglobal.org/main.html
January 21, 2005
Entry form online, printed

American Photo
http://www.ai-ap.com/ap21call.pdf
Jan 14
Saved and printed
-Prints


PDN
Deadline Jan. 15, 2005
http://www.pdnonline.com/photodistrictnews/resources/contest_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000652627
entry form printed and saved
-tearsheets AND prints or digital files



Pictures of the Year International (POYi)
Deadline January 18, 2005
http://www.poyi.org/
-max 15 entries per photog
-multiple picture categories 3-10 pics
-single photo should not appear in more than one story
-jpeg (high) files on a cd, 300 dpi 12 inch longest dimension, RGB

White House News Photographers Association
Deadline Jan 26, 2005
Rules
http://www.whnpa.org/contestinfo/index.htm
too many rules to put here, but digital files wanted


Overseas Press Club
http://www.opcofamerica.org/opc_awards/2004/application/application_04.pdf
deadline January 27, 2005
Entries must include TWO copies of
1. the work nominated
2. application information*first page of this
entry form
3. brief letter or statement explaining why the
entry deserves consideration
&quot; Each entry must be accompanied by a $125 check
payable to the Overseas Press Club. A corporate
check coming from a different source must be clearly
marked as to which entry it underwrites.
PHOTOGRAPHY
One photograph or one set of photographs (limit 12)
by a photographer constitute an entry. Please be sure
to mark clearly the name of the photographer and
submitting organization on the back of each photograph.
Submit photographs (no larger than 11 x 14,
and no smaller than 8 x 10) or CDs (images 10 inches
at longest dimension, 300dpi, JPEG). Slides not
accepted. In addition to the photos, you must submit
proof of publication*for example, tearsheet from
newspaper, copy of magazine, book, or print-out from
on-line service.


February

Santa Fe Prize for Photography
http ://www.santafecenterforphotography.org/programs.cfm?p=Singularguidelines
Feb. 11, 2005

NPPA
February 13, 2005
http://www.nppa.org/competitions/best_of_still_photojournalism/2005/
Digital submission
Best of Photojournalism Contest 2005  
This year's updated rules and guidelines are now posted online for both BOP Still and BOPTV divisions.  &quot;How to Enter&quot; information is included for all divisions of the contests. 
NPPA will begin accepting entries for both BOP and BOPTV on January 3rd, 2005.
The online registration form will be active on December 13, 2004.
Go to- &lt;www.nppa.org/competitions/best_of_still_photojournalism/2005/&gt; for links to the rules and guidelines in each division.
Some new categories in the Contest this year focus on work from the 2004 election cycle and the Summer Olympic Games in Athens.
So, get a jump start on the entry process!  Read the rules, prepare your images, register after Dec 13, and begin sending entries after Jan 3rd.  
Please contact  
Eric Waters, Contest Coordinator
contests@nppa.org, (919) 383-7246 x 16



March

Print*not sure the website, this is a hard one to google

Graphis
http://www.graphis.com/bks/cfe/cfe.EN.html
no info on photo contests yet

Infinity ICP-work submitted by a judge
http://www.icp.org/infinity/index.html
no info beyond that

Communiation Arts
March 15
http://www.commarts.com/CA/magazine/comp/

May
The International Photography Awards (Lucie Awards ceremony)
May 31, 2005
http://www.photoawards.com/04/contests/index.asp
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      <pubDate>Wed, 12 Mar 2008 12:53:41 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>Re: contests, etc.</title>
      <description>Has anyone heard of this new contest taking place in China? The one that Jim Dooley is now chairing?
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      <pubDate>Sun, 26 Dec 2004 20:14:52 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.lightstalkers.org/posts/contests-etc#1039</link>
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      <title>Re: contests, etc.</title>
      <description>http://www.chipp.cn/emain.asp</description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 26 Dec 2004 20:34:50 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.lightstalkers.org/posts/contests-etc#1040</link>
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      <title>Re: contests, etc.</title>
      <description>For the Chinese photo contest the grand prize is RMB60,000 or about US $7200. 14 First Prizes each valued at RMB10,000 or about US $1200 each.</description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 26 Dec 2004 23:10:37 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.lightstalkers.org/posts/contests-etc#1042</link>
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