Posted by Sandi Winton on January 15, 2009 at 9:49 AM
I have read comments from many of you that state 'enter as many photo contests as possible'. Where do you find these photo contests? Do you worry about your image being kept or used for other purposes besides contest purposes???
You need to read all the fine print carefully. Some contests state rights to the images become their property whether you win or not! Beware.
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Posted by Steve Sieren on January 15, 2009 at 1:39 PM
Some are used to advertise their website. Most only ask for web sized files. I'd be extremely wary if they ask for print sized files. Contest's that are run by photo magazine themselves are usually good. There's a lot of photo of day, month, year contests on the web too.
Read the fine print.
Posted by Robert Fisher on January 15, 2009 at 3:38 PM
Check the major photo magazines. Popular Photography, Outdoor Photography and the like. They all run contests that readers can enter.
Look for juried art shows in your area. Sometimes if the jury accepts you into the show, there may also be a contest that show participants can enter.
For contests that are 'properly run' the people running the contest will include in the rules that you agree to allow them to use the photo(s) to promote the contest and to publish if you win. But that's it. They don't ask for or take broader rights than that. If the entry rules want you to give up any other rights, don't enter.
Stay away from these places that offer to put your photo in a book if you 'win'. You get nothing, they tell you you can buy a copy of the book at a 'discount' and they make any profits off the sale of the books. Pretty much the only people who buy the books are the people who 'won' the contest and maybe some of their friends and family but the hucksters who run the contest price the things such that they'll still make a profit on relatively few sales.
Posted by Peter Carroll on January 15, 2009 at 7:42 PM
I just wrote about this very issue on my blog. I have a list of reputable contests on there but it's always a good thing to read the small print every year because rules can change. Here's the link:
Just to add one more contest to Peter Carroll's list by Nature's Best Photography Magazine. Reputable international contest and the winners get to be exhibited at the Smithsonian Natural History Museum in Washington, DC
OK, may be I like this competition because I have been awarded by them three times
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Read the fine print.
Look for juried art shows in your area. Sometimes if the jury accepts you into the show, there may also be a contest that show participants can enter.
For contests that are 'properly run' the people running the contest will include in the rules that you agree to allow them to use the photo(s) to promote the contest and to publish if you win. But that's it. They don't ask for or take broader rights than that. If the entry rules want you to give up any other rights, don't enter.
Stay away from these places that offer to put your photo in a book if you 'win'. You get nothing, they tell you you can buy a copy of the book at a 'discount' and they make any profits off the sale of the books. Pretty much the only people who buy the books are the people who 'won' the contest and maybe some of their friends and family but the hucksters who run the contest price the things such that they'll still make a profit on relatively few sales.
http://petercarroll.ca/blog/?p=73
OK, may be I like this competition because I have been awarded by them three times