Quarterly Clip Contest Rules

Image Specifications:

800 pixels on the long axis, 72dpi, saved as a jpeg at ‘high’ quality
input caption in the File Info of your image’s IPTC fields
remove your name and affiliation from the IPTC fields

Save images into a folder and compress as a zip file to ease transmission.

Naming your Files

Rename the image as follows: Quarter-Year-Initials-Circulation Size-Category-Number.jpg

Circulation Size is either L for large (circulations greater than 40,000) or S for small (circulations less than 40,000)
Categories: News, Feature, Sports, Multiple, Portrait, Illo

Thus, my second feature entry for the third quarter of 2008 would be:  03-2008-mwm-L-feature-2.jpg

For the multiple photo category, name the file as follows: Quarter-Year-Initials-Circulation Size-Category-Entry #-Picture #.jpg

Thus, the 5th image in my third multiple photo entry in the 1st quarter of 2008 would be: 01-2008-mwm-L-multiple-3-5.jpg

CATEGORIES:

News – Planned and unplanned events in one photo.

Sports – Sports action and sports features in one photo.

Feature – Events and subjects (other than news or sports) uncontrolled by the photographer; generally a “found” moment, in one photo.

Portrait – A photograph that captures the subject’s personality in one photo.

Multiple Photos – A package of photos on any one subject.

Illustration – A photo, which may use computer manipulation, that illustrates a concept, food, or fashion. THIS CATEGORY IS ENTERED EACH QUARTER BUT JUDGED ONLY ONCE A YEAR AT THE END OF THE YEAR. CLIP CHAIR WILL HOLD ALL ILLUSTRATION ENTRIES UNTIL THE END OF THE YEAR.

Rules:

1. A maximum of 12 entries per photographer may be entered. There is no limit on the number of entries you enter in a category as long as the maximum of 12 entries total is not exceeded.

2. Entries may be single images or multiple-picture packages. (Weak photos may be edited from a layout.)

3. Only photos published during the quarterly period may be entered in that quarter. Long term projects may be entered in a quarterly period at the end of the publication period. If a project runs over a series of days that span two quarters, enter that project in the second of the two quarters in which it runs

4. By emailing your entries to vnpaclips@gmail.com, you affirm that the images were published in that quarter.

5. The photographer’s name and the publication must be omitted from the IPTC fields of the image file.

6. The clip chair may disqualify an entry if information is incorrect, illegible or missing.

7. A picture may be entered as often as it is published unless it has previously won in the contest.

8. A picture cannot be entered in more than one category per quarter nor may a picture from a layout be entered as a single photo in the same quarter.

9. Illustration entries must be entered in the quarter in which they were published, but will not be judged until the end of the year due to the small number of illustration entries. The clip chair will hold all illustration entries until the end of the year.