PRICKLY COMMENTARY
There have been a couple of sites out there lately screaming about the dangers of free and low entry fee contests and calls. I know that I get accused of being all hearts and rainbows, but I think there is enough negativity out there. You’re smart. Read the fine print. Don’t refuse to enter because it is scary. If I didn’t eat things that looked scary, I would have missed out on sea urchin yumminess. And the world we be a less lovely place without sea urchins, trust me. This next call can be entered for next to nothing. I say… take a chance, but remember to read the fine print about retaining your photographic rights.
Check out this Call for Entries, sponsored by Sigma, for the Photographer’s Forum 31st Annual Photography Contest. It is hard to come up with an excuse not to spend $3.95 for the entry fee, and after 30 years… they have to be doing something right. Enter today!
CALL for ENTRIES:
Photographer’s Forum 31st Annual Spring Photography Contest
ELIGIBILITY: This contest is open to all amateur photographers in the United States, Canada, and around the world. Rights remain with photographer. Subject matter is open.
MEDIA: Photography
DEADLINE: Uploaded or postmarked on or before May 16, 2011.
NOTIFICATION: Finalists notified by August 1, 2011. Winners notified by August 15, 2011.
ENTRY FEE: Early entry fee is $3.95 per photo entered (uploaded or postmarked on or before the early deadline of April 18, 2011). Final entry fee is $4.95 per photo entered (all entries must be uploaded or postmarked on or before the final deadline of May 16, 2011).
AWARDS: Over $6,500 in cash and equipment awarded! All Winning Photos will be published in the November 2011 issue of Photographer’s Forum Magazine and exhibited at Brooks Institute Gallery 27. All Winners, Honorable Mentions and Finalists will be published in December in the hardcover book Best of Photography 2011.
