Sift through your travel photography collection and submit your best people, places, or nature shots.
Photos by Lola Akinmade
Winning a National Geographic contest is a covetous title and once again, the Society has given budding travel photographers another opportunity to earn one. Its International Photography Contest 2009 aims to showcase the best pictures depicting people, places, and nature from around the globe.
Peruse its online galleries to view some stunning entries from past winners of the competition.
From National Geographic:
The international grand-prize winner in each category will receive a trip to National Geographic Society headquarters in Washington, D.C., for himself or herself for five (5) days and four (4) nights, in early 2010, including round-trip coach-class air transportation to and from the major airport closest to winner’s home, hotel accommodations for four (4) nights, an awards ceremony, a U.S. $50 gift certificate to the National Geographic store, and U.S. $460 in spending money, and will have his or her photo published in all participating editions of National Geographic magazine.
In addition to competing for the grand prize, each first place winner in the three categories will receive a digital camera kit valued at $1,000.
Some more fine print:
* Entries should be submitted electronically to www.ngphotocontest.com.
* The contest began Wednesday, August 5, 2009 and ends Saturday, Oct. 31, 2009, 11:59 p.m. U.S. Eastern Time (ET).
* Photos can be black-and-white or color, shot with a digital camera or with conventional film, and must be submitted digitally.
* Each entry consists of an entry form, a single image and an entry fee.
* The entry fee is U.S. $12 per photo for entries received before 11:59 p.m. ET Oct. 15, 2009 and, $22 per photo for entries received between Oct. 16 and Oct. 31.
Head over to www.ngphotocontest.com for more details as well as official contest rules.
Good luck!
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HOW cool is this? i love these contests – always so very impressed with the photos submitted. thanks for the notice!
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Thanks for the heads up Lola!
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Great competition! I’ve added to the collection of photography competitions, contests and exhibitions at photocande
Love to get into the National Geographic.
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Do’h having a $12 fee for each photo times ..say 200.000 entries= $ 2.400.000
I guess they can afford to spend about $10.000 OR LESS for the prices…Thanks but NO thanks..Are they actually gonna be able to use any of the photos as well?Most photo contest make mega bucks from fees PLUS they get to use your shots free! Find out the rules
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http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/photo-contest/rules
License
By entering the Contest, all entrants grant an irrevocable perpetual, nonexclusive license to Authorized Parties, to reproduce, distribute, display, and create derivative works of the entries (along with a name credit) in connection with the Contest and promotion of the Contest, in any media now or hereafter known, including, but not limited to: display at a potential exhibition of winners; publication of a book featuring select entries in the Contest; publication in National Geographic magazine or online highlighting entries or winners of the Contest. Entrants consent to the Sponsor doing or omitting to do any act that would otherwise infringe the entrant’s “moral rights” in their entries. Display or publication of any entry on an Authorized Party’s website does not indicate the entrant will be selected as a winner. Authorized Parties will not be required to pay any additional consideration or seek any additional approval in connection with such use. Additionally, by entering, each entrant grants to Authorized Parties the unrestricted right to use all statements made in connection with the Contest, and pictures or likenesses of Contest entrants, or choose not to do so, at their sole discretion. Authorized Parties will not be required to pay any additional consideration or seek any additional approval in connection with such use.
As previously posted THEY will be able to do whatever with YOUR images, I’d suggest you buy a few Powerball tickets
and save your images to yourself instead.http://://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/your-shot/pdf/ArtistRls.pdf
(1) to copyright the photograph in the name of the Society or in the name of the
photographer;and
(2) to use and re-use, publish and re-publish the photograph, in whole or in part,
individually or in conjunction with printed matter, or in composite form, and in any
medium, for editorial, commercial, promotional, and/or trade purposes.
I hereby waive any right to inspect or approve any copy that is used in connection with
the photograph and release and discharge the Society, its affiliates and licensees, and the
photographer from any and all claims arising out of use by the Society, its affiliates and
licensees, of the photograph for the purposes described above, including any claims for
libel, invasion of privacy or breach of copyright.Pretty disgusting…
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I agree, while I greatly admire and respect National Geographic, especially as a photographer myself, they should do better than this. This is a clear ‘rights’ grab that is completely one sided and completely unfair to the submitting photographer.
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