Rangefinder's Back to School is a photography competition dedicated to the best in school-related photography. From senior portraits, to classic campus/lifestyle shots, to images featuring high school and college sports teams in action, we want to see your best school-centric photos.
THREE GRAND-PRIZE WINNERS will receive:
ALL WINNING IMAGES will be featured on rangefinderonline.com
and in the September 2016 issue of Rangefinder magazine.
All photographers retain their copyright. Winning work will only be published in the print and online winners' gallery and in promotion related to Rangefinder Back to School Photo Contest.
THREE GRAND-PRIZE WINNERS WILL RECEIVE:
»
$
1,000 cash prize
» A PHOTO+
Basic Membership,
which includes WPPI Full Platform Pass and
access to The University for School and Sports Photographers
» A $100 gift card from a major photo retailer
Rangefinder (Rf), the award-winning monthly magazine for wedding and portrait photographers, has been covering the photographic industry for more than 60 years.
In addition to prizes of monetary value, our photo contests provide entrants with immeasurable exposure to the photography community. Winners are published in Rangefinder, distributed to more than 111,000 readers worldwide, and are also published in an online gallery on Rangefinderonline.com.
Rangefinder's family of photo contests covers a broad range
of fields and experience, and has a reputation for
prestige and value.
See more of our contests here.
What is an entry?
An entry consists of one image or one photo series.
A photo series includes 2-6 images that convey a story around a particular theme.
Judging is subjective, however, we have a few simple guidelines for putting together your entry.
No, you may enter as many entries as you like.
Except where prohibited by law, international entries can be submitted.
Digital images should have a long dimension of at least 2,000 pixels and be saved at 300 dpi (Around 7" or larger) jpeg. We recommend the uncompressed file size not be larger than 4 megabytes to ensure a fast upload experience. We can accept images that are up to 50 megabytes (uncompressed) if you do not have the ability to downsize the images. (Uncompressed is the size you see in Photoshop's "Image Size" display which represents the count of pixels in the image. It is not the file size on your computer's hard drive viewable on your desktop.) Images may be color profiled in sRGB, Adobe-1998, or not color-managed.
No. You retain copyright to your
photograph and the Sponsors may not sell your photo entry for a fee.
All entries may be posted online so that viewers may view all
competing entries. And winning entries may be used in connection with
the Contest and promotion of the Contest for a period of 24 months
from the date winners are notified.
When
will the winners be announced?
Winners will be contacted in September 2016, and the winning entries will be published in Rangefinder's September 2016 Issue. Please do not call or e-mail us about the status of your entries.
For additional questions email: info@pdncontests.com.
The sponsor of the Rangefinder Back to School Photo Contest 2016 is Emerald Expositions, Inc., 85 Broad Street, New York, NY 10004.
The Contest ends January 21, 2016, at 11:59 pm PDT (the Entry Deadline). An Extended deadline of April 21, 2016, will be issued after January 21, 2016, at 11:59 pm PDT with a $10 per entry late fee. All entries must be received by the Extended Entry Deadline.
Employees of Rangefinder, and each of their affiliates, subsidiaries and agents, and their immediate family members (spouse, parent, child, sibling and their respective spouses, regardless of where they live) or persons living in the same households of such individuals, whether or not related, are not eligible to enter or win a prize. Entrants must be at least 18 years of age as of the date of entry. CONTEST IS VOID WHERE PROHIBITED.
Categories are specified on the home page of the Rangefinder Back to School Photo Contest 2016 website.
Prizes are specified on the home page of the Rangefinder Back to School Photo Contest 2016 website.
Winners authorize Emerald Expositions Photo Group to reproduce, distribute, display and create derivative works of the photograph entry in connection with Rangefinder Back to School Photo Contest 2016 and promotion of Rangefinder Back to School Photo Contest 2016, in any media now or hereafter known, including but not limited to: publication in Rangefinder® showcasing the winners; The Rangefinder Back to School Photo Contest 2016 live gallery; the Rangefinder Back to School Photo Contest 2016 Web site and on rangefinderonline.com; and in exhibits and promotions related to the Rangefinder Back to School Photo Contest 2016. Winners authorize Emerald Expositions Photo Group to reproduce, distribute, display and create derivative works of the photograph entry in connection with the promotion of the Rangefinder Back to School Photo Contest 2016 for up to two (2) years.
By participating, entrants agree to release,
discharge and hold harmless Emerald Expositions, Inc., and each of
their respective partners, affiliates, subsidiaries, advertising
agencies, agents and their employees, officers, directors, and
representatives from any claims, losses, and damages arising out of
their participation in this Contest or any Contest-related
activities and the acceptance and use, misuse, or possession of any
prize awarded hereunder.
Sponsors assume no
responsibility for any error, omission, interruption, deletion,
defect, or delay in operation or transmission; communications line
failure; theft or destruction of or unauthorized access to Contest
entries or entry forms; or alteration of entries or entry forms.
Sponsors are not responsible for any problems with or technical
malfunction of any telephone network or lines, computer online
systems, servers or providers, computer equipment, software,
failure of any e-mail entry to be received on account of technical
problems or traffic congestion on the Internet or at any Web site,
human errors of any kind, or any combination thereof, including any
injury or damage to entrants' or any other persons' computers
related to or resulting from participation, uploading or
downloading of any materials related to this Contest.
CONDITIONS
This Contest is subject to federal, state, and local laws and
regulations. Certain restrictions may apply. Entries void if the
Sponsor determines the entry to not be an original, or if the
entries are illegible, incomplete, damaged, irregular, altered,
counterfeit, produced in error or obtained through fraud or theft.
Participants also agree (a) to be bound by these Official
Rules; (b) that the decisions of the Judges are final on all
matters relating to the Contest; and (c) if he/she wins that
Sponsor may use each winner's name, photograph, likeness, and/or
voice in any publicity or advertising relating to the Contest or
future promotions without compensation or approval (except in
Tennessee and where prohibited by law). All federal, state and
local taxes, fees and surcharges on prizes are the sole
responsibility of the prize winners. In the event that the selected
winner(s) of any prize are/is ineligible or refuses the prize, the
prize will be forfeited and Sponsors, in their sole discretion, may
choose whether to award the prize to another entrant.
If for any reason the
Contest is not capable of running as planned, due to infection by
computer virus, bugs, worms, trojan horses, denial of service
attacks, tampering, unauthorized intervention, fraud, technical
failures, or any other causes beyond the control of Sponsors that
corrupt or affect the administration, security, fairness,
integrity, or proper conduct of this Contest, Sponsors reserve the
right, at their sole discretion, to disqualify any individual(s)
who tamper with the entry process, and/or to cancel, terminate,
modify, or suspend the Contest. If Sponsors elect to cancel or
terminate the Contest, Sponsors will not retain any rights in the
submitted photographs and will return the entry fees.
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