2018 APA Awards - Call for Entries. Enter here: http://apanational.org/contests/
APA National's annual competition is open to all photographers at every level worldwide; from seasoned professionals to up-and-comers.
That said, APA members save with each image they enter into the contest, members at the associate level or above save over 50% on each entry. Now is a great time to join APA and save on each image you enter.
Need to upgrade? Email members@apanational.org
Categories:
- Adventure/Sports/Action
- Animals (new!)
- Architecture
- Beauty/Fashion/Lifestyle
- Celebrity/Musician
- Conceptual/Altered
- Documentary/Editorial
- Fine Art/Personal
- Portrait
- Underwater/Aerial (new!)
- Still Life/ Food
- Travel/Landscape
Plus:
- Emerging/Student
Submission pricing:
- APA Members (Leader level) - $15 / entry
- APA Members (Professional level) - $20 / entry
- APA Members (Associate level) - $25 / entry
- APA Members (Supporter level) $25 / entry
- APA Members (Contributor level) - $30 / entry
- Non APA Member Entry Fee: $50 / entry (not a member? Join first and save)
Entry deadline is June 28th, 2018
After June 28th all entries increase by $10 per entry
Join APA or upgrade your membership to save on each entry!
Judges include:
- Molly Roberts, National Geographic
- Toby Kaufman, Refinery29
- Jasmine Batista, BBDO
- Sari Levy, Martin Agency
- Chris Peters, Colle + Volle
- Suzee Barbaree, Freelance Art Buyer/Producer
- Anna Alexander, Wired
- Kim Harris, Team Detroit GTB
- Charlie Hess, Chess Design/UCLA magazine
- Pierluigi Serraino, Architect
- Stephanie Broad, Modern Luxury
- AND MORE!
Prizes include:
- Canon camera
- Adobe Creative Cloud 1 year subscription
- Agency Access North America Database 1 year subscription
- Capture One Software
- Think Tank bags
Reasons to Enter:
- The APA Awards is one of the most respected photo contests for professional photographers.
- Connect to people who can hire you
- Selected images to be included in a 2-page spread in Lürzer's Archive 2018
- All winners appear in a beautifully printed book sent to art buyers and photo editors
- A gallery showcasing winning images will be viewable online
- An acclaimed panel of Judges who hire and work with professional photographers will be viewing your work
- Easy, secure entering process
- Feel good - proceeds help support the association and that helps us do more for you!
What to Know:
- You do not need to be an APA member, but APA members receive a discount on each entry
- APA members receive a discount based on their membership level
- Images are assigned an arbitrary ID for "blind" judging
- There is no limit on the number entries that can be submitted
- The same image can be entered in more than one category
- We did not create a "series" category this year, but the image you submit can be a diptych or triptych
- There is no restriction on when the entry images were created
- The decision of the judges of the competition shall be final and binding
- Entry fees are non refundable
- Winners will be notified in August and officially announced in September
- APA does not accept responsibility or warrant any product being delivered by a sponsor.
- Any applicable tax, due on the awarding of prizes, will be the sole responsibility of the winner(s)
- Prizes and the APA Awards book are shipped to the winners with U.S. addresses only
- International winners will need to make arrangements to receive physical prizes and a copy of the awards book
- Images that won previously in the APA Awards are not eligible to win
- Image size is for judging only, a larger file size in CMYK will be required for the images that are selected
Image Guidelines
- Images should have no text that is not part of the image
- All files must be .jpg format
- File size limit 10MB
- Image size no smaller than 1200 pixels on the long side and no larger than 1800
- Color profile is sRGB, image resolution 72ppi
- Do not include symbols (©, ®, •, $) in the file name as it can corrupt the file (image file name is not visible to the judges)
Submission Guidelines
- APA members login to apanational.org using your APA credentials
- Non-members can enter images into the contest by creating a guest account
- The system will automatically charge you based on your membership level
- Once you have completed the transaction your submission is final and you will not be able to edit your image
- You may request to void a submission but the entry fee will not be refunded
- You can return to your APA account at any time to review your entries
- You may submit additional images until the deadline
- Images that have won an APA Award previously (viewable on APAnational.org/awards) if submitted, will not be included in judging
- You will receive an email confirmation upon entering. If you do not receive a confirmation email contact members@apanational.org
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