Submission Options
1) Photographer of the Year
Submit 20 images on a variety of travel destinations and categories. Any images not selected as part of the three winning Photographer of the Year portfolios will be considered for the six individual categories.
2) Single Subject Portfolio
Submit 10 images from one specific subject. Images not selected as Single Subject Portfolio winners will be considered for the six individual categories. Because you are allowed 20 total photos, you may submit two single subject portfolios, or one single subject portfolio and up to 10 photos in the six individual categories alone.
Single Subject Portfolio images may be of any of the following:
Single destinations such as a city or small region; a particular cultural group such as Wyoming cowboys; a particular subject such as Moroccan bazaars or animals of the Everglades; or a performance group such as Cirque du Soleil; or an event such as Carnival in Rio de Janeiro. Subjects such as a large country, or birds, or people, are considered too general for Single Subject competition. Single Subject portfolios should be specific and obvious to viewers as a standalone portfolio of related images.
3) Individual Categories
Submit up to 20 photos to be judged exclusively for the six individual categories. Some images may fit in multiple categories (example: a bull rider in action at a rodeo could be considered Action/Adventure, Animal, Cultural, or People General). Choose the category that you feel best describes the image and the judges can move it to another category if they choose.
- Action/Adventure – Things or people in motion, sports or active adventure; the action or adventure aspect is the dominant feature of the image
- Animal – Animal(s) should dominate, but people in the frame are acceptable
- Cultural – Man-made or ethnic; may include people but the main subject is a cultural scene, activity, or event; architecture, regional foods, etc., also fit this category
- Natural Scenic – Nature, landscape, or any scene where nature is dominant but may have some human elements such as a dock on a beach or a vehicle on a road
- People General – Individual or group of people in an environmental setting, or engaged in activities such as cooking, blacksmithing, fishing, etc., that depict sense of place
- People Portrait – One or more individuals in a portrait format with emphasis on the person/people, not the environmental setting
There is no restriction as to the number of entries in any given category—you can submit from one to 20 photos in any individual category, up to a maximum of 20 total.
Questions? Contact Anna McManus