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 11/22/2005 09:41:03 AM · #1
We have until January 5th 2006 to eter the third annual Smithsonian magazine Photo Contest. The Categories are: Americana, People, The Natural World, Travel, and Altered Images. Win a Grand Canyon adventure for two!

//photocontest.smithsonianmag.com/

11/22/2005 09:44:43 AM · #2
sweet I am going to enter thanks nice find, I love entering these kinds of contest.

Message edited by author 2005-11-22 09:44:54.
 11/22/2005 09:49:51 AM · #3
Nice! I got my "Americana" and "People" submissions already picked out! Now I just need to come up with some shots for the rest of them. :/
 11/22/2005 10:04:07 AM · #4
from their FAQ page

[quote]Can I enter a photo that I entered in another contest?
No, the photo is not eligible for submission.[/quote]

I guess any dpc entries would not be eliligible??
 11/22/2005 10:05:26 AM · #5
I don't think DPC counts as there is no award for entering here.
 11/22/2005 10:09:15 AM · #6
Originally posted by karmat:
from their FAQ page

[quote]Can I enter a photo that I entered in another contest?
No, the photo is not eligible for submission.


I guess any dpc entries would not be eliligible?? [/quote]

I think it would be seeing that DPC has no prizes except a virtual ribbon.
 11/22/2005 10:24:10 AM · #7
Originally posted by awpollard:
We have until January 5th 2006 to eter the third annual Smithsonian magazine Photo Contest. The Categories are: Americana, People, The Natural World, Travel, and Altered Images. Win a Grand Canyon adventure for two!

//photocontest.smithsonianmag.com/


great... now that everyone around here knows about this, how am i supposed to win?

yeesh... thanks for nuttin'

;)
 11/22/2005 10:28:42 AM · #8
gar! most of the good contest have a rule that you have to be 18 or older! :(
 11/22/2005 10:29:07 AM · #9
Originally posted by notonline:
Originally posted by karmat:
from their FAQ page

[quote]Can I enter a photo that I entered in another contest?
No, the photo is not eligible for submission.


I guess any dpc entries would not be eliligible??


I think it would be seeing that DPC has no prizes except a virtual ribbon. [/quote]

It may be good advice to write to them and ask.

But generally speaking when a medium (print, T.V., radio, etc) states that no other contest entries or "writing/poems/photographs that have not been published elsewhere" they do mean that they only want submissions that have not been "published" ANYWHERE else including online. That has been my experience.

But again it never hurts to write to them for clarification - they may mean prior contest entries in their contest since the photo submitted must have been taken in the last three years.

Oh and a big thanks to Awpollard for giving everyone the heads up on this contest. I just might take up the challenge.
 11/22/2005 10:29:38 AM · #10
Thanks so much for the link. Does anyone know if you can enter more than one category?
 11/22/2005 10:34:36 AM · #11
Originally posted by troberge:
Thanks so much for the link. Does anyone know if you can enter more than one category?


you can enter one photo for each category, for a total of five submissions...
 11/22/2005 12:02:49 PM · #12
Darn, I already entered the nature pic I was going to enter into another contest! Ahhhh!!! I guess I better get busy stalking those Old Order Mennonites down in Dayton.
 11/22/2005 01:58:05 PM · #13
I have emailed them asking for verification. Usually my general rule fo thumb is "It is easier to ask forgiveness than permission" but some of ya'll have some really awesome shots and I would hate to think you lost a trip to the GC because you had entered it here as well.

I haven't heard back yet. I'll let ya know.
 11/26/2005 11:35:04 AM · #14
I still haven't heard anything.

I guess if you open the original, reprocess it, and change it just a bit, it would be a different shot. No?

;)
 11/30/2005 01:27:52 PM · #15
I just received an email from them:

Hello,

Thanks for writing. We do not accept photos that have been entered in
previous contests, not necessarily because of prizes won, but that we want
to ensure that entrants have exclusive rights to their photograph.

Sincerely,

SMITHSONIAN

Now, obviously, dpc still enables us to have exclusive rights, but I think what they are trying to say, maybe, is that they don't want something "up" or published elsewhere, maybe?
 11/30/2005 02:06:08 PM · #16
I would take that to mean that DPC is fine. They aren't going to know about it if a) you don't tell them or b) you win and the other "contest" doesn't raise a beef.

Since DPC isn't going to raise stink for an entry winning in another contest, it's going to be a moot point.
 11/30/2005 02:20:39 PM · #17
I always have a tough time deciphering what counts as "minor" and what doesn't for digital manipulation. Do you think these are stricter than basic editing or laxer? I emailed them and asked about conversion to B&W and sepia for digital images.
 11/30/2005 02:32:44 PM · #18
Come on folks, what part of "We do not accept photos that have been entered in previous contests..." don't you understand? They did not say we could bend the rules if we felt like it. What is happening to the world where we can not follow simple instructions?

Anyway, thanks Andy for directing us to the contest. We can imagine how tough the competition will be, but we're use to that on this site.
 11/30/2005 02:37:43 PM · #19
Originally posted by nsmith:
Come on folks, what part of "We do not accept photos that have been entered in previous contests..." don't you understand? They did not say we could bend the rules if we felt like it. What is happening to the world where we can not follow simple instructions?

Anyway, thanks Andy for directing us to the contest. We can imagine how tough the competition will be, but we're use to that on this site.


so does this mean we should be hiding our challenge results so we don't get ratted out??? What happens if I have 2 photos I took of the same thing but only edited one??? Does this mean I cannot use the other for this contest???
 11/30/2005 02:42:09 PM · #20
Originally posted by nsmith:
Come on folks, what part of "We do not accept photos that have been entered in previous contests..." don't you understand? They did not say we could bend the rules if we felt like it. What is happening to the world where we can not follow simple instructions?

Anyway, thanks Andy for directing us to the contest. We can imagine how tough the competition will be, but we're use to that on this site.


That's pretty harsh. I got a camera club with weekly competitions, I enter prints in these. Do you honestly think each of these images should be DQ'd from Smithsonian's competition? What Smithsonian is REALLY after, IMO, is not to have entries winning multiple PUBLICIZED contests. That would be bad.

R.
 11/30/2005 02:44:28 PM · #21
Originally posted by karmat:
I just received an email from them:

Hello,

Thanks for writing. We do not accept photos that have been entered in
previous contests, not necessarily because of prizes won, but that we want
to ensure that entrants have exclusive rights to their photograph.

Sincerely,

SMITHSONIAN

Now, obviously, dpc still enables us to have exclusive rights, but I think what they are trying to say, maybe, is that they don't want something "up" or published elsewhere, maybe?


If an image gets accepted you would have to DQ it here to keep it exclusive.
 11/30/2005 02:44:29 PM · #22
Originally posted by notonline:
Originally posted by nsmith:
Come on folks, what part of "We do not accept photos that have been entered in previous contests..." don't you understand? They did not say we could bend the rules if we felt like it. What is happening to the world where we can not follow simple instructions?

Anyway, thanks Andy for directing us to the contest. We can imagine how tough the competition will be, but we're use to that on this site.


so does this mean we should be hiding our challenge results so we don't get ratted out??? What happens if I have 2 photos I took of the same thing but only edited one??? Does this mean I cannot use the other for this contest???


I really, really believe everyone's overanalyzing this. If all you've done is enter a DPChallenge, just go for it. If you had Kodak POTD or something, forget about it.

R.
 11/30/2005 03:17:41 PM · #23
Has anyone bothered to check with the people running the Smithsonian contest to see if our challenge entries would be eligible for their contest?
 11/30/2005 03:19:07 PM · #24
Originally posted by coolhar:
Has anyone bothered to check with the people running the Smithsonian contest to see if our challenge entries would be eligible for their contest?


Umm, just as many as bothered to read the whole thread... ;)
 11/30/2005 03:20:27 PM · #25
Originally posted by coolhar:
Has anyone bothered to check with the people running the Smithsonian contest to see if our challenge entries would be eligible for their contest?


Better to ask forgiveness than permission.
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