PHOTO CONTEST RULES 2009
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE:
To recognize the quality of work done by the AP member newspaper staffs
taking the Oklahoma report. To
encourage those staffs to contribute their work to the OK AP news file.
ELIGIBILITY:
The contest is open to entries from professional journalists employed at AP
member newspapers subscribing to the Oklahoma report.
ENTRY FEES:
$6 per entry. Fees must
accompany entries. Trophies,
plaques and certificates will be purchased from entry fees contributed by
newspapers participating in the competition.
DEADLINE:
All entries
must be received no later than 4:00 p.m. Jan. 19, 2010.
ADDRESS:
Mail entries to: AP/ONE Contest, The Associated Press,
AWARDS:
First, second and third place prizes will be awarded in each category.
Honorable mention will be awarded where merited.
First-place plaques will be presented to the winner in each category
in each of the three divisions.
Certificates will go to the individuals in first, second and third place as
well as honorable mention, where awarded.
No entries will be returned.
SWEEPSTAKES AWARDS:
One sweepstakes prize will be awarded in each division A, B and C.
A trophy will be presented to the
newspaper whose entry is judged the best in each of the three divisions.
The winning photographer will also receive $50 if that picture or
picture story was used on the AP photo network.
RULES CHANGES:
Changes to these contest rules will be considered each year by a standing
committee of AP/ONE Executive Committee.
PHOTO ENTRIES:
Entries must have been published in newspaper or posted on newspaper Web
site respectively between Jan. 1 and Dec. 31, 2009
Photo entries may have been published/posted in both
newspaper/newspaper Web site but may be entered as only one:
a published photo or a Web site photo.
Photographers will compete in respective newspaper divisions A, B and C based on circulation for prizes in six categories: (five published photo categories and one Web site category)
1)
spot news
Published photo entries
may be: 1) tear sheet, 2) photo print or 3) computer print.
Each
Web site photo entry must include a
screen shot.
All photo entries must be overall size 8 ½ “x 11”.
Larger entries may be folded and smaller entries may be attached to 8
½” by 11”.
LABELING:
A legible entry from must be attached to the back of each 8 ½” by 11” entry.
Entry label must contain the division, category, name of
photographer, name of the newspaper, title of entry, date published/posted
and caption. Photos without
captions will not be considered.
Limit: two (2) entries per
photographer, per category, in one division.
Photos in spot news, sports, general news and feature photo categories will
be one single photo.
Photo package and Web site photo entries may be multiple photos by more than
one photographer, judged as one entry.
A photo in a photo package may be entered in a single other category
but photos may only be entered as one medium:
published or Web site.