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Student Quarterly Clip Contest

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    • Student Clip Contest

    The NPPA Student Clip contest has returned with simplified online entry, multimedia categories, and live winners galleries.

    Judging for the May–July 2011 contest has completed, and the winners are now viewable, as is a gallery of entries from the top 3 overall 2010–2011 contest winners.

    Congratulations to Jake May, Jeff Sainlar, and Bryan Thomas!

    The 2011–2012 contest is now open. Entries are currently being accepted for August–October.

    %10 @ѫXwL [,%vp܁Sz ^FQuestions? Contact Thomas Kenniff at contests@nppa.org, or 919-383-7246 x16

    Rules

    Contest Eligibility

    • The Student Quarterly Clip Contest is open to all NPPA student members in good standing.
    • Participants must be full-time undergraduate or graduate students. You may enter work done during internships.
    • Pictures need not be published.

    Deadlines and Time Frames

    For pictures taken in...The deadline is...
    August, September, OctoberNovember 7
    November, December, JanuaryFebruary 7
    February, March, AprilMay 7
    May, June, JulyAugust 7

    The contest is designed so that each quarter incorporates at least part of the traditional academic year.

    Number of entries

    Each student may enter a total of twelve (12) entries each quarter. Of those entries, up to two (2) may be multimedia entries. If more are entered, all clips for that quarter will be disqualified. Entries can be in any category or combination of categories.

    Individual work

    For still entries, each clip must be the work of a single photographer. If two or more combine to produce a single layout or multimedia package, each must submit only his or her work.

    Categories

    • News (planned and unplanned events)
    • Sports (action and features)
    • Feature Single (a found situation)
    • Controlled Portraits and Illustrations
    • Multiple Picture Story (any subject, including sports).
    • Multimedia (video, audio slideshow, or project)

    Individual photos from the same layout may be entered separately in different categories, but each counts as a separate entry.

    NPPA Student Photographer of the Year competition

    Each student entering the student contest will receive 2 points for entering the contest each quarter. Winners will receive 50 points for a first place, 40 points for second place, and 30 points for third. There are no ties, and honorable mentions will not receive points.

    The student accumulating the most points for the period beginning each August and ending the following July will be named NPPA Student Photographer of the Year.

    Ethics and Copyright

    The Student Quarterly Clip Contest rules rely on the honesty of the participants. Any abuse of trust will not be tolerated and will result in suspension of NPPA membership for a period of time to be determined by the NPPA’s governance and judiciary committees. All entries must abide by the high ethical standard set forth in the NPPA Code of Ethics.

    It is understood that any copyright of an entry remains the property of the photographer or employer of the photographer.

    However, all participants agree that by entering the contest, entrants give permission to NPPA for its regional and national publications to reproduce winning entries, either through hard copy or electronically, including and not limited to, regional publications, News Photographer magazine, commercial online services and NPPA presences on the Internet. Reasonable precautions will be taken to ensure the security of electronic reproduction.

    Student Clip Contest Chair

    Brian McDermott

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