This PDF contains all the information you need to enter the 2012 Student Contest.
READ THESE RULES COMPLETELY. Failure to follow every rule will disqualify your application immediately.
RULES & SUBMISSION GUIDELINES (PDF, 300 kb)
STUDENT CONTEST POSTER (PDF 444 kb)
Help us publicize this event. Download the PDF and print/share the poster with students who might be interested.
There is also a high resolution JPG version of the image above available for download.
PAYPAL LINK (student membership/contest fee)
Membership application and by-laws
Entrants are not required to be WHNPA members but membership is encouraged.
If you choose to apply for membership, your entrance fee will go towards your first yearly dues.
Simply submit your application with your contest entry materials.
You can find the application at: http://www.whnpa.org/join/index.htm#member.
Undergraduate and graduate students currently enrolled in a degree program are eligible.
Students who graduated in December/Winter 2011 are eligible to apply for the 2012 contest.
Be sure to read the Rules and Submission Guidelines document for complete entry requirements and procedures.
One student portfolio will be chosen as the winner and the portfolio will go on The Eyes of History™ contest website.
The 2012 Student Photographer of the Year will receive the following awards:
• A $1,000 award from the White House News Photographers Association
• A round trip ticket from sponsor Continental Airlines to attend The Eyes of History™ Awards Gala (within the Continental Airline Gateway only).
• Two tickets from WHNPA to the black tie ‘The Eyes of History’™ Awards Gala in Washington, D.C.
• A two page spread in ‘The Eyes of History’™ Awards book
• Portfolio highlighted in the traveling exhibit
• Portfolio highlighted in the the annual exhibition at Edison Place Gallery in Washington.
• Portfolio featured on ‘The Eyes of History’™ contest website at www.whnpa.org/contest/eyes2012.
• A $1000 scholarship to any Momenta Workshop of your choice (good through Spring 2013).
The 2012 Honorable Mention Portfolio winners will receive the following awards:
• A $100 award from Momenta Workshops
• Portfolio featured on ‘The Eyes of History’ ™ contest website at www.whnpa.org/contest/eyes2012.
• A $500 scholarship to any Momenta Workshop of your choice (good through Spring 2013).
The contest submissions will open on February 1, 2012, and will be accepted through March 15, 2012.
No submissions will be accepted after 11:59 p.m. EST on March 15, 2012.
A public judging will be held on March 17, 2012, hosted in the Washington Times newspaper offices in Washington, D.C.
You may wish to read about last year's contest winner and review the 2011 student contest winning portfolios
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