CONTEST INFO: THE EYES OF HISTORY 2010
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IMPORTANT 2010 CONTEST DATES AND DEADLINES

New Media contest entry deadline - 11:59 pm JANUARY 22

TV contest entry deadline - EXTENDED TO 11:50 pm, FEBRUARY 5

Still photography entry deadline - 6:30 pm FEBRUARY 4

Friday, Feb 12 there will be an open membership meeting & photography seminar
at National Geographic Auditorium - details coming soon

Judging takes place Saturday, Feb 13, and Sunday, Feb 14

Judging is open to the public. Additional information, including judges' bios, schedules, etc will be posted after the contest entry deadline has passed. Still contest judging takes place at the National Geographic Grosvenor Auditorium.

STILL PHOTOGRAPHY CONTEST

Looking back: the 2007 still photography contest judging at the National Geographic auditorium

Download the STILL CONTEST RULES and ENTRY FORM (PDF)

1. All entries must have been taken by active or life members in good standing. Members shall not enter photographs that
were taken prior to the date that their application was received by the board of the WHNPA. Entries must have been taken
or initially published between January 1, 2009 and December 31, 2009. Previously entered images are not eligible. (NOTE: Because we included them last year, all pictures from the Inauguration of President Obama are NOT eligible.)

2. The content of a photograph must not be altered in Photoshop or by any other means. No element should be digitally
added to or subtracted from any photograph and the image must be a truthful representation of whatever happened in
front of the camera during exposure. Retouching to eliminate dust and scratches is acceptable. Reasonable adjustments in Photoshop are acceptable. These include cropping, dodging and burning, conversion into grayscale, and normal toning and color adjustments that restore the authentic nature of the photograph. Excessive changes in density, contrast, color and saturation levels that alter the original scene are not acceptable. Backgrounds should not be digitally blurred or eliminated by burning down or by aggressive toning. The judges and contest committee reserve the right to see the original (unretouched) raw image files, negatives and/or slides. In cases of doubt, any photographer violating these
standards will be, at a minimum, disqualified from the competition. (The contest chair will inform the contest judges of these guidelines.)

3. All entry forms must be signed by the member/photographer. A second party is not allowed to submit entries and sign
entry forms on behalf of a photographer. If an editor prepares entries for a photographer, it is still the
member/photographer’s responsibility to submit the entry and sign the form. If a photographer is out of the country or on
assignment, an email “signature” from the photographer to the contest chair will suffice.

4. Entries must be true to the spirit and principals of both the WHNPA bylaws and the profession of photojournalism. The
bylaws may be accessed at: http://www.whnpa.org/join/bylaws2005rev.pdf

DEADLINE: THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2010 AT 6:30 P.M.

Download the STILL CONTEST RULES and ENTRY FORMS (PDF)

TELEVISION CONTEST

the deadline for TV entries HAS BEEN EXTENDED one week TO Fri. Feb. 5, 11:59 pm.

Judging is open to the membership and general public, beginning on Friday night, Feb. 12 with an open membership meeting at National Geographic about 7p.m. Saturday and Sunday judging starts approximately 8:30 -9 a.m.

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IMPORTANT TV CONTEST INFORMATION

The TV Contest Committee has implemented significant changes to improve the entry and judging process for the TV Contest. For the first time members must enter via email, pay entry fees via PayPal and submit entries as electronic files uploaded to a special TV Contest FTP site. The contest will be totally tapeless. The new official 2010 TV Contest Rules are contained in a PDF document available below for download.

All the entry files must be MPEG-4 QuickTime type formatted to WHNPA's specifications. Detailed export setting and upload instruction documents have been created. Specific instructions titled "Exporting from Avid" and "Exporting from FCP" are available below for download. There are also detailed instructions for "FTP upload from PC" and "FTP upload from Mac." These documents will guide you step by step through the entire process.

A new 2010 Entry Form & Summary Sheets document has also been created. This Microsoft Word document must be filled out electronically, saved, then e-mailed as a Word .doc attachment to the TV Contest entry email address: tvcontestentry@whnpa.org

Entry fees have been increased slightly this year and should be paid via PayPal from the WHNPA website. Remember, membership dues must be paid for 2010 prior to submitting entries. Your membership dues notice has already been mailed to you.

These new procedures will streamline the contest judging process, solve once and for all the contest tape format problem, and most importantly, give members approximately 30-days to prepare and submit their entries. Members will no longer be required to drop-off entries in person during a short 2-day window.

Please take advantage of the longer entry submission window and enter as early as possible. The TV Contest email address, PayPal and FTP site are all setup and ready to receive entries. Don't wait until the last day to upload entries. Remember, it will take quite a while to upload your files, especially longer stories.

PAY YOUR FEES ONLINE USING PAYPAL OPTION

If you are unable to pay using PayPal, your entry fee may be mailed to the WHNPA using the USPS only, no FedEx, UPS, etc. The entry fee must arrive before the deadline. If you are unable to upload your files to the FTP site, the properly formatted files may be mailed via USPS only to the WHNPA address below. The files must be contained on a data disc or included on a small "thumb-drive." The files must arrive properly formatted and named by the deadline.

THE NEW TV CONTEST ENTRY DEADLINE IS FEBRUARY 5, 2010, AT 11:59 PM

FORMS AND INSTRUCTIONS

Six separate documents have been created for this year's TV Contest. These documents are available for download form the WHNPA website, they have been emailed to the membership, and they are also contained in a folder on the TV Contest FTP site and can be download from that location.

o 2010 TV Contest Entry Rules.pdf
o 2010 Entry Form & Summary Sheets (WORD DOC)
o Exporting from Avid.pdf
o Exporting from FCP.pdf
o FTP upload form PC.pdf
o FTP upload from Mac.pdf

DOWNLOAD ALL TV CONTEST DOCUMENTS (4.4 MB) 6 pdf documents and 1 word summary sheet ZIP ARCHIVE

IMPORTANT ADDRESSES

Download entry form, summary sheets and instructions

To email entry: tvcontestentry@whnpa.org

To mail entry and fees via USPS only:

WHNPA - TV Contest Entry
P.O. Box 7119 Ben Franklin Station
Washington, DC 20044-7119

PAY YOUR FEES ONLINE USING PAYPAL OPTION

For questions & information: tvcontestinfo@whnpa.org

The judging will be Feb. 13 & 14, 2010. Volunteers are needed during the judging weekend; please contact Pege Gilgannon at 202-345-1937 or Doug Wilkes at 202-257-6137.

TV CONTEST COMMITTEE

Doug Wilkes - Chariman, Pege Gilgannon, Marty Doane, Joni Mazer-Field, Charlie MacDonald, Ed Eaves, Whitney Shefte, Bethany Swain

IMPORTANT UPDATE -- if you need to reach Doug Wilkes re contest, his phone number in the earlier version of the RULES sheet was incorrect. His correct number is (202) 257-6173.

NEW MEDIA CONTEST
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The creation of the New Media contest aims to recognize the efforts of our colleagues who create, design and produce stories and packages that are distributed on or by the Internet.


Entrant Requirements
• At least one member of a project needs to meet the eligibility requirements for WHNPA membership for their entry to be accepted in the New Media contest.

• An entry fee of $45.00 must be sent to WHNPA (P.O. Box 7119 Ben Franklin Station, Washington DC, 20044-7199) by check or online by using PayPal. Only one entry fee per entrant is required. PAYPAL LINK

• All entries must have been produced on or after Jan. 27, 2009, and before Dec. 31, 2009. Freelance work is welcome.

• This is a producer-oriented contest; however, only one team member of a project need meet the eligibility requirements for WHNPA membership. For example, a project that uses wire photography by a non-eligible photographer may be entered if the project was edited by an eligible producer. Likewise, an eligible photographer may enter a project produced by a non-eligible entity.

• This contest will not accept stand-alone video submissions. Please see video contest (info above) for entering stand-alone videos.

• Entrants acknowledge that they have the right to display all content to their respective web sites i.e. photos, videos and audio or music.

• For questions about the New Media contest- use the online new media form to send a message.

DOWNLOAD THE NEW MEDIA CONTEST RULES (PDF) BY CLICKING THE LINK BELOW:

NEW MEDIA CONTEST RULES

CHARGE CONTEST ENTRY FEES ONLINE

NEW MEDIA CONTEST ENTRY DEADLINE JAN 22 AT 11:59 PM