Previous Competitions
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NOTE: All images on this site are the property of the named photographer and should not be copied or used without the written permission of the maker.
| 2008 Competition Calendar | |
| January 23 - Assignment: Open / Prints & Slides | July 23 - Assignment: Open Digital files due July 16 |
| February 27 - Assignment: Open / Prints & Digital | August 27 - Assignment: The Color Green Green is to be the predomiant subject, with monochrome images being in various tones of green. Digital files due August 20 |
| March 26 - Assignment: Patterns / Prints & Slides | September 24 - Assignment: Open Digital files due September 17 |
| April 23 - Assignment: Open / Prints & Digital |
October 22 - Assignment: Graffiti The Graffiti is to be markings, as initials, slogans, or drawings--written, spray-painted or sketched on a sidewalk, wall of a building, side of a boxcar, or the like. Must be unauthorized (no murals, etc.) and found (not arranged by the photographer). NO creative. Digital files due October 15 |
| May 28 - Assignment: Open / Prints & Slides | November 12 - Assignment: Open Note that this is the 2nd Wed, due to Thanksgiving. Also, Year-End entries due - see Nov. newsletter. Digital files due November 5 |
| June 25 - Assignment: Birds / Prints & Digital Similar to nature - live birds only, no creative, though captive environments are acceptable. |
December 10 - Banquet & Year End Entries Year-end entries are judged prior to the banquet. Images are shown and awards announced after the meal. |
| 2007 Competition Calendar | |
| January 24 - Assignment: Open | July 25 - Assignment: Open |
| February 28 - Assignment: Open | August 22 - Assignment: Broken/Abandoned |
| March 28 - Assignment: Open | September 26 - Assignment: Open |
| April 25 - Assignment: Shadows Shadow(s) must be either the main focus or an integral part of the image. Subject(s) causing the shadows(s) may appear in the image also or not. |
October 24 - Assignment: Nature **See definition below** |
| May 23 - Assignment: Open | November 14 - Assignment: Open Note that this is the 2nd Wed, due to Thanksgiving. Also, Year-End entries due - see Nov. newsletter. |
| June 27 - Assignment: Motion/Action Self-explanatory, e.g. activity or process of moving. |
December 7** - Banquet & Year End Entries ** Note Date Change. Year-end entries are judged prior to the banquet. Images are shown and awards announced after the meal. |
| 2006 Competition Calendar | |
| January 25 - Assignment: Open | July 26 - Assignment: Open |
| February 22 - Assignment: Open | August 23 - Assignment: Flowers |
| March 22 - Assignment: Open | September 27 - Assignment: Open |
| April 26 - Assignment: Portraits (People Only) | October 25 - Assignment: Nature |
| May 24 - Assignment: Open | November 8 - Assignment: Open Note that this is the 2nd Wed, due to Thanksgiving. Also, Year-End entries due - see Nov. newsletter. |
| June 28 - Assignment: Water/Waterfalls/Streams | December 13 - Banquet & Year End Entries Year-end entries are judged prior to the banquet. Images are shown and awards announced after the meal. |
| 2005 Competition Calendar | |
| January 26 - Assignment: Open | July 27 - Assignment: Open |
| February 23 - Assignment: Open | August 24 - Assignment: Creative Use in-camera, darkroom, digital, or manual techniques to produce "An obvious departure from reality" |
| March 23 - Assignment: Open | September 28 - Assignment: Open |
| April 27 - Assignment: Elements of Water (Snow/Rain/Ice/Water/Fog) |
October 26 - Assignment: Nature |
| May 25 - Assignment: Open | November 9 - Assignment: Open |
| June 22 - Assignment: Pictorial Landscape | December 14 - Banquet & Year End Entries |