Student Photography Competition: Entries due March 29th

Send us your best interpretation of this years theme and win prizes to help kick start your career. We've worked hard to set you up with some amazing goodies: a Nikon Camera, placement at The Eddie Adams Workshop, Abode CS4 fully loaded and more...

THE COMPETITION
Like any professional assignment, ours is here to challenge you: Virtue & Vice.  Are they opposites or parts of a whole?  Generosity, courage, and faith, they're virtues we all admire, but who doesn't also have a guilty pleasure (or two? -- Ed.)?  Push this theme to its extreme, find your best work in the assignment, and dazzle our judges.

OFFICIAL RULES & ENTRY FORM
Download the PDF containing this year's poster with the rules and prizes here, and the PDF entry form here.

**Attention Professors/Faculty: Download the poster advertising this competition here if you'd like to post it at your school.

DEADLINE
Monday, March 29, 2010.
But don't wait until the last minute! Mark your calendar and submit on time.  Entries after 5PM EST on March 29th will not be accepted. 

PRIZES
First Prize
• Nikon D300S camera and Nikkor 18-55mm lens.  Valued at $2,155
• Barnstorm XXII, The Eddie Adams Workshop.  Guaranteed placement & housing at the 4 day rigorous workshop with the best in photojournalism today. October 8-11, 2010.
• Adobe CS4 Design Premium.  Fully loaded. Valued at $1,800
• A one year subscription to Aperture, American Photo, and Photo District News.

Second Prize
• Portfolio review with Stephen Mayes, Managing Director at VII Photo Agency.
• Adobe CS4 Design Standard. For the Pros. Valued at $1,400
• A one year subscription to Aperture, American Photo, and Photo District News.

Third Prize
• Summer Internship at Magnum Photos.
• Adobe CS4 Design Standard. For the Pros. Valued at $1,400
• A one year subscription to Aperture, American Photo, and Photo District News.

All Winning Entries will be published in SPD's 45th Publication Design Annual along with the professional competition winners, and invited as our guest to the black-tie Awards Gala in May 2010 in New York City.

JUDGES
Amy Berkley - Photography Editor, Field & Stream Magazine
Heloise Goodman - Photography Director, Martha Stewart Living
Alison Morley - ICP Chair, ICP Documentary Photography and Photojournalism Program
Jamie Prokell - Art Director, Body & Soul Magazine
Brittain Stone - Photography Director, Us Weekly
Catherine Talese - Photography Director, Visual Strategist Consulting
Zana Woods - Senior Photography Director, Wired Magazine

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS?

Q: Is this competition open to international entries?
A: Absolutely, we're accepting entries for around the world!
But remember, all entries must be signed by your professor from an accredited university.

Q: Is this competition open to graduate as well as undergraduate students?
A: Certainly, both graduate and undergraduate students can submit up to three entries!
ALL entries must be signed by your professor.

Q: Am I waiving any copyright privileges by entering this competition?
A:  No way! You retail the copyright of your personal work.


STILL HAVE QUESTIONS?
Email us at photos@spd.org