Microsoft pro photographer photography contest

Microsoft Pro-Photographer Photography Contest

Take Your Best Shot at a $20,000 Grand Prize and an amazing digital prize package!

The Microsoft Future Pro Photographers Photography Contest is the most lucrative contest of its kind and provides a unique opportunity for college and university student photographers from around the world to showcase their artistic talent and photographic style.

Microsoft is committed to carrying the art of digital photography forward by encouraging new and emerging talent at the student level to learn, utilize, and implement state-of-the-art equipment, software, and techniques to produce the finest images possible.

For student photographers, this is an opportunity to Kick Start Your Career as a future professional photographer. The exciting prize packages include a Grand Prize of US$20,000 cash and a digital workflow prize package.
There will also be three First Place winners in the following categories:

• Nature & Landscape;
• People & Portraits;
• Sports & Photojournalism

who will each win US$3000 cash and a digital workflow prize package as well.

The submission period is March 1st through April 30th, 2009.

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Microsoft Future Pro Photographer Photo Contest
Submission Guidelines
Three (3) total in any category:
Each entry should meet the following guidelines:

* Maximum longest dimension: 1024 pixels
* Maximum file size: 2MB
* File Format: JPEG


Microsoft Future Pro Photographer Photo Contest Official Rules

By entering the Microsoft Future Pro Photographer Photo Contest (the Contest) you agree to be bound by these Official Rules.

1. ELIGIBILITY.

Open to all students who are 18 (eighteen) years of age or older at the time of entry and actively enrolled at a two-year, four-year, or advanced degree granting college or university. However, residents of the following countries are ineligible to participate: Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Sudan and Syria. In addition residents of the Province of Quebec are ineligible to participate. Void wherever prohibited by law. Employees of Microsoft Corporation, their affiliates, parent companies, participating vendors, subsidiaries and advertising and promotion agencies, and anyone working directly on this program, product and promotion and the immediate family members or those living in the same household of each (Sponsor and Administrators) are not eligible to enter.

2. CONTEST DESCRIPTION.

The Contest is skill-based, and the object is to submit a photograph for judging in three categories for the chance to win cash and prizes as described below.

This Contest is conducted in the United States of America, and entries and registration information is collected on computers located in the U.S.A. This contest is governed by Washington law, and by entering you agree to accept jurisdiction and venue in the Courts of the State of Washington, U.S.A.
ENTRY PERIOD.

The Contest begins at 12:01 AM PT on March 1, 2009 and ends at 11:59 PM PT April 30, 2009 (Entry Period). All entries must be received prior to the close of the Contest Entry Period. Any entries submitted after the deadline will be disqualified.

3. HOW TO ENTER.

No purchase necessary. To enter online visit the Contest website located at http://www.microsoft.com/ProPhoto and register. You'll be asked to provide your first and last name, date of birth, college or university, and e-mail address. You must then submit your image(s), and then click on the "submit" button to be entered into the Contest.

For purposes of this Contest each digital image will be considered a single entry. Multiple entries are permitted in each category, but a maximum of three (3) entries is the total number of entries permitted.
Entry criteria.

All entries submitted must be original, must not have been previously published, released or distributed for commercial use and must have been created and owned exclusively by the entrant submitting the creation. All submissions may be posted on a publicly accessible web site following the contest. Microsoft disclaims any and all liability for any infringement of any 3rd parties rights in any submission caused by any entrant.
Categories / Entry Limits:

Each entrant may submit a total of three (3) digital photographs in any of the following categories:

i) Nature & Landscape
ii) People & Portraits
iii) Sports & Photojournalism

Entrants may enter multiple photos in the same category. Any entries submitted by the same person in excess of 3 will be disqualified.