AWARDS RULES
ELIGIBILITY
To qualify to enter the Awards, you must be 18 years of age or older. Open call to all amateur and professional photographers worldwide. Void where prohibited by law.
ENTRY DEADLINE
All entries must be submitted no later than the deadline date of our current Awards season linked below:
HOW TO SUBMIT
All photography must be submitted via our photo submissions platform website:
Digital and Film photography accepted. Must be high resolution. No AI allowed.
To submit an entry, the upload form needs required data for photo file uploads, info about the photograph, category and contact info for the participant. All info fields must be entered for the submission to be judged.
The price of each submission entry is $11 per photo entry for 1 - 3 entries. 4 or more photos entered take 30% off. Discounts will be applied automatically to your check out cart. You may enter as many times as you wish in any category.
SUBMISSION CATEGORIES
Any category may be selected when submitting an entry. Entries will be considered from any of the categories below:
- ANIMALS: Your favorite shot of critters that crawl, fly, swim, gallop or any way they get around this realm.
- BLACK & WHITE: Your favorite Black and White shots of any scene that is cinematic and timeless.
- LANDSCAPE: Nature storytelling! Give us your favorite shots of the land.
- PORTRAIT: Storytelling through portraits. A picture is worth a thousand words. Tell your story.
- STREET: Street life, it's the only life you know. People watching in the big city. Street photography, give us your best shot.
- SUNRISE & SUNSET: It's the reason why we are here. There's nothing more Classic than the Sun. Show us your best cinematic Sunrises or Sunsets.
- TRAVEL: From sea to shining sea. Anywhere in the world. Travel photography, do it.
- WATER: Water covers approximately 71% of Earth's surface. Of this, roughly 97% is saltwater and the remaining 3% is freshwater. Show us your favorite shots of either or both.
JUDGE
Classics Magazine Founder & Editor Daniel Ible selects the winners, who will be featured in our new Photography Book and grace the front and back cover for the Grand Prize.
All photography will be judged equally based on talent. Simply put... If your photo is cool you can win, seriously. See our previous Photography Book volumes 1-3 for reference and inspiration.
We are looking for timeless and cinematic photographs.
AWARDS AND PRIZES
$3000 in cash awards!
1st place Grand Prize $1,000
2nd place finalist $700
3rd place finalist $300
10 honorable mentions win $100 each.
Plus 1st place wins Front & Back Cover features to grace our new Photography Book for the Grand Prize. Finalists win a series spread in Classics Magazine.
YOUR RIGHTS & PRIVACY
You keep all your rights. After all it's your work. We only share your photography on social media if you select that as an option upon entry.
If you are a finalist your work will be published in our new Photography Book and our website.
ACCEPT
By entering the Awards you agree and accept the rules of competition. You agree to release and hold harmless Classics Magazine and its founder, owner, director and employees from any liability or losses of any kind.
CONDITIONS
In the event that the performance, security, or technical issues of the Awards are impaired in any way Classics Magazine may, at its sole discretion, suspend the Awards competition to address the issue and then resume the Awards.
In such case, Classics Magazine may select the Winner from all eligible entries received prior to any incident or action taken by Classics Magazine to preserve the integrity of the Awards competition.
In case it is unable to continue operating the competition as anticipated due to war or weather the competition can be cancelled.
Classics Magazine reserves the right to modify, suspend, to discontinue permanently or temporarily, or cancel the Awards competition at any time and without being required to give any explanation.
REFUNDS
All entry fees are final and non-refundable. Classics Magazine will refund any participants of an Awards season only if it is canceled. Unless for an unforeseen reason the Award competition season is canceled that the entrant participated in, there are no refunds.
DISPUTES
Any disputes emerging in connection with these Terms shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal courts of the State of New York.
Entrant agrees that any and all disputes that can't be resolved between the parties, and causes of action arising out of or connected with this Awards competition, will be resolved individually privately, without resort to any form of class action. Disputes shall be handled solely on an individual basis. You are giving up your rights to participate in any class action.
Entrants waive the right to claim any attorneys’ fees whatsoever including participant’s actual out-of-pocket expenses such as costs associated with entering this Awards competition and any damages, including, but not limited to, punitive, consequential, incidental, direct, or indirect damages.
This is a fair and honest Awards competition with the intention of helping to promote the photography community, showcase, inspire and reward both amateur and professional photographers alike.
We love photography.
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