Official Rules
WHO MAY ENTER: Anyone except employees of freedom communications, their affiliates and their families.
ENTERING THE CONTEST
Photographers may submit images for consideration. An entry consists of a single image or a series of photos related by theme, content or style. Individuals may pay to enter an unlimited amount of times.
ENTRY FEES: $10 per single entry; $15 per series. Submissions received after 11/18/2009 will be subject to an additional late fee of $5 (through extended deadline period of 12/4/2009).
SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS:
ONLINE SUBMISSIONS ONLY: To enter your submissions electronically, please visit http://www.fallphotocontest.com and register. Once the registration process has been completed, you will receive an e-mail confirmation. Simply log in to Freedom.com photo contest site, and follow the online instructions to upload images from your computer. Images formatted as a JPG measuring at least 1,000 pixels on its long dimension are preferred. Submitted JPEG files will not be returned.
SPECIFICATIONS: To qualify, photographs must be taken, published or produced between Sept 4, 2007 and December 4, 2009. Ongoing or in progress projects that contain older images are also allowed.
JUDGING: Entries will be judged on the basis of creativity, photographic quality and effectiveness in expressing the contest theme. Winners will be published online at Freedom.com.
CONSENT AGREEMENT: Submitted materials will not be returned. Freedom Communications is not responsible for the loss of any entry. Submission of an entry to the contest automatically constitutes the contestant's acceptance of all conditions set forth in the above rules. It also acknowledges the right of Freedom.com to use the entry for publication on Freedom.com and in exhibitions and promotions related to the Freedom.com photo contest up to 24 months following the contest.
Entries not complying with the rules set forth above will be disqualified.
Freedom communications is solely responsible for the administration of the contest, and sponsors are in no way affiliated with the contest or liable for any matters arising due to the contest.
PEOPLE'S CHOICE
The People's Choice is a section apart from the rest of the contest and the votes will not influence the judges. An entrant would seek votes in order to win the People's Choice section alone. The winners for the other categories will be determined by the judges.
In order to vote you need to provide a valid email address, and only one vote per email address is possible. If after voting the first time, you decide to vote for another entry, the first entry you voted for will lose that vote. You will see a message reading "Thanks for voting!" and the entry will be highlighted by a blue box after your vote has been cast.
We accept one vote per person. We kindly request that all voters be fair about placing their votes and remember that we track via email address and other information for the final vote scores after the contest deadline.
