****Submission Guidelines and Instructions for Calendar 2010***

blueraven95

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Mon Apr-20-09 02:25 PM
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Edited on Mon Apr-20-09 02:27 PM by blueraven95

Submissions are now open!

1. The theme for the 2009 calendar is "Animals". Please submit your most interesting, dynamic, technically wonderful, compelling photographs.

2. Photographs must be horizontal, measuring 7.5"x10", with a dpi of 200-300 or higher (preferably a dpi of 300). If the submission does not meet these requirements, it will not be included in judging.

3. After judging, the 12 highest scored photographs will be included in the calendar. If one photographer happens to have more than one photograph in the top twelve ratings, then the highest rated photograph will be selected, and the next highest rated photograph, by a photographer who is not yet included (ex. if the top photos are rated numbers 1-12, then 13 would take the place of the repeated photographer's photo) will be inserted. In the case of a tie in the ratings, I will send those back to be re-judged, and the highest rated photo will be used.

Please note: In order to avoid any controversy, there will be one designated spot for a photo of a domesticated cat, and one designated spot for a photo of a domesticated dog. Please keep in mind that the other 10 months will not have cat or dog photos and submit accordingly. This executive ruling does not include any of the wild species of cat or dog.

4. Please think carefully about your title. This, along with your DU screenname, will be published in the calendar.

5. By submitting, a contestant is giving permission for his/her photograph to be published in a calendar as a donation that will by sold as a fundraiser for Democratic Underground and to be used in advertising for the Democratic Underground calendar in the future. All other rights revert to the photographer. All other standard contest rules apply (please see below).

6. To submit for the calendar, please send your print-ready photographs to duphotocalendar@gmail.com . Please include the phrase �DU calendar� along with the title and DU name of the photographer in the subject line of the email. Please put the title of the photo (or a clear shortened version) in the name of the photo file. Contestants may submit up to 12 photographs. Any additional photographs will be discarded unless they are being substituted for a previous submission, in which case, there must be discussion with the contest coordinator (that would be me) in advance of the substitution.

Submissions will be open until Saturday, June 20, 2009 7:00pm EST.

BASIC CONTEST/CHALLENGE RULES:

CONTEST LICENSE:

An entrant to this contest, by submitting a photograph, is giving permission for that photograph to be copied to Demopedia and/or to a linked Gallery that will display the photographs entered for this contest for the purpose of publicizing future contests and/or commemorating current and past contests. The entrant retains all other rights to the photograph being submitted. Neither Demopedia and/or a linked Gallery may use any photograph submitted for any purpose other than to display the photograph being submitted by the entrant, and neither gains any real or implied ownership rights to the photograph.

An entrant can disclaim this Contest License and retain all rights to the photograph. If an entrant wishes to disclaim the Contest License they must include the following statement in the post containing their photograph; "I disclaim the Contest License, and reserve all rights to my photograph" Any photograph submitted by an entrant with this disclaimer statement will not be copied and displayed in Demopedia and/or any linked Gallery.

If you have any questions, concerns, etc. please do not hesitate to ask them here or PM me.

I can't wait to see what you have come up with!