Need some healthy competition? Glimpse offers a writing contest each fall and a photo contest each spring. The first place winner receives a travel voucher. We are currently conducting our Spring 2008 Photo Contest; please keep reading for guidelines.

Submit to win a $500 Travelosophy travel credit voucher. The contest will be judged by National Geographic photographers and photo editors.

• Theme
  
• Deadline
  
• Eligibility
  
• Prizes
  
• Format
  
• Captions
  
• Submission Process
  
• Copyright
  

The following guidelines weren't created to make your life difficult. They were created to make our lives easier. So please, follow them! That said, we can't wait to see your submission.

Theme
Whether juggling, singing or strumming a guitar, performers roam the streets the world over, braving the elements to bring a smile to your face. Let's see them in action!

Deadline
All submissions must be received by Monday, April 14, 2008.

Eligibility
While the bulk of Glimpse content is contributed by study abroad students, anyone who has traveled or is traveling abroad is eligible to participate.

Prizes
The first-place winner will receive a $500 travel credit voucher, courtesy of Travelosophy and see his/her photo on the cover of our 2009 Glimpse Calendar. Eleven runners-up will see their photos included in the 2009 Glimpse Calendar. (Download a sample of our beautiful 2008 Glimpse Calendar here.)

The contest will be judged by National Geographic photographers and photo editors.

Format
If scanning print images or slides, photos MUST be scanned at 300 dpi or higher (400 to 600 is best), with dimensions of at least 7 x 10 inches. You can adjust dpi and photo size before you scan.

If submitting digital photos, send the largest/highest-resolution file size you have available. If the resolution of a digital photo is too low for our print quality standards, we will have to disqualify you from contest.

If sending via snail mail, either prints or slides are acceptable.

No black-and-white photos, please! We're not prejudiced-—we love black-and-white photos—-but the calendar looks so much better if all photos are in color.

Horizontal photos are preferred. If submitting a vertical photo, keep in mind that we may crop it if it selected to be included in the calendar. You may prefer to crop it yourself before submitting.

Captions
Glimpse subscribes to the international NAA/IPTC image captioning standards, and it is essential that you take the time to caption photos completely and accurately. For EACH caption, please provide the following information:

• City, province (if applicable) and country where photo was taken
• Date, month and year that photo was taken (estimate the date as best you can if you don't have the exact date on hand)
• A 100-200 word caption written in full sentences with complete detail. Captions should include as much concrete information as possible about what exactly your photograph depicts.

Submission Process
Step One:
Register as a Glimpse Contributor in our Contributor Database. We use our database as a means of keeping track of all contest participants and to keep you up to date on other tantalizing contribution opportunities.

Step Two:
Send us your stuff:
You may send photos to us via email or snail mail. No more than two photos per participant, please. If emailing:

• Send to photos@glimpse.org. Send one photo per email with the caption written in the body of the email. See above for captioning guidelines.
• Save each file as Firstname_Lastname##. For example, Joe Smith would save his first photo as Joe_Smith01 and his second photo as Joe_Smith02. Etc.
• The subject line should read: "Spring 2008 Photo Contest."

If mailing, send to:

The Glimpse Foundation
ATT Photo Contest Editor
c/o National Geographic Society
1145 17th St NW
Washington, DC 20036

Include a self-addressed envelope for return of your photo(s). If you do not enclose an envelope, your photos will not be returned. Include captions in a separate typed document; be sure that it's clear which captions corresponds to which photo. See above for captioning guidelines.

Postal submissions MUST include a self-addressed stamped envelope or else Glimpse will be unable to notify you about the status of your article.

Step Three:
Sit back and wait for us to admire your work. You should receive a confirmation email within one (business) day of sending your submission. We'll be announcing the final winners about a month after the contest deadline.

Copyright
All contributors MUST be prepared to transfer copyright interests for their photo in the event that it is selected as the winner or a runner-up.

Questions?
Email editor@glimpse.org

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