Communication Arts Photo Contest

This is definitely one of the contests you want to enter to get everyone to see your work. There is not one art director, designer, or art buyer I know who does not read Communication Arts or at least steal it from someone who does.

Deadline is March 6, 2009
enter at www.commarts.com/competitions

Categories include:
Advertising, Books, Multimedia, Editorial, work produced For Sale, Institutional, Self-Promotion and Unpublished.

This is for both Illustration and Photography.

This is the type of competition that is known worldwide and definitely worth entering.

Photo Contests

One of the best ways to get your work seen is by entering into photo contests. With all the artists (photo, illustration, design, etc) out there, it's hard to be familiar with everyone. The photo contest work is published in materials that I read and peruse through, therefore I see it and become familiar with it. Many other buyers do the same thing, we read photo annuals and other trade materials. When an artist's work gets published in a photo contest it's viewed by several buyers of imagery which in turn means more views to the artist's website and other materials (add in plug for marketing plan here).

PDN has put a list together for January deadline contests (think "best of 2008" opportunities) here.

While yes most of these photo awards and contests require an entry fee, if you don't try you can't succeed or achieve.

Lucie Awards

©www.lucieawards.com/Wouter van Gens

Erwin Olaf is being honored at the 6th Annual Lucie Awards in NYC on Monday October 20th with the 2008 award for Achievement in Advertising.

His clients have included Diesel, Milk the Game, Playstation, Nokia, Kohler, New York Times... just to name a few.

To see more info about the awards and other honorees head over to lucieawards.com/08

Competitions and photo awards

Photographer's Forum Magazine and Canon are sponsoring the 28th Annual Spring Photo Contest for amateur photographers. Deadline is May 12, 2008

Communication Arts is calling for entries for their 49th annual juried competitions for design and advertising. Deadline is June 2, 2008.

The Pilsner Urquell International Photography Awards 2008. Deadline is June 15, 2008. Past winners in different categories include David Bowman, Fulvio Bonavia, Jim Fiscus, and more.

International Color Awards Presents 3rd Annual Photography Master Cup. 21 categories. Final deadline June 20, 2008.

National Wildlife Magazine's 37th Annual Photography Awards. Pro, Amateur and Youth categories. Deadline July 1, 2008.


I think the photo blog world should come up with an award show!

2008 NY Photo Festival

The press release as described on Shoot! the blog:
Founded by Daniel Power and Frank Evers, and a joint initiative of powerHouse Books and VII Photo Agency, the New York Photo Festival will be the first international-level Festival of photography to be based in the U.S., with the ambition of documenting the future of photography in all its forms. For the inaugural edition (May 14-18, 2008) of this new annual event, a group of internationally respected curators have been selected to deliver their personal vision of the newest and most important trends in contemporary photography: Magnum photographer Martin Parr, The New York Times Magazine picture editor Kathy Ryan, Lesley A. Martin of the Aperture Foundation, and Tim Barber of tinyvices.com. In addition to the curated pavilions, the Festival will offer visitors an extensive range of activities that will generate dialogue and buzz among all the communities of photo professionals, amateurs, students, and aficionados of art and culture: seminars, portfolio reviews, slide shows, book signings, photographic workshops, live performances and events, and a gallery row. The New York Photo Festival will be headquartered in DUMBO.

Head over to the New York Photo Festival website and take a look. The submission deadline is Monday April 21 by 6pm (EST).
The Award ceremony will be held on May 16th and will feature 16 category winners, 32 honorable mentions and student awards.

Submit your work!!

Watch the New York Photo Festival advertisement by DUMBO residents and famed Sprint commercial directors the Snorri Bros.