Photo of the Year 2007

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About Photo of the Year 2007

Photo of the Year 2007 is an amateur photo contest benefitting the MESD Outdoor School in Portland, Oregon.

Contest Details

Photo of the Year 2007 will go down as follows...

Step 1: Photo submissions take place from October 15th through December 31, 2007.

Step 2: Submitted photos will be reviewed by 5 esteemed judges on January 5th.

Step 3: Photos that make the cut will be posted for online voting between January 6th through the 13th (only ONE week of voting this year).

Step 4: Photo of the Year 2007 will be chosen and revealed at the party on January 19th!

Judging:
All photo submissions received by Photo of the Year will be compiled in random order and viewed by an impartial and unbiased panel of five judges organized by Uncage the Soul Productions. Their selection process will result in the Top 100 semi-finalist photographs for Photo of the Year and 10 semi-finalist photos each in the categories of Adrenaline, Faces, Water and Youth. These semi-finalist photographs will then be posted to the Photo of the Year web site, at which time online voting is launched to the world.

Voting:
Visitors to the website between January 6th and January 13th may vote for their top 10 favorite photos in the Top 100 and their one favorite photo in each of the four categories. The online voting will conclude at midnight on Sunday, January 13th, 2008. The 10 photos in the Top 100 with the most votes and the winning photo from each of the other four categories, as determined by the online voting, will be printed, framed, and unveiled at the Photo of the Year Awards Party on January 19, 2008. Attendees to the party will each be given a ballot on which they may vote for their one favorite photo. Ballots will be tallied and the winner will be pronounced Photo of the Year 2007.

Prizes:
The Photo of the Year 2007 winner will receive a $400 cash prize! Second and Third Place will each receive $50 and some outdoor gear. The photographers of the 10 Top 100 Finalists and the winners of each of the other four categories will received a framed print of their photo (a printing/framing value of $200).

http://www.photooftheyear.net