Contest Categories for 2020-2021
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Note: Any image submitted with a visible Logo, Watermark or copyright, will be disqualified for the month it was submitted. There are no make-up submissions, however the image may be resubmitted without the Logo, Watermark or copyright, in another monthly competition as long as it meets that monthly category criteria.
| August, 2020 - Images due by August 26 | |
NatureINTERNET - 2 images + Comments | Restricted to the use of the photo process to depict all branches of natural history, except anthropology and archaeology, in such a fashion that a well-informed person will be able to identify the subject material and certify its honest presentation [...] |
| September, 2020 - Images due by September 1 | |
OpenREGULAR - 2 images + Comments | The major part of each image must have been captured by light sensitivity. Photographs may be modified using digital image editing programs. A scanner may also be used as a camera to capture photographs of objects placed on the scanner glass. [...] |
Land/Sea/City ScapeSPECIAL - 1 image, No Comments | Images that show the places and spaces around us in rural, aquatic or urban environments in which the space, place or elements thereof are the main subject. Images may be of beaches, Night scape's, fields etc. [...] |
| October, 2020 - Images due by October 1 | |
TravelREGULAR - 2 images + Comments | A Photo Travel image expresses the characteristic features or culture of a land as they are found naturally. There are no geographic limitations. [...] |
AnimalsSPECIAL - 1 image, No Comments | The main subject of the image must be one or more living members of the animal kingdom. This includes land, air, and water creatures (note that corals are animals). [...] |
| November, 2020 - Images due by November 1 | |
NatureREGULAR - 2 images + Comments | Restricted to the use of the photo process to depict all branches of natural history, except anthropology and archaeology, in such a fashion that a well-informed person will be able to identify the subject material and certify its honest presentation [...] |
CreativeSPECIAL - 1 image, No Comments | There are no rules or restrictions concerning the origin of any parts of the image. [...] |
| December, 2020 - Images due by December 1 | |
OpenREGULAR - 2 images + Comments | The major part of each image must have been captured by light sensitivity. Photographs may be modified using digital image editing programs. A scanner may also be used as a camera to capture photographs of objects placed on the scanner glass. [...] |
Patterns/TexturesSPECIAL - 1 image, No Comments | Images which use patterns (a repetition of shapes, lines, or colors) and/or emphasize texture (surface characteristics) to define or describe the main subject matter. [...] |
| January, 2021 - Images due by January 1 | |
OpenREGULAR - 2 images + Comments | The major part of each image must have been captured by light sensitivity. Photographs may be modified using digital image editing programs. A scanner may also be used as a camera to capture photographs of objects placed on the scanner glass. [...] |
WaterSPECIAL - 1 image, No Comments | The main subject must be water, and may be in any of its forms: liquid (stationary or moving, including rain), solid (ice, frost, snow, or hail), or gaseous (mist, fog, or steam). [...] |
NatureINTERNET - 2 images + Comments | Restricted to the use of the photo process to depict all branches of natural history, except anthropology and archaeology, in such a fashion that a well-informed person will be able to identify the subject material and certify its honest presentation [...] |
| February, 2021 - Images due by February 1 | |
CreativeREGULAR - 2 images + Comments | The PSA definition of Creative is Altered Reality. The image may be of any subject matter and must obviously display a change in natural color, form, shape or any combination of these three. [...] |
ReflectionsSPECIAL - 1 image, No Comments | Image must include a reflection as its main subject. The reflection may be on any surface, such as water, metal, glass, plastic, even the surface of the eye. [...] |
| March, 2021 - Images due by March 1 | |
OpenREGULAR - 2 images + Comments | The major part of each image must have been captured by light sensitivity. Photographs may be modified using digital image editing programs. A scanner may also be used as a camera to capture photographs of objects placed on the scanner glass. [...] |
Weathered/Worn ItemsSPECIAL - 1 image, No Comments | The Image must include items that are weathered or worn Items. [...] |
| April, 2021 - Images due by April 1 | |
PortraitREGULAR - 2 images + Comments | Image of a person or group of people that displays the expression, personality, and mood of the subject. This is done through the use of effective lighting, backdrops, and poses. [...] |
ArchitectureSPECIAL - 1 image, No Comments | The use of buildings, parts of a building or other structures as the main subject. This includes Barns and Rural architecture. [...] |
| May, 2021 - Images due by May 1 | |
OpenREGULAR - 2 images + Comments | The major part of each image must have been captured by light sensitivity. Photographs may be modified using digital image editing programs. A scanner may also be used as a camera to capture photographs of objects placed on the scanner glass. [...] |
FlowersSPECIAL - 1 image, No Comments | The image must include one or more flowers as its main subject. Parts of flowers and fields of flowers are permitted. [...] |