Madden Planet's First Annual, Football Amateur Photography Contest The purpose of this contest is to provide Football enthusiasts and amateur photographers with an opportunity to capture the experience of attending a professional football game through photography.
The purpose of this contest is to provide Football enthusiasts and amateur photographers with an opportunity to capture the experience of attending a professional football game through photography.
Rules:
1. Photos submitted must have been taken by the entrant, be the property of the entrant and may not have been nationally published or be under consideration for publication. 2. Amateurs only – NO PROFESSIONALS. Professionals are defined as anyone who profits from their photography in any other way than photo contests. 3. Photos may not be digitally altered or manipulated. This does not apply to photographic techniques or cropping. 4. Contest judges and families of contest judges are not eligible. 5. Photos must have some aspect of a professional football game or experience of attending a professional football game as the main subject. * 6. Photos can be in color or black and white. 7. Digital copies of photo(s) must be sent to JoseVideoBlog@Yahoo.com a. Include the words “Photo Contest” on the subject of the email b. The body of the email must include the following: i. Contact name and email ii. User name on MaddenPlanet Boards iii. Date, Location and game information (who is playing) of photograph iv. Title of Photograph (if any) c. Remember to attach Photo. 8. Entrant agrees that any submitted photographs may be displayed in the Video Blog and/or on the Madden Planet family of websites with the photographer credit. 9. Entries must be submitted 5 days after the last regular season NFL game (Sunday, Dec. 31). Late entries will not be judged. 10. A panel of judges will select the top entries on Jan 7th and they will be notified by email. The winning photographs will then be selected and announced Jan14th. 11. Prize will be sent by Feb 4th, 2007 to the address provided after announcement of winner. 12. The photographer owns the copyright of the photograph. The photographer is responsible for obtaining any necessary permission to take the photo.
* NCAA College football games will also be considered in this contest. High School or lower level football is excluded from this contest.
