About the award
ND Awards aims to promote photography and photographers.Our idea is to create new opportunities to present valuable work to audiences all over the world. We aim to build a place where photographers can show different points of view and thrive through competition.
The winners of the Professional and Non-Professional sections will receive the titles: ND Photographer of the Year and ND Discovery of the Year and cash prizes.
Our judging panel will comprise highly acclaimed industry professionals, including: gallery owners, publishers, editors and renowned photographers.
Don't miss the opportunity to participate in one of the most prestigious photography contests in 2017. Select your best work, submit your photos and have a chance to win over $7,500 in awards.
ND AWARDS - GUIDELINES
PREPARING THE FILES
Photographs must be resized to maximum 1024 pixels on the longest side (minimum 600px width). They must be saved as JPEG file (JPG).
Prepare your files with the following specifications:
- sRGB or Adobe98 colour space, 8-bit;
- Longest dimension should not exceed 1024 pixels; (minimum 600px width)
- Saved as a JPEG at a setting of 10 (100%) or higher.
- No Watermarks / Copyright Units / Logos on images
- Only bleed photographs without borders
NAMING THE FILES
The filename must contain your full name, for example:
LastName_FirstName.jpg
ND AWARDS 2017 CATEGORIES INFO
Categories are in two sections: Professional and Non-professional. There is no limit to the number of individual images or image series each photographer may submit. You may enter all your images into 1 Category, or any of the 30 sub-categories. You may also enter the same image into as many categories as you wish. Your photos will be rated individually by an esteemed panel of international judges, including: gallery owners, publishers, editors and renowned photographers.
Winners of each subcategory will be awarded with: Golden Star, Silver Star and Bronze Star awards.
Entrants with the highest final score within each category will be announced the category’s winner.
- 6 winners of each Professional category will receive $500.
- 5 winners of each Non-Professional category will receive $300.
The entrants with the highest final score in Professional and Non-Professional level of expertise will be announced the major prize winners ($2500 and $1300) with the titles: Photographer of the Year and Discovery of the Year.
ND AWARDS 2017 ENTRY FEES & DEADLINES
Here are the details about entry fees and deadlines for 2017 edition of ND Awards.
CONTEST START DATE
Contest start date: 25 November 2016
EARLY DEADLINE FEES AND DATE
Early deadline: 14 May 2017.
Non-Professional - Single image entry fee: $15
Non-Professional - Series entry fee (from 2 to 5 images): $20
Professional - Single image entry fee: $20
Professional - Series entry fee (from 2 to 5 images): $25
FINAL CLOSING DEADLINE FEES AND DATE
Final closing deadline: 24 September 2017.
Non-Professional - Single image entry fee: $20
Non-Professional - Series entry fee (from 2 to 5 images): $25
Professional - Single image entry fee: $25
Professional - Series entry fee (from 2 to 5 images): $30
*MULTIPLE CATEGORY ENTRIES
Additional fee: $10 per category.
JUDGING PANEL
Judging panel verdict: till 30 October 2017
WINNERS ANNOUNCEMENT
Winners announcement: 26 November 2017
For more information click "Further official informartion" below.
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