DEADLINE PAST: Thanks to all the photographers who entered the competition!


NEW: All winners will be featured in a special book published by the China Photographic Publishing House (winter 2012) , and displayed in a print exhibition in China, (Date: TBA). Accommodations for a stay in China (excluding International traveling costs) will be provided for 2 Grand Prize Winners to attend the exhibition.

Photo credits, from top: Michael DeYoung, Steve Baroch,
David Crockett.
  • One professional grand prize winner will receive a one-week photography workshop of their choice at Anderson Ranch Arts Center. ($2,200)
  • One amateur grand prize winner will receive a MatadorU full curriculum Photography Course and one year of MatadorAccess.
  • Eight professional and amateur first-place winners will each receive a $100 Adorama gift certificate and a $100 Canson Infinity gift certificate.
  • All professional first-place winners will receive a PhotoServe.com portfolio ($860 value).
  • All amateur first-place winners will receive one year of MatadorAccess.
  • All first-place winners will receive Nikon Coolpix AW100 Digital Camera .
  • Winning images will be featured in PDN's August issue which has an additional print circulation to 5,000 photography industry creatives!
  • Winning images be printed and displayed at the Outdoor Retailer Summer Market trade show August 2-5, 2012 in Salt Lake City, Utah. The gallery will be on display for the event's 21,000 attend- ees which includes 1,000 outdoor brand representatives and related media players. PDN's Outdoor Photo Expo, a new trade show celebrating travel and location photography, is held nearby in Salt Lake City August 1-4, 2012. Winning images may be viewed by attendees of both trade shows-this is the world's largest gathering of it's kind!


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Photo Editor
The Surfer's Journal

Lila Garnett
Photo Editor Audubon Magazine
Sandra Cheung
Art Director
Outdoor Canada

Dave Reddick
Photo Editor
Powder Magazine


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April 26, 2012*

EXTENDED DEADLINE
May 10, 2012




Professionals: $35 $45
Amateurs: $12 $22

* Late? Pay an additional $10 per image for the extended deadline: May 10, 2012. All entries received after 11:59 p.m. PST on April 26, 2012 will be charged an extended deadline fee of $10 per entry.






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