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PRIZES
// GRAND PRIZE WINNER
$1,000 check (ARV: $1,000) and Interchangeable Lens Camera (ARV US: $750).
Check presented by Jostens (paid in U.S. Dollars if the winner is from the United States, and paid in Canadian Dollars if the winner is from Canada). Camera presented in partnership by The Pixel Connection.
// CATEGORY PRIZE WINNERS
1st Place - $500 check (ARV US: $500) and photo accessories (ARV US: $90)
2nd - 5th Place - Photo accessories (ARV US: $60)
Each of the ten categories (1 Middle School, 9 High School) as outlined on the homepage of the contest website will award 1st-5th place prizes. Checks are presented by Jostens and paid in U.S. Dollars if the winner is from the United States, and paid in Canadian Dollars if the winner is from Canada. Photo accessories presented in partnership by The Pixel Connection.
Submit your photos to the Jostens Photo Contest January 1 - March 1. A team of industry professionals selected by Jostens will judge all photo submissions to select winners. Winners of the Jostens Photo Contest will be announced in April.
See RULES for further details.
JUDGING CRITERIA
What are the judges looking for?
// STORYTELLING
The photo should tell a story relevant to the high school, junior high, or middle school experience.
// QUALITY
Winning photos are free of problems with exposure, sharpness, or noise.
// SHOWSTOPPERS
Judges will be stopped by powerful images. Look for pictures with good actions, reactions, and emotions, interesting lighting, peak action, unusual and different situations, and storytelling moments.
// ORIGINALITY
Photos that are only slightly different from previous winners won't be chosen.
// THOUGHTFULNESS
Sending multiple copies of the same image or similar images is not a successful technique. Send us your single best image of a subject. Crop your photo for maximum impact before submitting.
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