Evening Star Newspaper, May 13, 1940, Page 22

Star’s Snapshot Contest Opens; $10,000 in Prizes Offered Best Pictures Taken by Amateurs During Next 17 Weeks to Get Awards Camera fans today had a chance to make their talent pay dividends as competition opened in the sixth|. annual Newspaper National Ama- teur Snapshot Contest, sponsored in Washington by The Star. At stake are more than $10,000 in local and national prizes—including & grand prize of $1,500—which will be awarded for the best pictures taken during the next 17 weeks end- ing September 7. Any kind of camera and any sort of film may be used and the “sky’s the limit” on subject matter, with entries being judged only on their “appeal and general ‘interest.” The Star will start publication of pictures and award weekly prizes on Jurie 23. A full page of the best pictures will appear each week in the Sunday rotogravure section from June 23 to September 7. The Star will pay $5 each week for the best photograph and $2 for each picture published in the rotogravure sec- tion. Rules Governing Contest. The rules governing the contest, inadvertently omitted from yester- day’s Star, follow: 1, The contest is strictly for ama- teurs. Any one is eligible ex- cept employes of The Evening Star and their families and in- dividuals or members of fami- ‘lies engaged in the manufac- ture, sale, commercial finish- ing or professional use of pho- tographic goods. 3. Entrants may submit as many pictures as desired at any time during the period of the con- test. (See paragraph 6. 8. Pictures must have been made after May 12, 1940. 4. Your snapshots may be made on any type of film, but must not be made on glass plate negatives. Any make of camera, film, chemicals or paper may be used. Developing and print- ing may be done by a photo finisher or the entrant. No print or enlargement more than 10 inches in the longest dimension will be accepted. No art work or retouching is permitted on prints or the negatives from which they are made. No composite pictures, such as multiple printing or montages permitted. Pictures should not be mounted or framed. 8. All pictures shall be judged in the National Awards (includ- ing the United States and Canada) solely on general in- terest and/or appeal. Photo- graphic excellence or tech- nique, while important, will not be the deciding factor in determining prize winners. The decision of the judges shall be accepted as final. 6. Before receiving The Star’s final prize of $25 in one or more of the four classifica- tions, the entrant must submit the original negative with print and sign a statement that his picture or a closely similar picture of the same subject or situation has not been and will not be entered by him in any other snapshot contest or salon other than the one conducted by this news- paper, and has not and will not be offered for publication in any manner. Y. 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This is necessary be- cause before your picture can become eligible for entry in the National Awards the written consent of such person or per- sons to the use of the picture for advertising purposes must be obtained. Following are the classifica- tions in which prizes will be awarded weekly and at the end of the contest: g A. Babies and children: One or more youngsters to be judged for cuteness, expression of char- acter or mood. Subjects may be engaged in appropriate hobbies or interests. Adults may appear if they are not the principal in- terest. B. Young people and adults: One or more grownups (high school or college age, or older) engaged in any activity; in sports, games, hobbies, occupations; at 4 L home, at work or on & indoor or outdoor activities. . C. Scenes and “still life”: Pic- tures to be judged for scenic or pictorial appesl; landscapes, ma- rine vie - Yugoslavs Urge Entente To Work With Russia By the Associated Press. 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