Cherry Blossom Photo Contest!
Being a photographer in DC means that, at one point or another, you’ve probably taken photos of the annual cherry blossoms. (You can see mine here.) Well, the National Cherry Blossom Festival and Lulu.com want your photos! Prize information below:
“Twelve photographs will be selected as finalists to be featured in the 2009 Official NCBF Calendar. Finalists will receive a free copy of the calendar as well as an NCBF prize package. Of the 12 finalists, one photograph will be chosen for each of the contest categories - Best Festival Scenery Photo and Best Festival Event Photo. Each Category Winner will receive two tickets to anywhere Southwest Airlines flies. One Category Winner will be selected as the Official NCBF Contest Winner and will be featured as the cover image on the 2009 Official NCBF Calendar.” (link)
You can even choose to sell your photo as a download upon entering the contest!
The contest runs until April 30, 2008. For more information and to enter your photo, visit:
http://www.lulu.com/partners/ncbfcontest/
NOTE: Per the contest terms, by submitting your photo you:
“grant the NCBF a non-exclusive, perpetual, royalty-free, worldwide license to use your Entry in the 2009 Official National Cherry Blossom Calendar and in any other way and in any other media”
This still might be a good contest to enter, especially if you win the plane tickets, but keep that in mind… Extra-special thanks to Patty Hankins for pointing this out in the comments. Thanks Patty!
April 1st, 2008 at 1:35 pm
Be sure to read the rules of the contest carefully, and know what rights you are giving the contest sponsors.
According to the posted rules - by entering the contest - you “grant the NCBF a non-exclusive, perpetual, royalty-free, worldwide license to use your Entry in the 2009 Official National Cherry Blossom Calendar and in any other way and in any other media;”
In other words - you are giving them the right to do whatever they want with your photo - forever and they don’t ever have to pay you a penny.
In my opinion, they don’t need that sort of broad license for the winning photos (much less all the photos entered in the contest) if all they are going to do is use them in a calendar - or use them to promote future Cherry Blossom festivals
Patty
April 1st, 2008 at 1:59 pm
Nice catch Patty! I’ve updated the article and gave you credit for pointing this out…
Thanks!