Coachella Valley Desert Camera Club
Competition Guidelines

Last Updated:

January 1, 2008

Section:

3.2

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General Requirements

The following general requirements – conditions of entry – apply to all images entered into Club competitions regardless of Division:

  • Entries must conform to the specifications of the Category in which they are entered, including specifications for whether or not they can be manipulated (according to the Club definition), the number of entries allowed etc.

  • With the exception noted in the next paragraph, once it has been entered into club competition, an image - or any derivative of that image - cannot be reentered into any future club competitions in any Division. For these purposes, 'in camera dups' - that is, two images taken by the same maker so close together of the same subject as to be virtually indistinguishable - are considered to be the same image.

  • The previous paragraph notwithstanding, an image that has been entered into any Category and that did not receive an Award or an HM may be re-entered once into the same Category in the same Competition Year.

  • If an image is disqualified ("DQed") for reasons of not conforming to the definition of any particular Category, the maker may make-up this DQ by entering another image in the same Category in addition to their regular allotment of images in a subsequent competition in the same Competition Year. This does not apply to any images DQed in the last month of the Competition Year.

  • Any club member may submit two images per Division in each available Category. However, in total at most eight (8) images may be entered across all Categories and Divisions combined. .

  • Except for the Pictorial category, all images must have been taken during the eighteen (18) months prior to the competition. There is no age limit on images for entries into the Pictorial category.

  • During a given calendar year, a member may enter into at most one (1) competition (that is, into one or more of the Categories used in the particular competition evening) without attending the meeting. After that, the member will not be eligible to compete if they are not in attendance for the competition.

  • An entry form for both print and digital images must be emailed no later than 3 days prior to the competition together wth all digital images entered. The actual prints must be received no later than 6.45pm on the night of the competition. Prints that have not been pre-entered on the Entry Form will not be accepted into competition.

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