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2009 Photo Contest

CALLFORENTRIES

Have your photo published and

win up to $1000 cash and more.

Sponsored by:

www.woles.com www.jostens.com

Cla

ireBilbao,WeddingtonHighSchool,N

atthews,NC

Jacob Walter, BOLD, Olivia, MN

Patrick Mayfeld, Shawnee Mission East High School, Shawnee Mission, KS

Hannah Brewer, Shawnee Mission High School, Shawnee Mission, KS

M

alloryGross,BryantHighSchool,Bryant,AR


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Photo Contest Entry Form Information on this entry form will bepubihd o Please PrInt Clearly:

Name (Please print clearly)

Home Address Phone ( )

City State Zip

Advisers Name Advisers Email

School

School Address Phone ( )

City State Zip

Photographer Signature Address

Photo Subject Signature Address

Parent(s) or legal guardian(s) of Minor Child (under 1 8) who do hearby consent to the execution of the foregoing Release

Witness Witness

Photo Subject Signature Address

Parent(s) or legal guardian(s) of Minor Child (under 1 8) who do hearby consent to the execution of the foregoing Release

Witness Witness

Category (Please check one)

Photo Title:

Student Lie/Activities

Academics/Community Service

Sports: Athletes in Action

School Spirit

Portrait

Pictorial

Illustration

Junior High/

Middle School

Grade Level

High School

Junior High/Middle School

Print Format

Film(please submit professional photo grade paper)

Digital(please submit professional photo grade paper

and CD with digital file)

All entries MUST be postmarked by April 1, 2009 for consideration in the contest and mailed to: Jostens Photo Contest, P.O. Box 386030, Minneapolis, MN 55438-6030

The undersigned hereby gives Jostens, Inc. (Jostens) and any news agency, television station or other media the absolute and irrevocable right and permission,

with respect to any photographs or pictures (collectively reerred to as pictures) that have been taken by or o the undersigned or in which the undersigned may

be included with others and any reproductions o them without compensation to the undersigned to use, re-use and publish the same in whole or in part, individually

or in conjunction with other pictures in any medium or the purpose o illustration and promotion o Jostens photo contest and Jostens products; and to use the

undersigneds name(s) in connection therewith, i Jostens so chooses.

The undersigned agrees that neither Jostens nor anyone authorized by Jostens to use said pictures shall have any liability or any distortion, alteration, optical

illusion or use in composite orm that may occur or result rom the development, publication, broadcast or display o said pictures.

Entries submitted to the Jostens Photo Contest will not be returned. Jostens shall not acquire any copyrights in or to any photographs or images submitted by

any entrant. The submission o a photograph or image to Jostens or the Photo Contest urther provides to Jostens a perpetual, royalty-ree license to use, publish

or reproduce the photograph or image or any other materials submitted with an entry in any manner whatsoever as Jostens sees t, including but not limited to

educational purposes, promotion o Jostens products, and publication in Jostens publications.

The undersigned hereby represents and warrants that no third party has any copyright or other ownership interest in or to the pictures and releases and discharges

Jostens rom any and all claims.

The undersigned hereby releases and discharges Jostens from any and all claims and demands arising out of, or in connection with, the use of the pictures,

including any and all claims for libel.

This authorization and release shall inure to the licensees and assigns o Jostens.

The undersigned has read the oregoing and understands the contents thereo. I a MINOR CHILD (under 18), parent(s) or legal guardian(s) must sign. All signatures must

have a witness and all areas with an X must be lled out beore sending in your photos.

2009

Contest Rules1. Open to all senior high, junior high and middle school students grades 6-12

within the U.S. and Canada (excluding Quebec).2. Entrants may submit up to 3 images per category.

3. All photos must be submitted as prints on quality photo paper (only printedphotographs will be judged; but it is recommended that you send the digital

ile on a CD with your printed photograph). Color or grayscale are accepted.No laser printouts photocopies, transparencies or prints on Cibachrome or

Ektalex will be accepted.

4. Entries may consist o prints 5 x 7 (minimum) up to and including 8 x

12 and should not be mounted. Please submit the original digital ile on CD

with each printed photograph submission.

5. All entries must be accompanied by a completed entry orm including a

release or both the photographer and the photographs subject(s). Thephoto subject release portion must be completed and signed by all readily

identiiable individuals appearing in each photograph (crowds or

large groups excepted). Please include the witness signature. Failure tocomply with this rule will result in a delay o contest results and perhaps

disqualiication.

6. Please TAPE the entry orm to back o photo. Do NOT use staples or paper clips.

7. Photographs may be processed commercially, but must have been takenby the entrant.

8. Each entry will be judged or its ability to tell a story relevant to the highschool, junior high or middle school experience; its composition and artistic

qualities; and its technical quality.

9. Contest winners will be notiied by August 1, 2009 and subsequently

published in a photo contest publication. The decision o the judges is inal.

The sponsors in their discretion reserve the right to reject entries or notpublish photographs deemed oensive, in poor taste, or which do not

comply with the rules to the satisaction o the sponsors.

10. Entries will not be returned.11. Grand prize winner not eligible to win other prizes in this contest.

12. Void where prohibited.

13. Prize is not transerable.

14. All taxes on prizes are the sole responsibility o the winners.

NO photograph will be considered unless this release is completed. Please note contest rule #2.

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Categories

Photo Submission Tips

Portrait

An artistic representation o a person with the ace and expression as the

main ocus; displaying the likeness, personality or even the mood o the person.

Pictorial

Landscape, urban or natural. Wildlie, domestic or wild. Environment, old or new.

Illustration

Any photo that was taken by you that is used to visually illustrate a story; can be

posed or computer enhanced. Subjects can be anything and you can use any lters

or processing you desire.

Junior High/Middle School

This category honors the best junior high/middle school photos regardless o the

subject. Entrants in this category must be taken by a junior high/middle school student

Student Life/Activities

Students = Who they are. What they do. How they do it.

Academics/Community Service

What students are learning and how theyre learning it. How students

give back to the community and how they make a dierence.

Sports: Athletes in Action

On the eld, or in the pool. On the court, or in the air. On the slopes

or in the dugout. Wherever they are, were looking or Athletes in ACTION!

School Spirit

Moments that capture school pride eaturing ans, spirit squads, coaches,etc. participating in sporting events, practices, pep rallies etc., but not as

competitive athletes.

1. Submit prints on 8 x 12or 8 x 10 proessional photo paper (no photo copies

and laser print-outs). Small prints tend to get lost next to larger ones during judging.

2. For all categories, print quality, composition and exposure are important.

3. Crop your prints careully beore entering. Think in terms o impact when cropping.

4. Send in prints ree o technical faws. Dust, scratches, ngerprints and low

resolution digital prints usually result in inerior prints that distract rom the quality

o your image.

5. Edit your images beore submitting. Sending in multiple copies o the same image

or similar images is not a successul technique. Edit to your single best image o

a subject. Ask or opinions rom other photographers and your adviser or

photography teacher.

6. Consider the stopping power o your images when submitting pictures. In

photography contests, judges will be stopped by powerul images just as

readers are. Look or pictures with good actions, reactions and emotions,

interesting lighting, peak action, unusual and dierent situations and

storytelling moments.

Contest Rules

Contest Rules

1. Open to all senior high, junior high and middle school students grades 6-12 within the U.S. and Canada (except Quebec).

2. Entrants may submit up to 3 images per category.

3. All photos must be submitted as prints on quality photo paper (only printed photographs will be judged; but it is

recommended that you send the digital ile on a CD with your printed photograph). Color or grayscale are accepted. No laser

printouts photocopies, transparencies or prints on Cibachrome or Ektalex will be accepted.

4. Entries may consist o prints 5 x 7 (minimum) up to and including 8 x 12 and should not be mounted. Please submit the

original digital ile on CD with each printed photograph submission.

5. All entries must be accompanied by a completed entry orm including a release or both the photographer and the

photographs subject(s). The photo subject release portion must be completed and signed by all readily identiiable

individuals appearing in each photograph (crowds or large groups excepted). Please include the witness signature. Failure to

comply with this rule will result in a delay o contest results and perhaps disqualiication.

6. Please TAPE the entry orm to back o photo. Do NOT use staples or paper clips.

7. Photographs may be processed commercially, but must have been taken by the entrant.

8. Each entry will be judged or its ability to tell a story relevant to the high school, junior high or middle school experience;

its composition and artistic qualities; and its technical quality.

9. Contest winners will be notiied by August 1, 2009 and subsequently published in a photo contest publication. The decision

o the judges is inal. The sponsors in their discretion reserve the right to reject entries or not publish photographs deemed

oensive, in poor taste, or which do not comply with the rules to the satisaction o the sponsors.

10. Entries will not be returned.

11. Grand prize winner not eligible to win other prizes in this contest.

12. Void where prohibited.

13. Prize is not transerable.

14. All taxes on prizes are the sole responsibility o the winners.

Contest PrizesGrand Prize Winner

$1,000cash

PhotographyRelatedPrizes

First Place Category Prize Winners

$500cash

PhotographyRelatedPrizes

2ndto5thPlaceCategoryPrizeWinners PhotographyRelatedPrizes

All entries MUST be postmarked

by April 1, 2009 for consideration

in the contest and mailed to:

Jostens Photo Contest

P.O. Box 386030

Minneapolis,MN55438-6030

(Average Retail Value $800)




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2009 Photo Contest

Attention Yearbook Adviser

CALLFOR

ENTRIES

Have your photo published and

win up to $1000 cash and more.

Sponsored by:

www.woles.com www.jostens.com

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