Travel Photography Contests

by **JessieS** » January 22nd, 2007

These come up from time to time, and I thought it might be a good idea to collect them all here. If you see or know of one that people could submit photos to, put the entry information - or, better yet, a weblink - here for everyone to see.

And good luck to everyone who enters a photo contest!

by **JessieS** » January 22nd, 2007

Adding this one to this thread; it's already up, but here it is again to start things off...

You could win a trip to Mexico with your photo of a World Heritage site. Find out details here.

by **JessieS** » January 23rd, 2007

Perceptive Travel is giving away a Citiescape Asia box set (one of those lovely Lonely Planet things) to the winner of its photo contest. Deadline is Feb. 28, 2007, and the photo must be from one of the following cities: Mumbai, Delhi, Hong Kong, Bangkok, Ho Chi Minh City/Saigon, Tokyo, Sydney, Kathmandu, Singapore, or Bejing.

by **JessieS** » January 23rd, 2007

LP has a running photo contest via their Flickr group. I can't find anything about prizes (beyond bragging rights), so if you find something about that, post it here.

by **JessieS** » January 23rd, 2007

For those in the Portland, Oregon area there's the Oregonian 2007 Photo Contest.

by **JessieS** » February 14th, 2007

American Rivers is hosting a photo contest for (you guessed it) river pictures. Deadline is February 28.

by **Not the first Travis** » February 14th, 2007

Re the river photo contest. I just looked at the link, and as far as I can tell, the grand prize in each category is....."American Rivers" gets to use your photo on their website. That's just crazy generous.

by **JessieS** » February 14th, 2007

Ha... I didn't see that (obviously). Yes, they are overflowing with generosity, aren't they? Well, at least they didn't say, "When you win, you get to pay us to use your picture!" (Oh, crap, did I just give them an idea?)

by **Timen** » February 18th, 2007

Photography is one of my favorite on-the-road activities. I've never been good at winning any contests, but I did decide to go for the Perceptive Travel contest a few days ago.

Nice thread. Thanks for keeping it up-to-date. If I find anything, I'll contribute.

by **JessieS** » March 13th, 2007

Are you the next Conde Nast Traveler?

by **JessieS** » March 23rd, 2007

Matador's First Travel Writing & Photography Contest

by **klaus larsen** » April 3rd, 2007

be careful about which contests you enter and READ THE FINE PRINT!

Many want you to submit your best images, which become the property of the company sponsoring the event. This means they can use your image, forever, to make money, did i mention forever?

Most of these "contests" are ruses designed to get cheap (free) images.

You are giving away your rights when you enter these contests.

Please do yourself and everyone out there a favor and READ THE FINE PRINT. Don't let yourself be suckered into giving away your best images for free.

by **Timen** » April 9th, 2007

Brave New Traveler's 5 Hilarious Travel Photos Contest

by **Conti** » May 24th, 2007

quote:
Originally posted by klaus larsen:
be careful about which contests you enter and READ THE FINE PRINT!

Many want you to submit your best images, which become the property of the company sponsoring the event. This means they can use your image, forever, to make money, did i mention forever?

Most of these "contests" are ruses designed to get cheap (free) images.

You are giving away your rights when you enter these contests.

Please do yourself and everyone out there a favor and READ THE FINE PRINT. Don't let yourself be suckered into giving away your best images for free.

Thanks for the warning. I never thought that a contest could be used in this way.