Photos must be entered in the month published. A photo can be entered only after its initial publication. Publication is defined as printed or electronically reproduced by your publication’s official Web site.
All Web published entries must be in the form of a hard copy no larger than 8 by 10 inches, with a screen shoot of the picture’s online publication on the back. Submissions of wire photos will be handled similarly.
If a clip of a wire service submission is not available, a print no larger than 8 by 10 inches may be entered. Attached must be a proof from your AP server or other Web site of the photo or the routing code and date of transmission.
Remove your name and affiliation from the front of the clip. Affix a completed official entry label on the back. Include a separate sheet of paper with your name, address and total number of clips entered.
Layouts are judged as a single entry but single pictures from a layout can be entered also. You must submit another clip of the single image from the layout in this case.
Sort clips by category:
• Spot news: A single picture of an unscheduled event for which no advanced planning was possible. Examples: fires, accidents and natural disasters.
• General news: A single picture of a scheduled political, social or cultural event for which advance planning was possible. An assigned and/or scheduled news event. Example: Demonstrations, funerals, trials and promotional events.
• Portrait: A single picture of a person that reveals the essence of the subject’s character.
• Sports: An unposed sports-related single picture, either feature or action. Sports-related portraits should be entered in the portrait category.
• Feature single: A general human-interest photo.
• Multiple pictures: A photo story, sequence or series of any subject matter.
Illustration: A single created picture, not a found situation or portrait. Intended to clarify or dramatize a preconceived idea. This would include illustrations depicting food, fashion, industrial or editorial topics. This category will be judged quarterly but clips must be entered in the month published.
Each entrant is limited to a total of nine clips per month. The clip contest is open to all ONPA members in good standing who live or work in Ohio during the month entered. The ONPA clip contest is not affiliated with the NPPA Region 4 clip contest. Clips must be in the hand of the clip chairman by the 7th of the month following publication. Clips should be sent to: Neal Lauron, The Columbus Dispatch, 34 S Third St, Columbus, OH 43215
All winners in the monthly clip contest must submit a copy of the winning entry for the ONPA newsletter and/or web site. Winners will be notified via e-mail, so remember to include your e-mail address on the back of each clip.
Failure to respond will result in a loss of points for that clip win. If in subsequent months the same photographer fails to reply he or she will be disqualified from entering the contest for the remainder of the year.
Files should be slugged accordingly: month_category_place.jpg Example: May_genews_1st.jpg.
All photos must be captioned. Send all winning entries to clips@onpa.org