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Winning Images
Photo credits, from top: Sara Shoemaker Lind,
Kent Miller, Peter Lik, James Randklev.
Prizes
  • ONE PROFESSIONAL GRAND-PRIZE WINNER will receive a Santa Fe-based workshop from the world-renowned Santa Fe Photographic Workshops, based on a Santa Fe Photographic Workshops tuition/fees credit of up to $1,500.The Workshops offer two-and-a-half day, four day and five day classes. With top-level photographers as instructors, classes are designed to offer a wide range of topics for all skill levels.
  • ONE AMATEUR GRAND-PRIZE WINNER will receive free tuition to MatadorU's Travel Photography Course and a one year subscription to MatadorAccess.
  • GRAND PRIZE WINNERS will be interviewed and featured on CNN Photos blog along with SELECT WINNERS ACROSS ALL CATEGORIES.
  • ALL AMATEUR FIRST-PLACE WINNERS will receive a one year subscription to MatadorAccess.
  • EIGHT PROFESSIONAL AND AMATEUR FIRST-PLACE WINNERS will each receive a $100 Adorama gift certificate.
  • ALL PROFESSIONAL FIRST-PLACE WINNERS will receive a PhotoServe.com portfolio ($860 value).
  • Winning images be printed and displayed at the Outdoor Retailer Summer Market trade show July 31 - August 3rd 2013 in Salt Lake City, Utah. The gallery will be on display for the event's 21,000 attendees which includes 1,000 outdoor brand representatives and related media players.
  • ALL FIRST-PLACE WINNERS will receive digital cameras.
  • ALL WINNING IMAGES
    • will be printed and displayed at the Outdoor Retailer Summer Market trade show July 31 - August 3rd 2013 in Salt Lake City, Utah. The gallery will be on display for the event's 21,000 attendees which includes 1,000 outdoor brand representatives and related media players.
    • will be featured in PDN's August issue which has an additional print circulation to 5,000 photography industry creatives!

Judges
John Toolan
Photography Director
Field & Stream


John Nuhn
Managing Photo Editor
National Wildlife


Justin Appenzeller
Photo Editor
Outdoor Life


Genny Fullerton
Sr. Associate Photo Editor
Backpacker Magazine

Chris Wellhausen
Photo Editor
TransWorld
SNOWboarding


Keri Bascetta
Director of Photography
SKI Magazine/Skiing Magazine


Kenji Haroutunian
Show Director
Outdoor Retailer


Click here for last year's winners gallery.

categories
  • Plants, Animals, Insects and Gardens
  • Beaches, Islands and Underwater
  • Scenes of the Natural World
  • Outdoor Sports and Activities
  • Parks and Safaris

deadline

April 25, 2013

EXTENDED DEADLINE
May 9, 2013

entry fees

Professionals: $35 $45
Amateurs: $12 $22

* Late? Pay an additional $10 per image for the extended deadline: May 9th.



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