CATEGORIES:

01- Spot News A picture of an unscheduled news event for which there was no planning.

02- General News picture of a scheduled news event for which advanced planning was possible.

03- Feature A storytelling picture not necessarily news related. Usually a "found" situation that has strong human interest or a fresh view of an everyday scene.

04- Sports Action - A picture that shows participation in a game or sports event.

05- Sports Feature - A feature picture that is sports related.

06- Portrait Personality Array

07- Pictorial - A picture that exploits the graphic aesthetic qualities of the subject with emphasis on composition.

08- Illustration A picture that illustrates any product, including (but not limited to) food and clothing. This can also be a picture produced from a preconceived idea and intended to clarify or dramatize non-visual or editorial concepts.

09- News Picture Story - A collection of news pictures which reveal a story line. 12 images maximum per story.

10- Feature Picture Story - A collection of feature pictures which reveal a story line, or a collection of photographs on one subject. 12 images maximum per story.

11- Sports Picture Story - A collection of sports pictures which reveal a story line. 12 images maximum per story.

12- Professional Portfolio Defined as a photographer who competes in the realm of professional news photography.

13- Student Portfolio Defined as a photographer who is enrolled full-time as a student in March 2007 and for two-thirds of the year preceding the POY. A student may have full-time employment as a photographer for a maximum of one academic term of internship and must have never entered previous photographic competitions as a professional photographer.



NCPPA Audio Slideshow Contest
The NCPPA Audio Slideshow contest will recognize outstanding multimedia, both individually and team produced, that presents still images with audio. Slideshows can be either a SoundSlides (with publish-to-web folder) or a QuickTime movie file, burned to a CD (formatted for MAC or Universal 9660) and mailed, NLT Jan. 15, 2008, to the:

POY Contest Chair, Marc J. Kawanishi;
Photo Chief and Proctor; East
Carolina University;
Howard House, 1001 East Fifth Street; Greenville,
NC 27858.

There is no limit to the slideshow's length, but we strongly recommend that projects remain well under 5 minutes. Judges will not be obligated to view more than 1 minute of any slideshow.
Factors in judging will include image and sound quality, how effectively images and sound are woven together, and the overall impact of the piece. Slideshows must have been produced, though not necessarily published, during the year 2007. Photos and audio may have been gathered before 2007.
If a slideshow is the work of more than one journalist, the entry must include (written on the CD) the name of each person involved and his/her role (photography, audio, and/or production). Each photographer may enter no more than 2 slideshows. If you were part of a group entry, that counts as one of your 2 entries. Please put your slideshow(s) inside a folder on the CD named with the same photographer's code that you would use in the main contest. In the interest of saving time during the judging period, if we have more than 15 entries, Joe Weiss will conduct an initial round of judging to get the number down to 15 slideshows before they are presented to our POY judges.
These 3 judges will award 1st, 2nd, & 3rd place, and up to 2 HMs. Because audio slideshows are relatively new to our profession, and brand new to our contest, we are keeping the Audio Slideshow category separate from the main POY contest. Wins from the slideshow category will not yet count towards Staff of the Year, will not be considered for Best of Show, and will not be part of POY portfolios. Photos from these slideshows, however, may be entered into the main contest if they were made in 2007.

For questions concerning the POY contest or the Audio Slideshow
Contest, please contact:
Marc J. Kawanishi at KAWANISHIM@ecu.edu
The Contest Chairman has the right to disqualify entries that do not conform to contest rules.

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