61st Sponsored by Missouri School of Journalism with support from Fuji Photo Film, National Geographic and MSNBC.com Call for Entries welcomes you to the 61st competition! Special Interest As one of the world’s oldest, largest and most highly respected photojournalism contests, we • Open judging in Columbia, On the front: are proud to continue our history of providing a Missouri, Feb. 14 -March 4, 2004. “”Friends” venue for thoughtful and educational discourse Sudanese friends in the Islamic north committed to the advancement of the profession. • PDF Entries are allowed in Editing converse in a breakfast restaurant categories for the first time! where life is comfortable. In their The Pictures of the Year International competition is civilzed world, they are removed from conducted annually to recognize excellence in photojournalism •Pictures of the Year International the war in the south. by honoring press photographers, editors and the institutions Endowment Drive continues: Randy Olson where they are employed. Winning images from POYi have questions should be directed to Aurora / challenged photographers across the globe to push themselves to [email protected]. National Geographic Society, see more critically. Publications noted for their outstanding use Magazine Photographer of the Year • Books published in the past three of photographs have inspired re-thinking and redesign at other years can be entered in the Best media outlets. Photography Book On the back: Individual awards in 45 categories will be presented for category. “Loneliness of the newspaper and magazine photojournalism and for picture editing. long-distance ski jumper” Highest honors go to the Newspaper Photographer of the Year, • Two new categories to Preparing for ski jump in parking recognize conflict and war photog- lot, 2002 Winter OlympicsPark the Magazine Photographer of the Year, the World Understanding raphy. City Olympic Park, Park City, UT Award and to recipients of the Community Awareness Award, the David Burnett, Angus McDougall Overall Excellence in Editing Award and the • The 61st awards and educational Contact Press Images Best Use of Photography in Books Award. events will be held April 16 -17 in Second Place The contest is made possible thanks to continued support Columbia, Missouri. Sports Picture Story from the Missouri School of Journalism. To enhance this support, POYi and the Missouri School of Journalism have established a Pictures of the Year International Endowment to ensure the Awards and Prizes contest continues to keep pace with changes in the profession • Newspaper and Magazine Photographers of the Year each receive a trophy, a $1000 cash while meeting its educational mission. POYi has supported the award and $500 worth of film. The runners-up will receive a plaque, a $500 cash award and profession by providing leadership in establishing a standard $500 worth of film. Third-place winners receive a plaque, a $250 cash award and $250 worth of excellence; now is your chance to support POYi with your of film. contribution. • The newspaper winning the Angus McDougall Overall Excellence in Editing Award will receive We welcome your participation in this competition that will a sterling silver traveling trophy, a plaque and tuition to the Missouri Photo Workshop. create a record of the most outstanding photojournalism from 2003. • The Best Book Award winner will receive a plaque and $1,000. • The World Understanding Award winner will receive a trophy and $1,000 and $1000 worth of film. Essays judged worthy of special recognition receive a plaque and $250. ENTRIES MUST ARRIVE IN COLUMBIA NO LATER THAN • Winner of the Community Awareness Award will receive $1,000 and a trophy and $500 worth WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 14, 2004 of film. Entries judged worthy of special recognition receive a plaque and $250. POYi ENTRY FORMS AVAILABLE ELECTRONICALLY FROM OUR • Winning photographer of the Publicʼs Best Picture of the Year will receive $1,000 and a PICTURES OF THE YEAR INTERNATIONAL WEB SITE AT plaque. www.poyi.org • First place winners in individual categories will receive plaques. All other places in individual categories will receive certificates. 2 3 Entry Fees Entry Rules Checklist for photographers Have you…? • All entrants must pay an entry fee of $50 • All entries must have been taken or published • In summary, a single photograph may o Signed your entry form and submitted it. per person. for the first time between January 1, 2003 and appear as: o Labeled your files accordingly. • Services and/or agencies submitting entries December 31, 2003 except for entries in the 1) a single entry o Provided a title and complete caption must pay a fee of $50 for each photographer World Understanding Award, which has no 2) a part of one story and/or a Sports information within each file. Portfolio they enter. time restrictions. o Written a brief summary for each story • Newspapers and magazines entering the • All entries must be the work of only one and/or One Week’s Work entry or essay and provided an additional Best Use of Photographs categories must person. Team entries are allowed in only 3) a part of a Photographer of the Year copy for each story entered in a pay an additional fee of $50 per entry. the Editing and Multi-media Divisions. Portfolio 4) a part of a World Understanding Award portfolio. • Those entering the multi-media categories • Each photographer or editor may include o and books must pay an additional fee of $50 up to fifteen submissions to POYi. 5) a part of a Community Awareness entry. Included payment. for each interactive entry and/or book. A submission consists of: • Portions of World Understanding Award • Make checks payable to “Pictures of the 1) an entry in a single or multiple picture entries may not be reentered as photo stories. Are you entering a portfolio? Year International” or complete the credit category • Judges will not reclassify entries; entrants Have you…? o card information on the entry form. VISA, 2) a Newspaper or Magazine Photographer must edit and place their work where they Put your singles before your stories MasterCard and Discover are accepted. of the Year portfolio think it fits best. in your portfolio folder. 3) a World Understanding Award or • For more information or additional entry o Included duplicate hardcopies of story General Rules Community Awareness Award entry. forms please contact: summaries. • DEADLINE: ALL ENTRIES MUST ARRIVE • Entries in multiple picture categories should o Written your full name on your CD. IN COLUMBIA NO LATER THAN consist of at least three, but no more than 10, POYi Coordinator WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 14, 2004. photographs. [email protected] • Each entry form must be completed and • No written or printed information, such as Checklist for editors signed. names or affiliations, may appear within the Send all entries to: Have you…? • Submissions by two or more photographers image area. PICTURES OF THE YEAR INTERNATIONAL o Submitted and signed your entry form. or editors in the same mailing container must • No masks, borders, backgrounds or other The Missouri School of Journalism o Included payment. The ʻBest Useʼ be kept separate. Be sure that each artistic effects are allowed. 109 Lee Hills Hall fees are in addition to the fee to enter photographer and/or editor submits • Submit only one image per file. Columbia, MO 65211 the competition. an entry form and check for applicable fees. • Entrants who work for both newspapers and o Attached an Editing Label to each • To avoid import duty, all foreign entries magazines may submit work in any divi- entry remembering to include the should have “Photographs for Exhibit–No Definitions sion of the contest – General, Newspaper or names of the entrants and the num- Commercial Value” printed on the package. Magazine. However: • Affiliation - the employer, agency or pub- ber of pages in the entry. • Entries will not be returned. • a single photograph or story may be submit- lisher that should receive credit in the exhibi- o Submitted a copy of the interactive • Deadlines will be strictly enforced! ted only once; tion, Pictures of the Year International book, entry for categories 38 and 39 or a • a single photograph should not appear in Winner Notification etc. CD-ROM. more than one story; • Entry - Single Picture Categories: Each photo • Winners will be posted at www.poyi.org on • General Division photos and stories submitted counts as one entry. Monday, March 8, 2004. (Pictorial, Sports Portfolio and Story, One Multiple Picture Categories: Each story, Sports • All winners will be contacted immediately Week’s Work and Science/Natural History Portfolio or One Week’s Work submission after the results have been announed and Picture singles and story categories) may be counts as an entry. may be asked to submit reproduction quality included in either Newspaper Photographer NPOY & MPOY Portfolios: Each portfolio material for use in the production of a book of the Year or Magazine Photographer of the counts as one entry. and exhibition. Year portfolios. Special categories: Each World Understanding • if a photographer enters a Photographer Award and Community Awareness submis- of the Year portfolio, all individual entries sion counts as one entry. (single photos and stories) must be entered • Entry Fee - fee to enter contest plus any addi- in the same division (newspaper or maga- tional fees for the Best Use categories. zine) as his or her portfolio. • Submission - synonymous with entry. Total entries under one name: 15. • File - a digital image saved