This article contains what you need to know about the Year-End
Competition. Remember, this competition is not about selecting the best entries for
a single month, but rather selecting the best entries from the monthly competitions for the entire club year (September 2023 through May 2024).
OPEN AND SAVE THE FOLLOWING DOCUMENTS, AS APPROPRIATE, AND THEN FILL THEM OUT:
SEND AN EMAIL TO SSCC HISTORIAN, NORM BERNACHE, at normbernache@comcast.net if you would like a list of all of your print and projected images submitted from September 2023 to April 2024.
Requirements:
- Each member may submit up to 5 projected and 5 print images from
those that s/he entered in monthly club competitions this 2023-2024 season. Eligible submissions need not have won an award in the monthly competition(s) in which they were submitted. But please remember — images submitted for the year-end competition must be identical to those submitted in the regular season competitions and entries must be submitted in the same categories (print or projected) in which they were originally submitted.
For Projected Images:
- Please email your Submission Form list of up to 5 selected projected entry titles to
COMPETITION@SSCCPHOTOGRAPHY.ORG. The titles of your selections are needed, not the images. The month you entered them in monthly competition would be extremely useful too. - Please do not resend any projected images; the images that you previously have submitted will be used.
- The selection of projected images must be sent by midnight May 10.
For Printed Images:
- Loose prints will not be accepted. They must be packaged in a portfolio, cardboard slip-case, or even a plastic bag with your name clearly marked on it (the “print package”). Only one member’s submissions may be placed in a single package.
- The appropriate print submission form and attached labels on the backs of the prints must accompany the print package.
- Complete print packages will be accepted at the in-person May 9 club meeting at Northwood Presbyterian Church. If you anticipate including an entry from the May monthly competition (Monochrome), please wait until the end of competition night on May 9 to submit your print package with the May entry included. Competition prints will be available for pick up at the club’s year end celebration on June 13.
- If you know you can’t make the meeting, please contact Lisa Auerbach to arrange to deliver them to her: 5901 Barbados Pl #102, North Bethesda, MD 20852.
As in other competitions, the judge will select first, second, and third place winners, and as many honorable mentions as the number of entries requires. The winners will be announced at the end of year celebration. The judging is “closed”; it is not held at a regular club
meeting. There are no ribbons or points awarded; however, a Best in Show award will be presented, known as the “Len Tuchin Award”.
REMEMBER:
- THE DEADLINE FOR SUBMITTING YOUR CHOICE OF PROJECTED IMAGES IS MAY 10.
- YOUR PRINT SELECTIONS MUST BE SUBMITTED AT THE MAY 9 CLUB
MEETING AT NORTHWOOD PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH (unless arrangements were made with Lisa) - If you have any questions, feel free to contact Dennis Freeman at dennisfreeman4510@msn.com . I will get your question to the right person for your answer.