The year-end competition is approaching. It is unlike our typical monthly competitions. For the year-end event, there is only one tangible award presented, an award for the best in show. However, the judge will select first-, second-, and third-place winners, and as many honorable mentions as the numbers of entries require. The winners’ names will be announced at the Awards Celebration.

The rules are as follows:

• All images must be selected from images already submitted to SSCC competitions during the 2016-2017 year. By now, you will have received a list of all the images you have submitted through April, both projected and prints. Please carefully review the directions on how to submit your choices for the year-end competition.
• Each member may select up to five projected images and five prints (10 images in all) to submit.
• Entries do not have to have won an award to be entered.
• If a member has competed in both the Novice and Advanced levels this year, the rules state that he/she “may elect to enter either the Novice or the Advanced level (but not both) for the year-end competition. If the member enters the Advanced level, he or she may submit any entry previously entered regardless of level. However, if he or she enters the Novice level, he or she may submit only entries previously entered in the Novice level.”
• The judging is “closed” (that is, the only club members present with be those who present the images to the judge), and will be completed prior to the year-end celebration.
• A best in show award will be given, known as the Len Tuchin Award.
• The absolute deadline to deliver your prints at a regular meeting is Thursday, May 11; titles of projected images must be emailed to ssccphotography@yahoo.com no later than May 15.

If you have any questions, please contact Larry Gold in person or at competition@ssccphotography.org.