Artists Wanted and SCOPE Art Show present
One Life
an international photography competition
Final Entry Deadline is August 19th 11:59pm EST
One Life is an international photography competition open to all backgrounds, styles and perspectives. Until August 19th, you're invited to submit images that illuminate your perspective: what you love, your travels, or anything that reflects your world and experience. As a valued talent, please feel free to use promocode OneLife10 to waive the late entry fee toward a submission of 6 or more images.
Offering over $50,000 in awards - including a published feature in PDN Magazine and a Trip Around the World for two, the One Life Photography Competition is your opportunity to share your vision for a chance at life-changing reward and recognition.
How This Works
We’ve worked to build a system for entry that is easy and fluid. Below is a brief overview of how the competitions works. For more detailed information, see our Frequently Asked Questions, read the Official Contest Rules or Contact Us with any questions you have.
1) Who is Eligible to Enter?
One Life is open to photographers 18 and older from anywhere in the world! We are looking for all types of digital and film photography, including (and definitely not limited to): Fashion, Landscape, Travel, Candid, Digitally Manipulated, Artistic / Conceptual, Self-Portrait, Wedding and more! We are looking for compelling images that tell stories as you envision them.
2) How do I submit work?
One Life only accepts submissions through our quick and easy online form. All applicants will receive a gorgeous online portfolio and will be eligible for the People’s Choice Award (does not affect the selection of the Grand Prize winner). Portfolios are fully editable (you can change/add images and modify your bio) until the deadline.
You may submit up to 9 images for $10 per image. For 10 or more images, we offer a flat discounted rate of $95. You can upload up to 20 images for the discounted rate.
Every photographer who submits to One Life will be given an online See.Me portfolio to view and share with your social network and use as a professional resource. After you complete your submission, you will be sent a confirmation email with your username, password, and direct link to your portfolio, which you will be able to start using immediately.
3) What Are The Submission Categories?
Upon entering you are invited to self-select what category your portfolio belongs to. This will only affect the Category Awards, the Grand Prize Award and People’s Choice Award is open to every category. You are welcome to submit multiple portfolios under different categories. Every type of photography is welcome for entry.
People: Includes: Portraits, Self-Portraits, Conceptual & Candid photos, any image with a person as its central character.
Places: Includes: City Imagery, Landscapes, Travel Photography, any image with a place/location as its central theme.
Things: Includes: Still Life, Studio Images, Macro Images, Micro Images, any image with an object as its central theme.
Ideas: Includes: Conceptual and Artistic imagery, Narrative Series, anything that expresses an idea.
4) The Awards:
The Grand Prize:
This award is selected by our panel of esteemed judges from all the categories. The People’s Choice Voting has no influence on the Grand Prize selection.
*Your Choice of $10,000 cash grant OR a World-Wide Travel Adventure
*A feature in PDN Magazine and on Artists Wanted
*A show and reception during PDN’s Photo Plus Expo in NYC
*Worldwide Exposure for your photos and the story they tell.
The People’s Choice Award:
The public will cast their vote and the highest rated portfolio will receive $2,500 in cash, and international exposure via a feature with Artists Wanted and on One Life Photos that will be seen by tens of thousands of viewers.
The Category Awards
Our jury panel will choose four Category Award winners in these People, Places, Things, Ideas.
Category Award Winners will be featured in PDN Magazine and on Artists Wanted, exposing your work to tens of thousands of the most influential eyes in the photographic and arts communities. You will also receive a Canon EOS Rebel T1i EF-S 15mp IS Digital SLR Camera Kit (value: $750) and a life-time See.Me premium portfolio website (value: $1,700+).
5) Judging:
One potential Grand Prize Winner will be determined from among all eligible entries received by a panel of qualified judges, based on a rating system that considers uniqueness, skill, and ambition. The entrant who submitted the entry receiving the highest score, as determined by our judging panel, will be the Grand Prize winner.
Eligible visitors to the site will have a chance to vote for their favorite entry during the Online Voting Period. The entrant with the entry receiving the highest number of votes, as determined by One Life , will be the potential People’s Choice Award Winner (pending rigorous vote validation). Public voting has no influence on the formal judging for the Grand Prize Award.
6) Use of Entry & Respecting Image Ownership:
Artists Wanted and PDN will not resell your work, or use your images for any commercial purpose outside the terms of the contest and the New York Reception. Every image you submit is yours, you retain all rights to your images.
Your images will be hosted on our web server for viewing via your public portfolio and your images may be selected for special promotion in PDN Magazine, Artists Wanted and other press/partner outlets. For example, in the past major magazines and television outlets have run features on our photographers and we have facilitated that connection. If a major press outlet approaches us to feature your work, we will contact you and work with you to craft the story to the highest benefit for you and your career.
Your images will never be sold to a 3rd party.
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