ANNUAL PHOTOGRAPHY CONTEST

Congratulations to all of our 2022 contest participants! 

Check back soon for information about our 2023 contest. 
 

Photographs must be in one of the following categories:

• People - men, woman, children, groups of people, all ages welcome.

• Nature - the phenomena of the physical world, including plants, animals, the landscape, and other features and products of earth. Not humans or human creations.

• Teen Life - anything that expresses the life of a teen.

• Reflection - Things that reflect.

• Find your Voice - Capture what you're most passionate about.

• Sports - an activity involving physical exertion and skill in which an individual or team competes against another or others for entertainment.

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How to enter:​​ 

• Please submit photographs via the "submit photograph" button found on this page.

• Submit no more than one photograph per category. 

• Complete a separate form for each photo submitted. 

• Photographs must be in .JPG or .PNG format. 

• Files submitted may not be larger than 1 GB

• High-quality scans of non-digital photographs are acceptable. 

• Photographs should be the highest resolution possible (minimum size 11x14).

• We do not accept photographs submitted through the mail.

Guidelines​

• Subject matter in films must be 'appropriate for a school environment’ and be free of derogatory situations and stereotypes based on race, religion, gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation, etc.

• Photographs must have been shot by the entrant within the past 12 months.

• We do not accept digitally or otherwise enhanced or altered photos. Minor adjustments, including spotting, dodging and burning, sharpening, contrast and slight color adjustment or the digital equivalents, are acceptable for all categories. 

• Do not submit downloaded, scanned or stolen images. If our judges see that a photographer has obviously altered his or her photo, they reserve the right to disqualify it.

• For a photo in which a person is recognizable, you must fill out this release from the subject or, in the case of a minor, the subject’s parent or guardian and provide it to Freedom4U upon request.

• Photographs that have won (grand prize or 1st, 2nd, or 3rd place) any other contests or published in printed magazines and newspapers are not eligible. 

• Photos that violate or infringe upon another person’s rights, including copyright, are not eligible.

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Judging:

Your photograph(s) will be judged by our panel of judges. The images will be primarily judged on the overall beauty, power, creativity, skill, and originality of the images. All judges will be appointed by Freedom4U. The Winners and Finalists will be determined by the judges and Freedom4U in accordance with the competition rules, their decision is final. 

The students who score as winners will be notified and invited to the virtual reception. The top three winners in each category will receive certificates, money and prizes. One or more honorable mention awards also may be awarded, but there will be no prizes for photographs awarded honorable mention.

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Questions:

Call: 310-897-5043 or email greg@freedomcommunity.com

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By entering the contest, entrants grant Freedom4U a royalty-free, perpetual, non-exclusive license to display, distribute, reproduce, and create derivative works of the entries, in whole or in part, in any media, for any educational, promotional, publicity, exhibition, archival, scholarly, and all other standard purposes. Freedom4U will not be required to pay any additional consideration or seek any additional approval in connection with such uses.

Freedom4U's High School Photography Contest

 
Congratulations to all of our outstanding winning pictures from past years:

2021 Photo Contest Winners