2008 Mississippi Valley Salon of Photography
Information and Instructions

Closing Date: October 28, 2008
Last Updated: August 24, 2008
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General Chairman
Kathleen M. O'Donnell
2008 Wyoming
St. Louis, MO 63118
USA
Email: odonnellkm@sbcglobal.net
Telephone: 1-314-323-4400

Entry Fee

Entry Fee is $6. You may enter 1 or 2 sections for the same fee! An entry consists of 4 digital files in a section. Entries will be judged randomly in four rounds.

Any entry not paid by for will not be in the catalog sent to Star Ratings, Who's Who, etc.

To pay with PayPal, click here. To pay on our secure web site, click here.


Judges
Nancy Parker - Edwardsville, IL
William Coatney - St. Louis, MO
Larry Cowles, APSA, EPSA - Norco, CA

Sections
2008 Mississippi Valley will offer two sections (recognized by CPID): (1) Open/general section and (2) Creative section. You may enter two sections for the price of one!

Awards

The PSA Gold Medal will be awarded to Best of Show in each section. A PSA Silver Medal and a PSA Bronze medal, as well as PSA Honorable Mention Ribbons, will be awarded in each section.

The "St. Louis Award" will be presented to the best image by a member of the St. Louis Camera Club in each section.


Submitting Entries

After you have carefully read the "information and instructions", and after double checking to make sure your files are no larger than 1024 pixels wide and 768 pixels high . . . entry is now closed.

CD entries via mail will not be accepted.


Status List

After you submit your entry, you will receive an email with your name, address, email, etc. plus the image titles you typed in. Please review and if you made any errors, please contact General Chairman - odonnellkm@sbcglobal.net - to resolve.

Click Here To Review The Entry Status List - The entries are processed periodically and the status report indicates the time/date of the next scheduled status list up.

If any problems are noted in the status list, please contact General Chairman - odonnellkm@sbcglobal.net - to resolve.


Color Space

Saving your JPG file using sRGB color is recommended as it will provide better quality under the projection conditions used for judging the exhibition and producing the exhibition show.


Image Size

Maximum image width is 1024 pixels. Maximum image height (vertical) is 768 pixels.

Smaller images are acceptable. Maximum permitted file size per image is 800 KB and maximum total entry size is 20 MB.


File Names

You do not have to follow any naming convention for your jpg files when you enter. The web pages properly rename your files to meet the needs of our exhibition software.


Calendar
Closing Date:
Judging Date:
Notification Date:
Award Mail Date:
Catalog Availability Date:
October 28, 2008
November 8, 2008
November 13, 2008 (via email only)
December 8, 2008
December 8, 2008 (PDF Download )

Public Exhibitions:
Accepted Images, including award winners, will be on display at www.stlcameraclub.com. These images will also be shown at the St. Louis Camera Club Wednesday, December 3, 2008. And on January 27, 2009 at Collinsville Area Camera Club

General Rules
Maker's Name: The maker's name and/or image title shall not be in the image area of digital file.
Original Image Statement: Entries must originate as photographs (image-captures of object via light sensitivity) made by the entrant on photographic emulsion or acquired digitally. By virtue of submitting an entry, the entrant certifies the work as his/her own and permits the sponsors to reproduce all or part of the entered material free of charge for publication and/or display in media related to the exhibition. This may include low resolution posting on a web site. The exhibition assumes no liability of any misuse of copyright. Images may be altered, either electronically or otherwise, subject to divisional restrictions, by the maker and artwork or computer graphics created by the entrant may be incorporated if the photographic content predominates. All final work must be on photographic film, or on electronic file, or on photographic or electronic print mater, mounting excepted.
Previously Accepted Images: An image previously accepted in Mississippi Valley is not eligible for entry.

Exhibition Is Open: The exhibition is open to anyone; however, an entry may be rejected when the sponsoring organization or its agent, in its reasonable discretion, believes the entry does not conform to the exhibition rules and conditions.

You do not have to be a member of the St. Louis Camera Club or of the Photographic Society of America to enter Mississippi Valley.

The St. Louis Camera Club Has Been A Proud Member of PSA Since 1940