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Print Rules
The following rules are from the MVCC Constitution & Bylaws:
Appendix B - Monthly Print Competitions September 2005
- All members compete on an EQUAL BASIS in all categories.
- Entries will be accepted ONLY from members who have paid
their dues for the season.
- Any image which has won any award in monthly print, slide,
or digital competitions in any year is not eligible for entry
into monthly print competitions, except a color slide winner
may compete in B&W Prints, a B&W winner may compete in color
prints, a color print winner or digital winner may compete in
B&W, and any winner in other categories may compete in Creative
Contemporary. Award winning prints may be entered in NECCC,
PSA, or interclub competitions, subject to the rules of those
competitions.
- In the event that there are less than three (3) entries in
a category, the judge will assign a point score, but no ribbons
will be awarded. The entries may be submitted again during the
season to be judged and scored, with a chance to win an award.
- ONE print may be entered in each of the following categories
: ASSIGNED, COLOR GENERAL, COLOR MINI, B&W GENERAL, B&W MINI, and CREATIVE
CONTEMPORARY.
- B&W GENERAL and B&W MINI print categories are for straight
monochrome or toned prints. One additional color may be added,
for example by hand coloring or selective toning.
- B&W MINI-PRINT is a category limited to an 8" x 10" maximum
print on a 11" x 14" maximum mount. It can be printed by the
submitting member or be commercially printed from the member's
negative.
- COLOR MINI-PRINT is a category limited to an 8" x 10" maximum
print on a 11" x 14" maximum mount. It can be printed by the
submitting member or be commercially printed from the member's
negative or slide.
- BLACK AND WHITE GENERAL prints may be any size print on a
16" x 20" maximum mount. It can be printed by the submitting
member or be commercially printed from the member's negative.
- COLOR GENERAL prints may be any size print on a 16" x 20"
maximum mount. It can be printed by the submitting member or
be commercially printed from the member's negative or slide.
- CREATIVE CONTEMPORARY is a category open to any size color
or B&W print on any size mount up to 16" x 20". This category
is an "anything goes" division reserved for images that DO NOT
depict subject matter as a person would NORMALLY see it. Prints
eligible for submission into this category include, but are
not limited to: abstracts, solarizations, posterizations, montages,
collages, lenticular 3 dimensional images, photograms, photolithographs,
image or emulsion transfers, image manipulations (darkroom/computer),
hand or computer colored, the product of various antiquated
processes, etc. The maker may employ ANY METHOD to produce the
print providing the initial image was captured or recorded BY THE MAKER using
light sensitive material (paper/film/emulsion) or equipment
employing a light sensitive device or detector (digital camera/digital
camera back/ scanner). All parts of the image must be an original artwork of
the maker. Due to the almost endless variety and
mix of processes that could be utilized to produce images for
this category, judges are advised to evaluate prints in this
division on their ARTISTIC MERITS, not on how the end result
was achieved.
- ASSIGNED CATEGORY is open to any size color
or black and white print up to 16" x 20" on any size mount up to 16" x 20".
It can be printed by the submitting member or be commercially printed from
the member's negative, slide, or digital image. All other categories are "open".
- Prints on a wood mount or in a glass frame are DISQUALIFIED.
- Prints must have the category and title on the REVERSE side
of the mount. Maker's names will not be on the print. Each maker
will be assigned a competition number for the year; this number
must be on the back on the print. Failure to comply may result
in disqualification.
- Prints may be submitted at any meeting prior to the due date
(normally 2 weeks before the competition), or mailed to the
Print Chairperson.
- Monthly ribbons will be awarded on the basis of the number
of entries in a category, but no more than 50% may be winners:
3 entries - 1 ribbon; 4 or 5 entries - 2 ribbons; 6 or 7 entries
- 3 ribbons; 8 to 14 - 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 1 H.M. (Honorable Mention)
ribbons; 15 to 24 entries - 2 H.M.s; 25 to 34 entries - 3 H.M.'s,
etc.
- Each entry will be scored on a 3 to 15 point scale by the
judge.
- At the discretion of the judge, a Print-of-the-Month will
be selected from the 1st place winners.
- A running tally of each competitor's point total will be
maintained. The End-of-Year recognition awards in each category
will be based on the sum of each participant's 6 highest scores
in that category.
- All prints which have won Print of the Month, 1st, 2nd, or
3rd during the season are eligible to enter the Print-of-the-Year
Competition. Also, each competitor may add up to two HM's from
each category to this Competition.
- Year-end recognition awards will be presented, at the annual
club banquet in June, in each of these categories :
Assigned
B&W General
B&W Mini
Color General
Color Mini
Creative Contemporary.
First Place Plaque, Second Place Ribbon, Third Place Ribbon,
and HM Ribbons will be presented. A total of 25% of the competitors
in each category will receive year-end recognition awards.
The year-end score total and ranking of each competitor will
be announced as each award is presented.
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