Competitions

1. Smithsonian Annual Photo Contest Open

The Smithsonian magazine is accepting submissions for its 10th Annual Photo Contest. Photojournalists and amateurs worldwide can enter this contest.

Participants can enter photographs for judging in one of five categories: altered images, Americana, the natural world, people and travel.

Smithsonian will notify the 50 finalists by February 28, 2013. From these 50 finalists, five category winners and a grand prize winner will be selected. The entries of all finalists will be published on the magazine's website on March 1, 2013. At that time, readers can vote online for one readers' choice winner.

The grand prize will receive $2,500. The winners of each of the five categories will receive $500.

For more information please, visit http://www.smithsonianmag.com/photocontest/10th-annual/