Evening star., 1935-05-19
amateur Contest in 'sSnapshots''
To Be Conducted by The Star
Ten Thousand Dollars
offered to Winners in
National p PhotO Contest.
Weekly Asoards of SIS
viii Be Made and Pic.
lures Published.

Here's big news and opportunity
for Washingtons growing ranks of
amateur photographers chance to
win more than $4,000 in prize money
Just for the fun of swapping pictures
for The Stars Amateur Snapshot Con-
test
The contest gets under way at once
-today-so dust of your camera, load
it up and start shootingl Whether
it's a little camera or a big one, plain
or fancy, you have Just as good a
chance as the other fellow to score
hit" that may land one of the big
prizes in the national award to follow
The Stars local contest.
You don't have to be a camera
wizard to compete in this contest
with o big chance Of success. Snap
shots submitted will be judged more
on their general appeal-the interest
they arouse by simple and human
qualities of subject, by effective treat
ment Of the everyday things about
you-than by any technical excel
lence.
Locale Not Restricted.
And the everyday thing to put you
in the hall Of Photographic fame may
be right in your own back yard. Look
for 1t today! II 1t isn't there. it Is GER
tainly somewhere In all the wealth
Of interesting and beautiful things in
Washington and its surroundings. But
there are no restrictions as to where
you may make your contest snapshots.
You can send them in a thousand
miles from washington, If your vaca-
ton should take you that far-to
lakes, mountains, sea, that would offer
new fields to conquer with your
camera.
Opportunity lies ahead-and also
behind. For any snapshot you may
have in your collection now is eligible
for entry in the contest, provided 1t
was taken since January / Of this
year. II you have a collection. look
through 1t, pick out the best snap
shot made this year-or more than one
if you hke-and mail it to the Snap
shot Contest Editor, The Star.
Don't delay either in mailing snap
shot already made or getting out your
camera to make some for the first
week of the contest. They will have
to be received by the editor this week
the earlier the better-in order to
be considered for the first prize award
picture, which will be published in
the rotogravure section Of The Sum-
day Star of June 2.
IS for Weekly Prizes.
For the prize winning snapshot of
that week. and each succeeding week,
The Star will pay IS. With the
prize winning photo also will be pub
lished In the rotograyure section each
Sunday the best of the other snap
shots submitted In the contest. For
each photo published The Star will
pay 81.
At the end Of the Summer-long
contest, four grand prize winners will
be chosen from among the weekly
prize winners In The Stars contest.
Each grand prize winner will re-
ceive $25.
In addition to that prize, the four
major winners win qualify for chance
to win the rich prizes offered in the
national awards. And they viii have
the distinction of having their snap
shots hung in the national award
salon here in Washington. In this
salon the winning snapshots Of local
contests throughout the country viii
be judged by q jury Of nationally dis
tinguished persons in making the ma
tional awards. Mrs. Sara Delano
Roosevelt, mother of the President, is
honorary chairman Of the board of
judges.
The $4,000 in national prize money
includes $1,000 for the grand prize
winner among the four class winners
In each of the four classes there viii