Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-06-15
Winning Snapshots
For First Week 10 Be
Printed Next Sunday
Vietors to Get Prizes
OF IS; Contest Rules
Are Listed

Prize winning pictures in The
Stars Amateur Snapshot Contest
have been selected by five District
Judges in the first weeks competi-
ton and will be published in tine
rotogravure section next Sunday.
This initial page of pictures will
be followed throughout the contest
with full page of winners each
Sunday until September 7.
The best picture each week will
bring prize of SIS, and 81 will be
paid for all other pictures published
At the close of the contest $25 will
be paid to the final winner in each
of four classes.
Grand prize winner in the inter-
national competition, sponsored by
newspapers in the United States
and Canada, will win $1,000. More
than $4,000 in cash is available Tor
amateur photographers.
The rules follow:
/. The contest is strictly for anna
teurs. Any one is eligible except
employees of The Star and their
families, and individuals or men,
hers of families engaged i'll the
manufacture, sale. commercial fin
ishing or professional use of photo
graphic goods
q Entrants may submit as many
pictures as desired at any time dur
ing the period of the contest. No
photographs will be returned, due TO
the enormous task of handling, list
ing and sorting
3. Pictures must have been made
after May Is, 1941, and may be sub
mitted at any time after that date
Prizes will be awarded e4cn week
beginning June % and ending Sep
TENDER 7.
4. Your snapshots may be made
on any type of film, but must not be
made on glass plate negatives. Any
make of camera, film. chemicals or
paper may be used. Developing and
printing may be done by a photo
f1nlSher or the entrant. No print or
enlargement more than 10 inches in
the longest dimension will be &C.
cepted. No art work or retouching
is permitted on prints or the mega
tives from which they are made No
composite picture. such as multiple
printing or montages. permitted.
Pictures should not be mounted or
framed
5. All pictures shall be judged in
the national awards Gnciuding the
United States and Canada solely on
general interest and or appeal. Pho
tographIc excellence or technique,
while important, Will not be the de-
Gliding factor in determining prize
winners. The decision of the judges
shall be accepted as final.
6. Each week The Star will pay
S. for the best picture submitted
and 50 for each picture of special
merit that is printed and not
awarded prize. In addition, at The
close of the contest S25 will be paid
TO the final winner in each of the
four classlflcations listed below.
These four winners then will be en-
tered In the national awards, where
they will compete with the same
number Of entries from other news
papers in the United States and
Canada for prizes totaling $4,000
7. To enter the contest, mail
print or prints of as many pictures
as you desire to Amateur Snapshot
Contest Editor" The Evening Star.
Washington. D. c. On the back of
each picture print your name and
address clearly in ink and the class
In which you wish the picture en-
tered. tSee clasSificationsJ
8. No prints will be returned. Do
not submit negatives with your
prints. Keep them until requested
by the Amateur Snapshot Contest
Editor. (Only original negatives &C
cepted) This newspaper assumes
no responsibility for negatives.
9. Before receiving the final prizes
of s25 in one or more Of four CLASH
hcatlonS, the entrant must submit
the original negative with print and
sign statement that his picture or
closely similar picture of the same
subject or situation has not been
and will not be entered by him in
any other snapshot contest or salon
other than the one conducted bv
this newspaper, and has not and
will not be offered for publication
IN any manner.
Important: If you snap pic
ture which you expect to enter in
the contest and in which a person
or persons appear, be sure to get
their names and addresses. This is
necessary because before your pic
ture can become eligible for entry in
the national awards the written
consent Of such person or persons
to the use of the picture for adver-
Using purposes must be obtained.
Following are the classifcations in
which prizes will be awarded weekly
and at the end of the contest:
a. Babies and children-One or
more youngsters to be judged for
cuteneSs, expression of character or
mood: Subjects may be engaged in
appropriate hobbies or interests.
Adults may appear if they are not
the principal interest.
b. Young people and adults-One
or more grown-ups (high school or
college age. or older) engaged in any
activity: In sports, games. hobbies,
occupations; at home, at work or
on a holiday, indoor or outdoor &C
tivities.
C. Scenes and still life'-Pic-
lures to be judged for scenic or pic
torial appeal; landscapes, marine
views, street scenes, buildings or
unusual "still-life" subjects includ-
ing table top" or miniature ar
rangementS.
d.. Animal lfe-Household pets
(cats, dogs. BIRDS, horses, farm
animals, forest wild life, zoo animals,
birds, fish, reptiles, insects.
Panama and Caribbean