Evening star., 1951-08-26

lGSC OI1cIS dLIldCEuT ptlOLOSI dDIlcIo
opportunities to share in local and
national prizes totaling more than
$4,000 in cash. These rules must
be observed:
/. The contest is strictly for
amateurs. Employees of The Star
and their families. and individuals
and members of families engaged
in the manufacture, sale. COM
mercial finish or professional use
Iof Photographic goods are barred.
2, Contestants may enter as
many pictures as they wish at as
many different times as they wish
during the contest period. They
may not, however, enter photos
in the contest of any other news
paper participating in the News
paper National Snapshot Awards.
nor may they enter the same or
closely similar pictures in any
other contest.
8. To be eligible for prizes in
The Stars contest, and in the
18th annual Newspaper National
Snapshot Awards to be held later.
photos must have been made since
October /. 1850.
/ 4. ANY make of camera, film,
chemicals and paper may be used,
and contestants are not required
TO do their own developing and
printing. But only unretouched
prints made from unretouched
original black-and-white mega
Itives are eligible; prints from
copy negatives, glass plate mega
.tives and color transparencies are
barred. Composite pictures, null
tiple printing and montages also
are prohibited. Enlargements are
eligible. but must not be more
than 10 inches in the longer di-
mension. Prints must not be
mounted or framed.
5. Pictures shall be judged on
Photographic quality, general in
terest and or appeal. and the
judges decision shall be accepted
as final. Each Sunday during the
contest, The Star will award
prize of $40. two prizes of SIS and
an honorable mention for the best
pictures published in its Pictorial
Magazine. At the close of the
contest, The Star will award
prize of $25 for the picture judged
best in each of the four classes
listed below. These four photos
will be entered in the National
Awards to compete with the VIM
nerS of contests conducted by
other American and Canadian
newspapers. The 167 prizes in the
National Awards, to be paid by the
Eastman Kodak Co.. are:
Grand prize, $1,000; first prize
in each of the four classes, $500;
second prize in each class, $3.50:
third prize in each class, 500; 10
special merit awards Of $50 each;
"a honorable mention awards of
SIS each.
s. To enter the contest, mail
as many prints as you wish to the
Amateur Snapshot Contest Editor
of The Star, Washington 4, D. c.,
any time between now and Sep
tember !. On the back of each
photo print your name. address,
the title of the picture Cf a good
one occurs to you) and the class
in which you think It should be
entered. CThe Star reserves the
right to change both titles and
classes, however)
IMPORTANTLY you snap a
picture which you expect to enter
in the contest and in which per-
son or persons appear, be sure to
get their names and addresses.
This is necessary because. before
your picture can win a final prize
in The Stars contest and become
eligible for entry in the National
Awards, the written consent of
such person or persons to the use
of the picture for advertising pur-
poses must be obtained.
Z. Do not submit negatives until
asked to do so by the Snapshot
Editor. No entries will be re-
turned and neither The Star nor
the sponsor of the National Awards
assumes any responsibility for
either prints or negatives.
8. Before receiving The Stars
final prize in one of the four