Evening star., 1952-06-29

The Stars 1852 Snapshot Con-
test offers amateur photographers
opportunities to share in local and
national prizes totaling more than
SIS, 1000 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 finishing or professional
use of 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.
3. To be eligible for prizes in
The Stars contest, and in the
14th annual Newspaper National
Snapshot Awards to be held later,
photos must have been made since
July 1, 1851.
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 negatives
are eligible; prints from copy neg
atives, glass plate negatives and
color transparencies are barred.
Composite pictures, multiple print
ing and montages also are pro-
hibited. Enlargements are eligible,
but must not be more than 10
inches in the longer dimension.
Prints must not be mounted OF
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 8
prize of $40, two prizes of S. ano
an honorable mention for the best
pictures published in its Pretoria
Magazine. At the close of thu
contest, The Star will award s
prize of $25 for the picture judged
best in each of the four classe.
listed below. These four photo.
will be entered in the Nationa
Awards to compete with the win
ners of contests conducted b,
other American and Canadian
newspapers. The $50 prizes in thu
National Awards, to be paid b,
the Eastman Kodak Co., are:
Grand prize in each of the foul
classes, $1,000: second prize il
each Of the four classes, $500
third prize in each class, $I5O
60 special merit awards of S5(
each; 200 honor awards of So:
each.
6. To enter the contest, mail a.
many prints as you wish to thu
Amateur Snapshot Contest Editor
Iof The Star, Washington 4, D. C.
any time between now and Sep.
|tember 6. On the back of each
photo print your name. address
the title of the picture (if gooc
one occurs to you) and the class
in which you think it should be
entered. (The Star reserves the
right to change both titles and
classes, however,
IMPORTANT If you snap q
picture ,Dhich you expect to ente,
in the contest and In 1uhich a per-
son or persons appear, be sure te
get their names and addresses
This is necessary because. before
your picture can tUin a final prize
in The Stars contest and become
eligible for entry in the National
AtDardS, the aDritten 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 returned
and neither The Star nor the
sponsor of the National Awards
assumes any responsibility fol
either prints or negatives.
8. Before receiving. The Stars
final prize in one of the -four
classes and becoming eligible fol
entry in the National Awards. the
contestant must: (a) Submit thu