Evening star., 1961-05-28
SNAPSHOT RULES

The Stars 1861 Amateur
Snapshot Contest offers
Washington area camera
fans opportunities to share
in local and national prizes
totaling $29.775.
Each week during the con-
test. The Star will select the
best color and black-and-
white entries in each Of the
four classes. At least four of
these eight pictures will be
reproduced in SUNDAY, The
Star Magazine. and the best
one Of the lot will be awarded
a prize of $40. Three others
will be awarded IS each and
the remaining four will be
given honorable mentions,
After the close of the contest
on July 30, the 80 winners of
the weekly prizes and honor
able mentions will compete
for grand prizes-a 500 saw
ings bond for the best color
entry in each class and $25
bonds for the four best black
and-white entries.
These eight grand-prize
winners then will be entered
in the Newspaper Snapshot
Awards. In this national con-
test, there will be eight grand
prizes Of $1,000, eight second
prizes of $500. eight third
prizes of $3.50, 1913 Special
Merit Awards of $50, and
$50 Honor Awards Of $25.
The following rules must
be strictly observed:
/. The contest is strictly for ANA
teur photographers residing in the
Arundel, Calvert, Charles, Frederick,
Howard, NJ mt go mery, Prince
GEORGES and st. Marys counties in
Maryland: Arlington. Culpeper. Fair
fax. Fauquier., Londoun, Prince Will
liam, Stafford. Warren and West
Jefferson county in West Virginia.
Anyone is eligible excepting employees
OF The Star, or any other news
paper participating In the News
paper Snapshot Awards, employees
and individuals who, personally, or
any members OF whose families are
engaged in the manufacture, sale,
commercial finishing. or professional
use, OF photographic goods.
1910 Picturss .Ts s,is,hTs made after July l.
3. Black-and-white snapshots may
be made from any brand OF mega
tive type black -and-white film. but
not from color transparencies.
No print. enlargement or trans.
longer dimension will be accepted
No art work or retouching is per-
mitted on prints or on the negatives
from which they are made or on
montages are eligible.
4. To enter the contest. mail as
many prints or transparencieS as
yog oddesire, between nov ,,o and nd
y e star ts tS 2t 5hS TFSns sanRshSs sSeaae adOE
Washington 8, D. c. On the back
and address clearly in ink. and the
class in which you wish the picture
entered; !see ~. Classes Print n Il the ns
mount Of your color ,transparencieS.
5. No black-and- white or color
prints will be returned. Do not sub:
init NEGATIVES with your prints. Il
SSr..s esluss .ny.lOp. wtS your .cdi ss
transDarencies. every effort will be
madS to return them, but safe re-
turn Is not guaranteed. Keep mega
tives until requested By the SNAP
shot Editor. tOnly original mega;
The star and he Sponsors q Il.
Newspaper Snapshot Awards assume
no responsibility for n negative
prints or transparencies.
8. At the close OF the contest,
The Star will award Grand Prizes
to the eight pictures tone in each
af 6est eSsped saGssn h S' is is cOSes SGsss 4 Thss
eight winners then will be entered
in the Newspaper Snapshot. Awards
where they will compete with entries
from other participating newspaper
for cash prizes totaline minimum
z. All pictures shall be judged on
general interest andIor appeal.
Photographic quality. although i'm
portant, may not necessarily be the
| deciding factor. The decision Of the
| judges shall be accepted as final.
s. II is not permissible to enter
pictures in the contest OF more
than one newspaper participating in
the Twenty-third Annual 1961)
Newspaper Snapshot Awards.
o. Before receiving The Stars
final prize the entrant must sub
init the original negative witt
print (unless he has ,submittec
and sign a statement that his pic
| ture, or any closely similar. picture
Of the same subject or situation,
has not been and will not be en-
tered In any snapshot contest, ex.
| hibit, or salon where prizes arr
awarded, and has not been and will
not be offered for publication in any
manner.
| CLASSES
A. Babies and Children--One OF
more youngsters to be judged foI
cuteness, expression OF character
or mood.
] b. Activities - Teen-agers Of