Competition Categories
All images will be judged on the basis of unmounted prints in the 10 x 8 to 10 x 12 inch size range. There are no longer any special rules about the minimum image area on the print, instead the judges will use their own discretion to score the entry – letterbox or postage stamp images floating on empty ‘mount’ space will have to fight it out against full bleeds.
2010 Yervant Bridal Award Greg Daly
The unmounted entry prints can be on any flexible base including art papers and photo papers. Lamination is allowed.
Before sending the prints in, you must log in to the Master Photography Awards website and submit a high resolution digital file for every entry. At this point you will be given a unique entry reference number which must go on the back of the print, and you will pay the £5 entry fee (the total added up paid at the end of each session by Paypal, including the use of credit cards). The judges may ask to view your digital file.
The digital file should have an embedded ICC profile (sRGB or AdobeRGB preferred) and although it is not an entry requirement, it’s recommended that you put your copyright and contact details, caption and any other relevant information in the metadata. Your digital file may be used for display printing, MPA exhibition stands, Awards Book and magazine publication, and release to other media for publicity in connection with the Awards.
The print you enter should have been made from the same digital file you submit.
(For Non-MPA Member Categories please click here)
Wedding – UK and Overseas
Contemporary
Classical
NEW Wedding Party – ie Bridal Party
NEW Photojournalism
NEW Wedding Album – for one album, as laid out, maximum 20 pages submitted in JPEG or PDF Format. Must be accompanied by a studio still life image of the album itself. Rules: You may asked to provide the album for final judging. £10 per album entry fee. Each album should be entered on a separate CD labelled with MPA Membership Number and mailed to MPA Head Office: The Master Photographers Association, Jubilee House, 1 Chancery Lane , Darlington, County Durham, DL1 5QP
Portrait – UK and Overseas
Classical
Contemporary
Children
Pets
Family Portrait
Commercial & Advertising – UK and Overseas
Landscape & Travel
Pictorial, Illustrative, Fine Art
Industrial & Architectural
Fashion/Beauty
Press/PR/Stock
NEW Sport/Social/Equestrian/Events
Licentiate Competitions – UK and Overseas
Dennis Hylander Wedding Award Under 3 years membership
David Mathias Portrait Award Under 3 years membership
NEW OPEN Licentiate Award Under 3 years membership
The winner of OPEN will receive a Fujifilm FinePix Pro X100 camera
NEW Associate Open Competition – UK and Overseas
Associates of MPA only may enter – entry method and £5 fee as for main categories. A Fujifilm camera will be awarded to the best entry.
Mario Acerboni Creative Wedding Award – UK and Republic IR
(Open to UK Members & BIPP, entry fee £5 for each 3x 8x6/8 prints)
3 Images from 1 Wedding – Before, During and After
NEW Fellows Invitation Exhibition – UK and Overseas
Fellows of the MPA only are invited to submit one mounted 20 x 16 of their choice, which will be retained by MPA. No prints returned, no submission fee. All entries will be exhibited.
Open to all Professional Photographers UK and Overseas
Yervant Bridal Award
David Facey Award (most original image)
NEW Scientific & Technical Award
Open Category
View Full descriptions of the Non MPA Members Categories Here
Consumer Awards – UK Only
Cherubs (open to Cherub Partners only) Entry Fee £5.00
Bride’s Choice (You and Your Wedding Magazine) Entry Fee £5.00
Ten images from one wedding laid out suitable to make a 20 x 16 print but
submitted as a digital file only.
Bride & Groom (Cosmopolitan Bride Magazine) Entry Fee £5.00
