2012 Scottish Rite Photo Contest

The Supreme Council, 33, SJ, is having its third annual photo contest. We are looking for photos that feature Masonic people and activities from your hometown. Did you attend the reunion and get one of that brother in his costume? Or, how about backstage when Bro. Joe was sleeping on the job? The brethren at the last Masonic dinner? How about those cool artifacts you have in the museum? Or the kitchen crew serving lunch?

In 2011 we received hundreds of great images. Check out the winners and others we liked in this slideshow:

The 2012 Scottish Rite Photo Contest is looking for your images!

Categories this year are:

Outdoor - Shots taken outside including a Masonic subject – anything from buildings to architecture and events and activities held outdoors.

Details – Shots taken of Masonic objects or subjects, as long as it is a tight composition of a detail.

Spontaneous – Shots that are fun, unrehearsed, and un-posed at your Masonic events.

Digital – Shots that are created or drastically altered in software like Adobe Photoshop; Images greatly manipulated with “buZZ,” “Flood,” or other filters; photos with artistic borders; use of other new photo altering technology. Photo must be of a Masonic subject.

Traditional – Shots of your Masonic happenings that don’t fit the other categories, but you think they should be considered.

Photos will be featured on the scottishrite.org website and in the Scottish Rite Journal magazine. Prizes will be awarded in each category.

Official 2012 Scottish Rite Photograph Contest Rules

Term

The Scottish Rite Photograph contest begins January 1, 2012 at midnight (12 a.m.) U.S. Eastern Time and ends May 31, 2012 11:59:00 p.m. U.S. Eastern Time.

Who May Enter

Contest is open to everyone, other than employees of the Supreme Council, 33^rd, or persons living in the same households of such employees, whether or not related.

How to Enter

Each entry consists of a single image. To enter, email image (each image in a separate email) to Heather Calloway at hcalloway@scottishrite.org; include the following information: your name, address, city, state, zip, or foreign equivalent, telephone number, email address, Masonic affiliation, if any, and a photo caption. You must also state which category (1-5) you are submitting your image for consideration. All submissions must be made by email, NO hard copies accepted.

The categories for entries are: (1) Outdoor, (2) Details (3) Spontaneous (4) Digital and (5) Traditional. All photographs must have something to do with Freemasonry, the Scottish Rite, or any appendant Masonic organizations or philanthropies.

Each entrant may submit entries in any Category he/she wishes and may submit entries at different times during the entry period, but no entrant may submit in total more than (10) entries.

Each entry must comply with the following requirements:

Photographs must be in digital format. Only online entries will be eligible. No print or film submissions will be accepted for entry into this Contest. The photograph need not be taken with a digital camera; scans of negatives, transparencies, or photographic prints are acceptable. All digital files must be in JPEG or JPG format, and must be at least 1,600 pixels wide (if a horizontal image) or 1,600 pixels tall (if a vertical image). Questions about size, please email us.

The photograph, in its entirety, must be a single work of original material taken by the Contest entrant. By entering the Contest, entrant represents, acknowledges, and warrants that the submitted photograph is an original work created solely by the entrant, that the photograph does not infringe on the copyrights, trademarks, moral rights, rights of privacy/publicity or intellectual property rights of any person or entity, and that no other party has any right, title, claim, or interest in the photograph. In the event that the submitted photograph infringes on directors and such rights the entrant will indemnify and defend Supreme Council, SJ, its officers, and employees from any liability, claim or action.

The photograph must not, in the sole and unfettered discretion of the Supreme Council, contain objectionable or inappropriate content.

Prizes

First Place, Second Place, Third Place, Honorable Mentions in each category.

Prizes: Special Items from the Scottish Rite Store and other items to be announced

Judging

Judges will select finalists in each Category from among all eligible entries based on the following criteria: (1) Creativity 50%; (2) Photographic quality 50%.

Entries selected in round one will proceed to round two. In round two, judges will collectively select winners in each category. Winners will be chosen on or around May 31, 2012, and notified by email. Decisions of the judges are final.

License

By entering the Contest, all entrants grant an irrevocable perpetual, nonexclusive license to the Supreme Council, SJ, to reproduce, distribute, display, and create derivative works of the entries (along with a name credit) in connection with the Contest and promotion of the Contest, in any media now or hereafter known, including, but not limited to: on the Scottish Rite website; on display at a potential exhibition of winners; in a book published by the Scottish Rite; publication in theScottish Rite Journal magazine or online highlighting entries or winners of the Contest, or for any other purpose as the Council may decide.

Display or publication of any entry on an Authorized Party’s website does not indicate the entrant will be selected as a winner.

Winners List

Entrants are responsible for complying with these Official Rules. Winners’ names will be available online at www.scottishrite.org/photocontest after May 31, 2012.