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General

Single Picture Categories:

(Open to newspaper, freelance, magazine and wire service photographers.)

1. Spot News - A picture of an unscheduled event for which no advance planning was possible taken in the course of daily coverage. Examples: fires, accidents and localized natural disasters.

2. General News - A picture of a scheduled political, social or cultural event for which advance planning was possible. Examples: demonstrations, staged entertainment and promotional events.

3. Science/Natural History - A photograph that increases understanding and appreciation for science and the natural world.

4. Product Illustration - A photograph illustrating a consumable product such as clothing and accessories, food, appliances or automobiles. Titles for each entry are required.

Multiple Picture Categories:

(Open to newspaper, freelance, magazine and wire service photographers.)

5. News Picture Story - May be spot (see definition in category #1) or general news (see definition in category #2). Twelve photographs maximum per entry.

6. Science /Natural History Picture Story - A story or essay that increases understanding and appreciation for science and the natural world. Twelve photographs maximum per entry.

7. Sports Portfolio - Demonstrate versatility. Submit a maximum of twelve action and feature photographs that include at least four different sports. No stories.

Newspaper

Single Picture Categories:

(Open to newspaper and wire service photographers and freelancers who work primarily for newspapers and wire services.)

8. Issue Reporting - A photograph that explores an important social, economic or political issue. Examples: the homeless and those who help them, decline and growth in urban communities, environmental decay or preservation.

9. Global News - Coverage of man-made and natural disasters that produce massive social upheaval such as war or famine.

10. Feature Picture - An unposed photo that celebrates life. Respect for the dignity of the subject is important.

11. Sports Action - A photograph that increases understanding and appreciation for individual and team sports. Photographs of competitive events, not practice or informal play. Emphasis is on athletics and the commitment it takes to compete.

12. Sports Feature - An unposed sports-related photo that celebrates the role athletics play in the lives of amateur and/or professional athletes and fans.

13. Portrait/Personality - A picture of a person that reveals the essence of the subject's character.

14. Pictorial - A graphic image that expresses beauty, tension and other abstract concepts through composition and tonal and color relationships more than through human interaction.

Multiple Picture Categories:

(Open to newspaper and wire service photographers and freelancers who work primarily for newspapers and wire services. Submissions should have a clearly defined structure through which each image contributes something different. Literal, chronological stories and thematic essays are both acceptable; logical organization, however, is essential. Edit tightly. Eliminate weak and redundant images. Write succinct, descriptive titles. In the past, many otherwise fine entries have been rejected due to weak editing.)

15. Issue Reporting Picture Story - A story or essay that explores an important social, economic or political issue. Examples: the homeless and those who help them, decline and growth in urban communities, environmental decay and development. Twelve photographs maximum per story.

16. Global News Picture Story - Coverage of man-made and natural disasters that produce massive social upheaval such as war or famine. Twelve photographs maximum per story.

17. Feature Picture Story - A candid story or essay that celebrates life. Respect for the dignity of the subject is important. Twelve photographs maximum per story.

18. Sports Picture Story - A story or essay that increases understanding and appreciation for individual and team sports and/or the role that athletics play in the lives of amateur and/or professional athletes and fans. Twelve photographs maximum per story.

19. One Week's Work - Demonstrate versatility in general assignments. Submit up to ten pictures. No more than two pictures may be from any one story. All must be taken (but not necessarily published) within seven consecutive days. Indicate on the caption sheet the date each photograph was taken.

Newspaper Photographer of the Year Portfolio:

A portfolio may contain no more than 20 entries, totaling no more than 80 slides. Each single photo, picture story, Sports Portfolio and One Week's Work submission counts as a single entry.

A newspaper portfolio should be diverse and must include submissions from at least four single picture categories (categories 1-3, 7-14) and at least two multiple picture categories (categories 4-6, 15-19).

Enter the portfolio in a Kodak Carousel Transvue 80 slide tray.

Arrange slides in the tray with the singles first followed by the picture stories.

Enter a duplicate set of portfolio slides in 8-1/2 x 11 clear plastic archival slide sleeves positioned horizontally.

Label your duplicate slides as shown in the accompanying illustration on page 6. Include your last name, title, category number and capital letter(s) that matches an identical capital letter on the respective caption. Place all information on the emulsion side of the mount.

Portfolios will not be broken down for judging in individual categories. If you wish to enter work from your portfolio into a single or multiple picture category, you must provide a separate entry.

Magazine

Single Picture Categories:

(Open to magazine staff photographers and freelancers who work primarily for magazines.)

20. Issue Reporting - A photograph that explores an important social or environmental issue. Examples: the homeless and those who help them, decline or growth in rural and urban communities, environmental decay or preservation.

21. Global News - Coverage of man-made and natural disasters that produce massive social upheaval such as war or famine.

22. Feature Picture - An unposed photo that celebrates life. Respect for the dignity of the subject is important.

23. Sports Action - A photograph that increases understanding and appreciation for individual and team sports. Photographs of competitive events, not practice or informal play. Emphasis is on athletics and the commitment it takes to compete.

24. Sports Feature - An unposed sports-related photo that celebrates the role athletics play in the lives of amateur and/or professional athletes and fans.

25. Portrait/Personality - A picture of a person that reveals the essence of the subject's character.

26. Pictorial - A graphic image that expresses beauty, tension and other abstract concepts through composition and tonal and color relationships more than through human interaction.

Multiple Picture Categories:

(Open to magazine staff photographers and freelancers who work primarily for magazines. Submissions should have a clearly defined structure through which each image contributes something different. Literal, chronological stories and thematic essays are both acceptable; logical organization, however, is essential. Edit tightly. Eliminate weak and redundant images. Write succinct, descriptive titles. In the past, many otherwise fine entries have been rejected due to weak editing.)

27. Issue Reporting Picture Story - A story or essay that explores an important social, economic or political issue. Examples: the homeless and those who help them, decline and growth in urban communities, environmental decay and development. Twelve photographs maximum per story.

28. Global News Picture Story - Coverage of man-made and natural disasters that produce massive social upheaval such as war or famine. Twelve photographs maximum per story.

29. Feature Picture Story - A candid story or essay that celebrates life. Respect for the dignity of the subject is important. Twelve photographs maximum per story.

30. Sports Picture Story - A story or essay that increases understanding and appreciation for individual and team sports and/or the role that athletics play in the lives of amateur and/or professional athletes and fans. Twelve photographs maximum per story.

Magazine Photographer of the Year Portfolio:

A portfolio may contain no more than 20 entries, totaling no more than 80 slides. Picture Stories and Sports Portfolios count as single entries.

A magazine portfolio should be diverse and must include entries from at least two single picture categories (categories 1-3, 20-26) and at least two multiple picture categories (categories 4-6, 27-30).

Enter the portfolio in a Kodak Carousel Transvue 80 slide tray.

Arrange slides in the tray with the singles first followed by the picture stories.

Enter a duplicate set of portfolio slides in 8-1/2 x 11 clear plastic archival slide sleeves positioned horizontally.

Portfolios will not be broken down for judging in individual categories. If you wish to enter work from your portfolio into a single or multiple picture category, you must provide a separate entry.

Editing

Philosophy:

Photo editing should demonstrate a sensitivity for the selection and organization of documentary photojournalism and the appropriate use of photo illustrations. Page design should reflect consideration for the reader and respect for the vision of the photographer.

Judges will consider the effectiveness of the captions, headlines and other display typography as well as photo content. Aggressive local coverage and imaginative editing of wire and syndicated photos are important. Layout of inside pages and section fronts will be evaluated.

Newspaper Editing Categories:

(May be the work of one or more persons.)

31. Single Page News Story - Limited to one page, which cannot also be entered as part of a multiple page entry.

32. Single Page Feature Story (may include sports) - Limited to one page, which cannot also be entered as part of a multiple-page entry.

33. Multiple Page News Story - Must be from one issue of the newspaper. A series is not eligible.

34. Multiple Page Feature Story - (may include sports) Must be from one issue of the newspaper. A series is not eligible.

35. Newspaper Series - One topic covered in multiple issues of a newspaper.

36. Newspaper Special Section - One topic covered in one issue of a newspaper.

37. Newspaper Picture Editing Portfolio:

A newspaper picture editing portfolio may contain no more than ten submissions. Multiple page submissions (sections, series, magazine or tabloid layouts) count as one entry.

Each entry must include one or more submissions from categories 31, 32, 33 and 34.

Magazine Editing Categories:

(May be the work of one or more persons.)

38. Multiple Page News Story

39. Multiple Page Feature Story

40. Magazine Picture Editing Portfolio - Newspaper-produced magazine entries are allowed.

A magazine picture editing portfolio may contain up to six submissions from the individual category numbers 38 and 39.

Best Use of Photographs:

(Only one entry per publication may be submitted for categories 41-44.)

41. Newspapers: Circulation of under 25,000

42. Newspapers: Circulation of 25,000 to 150,000

43. Newspapers: Circulation of more than 150,000

Dailies: Submit, in one envelope, three complete newspapers, only one of which may be a Sunday issue. Two of the three must be from the same week, chosen from one of the following:

Feb. 8 - 14; Mar. 8 - 14; May 24 - 30; June 14 - 20; July 26 - Aug. 1; Aug. 2 - 8; Oct. 11 - Oct. 17; Nov. 22 - 28. The third issue may be from any date of your choice.

Weeklies or Semi-Weeklies: In one envelope, submit two consecutive issues beginning with the issue published in one of the above weeks, plus a third issue of your choice.

44. Magazines - Submit two consecutive issues published during the year 1998 plus the magazine from the week of Feb. 8, 1998 or the month of May for monthlies. Magazines may submit only one entry to this category. Attach labels to the back of each issue.

45. Books - Entries must rely primarily on documentary photography and have been published sometime within the last three years (1996, 1997 or 1998.) Photographs may be the work of one or more photographers.
Submit one copy. If you would like your entry to become part of the Missouri School of Journalism's library please initial the box on the entry form.

46. Interactive Publication - An interactive, multimedia editorial report published on CD-ROM or Internet web site. Single stories and essays are eligible, as are complex packages that deal with a single topic or theme. Portfolios, business home pages and catalogues are not eligible. Content - images, sound, writing, news value - overall organization, clarity of focus and ease of use will be the guiding criteria.
Four copies of the CD must be included with your entry. Tape an editing category label to outside of each CD's jewel case. Entries will not be returned. Judges will evaluate the actual web site and copies recorded on disk. Include the web site URL and one copy of the complete web site recorded onto CD-ROM, ZIP, JAZ or floppy disk. Mac-compatible or cross-platform disks are preferred.

Angus McDougall Award

Angus McDougall Overall Excellence in Editing Award: No special entry is required. Judges will select one newspaper that demonstrates consistent excellence in photo use in a variety of categories throughout the editing division.

Community Awareness Award

This award shall be given annually to a body of work that demonstrates an unusual understanding of and appreciation for everyday life. Entries must have been produced entirely within the photographer's home community. Its purpose is to encourage greater attention to the small events in life, which often are overshadowed by the news of the day, and to celebrate those photographs that remind us that the world turns mostly on the labor and dreams of the common woman and man.

All work must have been taken or published for the first time between January 1, 1998 and December 31, 1998.

Submit a maximum of 40 slides in a Kodak Carousel Transvue 80 tray. Submit a duplicate set of slides in 8 1/2 x 11 clear plastic archival slide sleeves. Orient the slides so that they read correctly when the slide sleeve is positioned horizontally.

The entry may contain individual photographs and/or stories and essays.

Label each duplicate slide with your name, picture title and a capital letter that matches an identical capital letter on the respective caption sheet. Write "CAA" in the upper right hand corner of each slide mount. Place all information on the emulsion side of the mount.

Caption sheets must accompany the slides; only one set is necessary. Summarize the entry in a single paragraph on the back of the first page of your caption sheets. Additional materials (tear sheets, books) will be disregarded.

Canon Photo Essay

The Canon Photo Essay Award honors outstanding photo essays, one of the most challenging assignments for the photojournalist. Entries should examine a subject in depth following a clearly developed theme. Photographs should exhibit a distinctive style and expert technique.

There are no subject matter requirements or limits.

Photos need not have been taken during 1998.

Entries need not have been published.

Photo essays or parts thereof entered in previous years may not be resubmitted.

Label each duplicate slide with your name, picture title and a capital letter that matches an identical capital letter on the respective caption sheet. Write "CPE" in the upper right hand corner of slide mount. Place all information on the emulsion side of the mount.

Caption sheets must accompany all slides. Only one set of captions is necessary. Summarize the essay in a single paragraph on the back of the first page of your caption sheets. Additional materials (tear sheets, books) will be disregarded.

Portions of your essay may not be edited and entered in a picture story category.

Your essay may be part of a Portfolio of the Year as long as the photos entered were taken or published during the current competition year.

Kodak Crystal Eagle

The Kodak Crystal Eagle Award for Impact in Photojournalism is given to a photojournalist whose work has had an acknowledged impact on society. The award shall recognize one who, by photographically exploring and reporting a subject of significant social concern, has changed the way people live or the things they believe.

Entries are not restricted to any particular time period.

A letter of nomination that outlines in detail the effects that have resulted from publication of the photographs must be included. Nominations may be made by the photographer or by others on his or her behalf.

Label each duplicate slide with your name, picture title and a capital letter that matches an identical capital letter on the respective caption sheet. Write "KCE" in the upper right hand corner of slide mount. Place all information on the emulsion side of the mount.

Caption sheets must accompany all slides; only one set of captions is necessary.

Supporting documents -- tear sheets, books, etc. -- should be included.