ENTRIES: All entries must be delivered to Wm Shrewsbury on Saturday, July 31, between 9 am and 5 pm, or on Sunday, August 1, between 8:00 and 10:00 am at the NSS Convention Print Salon exhibition area, or mailed to NSS-2010 Convention, c/o Brian Pease, 431 Westford Road, Milton, VT 05468.  Please include your e-mail address on the outside of the package so that we can let you know by e-mail that your package has arrived.  If mailing please post it no later than July 1st so that we can make sure it arrives in time. Kindly include a CD with digital files of all your entries, a digital file of a head-and-shoulders self-portrait, and a brief text file about yourself for use at the awards ceremony.  The files should be in JPG or TIFF format, uncompressed and in the maximum size available.  No entrant may enter more than 10 prints, of which no more than 8 may be in the Color Print category.  The entry fee is $1 per print.  There is no fee if the entry is donated to the NSS.  Each entry, or group of entries, must include return postage, a note indicating that you will pick up the prints at the end of the Salon, the name of a designated person to pick up the prints, or the notation “donated to the NSS”.  Please complete this entry form, online (preferred) or by hand, and enclose it with your entries.

ENTRY CRITERIA: Prints must measure at least 20 x 25 cm (8 x 10 inches), but be no larger than 51 x 61 cm (20 x 24 inches). All prints must be mounted, but not framed. They may be matted at the discretion of the entrant. All prints must be titled.  There must not be any lettering on the print.  A small title card (samples are on the website above) with the Title and Entry Category ONLY will be displayed with each print during judging.  If one is not included with the print a handwritten one will be made for it.  A full info card, to be shown AFTER judging, should also be included with each print.  The following information should appear on the info card: Title of the print, Name of the photographer(s), Entry Category, and a Print Description, which may be up to 100 words of description and could include the cave/expedition/project, special conditions, etc.  Details of the photo such as exposure settings, flash type, software and other technical data may be in addition to the 100 words but should be kept as short as possible.

CATEGORIES: There are three (3) entry categories this year: Color, Black & White and a new Scientific category.

JUDGING: Judging will occur on Sunday, August 1, at 10:00 am.

RIGHTS AND CONDITIONS:
All photographers retain copyright and all moral and intellectual rights to their work. Credit and copyright notice will be included with all images displayed or published in any media. Digital copyright information will not be removed from any image. The NSS requests the following rights, which are optional. Indicate your agreement with any or all by marking the box(es) on the entry form.

 The NSS may project these images during the award ceremony.
 The NSS may publish winning images in periodicals for the purpose of showcasing contest winners, within one year of the contest.
 The NSS may publish winning images in periodicals for the purposes of promoting future congresses and competitions, for not more than four years.
 The NSS may use these images in low resolution on Web sites to announce the winners of this competition, for not more than four years. These images will not exceed 600 pixels in width or height.

DISPLAY ONLY: Entrants may offer prints for display in addition to those entered for competition. In addition to the ten (10) prints permitted for competition, you may offer up to 5 (five) more for display only. These prints will not be judged, only admired. If space is limited, the chairmen of the salon may be unable to display them; prints entered for judging will have priority. “Display only" prints must be postmarked by July 1, 2010. Prints submitted for display must be mounted, but not necessarily titled or matted. They may also be prints that have been exhibited in other competitions. They may not be larger or smaller than the size requirements for those accepted for judging.

SALES AND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: For questions concerning entries or sales of prints, please e-mail Wm Shrewsbury at printsalon@caves.org call 727-424-2901. If you have trouble meeting the deadline, please contact Wm before July 15th, 2010.

CHAIR
Wm Shrewsbury
124 4th Ave NW
Largo, FL  33770
727-424-2901
printsalon@caves.org