Artimus Arts is a group that began in 2008 with the goal of helping students find their own artistic voice. Since then, the organization has been hosting high school and college competitions around the US and Canada. Their previous competition, ?A Work of Art?, just ended, and they are now beginning the ?1,000 Words High School Photography Invitational?.
The competition only accepts photo submissions through an online entry form. Students are allowed to submit more than one entry, but each has a $10 fee. Submissions must be sent in between Feb. 17 and March 7.
Winners will be announced April 30. The first prize winner will receive $1,000, second place gets $500, third place earns $250, and ten honorable mention winners will get $100. The cash prizes are covered by the $10 entry fees.
Since this is predicted to be a very widespread, competitive competition, very experienced photographers have been picked to judge. Judges will be looking for two things: Impact and Photographic Skill. Impact is how much the judge enjoys the photo and photographic skill is how students show off their knowledge of photography and its functions.
The Feather?s photo editor, Rayna Endicott, ?14, believes that this competition will give students experience and exposure to professional photography.
“The photography competition is a great opportunity to gain exposure to more photography,” Endicott said. “Not only is there potential for a great prize but you could learn a lot and gain a lot more experience taking pictures.”
Another photographer for the Feather, Elora Hargis, 14, is excited for this competition and the creativity it will give to students.
“This is an exciting competition that enables student photographers, such a myself, to really embrace their creative side and take awesome pictures,” Hargis said. “The cash prize is simply the cherry on top.”
History teacher, Kori Friesen, who runs her own photography business, will be promoting this opportunity to her photography students.
“This is a good chance to reach beyond high school photography,” Friesen said. “I’ll be promoting this to my students because it seems like a good opportunity for growth.”
The Artimus Arts ,000 Words High School Photography Invitational contest is not school sponsored; thus each student will be responsible for entrance fees, submissions and knowledge of the rules.
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