Corky Lee/Dith Pran Asian American Photo Contest submissions

Eligibility:

• Photographer must be 18 years or older.
• Entrants may enter up to 3 photos. Each Photo is considered as 1 entry. 
• All photographs must comply with the National Press Photographers Association Code of Ethics. 
• Photo(s) must not be altered by adding, rearranging, reversing, distorting or removing element(s) from within the frame. Removal of dust or scratches is acceptable. 
• Reasonable adjustments in Photoshop are acceptable. These include cropping, dodging and burning, conversion into grayscale, and normal toning and color adjustments that restore the authentic nature of the photograph. Filters and excessive changes in density, contrast, color and saturation levels that alter the original scene are not acceptable. 
• Photo(s) made with non-professional digital cameras, like the iPhone or point-and-shoot cameras, are allowed but still must adhere to the same non-alter guidelines stated above (they cannot be digitally altered or manipulated images, i.e., taken with filters or other creative apps).
• No AI photos allowed.
• Photo(s) may not include any frames or visible watermarks.
• Photo(s) that do not meet these requirements will be disqualified.
• Published and unpublished photos are accepted.
• Photographers may be asked to provide the original un-retouched file and related files. Failure to provide these may result in removal from the judging process.
• The Judges’ decisions are final.
• Judges and members of their immediate family are not eligible to enter.
   
  

Entry Fee

• Free for AAJA members for up to three (3) images. Please contact photo@aaja.org for your code.
• $30 for Non-members for up to three (3) images.
• You can become a member here: Join AAJA.

• All submissions are made via an Image uploaded from the Visura open call interface
• If you don't already have a Visura account, you can create a free account here: create free account

• Entrants may contact photo@aaja.org if you have any questions.

• Please review this video on how to apply starting at the 0:25 mark.
  
  Video: How to submit an entry.
  
  Image size: Maximum 6,000px x 6,000px. Minimum 2,000px x 1,400px.
  
  Accepted file type: .jpg .png .gif
  
  Captions: Photo(s) must include proper and accurate caption information and include the 5-Ws (who, what, where, when and why) written in English and entered in the Caption field that appears when you upload your photo.

• All information identifying the entrant, their publication and/or agency (if any) must be removed from the caption info.

• We ask photographers not to edit their entries after the submission deadline until the judging process is completed.