American Photography Open 2021: (Deadline 31 August 2021)

Apply for American Photography Open 2021. Welcome to American Photography Open 2021, celebrating the best pictures submitted by world-wide photo enthusiasts taken with any device. For over 30 years American Photography has been holding a juried competition primarily for professional photographers.

The AP37 Annual book, featuring the winners, and the launch event in New York in November continues in 2021. But with the proliferation of so much great photography taken by everyone we are entering our fourth year of offering a competition for photo enthusiasts at all levels.

Prizes

• The Open Grand Prize winner will receive $5000, their choice of a Tamron SP 15-30mm F2.8 Di VC USD (for Canon or Nikon DSLR and mirrorless with mfg. adapter; $1299 value) -or- both Tamron 17-28mm F2.8 Di III RXD and Tamron 28-200mm F2.8-5.6 Di III RXD (for Sony e-mount; $1628 total value), a SanDisk 1 TB Extreme Pro Portable SSD, a PhotoShelter 2 year Pro account and a 2 hour business consultation with The Photo Closer .
• The Open finalists will receive a Tamron Prime Lens (choose from models F050, F051, F053 for Sony e-mount or F012 or F013 for DSLRs; value up to $599), a SanDisk 128GB Extreme Pro SD card and a PhotoShelter1 year standard account.

Eligibility

• This Contest is open to Entrants of all ages, backgrounds and experience levels using whatever equipment, (phones to SLR’s) to create your image.

File Size

• JPG files are required for submission.
• Upload files 72dpi, RGB, up to 1000 pixels on the LONGEST side, up to 20MB.
• Use any unique file name, but do not include special characters or spaces in the file name.
  Save file as a .jpg.