SUBMISSION GUIDELINES AND RULES


You can submit your entries up until February 5th, 2021 at 11.59pm Pacific Time. Unfortunately we cannot accept any late entries.


IMAGE REQUIREMENTS

  • Images must have been captured between Jan 1, 2020 and Dec 31, 2020.
  • All entries must be your own work.
  • Both film and digital images are permitted.
  • Please ensure you have permission from any clients featured in your images to enter them.
  • Entries must be in jpg format, sized at 2000 pixels (on the long edge) with no watermarks.


HOW TO ENTER

  • Enter via the submission form only. Please be sure to read all of the instructions before you complete it and move to the payment.
  • All photos to be entered can be via a zip file or a link (pixieset, pass etc) which will be added to the submission form. Please ensure there is NO password required to download the images. Please no Google Drive files.
  • Please ensure each image has YOUR business name AS WELL AS the category name, and then number them if entering more than one per category. eg; “ABCPhotography_WeddingPortrait_1”, “ABCPhotography_Engagement_3”.
  • Once your submission has been sent, you’ll receive a confirmation email (you may need to check your spam).


COST AND PAYMENT

  • You can enter up to 8 images across all 7 categories for $22 ($14 for MR Vendor Collective Members).
  • You can enter another 8 images (16 in total) for a further $10, so a total of $32 ($24 for MR Vendor Collective Members).
  • Please read through all the guidelines before processing your payment.
  • The maximum number of entries is 16 across all 7 categories.


JUDGING CRITERIA

  • Entries will be processed by a third party before being presented to the Magnolia Rouge Editor to ensure anonymous judging on merit alone.
  • Once the entries close at the end of January, judging will begin.
  • Each category will have a winner, and runner-up as decided by the Editor and a readers choice winner.
  • In addition there will be one grand winner crowned "Magnolia Rouge Photographer of the year 2020".
  • Each category will be narrowed down to a top 10 images, all of which will be featured in a blog post on Magnolia Rouge and opened up for the voting for the 'readers choice' in February.
  • Winners will be announced in late February.
  • Decisions made by the judge will be final.