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Entry Instructions
Overview
- Entries for the 2019 book will open on January 1, 2019!
- Entries accepted through June 16, 2019!
- Everyone who enters Seeing in SIXES will receive a copy of the finished book in October 2019. (One copy per entrant.)
- Projects must be 6 images exactly (an arbitrary, but inflexible number that places on these projects a haiku-like structure).
- Selected entries will appear in a 6-page spread in the finished book.
- A project title (with or without subtitle) is required.
- Other optional components are at the photographer’s discretion: subtitle, a sentence or paragraph of introductory text, image titles or captions, poetry, narrative, etc.
- Contact information for the photographer (e.g., email, website, Facebook) will be included with each published project.
- Entry via online submission only.
- Unlike many other juried publications, you retain all copyrights to your images and written materials. LensWork is granted one-time only publication rights.
- Additional books will be available for purchase by you and LensWork readers!
- Entries may be color or black-and-white!
- Complete submissions that are “ready-to-publish” are required
- We are now using this online Google Form for our Entry Form.
Image specifications
- Image files should be flattened (no layers) and must be 8-bit files, either RGB or grayscale mode images.
- Images should be unsharpened, if possible. If they are already sharpened, please indicate so to prevent us from over-sharpening your images.
- Images need to be a minimum of 3400 pixels on the long side. PPI is not important because we'll adjust for our needs in our prepress workflow. Just be sure they are 3400 pixels on the long side.
- Color space Adobe RGB (1998) is recommended.
- We prefer JPG (saved with maximum quality), but can accept Photoshop PSD files, or TIF files, if necessary. Other formats will not be accepted for submission.
Title and Captions
- If you have titles and/or text captions you would like us to consider including in your project, please embed your titles or captions as metadata in the digital image file. This helps us tremendously, but isn't required. You can also just enter your image titles/captions in the Entry Form.
- We do our best to proof text before publishing, but we ask that you do your best to be sure all text is correct in both spelling and punctuation.
Entry fee
- The entry fee for your first 6-image entry is $45 (which also gets you a copy of the book!)
- Additional 6-image entries are $25
- There is no limit on how many 6-image entries you may send for review and consideration.
- Entry fee of $45 is paid using the link in the Entry Form to our online store.
- Optional additional entries are $25 each
Sending Your Entry to us
- DO NOT PHYSICALLY MAIL YOUR SUBMISSION
- Send us your images via the upload link in the Entry Form.
- No one will see or has access to your images but us.
- A confirmation email will be sent once we have your images
- Entry form completely filled out
- Here you will provide your contact information, the title of your project, file names, image titles/captions, sequencing recommendations, and your copyright permission
Once your entry is submitted, it cannot be changed, nor can you add additional photos. Therefore, please do not submit your entry until you are completely satisfied that you can upload all of the images you wish to enter and that the titles, intro text (optional), as well as your name, website, and so forth, are accurate.
It's Easy!
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Prepare your six images, title, and (optional) text/captions
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Entry Form filled out, submitted, and images uploaded
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Entry fees paid.
