Hello folks and Happy New Year!!!  Welcome to the January Photography Contest in which we are happy to partner with 500px.com to award an annual account to the first prize winner each and every month in this series of the contest. The winner will also be featured in the Indie Spotlight at FuelYourPhotography.com. N.B. From this month onwards the submission date has been extended until the 21st of the corresponding month.
November Contest Winners
Congratulations are in order for our December 2011 Contest winners, Jim Crotty – first place, J Siegel – second place and Brenda Gottsabend – third place. The top photographs are featured in this article. Special thanks also to our judges for the October contest Indie Spotlight Team Leader – Bryan Zimmerman, FYP writer, Amber Fife, former FYP Editor-in-Chief Ron Heerkens Jr. and the newest writer on the FYP team David Cleland.
This Months Contest
This months theme is “Morningsâ€, some of us hate mornings other of us really enjoy them. Your photographic submissions this month can be anything that represents your morning, whether it is that morning jog, a sunrise, a steaming cup of Joe.  Show us how creative you can get!
Below is a brief highlight of the rules to get you started, however, a full copy of the rules including the judging criteria can be found as a document on the Facebook Group Page.
The Eligibility Rules
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The contest is open to both amateur and professional photographers from around the world.
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You certify that you are the legal owner of the work submitted.
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Entries are accepted up to midnight United States Eastern Standard Time on the 21st of the corresponding month.
The No-Holds-Barred Rule
Feel free to express your creative vision by any means: any type of camera or lens, subject, light, composition, perspective, processing techniques, and anything else you can think of to create a meaningful, impactful, and beautiful work is perfectly acceptable. Submitted images may be from any date and not necessarily limited to the contest period.
The Technical Rules
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All images must be submitted in JPEG format and should be clearly watermarked with your email address AND your active 500px.com site (IE http://500px.com/YOURNAMEHERE) at which you can be notified should you be the lucky winner.
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Images are to be submitted (in high resolution if available) by joining the “FYP Photography Contest†Facebook group page, and then uploading to the folder for the corresponding folder IE this month’s folder is “December 2011 contestâ€.
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Maximum of 2 Images to be submitted per person (submitting more may result in disqualification of all images).
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Photographs will be judged on: Impact, composition, technique, presentation, originality and viewer input (comments/likes)
The No-Rights-Grab Rule
By entering this contest, Fuel Your Photography to post your submitted image(s) on our respective sites and blogs, along with your name. You also agree to provide your name and mailing information in order to facilitate delivery of the prizes. You retain all other rights.
Judging Period
Judging starts on the 22nd of the month and winners are announced in the article posting the new theme on the 1st of the following month.
The Judges’ decision is FINAL
I’m looking forward to seeing some fantastic entries from you, good luck!
