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NPPA WKU student clip contest underway!

February 9, 2010

• Students should submit fully captioned photos; photos from fall semester until deadline are eligible. They do NOT have to have been published.

• There are 5 categories: news, feature, sports action, sports feature, portrait/personality

• Photos should be sized at 10 inches on longest side, 240 dpi at highest.

• Naming conventions: use the first 3 letters of your last name, category, then number: lastname_category_number.jpg example, picture entered in sports action category: ebe_sportsaction_01.jpg

• File caption in “file info;” be sure to include your name in “photographer” field. We can’t award points if you don’t tell us who you are!

• There is no limit on entries, however, use your judgement- send only your best work.

• Log on the pj server and drop files on the “NPPA Clip Contest” for submission.

DEADLINE: Wed., Feb 10 at noon.

• After the Herald decides the winners, we’ll post them up in the lab and on this blog.

• At the end of the semester, after points have been accumulated for the series, there will be a prize for the winning photographer.

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