Photojournalism entries shall consist of images with informative content and emotional impact, including human interest, documentary, sports and spot news. The storytelling value of the image shall receive priority over the pictorial quality. In the interest of credibility, PJ images must not misrepresent the truth. No situations shall be set up for the purpose of photography, and no alteration of the subject matter is allowed, including any techniques that add, combine, relocate, replace or remove any elements of the original image. No unnatural sharpening or special effects filters can be applied. Only cropping, resizing, lightening, or darkening and restoration of original color are permitted. Color images can be converted to monochrome.

Informative Note: Please note that adjustments allowed for images captured by digital means are not the same as for Photo Travel and Nature images. HDR techniques and other techniques that use stacking of images to create the final image are not allowed under the Photojournalism Definition since these "combine" and "replace" elements of an individual orginal image. Sensor dust on digital captures and rounded corners of scanned images are not considered pictorial elements.

Human Interest is defined as an image depicting a person or persons in an interactive, emotional or unusual situation, excluding sports action.

Entry Fees
                                                      World Wide
       1 section                                 $6 US Total
       2 sections                               $8 US Total

PayPal is available for payment on-line. Please note that you do not need to have a PayPal account to pay using PayPal, just a valid debit or credit card (Master Card, Visa, Discover Card, American Express). Please do not combine payments for the Photojournalism sections with payments for other sections in other Divisions and/or for other people on the same transaction.

Entrants may pay in US Dollars by cash or check . All checks must be made payable to “PSA” and must be drawn on a US bank. Slide entrants must include the cash or check with their slides and slide entry forms if not paying by PayPal. IRC's are not an acceptable form of payment.

Any entry without paid entry fees at the time of judging will not be judged.

The maker’s name and/or image title shall not be in the image area or in any other area visible to the judges of any digital files, slides or prints. This includes copyrights.

An image (or a nearly identical in-camera duplicate) previously accepted in any PSA International Photojournalism Division section, regardless of media, is not eligible for entry in any Photojournalims Division projected image or print section of the 2011 PSA International.

Informative Note: PSA Recognized Exhibitions are not "THE" PSA International Exhibition. Images accepted in PSA Recognized Exhibitions but not in a past Photojournalism section of the PSA International Exhibition may be submitted in the Photojournalism Division sections of the 2011 PSA International.

The same image may not be submitted in more than one Photojournalsim Division Section of the 2011 PSA International regardless of the media. This means images submitted in either Photojournalism Projected Image Section may not be submitted in the other Photojournalism Projected Image section or in either of the Photojournalism Print sections. This does not prevent the same images from being submitted in CPID, EID, Photo Travel or Nature Projected Image sections provided they meet the requirements and restrictions of those sections. Please note: Different images with the same title or the same image with different titles will be considered the same image.

Entries must originate as photographs (image-captures of object via light sensitivity) made by the entrant on photographic emulsion or acquired digitally. By virtue of submitting an entry, the entrant certifies the work as his/her own and permits the sponsors to reproduce all or part of the entered material free of charge for publication and/or display in media related to the exhibition. This may include use in the PSA Journal or low resolution posting on a web site. Entrants not giving this permission will not be eligible for awards. The exhibition assumes no liability of any misuse of copyright. All final work must be on photographic film, digital file, on photographic print material or digital print material.

I hereby give PSA permission to use my submitted images in PSA Educational Programs produced on CD's, DVD's or in Downloadable form, using ProShow Gold or equivalent software that does not allow program users access to individual images, for use by PSA Members, Clubs, Chapters and Councils wherever they may be. I am of Legal Age, and own all rights to these images, including copyright. or my parent or guardian gives permission on my behalf if I am not of Legal Age.

Informative Note: This License Agreement is over and above the permissions granted in the Original Image Statement above. The Judges will not be informed of the status of the License Agreement. Not accepting this License Agreement in no way affects whether the images submitted are accepted or whether, if accepted, the images are eligible for awards.

All acceptances are eligible for Photojournalism Division Star Ratings for members of the Photographic Society of America subject to the requirements of the Photojournalism Division. An on-line 8½"x11" PDF Photojournalism Division Exhibition Catalog listing acceptances in all four Photojournalism Division sections of the PSA International Exhibition is included with your entry fee. A link will be included on the Exhibition Web Site www.psaexhibition.com so you can email the Catalog to yourself and save as an electronic file and/or print out. The Catalog will be formatted for printing on both standard 8½"x11" paper and standard A4 paper. This is the same Catalog that will be provided to the Photojournalism Division Star Ratings Director and includes color reproductions of the medal winning images. Printed hard copies of the Catalogs will not be mailed the the entrants

Open Section
   PSA Awards
       1-Gold Medal; 1-Silver Medal; 1-Bronze Medal and 6-Honorable Mention Ribbons

Human Interest Section
   PSA Awards
       1-Gold Medal; 1-Silver Medal; 1-Bronze Medal and 6 Honorable Mention Ribbons

Additional PSA Silver Medals, Bronze Medals and Honorable Mention Ribbons will be awarded depending on the number of entries received.

Each Image must have a unique title. Once and image has been accepted in any PSA Recognized Exhibition, regardless of section or Division, that same image, that same image, or a like “in camera” or a “reproduction” duplicate of that image may not be retitled if used in any other PSA Recognized Exhibition.

Titles will not be read aloud during judging.

Please limit titles to 35 characters including spaces and punctuation. The Entry Form software will clip any excess characters resulting in an incomplete title for inclusion in the Catalog. This will cause problems when applying for Star Ratings.

Borders are allowed for photojournalism images but are not recommended. If you do use a border, we recommend you limit it to a thin stroke that separates the image area from the black projection background. Wide borders and decorative borders that draw attention from the Photojournalism story image are discouraged and could hurt your scores.

Use sRGB color space for your color .jpg files to provide better quality under the projection conditions used for judging the exhibition and producing the exhibition show. Do not use CMYK color space. CMYK images will not project correctly during judging.

Black & White images are allowed in Photojournalism. Black & White images must be grayscale with no colors. Infrared images are not allowed in this Photojournalism Exhibition.

You do not have to follow any naming convention for your .jpg files when you enter. The on-line entry form software will properly rename your files to meet the needs of our exhibition software.

We recommend saving your .jpg images in a special folder on your computer using the image title as the file name. That will make it easier to pick the correct image when using the Entry Form browser to attach your images.

Accepted Images, including award winners, will be on display at www.psaexhibition.com. Selected images* and all award winners will also be shown twice at the 2011 PSA International Conference in Colorado Springs, Colorado between September 19, 2011 and September 24, 2011.

*Time constraints may prevent showing all Photojournalism Projected Image acceptances at the Conference. All award winners will be shown. Accepted Photojournalism images not included in the show will still get full credit towards Photojournalism Division Star Ratings and Who's Who listing and will be in the Photojournalism Division PDF On-Line catalog.

The entries are processed periodically and the status reported on the Exhibition Web Site. The status report heading indicates the time/date of the last status update and the next scheduled status list update. It takes longer for slide status to be included on the Entry Status List so please be patient. Do not expect an immediate update.

If any problems are noted on the status list, please contact the Photojournalism Projected Image Co-Chairman by going to the Photojournalism Print menu on the Exhibition Web Site and clicking on Send Email to Section Chairman to resolve.

PayPal confirmation for on-line payments will come directly from PayPal using the sender address service@paypal.com and will be addressed to you using the your name as entered on the PayPal page.

After you submit your electronic entry you will receive an receive an email confirming your name, address, email, etc. plus the image titles you typed in. Please review the information you entered. If you made any errors, especially any typos in the Image Titles, please contact the Photojournalism Projection Co-Chairman by going to the Photojournalism Projected Image Menu on the Exhibition Web Site and clicking on Send Email to Section Chairman to resolve. If you entered digital images, check the thumbnails on your confirmation as well to be sure you attached the correct image for each title. Whether you pushed the wrong key or not, the information as you entered it on the entry form, including names, titles, city and countries, will be the ones listed in the Catalog if the images are accepted.

All digital images must be submitted On-Line using the Photojournalism Division Digital Entry Form. After you have carefully read these “Information and Conditions of Entry”, and after double checking to make sure your image dimensions are no larger than 1400 pixels wide and 1050 pixels high and the image file sizes are no larger than 850K, go back to the main menu and click on the line labeled Photojournalism Digital Image Entry Forms, fill out the data entry form, attach your image files and submit them. Digital entries on CD via postal mail will not be accepted without prior express permission of the Photojournalism Projected Image Co-Chairman and then only in accordance with any special instructions provided by the Chairman.

If you have trouble submitting your digital images on-line please contact the Photojournalism Projected Image Co-Chairman by going to the Photojournalism Projected Image Menu on the Exhibition Web Site and clicking on Send Email to Section Chairman to resolve or contact the Exhibition Webmaster by clicking Send Email to Webmaster to resolve.

You must complete a Photojournalism Slide Entry Form prior to shipping your slides. Use of the On-Line Slide Entry Form with data filled-in on-line is requested and recommended to maximize legibility and accuracy. A separate filled-in form for each section must be mailed with the slides to the Photojournalism Projected Image Co-Chairman at:

                      Edward Ford
                      2 Guest Lane
                      Wilmington, DE 19809-2363
                      USA

After you have carefully read these “Information and Conditions of Entry”, go back to the main menu and click on the line in the menu labeled Photojournalism Slide Entry Forms. After you fill out the form and click on submit, you will receive a separate email with the Entry Form for each Photojournalism Projected Image section. Print out each of the forms for the sections you entered and mail them with your slides, together with cash and check for Entry Fees if not paying by PayPal.

Please do not use Print Screen to capture and print the data entry form if you are using the On-Line Slide Entry Form. If you have trouble using the On-Line Entry Form please contact the Photojournalism Projected Image Co-Chairman by going to the Photojournalism Projected Imaget Menu on the Exhibition Web Site and clicking on Send Email to Section Chairman to resolve or contact the Exhibition Webmaster by clicking Send Email to Webmaster to resolve.

Slides will be returned reusing the same packages in which they were submitted.