2023 Internal Competitions

Uploading Instructions and General Rules

Only JPG/JPEG files can be accepted. Image files must not exceed 3MB in size. In deference to PSNZ standards, images must have a maximum of 1620 pixels on the horizontal side and a maximum of 1080 pixels on the vertical side. Images can be cropped to any size within these limits.

Images submitted should not be substantially the same as any image which has previously been entered into a JCC (or formerly APPS) internal competition and which achieved any level of recognition beyond ‘Entry acknowledgement’ in that competition.

No entry fee for financial members.

Non-members are also invited to submit images for assessment and constructive feedback, but a submission fee of $4 per image will apply for non-members.

Each image will be assessed by the judge and assigned one of these 5 classifications: Gold award, Silver award, Bronze award, Acceptance level, or Entry acknowledgement. These awards translate into points accrued for the club’s (aggregate) ladder competition, where Gold = 5 points, Silver = 4 points, Bronze = 3 points, Acceptance = 2 points, and Entry = 1 point.

Non-members are not eligible for the club’s ladder competition. Non-financial members become eligible for such points, counting towards the ladder competition, if they have paid their 2023 membership subscription by the closing date of the competition.

Our new image uploader has been tested and should work, so please use the following URL:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScHGcXscMBm4BLXJVBMbJjI4l5S2a9VWlT9FR4uK-Xd6Z0_hw/viewform?usp=sf_link

(You may have to copy and paste the URL into Google, or whichever search engine you use, for it to work.)

May

2023 Projected Image Competition #2

When: Entries close at midnight on Sunday, 14 May 2023.

Judge’s feedback and assessments will be presented on Wednesday, 14 June 2023.

Description:

This year’s second competition is now open for submissions. Entries must be submitted by Sunday 14 May 2023 (midnight) to be considered. A maximum of 3 entries per member is permitted. There is only one (content) category for all entries: OPEN. (There is no category for a SET theme in this particular competition.)

The filename for each image should conform to the following format:

[competition:2023 Proj Image #2]; [category:OPEN]; [full name of submitter]; [image title]

e.g. “2023 Proj Image #2; OPEN; Joseph Bloggs; Fantasy Island {or Untitled #1, Untitled #2, etc. (if you prefer not to give your image a specific title)}

March

   The Craig Phillips Memorial Trophy in Black & White

2023 Projected Image Competition #1

When: Entries close at midnight on Sunday, 12 March 2023.

Judge’s feedback and assessments will be presented on Wednesday, 12 April 2023.

Description:

This year’s first competition which will be a Black & White Projected Image competition is now open for submissions. Entries must be submitted by Sunday 12 March 2023 (midnight) to be considered. A maximum of 3 entries per member is permitted. There is only one (content) category for all entries: OPEN. (There is no category for a SET theme in this particular competition.)

The filename for each image should conform to the following format:

[competition:2023 Proj Image #1]; [category:OPEN]; [full name of submitter]; [image title]

e.g. “2023 Proj Image #1; OPEN; Joseph Bloggs; Fantasy Island {or Untitled #1, Untitled #2, etc. (if you prefer not to give your image a specific title)}

If you do nevertheless have problems with the new image uploader, please email your entries to APPScompetitions@gmail.com with the text 2023 Proj Image #1 entered in the Subject line AND, separately, let Greg (GregoryTurner71@hotmail.com) know that you have sent your images by email, along with a brief outline of the problem you experienced with using the uploader link. Greg may also be contacted at: (021) 149-4764.