Call for Entry | Photography | The Carousel
The first annual photography contest sponsored by The Carousel Museum.
The Carousel Museum’s mission is to promote the art, history, and preservation of carousels through displays, education, lectures, and outreach.
Theme: This year’s Carousel Photography contest is about “What Carousels Mean to You.”
Submit images that represent how you connect to the world of the carousel. They can be related to your feelings about nostalgia, the art form, history, culture, or an important personal relationship to a specific carousel.
There are four categories this year:
1. An entire carousel including the rounding boards and platform.
2. An individual carousel figure either on or off of a carousel
3. A person riding a carousel, either an adult or child
4. An artistic interpretation of a carousel or carousel figure*
Images must be non-AI generated work, in other words, you must not add or subtract content using Photoshop or any other photographic manipulation software. Violators will be removed from the contest and will not be awarded any prize(s).
*For the fourth category, the use of this type of software is permitted.
Entries will be judged by The Carousel Museum. All decisions are final. The Museum reserves the right to refuse consideration of any entry that is deemed inappropriate.
Juror: Tobin Fraley – Tobin Fraley is the author of three books on carousel history and is currently a carousel historian, professional photographer, and a consultant to The Carousel Museum. His work can be viewed at https://wgphotostudio.com
Submission. You are invited to submit images in JPEG format. Entry fee is $20.00 per image. You may enter in different categories, but please make sure you designate which category you are choosing.
Entries will only be accepted via the official contest channel, PollUnit.
Entries not submitted through the proper channel will not be considered.
Click the link to PollUnit, complete the submission form, and upload your image. All photos must be original work, taken by the entrants. No third party may own or control any materials the photo contains, and the photo must not infringe upon the trademark, copyright, moral rights, intellectual rights, or rights of privacy of any entity or person.
By submitting work, applicants agree to permit The Carousel Museum to use their images for the exhibit, in publicity (both digital and in print), and for possible use in a wall calendar, all with attribution to the artist. Photographers will retain copyright to their work.
By entering the contest, entrants agree that photos submitted can be used by The Carousel Museum for advertising purposes.
Please note that The Carousel Museum will be responsible for printing your photograph to retain the continuity to the exhibit. With that in mind, the resolution of your photograph(s) should be high enough to create a clear image of 16” x 12” print. Those whose work is accepted for the exhibit will be notified in time for you to submit a higher-resolution version of your photograph(s).
File format: PollUnit permits files up to 5 MB. Please send images as a JPEG format in the sRGB color space. Do not put your name on the files. Your images instead should be labeled like the following: 01_ImageTitle, 02_ImageTitle, etc.
Awards:
1st Place in Each Category $250
2nd place prizes of $150 each
Everyone who submits an entry will be acknowledged on The Carousel Museum website and in name in the Museum Exhibition.
Important dates:
• The call for submission opens May 1st, 2024
• Submissions close Friday, August 31st, 2024.
Notification of those chosen will be by September 15th. Winners will be contacted via the email address provided during entry. If no response is received after five business days, a new winner will be selected and the previous winner will relinquish all rights to the prize.
The prize must be collected by the winner and is nontransferable.