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Singles, Stories and Long-Term Projects categories

Photographs entered to the Singles, Stories and Long-Term Projects must meet the following requirements:

Only single-frame photographs may be entered to the above-mentioned categories
Upload photographs with the original pixel size (unless cropped). Do not scale and do not change the resolution.
ICC profile must be embedded. AdobeRGB, sRGB or grayscale Gamma 2.2 are recommended. No CMYK.
Must be uploaded in JPEG format with high-quality compression.

Open Format

Projects entered to the Open Format category must meet the following requirements:

Photo stories (including but not limited to): Polyptychs; multiple exposure images; stitched panoramas; photographic collages; photo stories using alternative or experimental image processing:

Upload 4-30 JPEG image files.
Photographic images must be uploaded in JPEG format with high-quality compression (for example polyptychs, photo collages, etc.) with the original pixel size (unless cropped). Do not scale and do not change the resolution. ICC profile must be embedded. AdobeRGB, sRGB or grayscale Gamma 2.2 are recommended. No CMYK.

Short photo-based videos (maximum duration of 15 minutes):

Video files must be uploaded in .mov or .mp4 and have high-quality compression. Video files must be uploaded directly to Picter.
Video files must have English-language audio or include English subtitles.
Please remove opening and/or closing credits.
Upload 4-30 JPEG image files of the still photography included in the project.
Photographic images must be uploaded in JPEG format with high-quality compression (for example polyptychs, photo collages, etc.) with the original pixel size (unless cropped). Do not scale and do not change the resolution. ICC profile must be embedded. AdobeRGB, sRGB or grayscale Gamma 2.2 are recommended. No CMYK.

Web-based photo projects:

Include the URL to the web-based project. Please provide any passwords or paywall log-ins required to view the piece.
Upload a video screener of 1 minute. This should be a screen recording of you navigating the story through your web-based environment in order to give the jury some guidance on how to experience the piece.
Upload 4-30 JPEG image files of the photography included in the project.
Photographic images must be uploaded in JPEG format with high-quality compression (for example polyptychs, photo collages, etc.) with the original pixel size (unless cropped). Do not scale and do not change the resolution. ICC profile must be embedded. AdobeRGB, sRGB or grayscale Gamma 2.2 are recommended. No CMYK.

Generative AI:

All photographs entered into the Open Format category must be made with a camera.
No synthetic or artificially-generated images are allowed, and no use of artificially generative fill is allowed. Any use of generative AI will automatically disqualify the entry from the contest.
Open Format entries will be subject to a thorough entry check process by the contest organization to determine whether they meet the above criteria.
In later stages of the judging process, entrants will be contacted to provide file(s) as recorded by the camera (original RAW files or equivalent) that may be subject to a forensics check by independent analysts.

Technical requirements

2024 Contest technical requirements

Singles, Stories and Long-Term Projects categories

Open Format