Rules:

The Virginia Magazine photo contest is open to anyone who is at least 18 years old and is a U.Va. alumnus, student, staff or faculty member. Employees of the U.Va. Alumni Association (AA), their immediate families and individuals living in the same household are excluded. Your entry in the contest constitutes your agreement to allow your photograph—and your name, occupation, city, state and country of residence—to be published as award winners or finalists in Virginia Magazine and on the uvamagazine.org Web site. Entrants retain ownership and all other rights to future use of their photographs. The AA reserves the right to verify, in its sole judgment, winner eligibility.

By entering this competition, participants warrant that their photographs are original and do not infringe on any third party’s rights. If a third party or third party’s property appears in the photograph, the participant has obtained any necessary permissions. The AA reserves the right to disqualify any entry if it finds in its sole discretion that any of the foregoing warranties are not true.  Decisions of the AA shall be final and binding.

Valid entries must include the photographer’s name, address, e-mail and phone number.

Prizes will be awarded to the top three entries. Along with the prize-winning photos, a selection of photos will appear in the Virginia Magazine. A larger selection of photos will also appear on the magazine’s Web site at www.uvamagazine.org.

Questions can be e-mailed to uvamag@virginia.edu.

Judging:

Images will be judged on originality, technical excellence, composition, overall impact and artistic merit by a yet-to-be-determined panel of judges.