Applications Invited for Nikon Small World Photomicrograph Competition 2020

Nikon Small World Photomicrograph Competition 2020

The Nikon Small World Competition first began in 1975 as a means to recognize and applaud the efforts of those involved with photography through the light microscope. Since then, Small World has become a leading showcase for photomicrographers from the widest array of scientific disciplines.

A photomicrograph is a technical document that can be of great significance to science or industry. But a good photomicrograph is also an image whose structure, color, composition, and content is an object of beauty, open to several levels of comprehension and appreciation.

The Nikon Small World Competition is open to anyone with an interest in photography through the microscope. Winners have included both professionals and hobbyists.

Nikon welcomes a broad range of subject matter, and any type of light microscopy technique is acceptable, including phase contrast, polarized light, fluorescence, interference contrast, darkfield, confocal, deconvolution, and mixed techniques. Entries submitted to Nikon are then judged by an independent panel of experts who are recognized authorities in the area of photomicrography and photography. These entries are judged on the basis of originality, informational content, technical proficiency and visual impact.

Eligibility:

• The Nikon Small World Photomicrography Competition (the “Competition”) is open only to individuals who are at least eighteen (18) years old at the time of entry and have access to a light microscope.

The following individuals are not eligible to enter the Competition:

• employees of Nikon Instruments Inc., Shaw & Todd, Inc., their respective parent companies and affiliated companies, and/or the immediate family (spouse, parents, siblings and children) and household members of each such employee,
• the Competition Judges, regardless of the date of appointment, and/or their immediate family and household members, and/or
• individuals engaged (as a business owner or employee) in the manufacture, distribution and/or sale of microscopes, related accessories and/or photographic equipment.

Prize:

Top prize winners are selected and ranked by Small World Judges.

• 1st Prize - USD $3,000 and a trip to Japan for two
• 2nd Prize - USD $2,000
• 3rd Prize - USD $1,000
• 4th Prize - USD $800
• 5th Prize - USD $600
• 6th Prize - USD $400
• 7th-10th Prizes - USD $300 each
• 11th-20th Prizes - USD $200 each
• Honorable Mentions - USD $100 each. The number of Honorable Mention Prizes will be determined by the Judges in their sole discretion.

Guidelines and Restrictions

• Images must be submitted in .jpeg, .png, .psd, or .tiff format.
• Images should be submitted with the highest quality with regard to file size, bit depth and resolution.
• Images do not need to be taken with a Nikon-branded microscope.
• Images must be taken by Entrant using a light microscope. Images taken with an electron or any other microscope(s) that do not capture imagery using optical light technology are not eligible.
• Macro photography is not eligible.
• Images that have competed previously in any active or ongoing photomicrography competition, and/or that have won any other photomicrography competition, are not eligible.
• The Submission must be in the English language.
• The Submission must not contain material that violates or infringes another’s rights, including but not limited to trademark, privacy, publicity or other intellectual property rights, or that constitutes copyright infringement.
• The Submission must not disparage Sponsor, Administrator or any other person or entity.
• The Submission must not contain brand names, logos and/or trademarks; any URL addresses; and/or the names, addresses, phone numbers, email addresses, image, and/or likenesses of third parties.
• The Submission must not contain viruses, Trojan horses, worms, bots, spyware or any other computer code that is intended to or does damage, interfere with and/or surreptitiously intercept or expropriate any system, data or information.
• The Submission must not contain material that is inappropriate, indecent, discriminatory, obscene, hateful, tortious, defamatory, slanderous or libelous, or contain material that is otherwise unlawful, in violation of or contrary to any applicable laws or regulations.

Deadline: April 30th, 2020 at 11:59 p.m. ET

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