ELIGIBLITY: This is an open competition. To be eligible for this contest, the photographers' work must have been published in a daily or non-daily general circulation newspaper (or on the newspaper's website) between June 25, 2016 and June 24, 2017. Entries may be color or black-and-white photos or videos.

ENTRY FEES AND SUBMITTING YOUR ENTRIES: Photo and/or video entries are $20 each. There is no limit on the number of entries a photographer may submit in either the video or photo categories.

STEP # 1 — Click here to pay your contest fees ($20 per photo and/or video).  If you are submitting entries for several photographers, type VARIOUS as the photographer's name and use the email address of the person to whom the receipt for payment should be sent.

STEP # 2 — After your fees have been paid, you will immediately receive an email with a link to the UPICKEM contest page where your entries should be uploaded.  During this step, you will be able to list photographers' names with their individual photos and/or videos.  SNPA thanks Second Street for providing its UPICKEM contest platform for our Photo / Video Contest.  Learn more about Second Street

Winners will be announced at the Joint Annual Meeting of the Southern Newspaper Publishers Association and Inland Press Association, Sept. 10-12 in Colorado Springs, Colo.  Photographers do not have to attend the Annual Meeting to enter the contest.