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Show Local Students to Compete for $4,000 in Prizes National High School Photographic Awards Offers Many Opportunities to Win TV- x - ' I r s fl 'a I 4 f x I ; fe ,v . ,,, if j Bi'.iitSjSSli'.lK'' . Grand Prize Winner in the 1952 National High School Photographic Awards was this excellent action picture taken by Alvin McMdl.n of Junction Cily, Kansas. Local high school students who like to take pictures may well . be among major winners in the 1953 National High School Photographic Awards, the National Scholastic Press Association has just announced. an-nounced. The nationwide picture - taking competition, which opened' January 1, will continue through April 15. Every high school student in the 9th through 12th grades, inclusive, is eligible to enter and win prizes. Prizes range from Awards of $10 each to four Grand Prizes of $300 each. A total of 196 cash prizes will be given. Local students can enter their snapshots in four 'classes of entry, NSPA officials indicated. This means that pictures of babies and children, young people and adults, scenes, and pictures of pets or wild animals may be entered. Local high school picture takers need no entry blanks to submit pictures pic-tures in this $4,000 contest. Nor need they have developed and printed their own pictures to be eligible for prizes. They must, however, how-ever, have taken the pictures themselves them-selves without professional help. Pictures made since the close of last year's competition on May 1, " i 1952, are eligible for entry. Pictures may be enlarged if desired, but no print larger than 7x7 inches is permissible. Any make of camera or film may be used, but the contest is open to only snapshots made from original black-and-white negatives, Snapshots entered in this contest must not be entered in any other contest or competition. Entrants must be able to obtain permission for the use of their pic-ture pic-ture from any recognizable person who appears in their snapshot if the picture wins a prize, but such permission per-mission should not be sent in with the print for the contest Local students who wish to enter the competition may do so by writ' ing their name, street address, city and state, school name and address, grade in school, class of entry, and picture title on the back of all prints. Entries should be sent to the following address, where full details may also be obtained. NSPA National Na-tional High School Photographic Awards, 18 Journalism Building, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis Minneap-olis 14, Minnesota. Pictures will be judged on photographic photo-graphic quality, general interest, and appeal. Duplicate prizes will be awarded in the event of ties. |