CLUBELEVEN 2022 Photo Contest
Submissions for our 2022 North American Soccer Photo Contest are now closed.
The three category winners and the grand prize winner will be announced on our website and notified via email by the end of the contest. The deadline for submissions is January 10th, 2023 at 11:59PM EST.
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With such an incredible year of soccer now in the rearview mirror, we are looking to highlight the work of photographers who have excelled at capturing the beauty of soccer in North America. Starting December 29th, photographers can submit entries in three categories (soccer fandom, match action, and growing the game) for special prizes and a chance to be featured.
We believe photography has the power to continue growing the game here in North America, and we look forward to seeing your submissions to this first installment of the North American Soccer Photo Contest hosted by CLUBELEVEN.
CATEGORIES:
We invite photographers in the North American Soccer community to submit their photographs for the following three categories:
Soccer Fandom: Photographs capturing the essence of soccer fandom in North America.
Match Action: The full 90. Match action, reactions, celebrations, and anything in between kickoff and the final whistle.
Growing the Game: Your creative representation of growing the beautiful game in North America.
HOW TO ENTER:
Please submit photographs and requested information clubelevenmag.com/submissions.
Submissions must have been taken in the 2022 calendar year, in North America.
You may submit one (1) photograph per category for a contest total of three (3) photos.
Images from all leagues, age groups, and levels of play in North America are welcome.
Captions (one sentence) are encouraged in order to provide context for our judges, but are not necessary.
In order to be properly displayed in our online gallery, photographs must be submitted in .jpeg or .jpg format, edited for web in sRGB color space, and be at least 2,000 pixels on the long edge, and no larger than 10 MB.
Entry Deadline: The contest begins on December 29th, 2022. All entries must be received through clubelevenmag.com by 11:59 PM Eastern Standard Time on January 10th, 2023.
PRIZES:
The winner of CLUBELEVEN’s “Overall Best North American Soccer Photo” of 2022 will be awarded with a USD $100 B&H Photo Video Gift Card delivered by email.
The winners of the three sub-categories “Soccer Fandom” 2022, “Match Action” 2022, and “Growing the Game” 2022 will be awarded with a USD $50 B&H Photo Video Gift Card delivered by email.
All winners will be interviewed for features on their work and photography journey by clubelevenmag.com.
Winners will be notified via email by February 1st, 2023.
Please note it is possible to win both a category prize and the grand prize.
WINNER SELECTIONS:
Photo entries will be judged based on creativity, quality, originality, responsiveness to the prompt and overall impact. Our judging process will take place as follows:
Judges will select 5 finalists for each of the 3 categories (15 total finalists).
Community vote to determine winners from each category’s judge-picked finalists.
Community vote to determine overall winner from 15 judge-picked finalists.
The 15 finalists (5 per category) will be notified of their status and appear on our website in January 2023. At that time, the public can vote on our website for a winner in each of the three categories, with winners to be revealed in the last week of January.
These dates may be subject to change. CLUBELEVEN will notify winners via the contact information provided at the time of entry; CLUBELEVEN may disqualify anyone who fails to respond to the notification within five business days.
Our Judges:
Katie Cahalin - Senior Manager of Content & Photography @ NYCFC.
Tagwa Moyo - Photographer, Director & Founder @ DARBY Magazine.
Xavi Dussaq - Director of Content & Creative @ Washington Spirit.
Brandon Vazquez - Forward @ FC Cincinnati, Representing the Players.
Colleen Claggett - Photojournalist, Photo Editor @ MLB.
Thank you for entering and best of luck!
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Terms and Conditions:
Anyone can enter the competition. The competition will close on January 10th, 2023 at 11:59PM EST. All entries must be received before this time. Only one entry per named entrant and email address will be accepted.
Every entrant can submit up to a maximum of one (1) photo per category, for a total of three (3) photos. Only online submissions will be accepted.
Photograph entries must be under 10 MB and must be submitted in .jpg or .png format. All submissions must be the entrant’s own work.
If the selected winner is unreachable, ineligible, disqualified or fails to claim the prize [within 10 days of notification], the winner automatically forfeits the prize.
By entering, the entrant is agreeing to all the terms and conditions, and also agreeing to allow clubelevenmag.com to use and publish the winning entry on clubelevenmag.com’s website and social media channels.
Once submitted, we reserve the right to use any of the photos submitted to clubelevenmag.com and may be subjected to any future usage for contest purposes. Online Features: CLUBELEVEN may selects photos for highlight on its website and/or display in a publicly accessible contest archive. Such selections will be made in CLUBELEVEN’s sole discretion.
All entries should be made using the entrant’s legal name. Any dishonest information provided by the entrant will be disqualified.
Use of your personal data: Participation in the contest requires the collection of your name and email address. By entering this contest, you are consenting to the use of your name and email address for further communications regarding this contest.
CLUBELEVEN reserves the right to modify these rules, suspend or discontinue the Competition at any time, including without limitation where it is necessary to do so due to circumstances beyond its reasonable control or if it cannot be guaranteed that the Competition can be carried out correctly for technical or legal reasons or if CLUBELEVEN suspects that any person has been manipulating the administration of the contest or has acted unethically in any other way. The contest is void where prohibited or restricted by law.
CLUBELEVEN retains sole discretion to refuse entrants the right to enter if we feel that these terms and conditions are not being complied with or for any valid and justifiable reason.
CLUBELEVEN reserves the right to disqualify any entrant and/or winner and/or amend these terms and conditions at any time in its absolute discretion.
The determination and decision of CLUBELEVEN on all matters shall be final and no correspondence will be entered into.
All images submitted must have been produced in North America.
