Submit Your Visual Art Today for the Fotoweek DC Festival: DEADLINE 9/13

Entries to the 2009 Fotoweek DC Festival are pouring in, according to Fotoweek DC's website, and with the Sunday, September 13th deadline just around the corner, it is encouraged that you submit your best work!

The annual festival, November 7th to 14th, is shaping up to be yet another amazing year with critically acclaimed international exhibitions, portfolio reviews at the Corcoran Gallery of Art, stimulating lectures by sought after photographers, and exciting events throughout the metropolitan area.

Nine good reasons why you should enter!

* Have your work displayed at FotoWeek DC Festival Nov 7-14, 2009

* $21,500 in cash awards

* Media & online exposure at fotoweekdc.org

* National Geographic Society Awards Ceremony & VIP Reception Nov 5, 2009

* Published in Limited Edition 2010 FotoWeek DC Book

* Open to all professionals, amateurs, and students around the world!!

* Entries judged in 12 separate categories (including social documentary and multimedia)* Images accepted in digital, film, cell phone, and alternatives processes

* Distinguished p judgesEnter no later than 11:59pm PST on Sunday, September 13th!

Visit http://www.fotoweekdc.org/ for a complete listing of award categories, eligibility, rules, judges and information on FotoWeek DC 2009.

International Photography Contest Celebrates Obama: SUBMIT UR WORK TODAY!

Got some good pics? Um, excuse me. For the artists who considers themselves a photographer (myself included), they are not pics, but PHOTOS.

Here's a great opp found on the cool new site started by DC-based photographer Kuroji Ntu (who is also a frequent Lib Muse member).

International Photography Contest and Exhibition Celebrates the Inauguration of Barack Obama

FotoWeek DC and The Newseum proudly announce fotobamaweek, an international photography contest celebrating the Presidential campaign and the Inauguration of Barack Obama.

Take that amazing image during Inauguration week, or find one you have already shot that captures the spirit of the Presidential Campaign, and the Election.

Amateur and professional photographers anywhere in the world are invited to enter the fotobamaweekcontest.

You may not have a front row seat to the Swearing-In Ceremony, but what about that impromptu moment captured at a campaign rally, or election night at your own private party?

Iconic impressions are yours for the taking, wherever you are, here in Washington or abroad.

Enter photos taken with digital, film or even cell phone cameras, but please submit them electronically.•

The top 100 winning images, selected by The Newseum's panel of judges, will be exhibited at The Newseum• All 100 winning images will be published in a limited edition book sponsored by FotoWeek DC• Grand prize winners will be announced at a reception at The Newseum.• Cash prizes totaling $5,000• All images submitted will be on display at FotoWeek DC's on-line gallery, along with People's Choice winnersThe fotobamaweek contest opens January 15, 2009 and closes March 15, 2009.

Enter for the contest here: http://fotoweekdccontest.org/bin/Register

(graphic above created by MYST Studios for the Capital Hip Hop Soul Fest)