WIEP General Conditions of Entry

1. The exhibition will be conducted according to standards and recommended procedures of the Photographic Society of America. This exhibition is open to anyone; however, an entry may be rejected when the sponsoring organization or its agent, in its reasonable discretion, believes the entry does not conform to exhibition rules and conditions. Subject matter is not restricted, except as noted for Photojournalism.
    
2. You MUST use one, and only one, of the official entry methods provided for the exhibition by the Delaware Photographic Society. NO OTHER FORM OF ENTRY DOCUMENTATION WILL BE ACCEPTED.
   • ONLINE: Our preferred entry method is our online entry-form. This is the ONLY option for submitting digital images and the ONLY method that accepts online payment. You should enclose the packing slip provided during "checkout" with any prints that you send us; you MUST include at least your confirmation number.
   • PAPER: A paper-based entry form is still available if you are only entering prints but there is an additional processing fee. If you use the paper forms then you must submit one entry form for each photographer and DO NOT CUT IT UP INTO SECTIONS. To enter the projected image sections you MUST use the online entry form for all your print and digital section entries.
   • GROUPS: We continue to improve our support for larger group entries and now recognize Affiliated Groups that cooperate with our exhibition by encouraging their membership to use our preferred online entry procedures. Please see our group entry policys and/or contact us directly.
    
3. ALL ENTRIES MUST INCLUDE THE APPROPRIATE FORMS AND FEES. Any entry received without the required fees will not be processed, but will await payment until our closing date. If no fee is received, the entry will neither be judged nor returned. Payment MUST be in US$; acceptable forms of payment are cash, check (cheque) or money order – checks or money orders must clear through a US bank. For online entries electronic payment is also available (credit card or account via our processing agent - PayPal.)
   IRC's ARE NOT AN ACCEPTABLE FORM OF PAYMENT.
    
4. Entries must originate as photographs (image-captures of objects via light sensitivity) made by the entrant on photographic emulsion or acquired digitally. By virtue of submitting an entry, the entrant certifies the work as his own and permits the sponsors to reproduce all or part of the entered material free of charge for publication and/or display in media related to the exhibition. This may include low resolution posting on a website. The exhibition assumes no liability for any misuse of copyright. Images may be altered, either electronically or otherwise, by the maker and artwork or computer graphics created by the entrant may be incorporated if the photographic content predominates, subject to divisional restrictions. All final work must be on photographic film, or on electronic file, or on photographic or electronic print material, mounting excepted.
    
5. Images by the same maker that were accepted in previous Wilmington International Exhibitions, OR IMAGES THAT ARE NEARLY IDENTICAL, must not be entered in the same section.
    
6. Entrants must not submit projected images or prints that virtually duplicate each other or differ only slightly. Only one of such images will be judged.
    
7. In each section an entrant may enter up to four images which will be distributed throughout four rounds of judging.
    
8. All possible care will be taken to protect entries. However, no responsibility will be assumed for loss or damage to entries in the exhibition or in transit.
    
9. THE MAKER’S NAME AND ADDRESS, PLUS THE IMAGE NUMBER AND TITLE AS ON THE ENTRY FORM, MUST APPEAR ON THE BACK OF ALL PRINTS.
    
10. All images MUST be titled in accordance with PSA titling requirements. Titles will not be read during judging. Untitled images will not be judged (and generic titles such as “Untitled” or “No title” etc. will be treated as untitled).
     
11. NO IDENTIFYING MARKINGS OF ANY KIND ARE PERMITTED ON THE FRONT OF ANY IMAGE (INCLUDING DIGITAL) OR PRINT MAT/MOUNT.
     
12. NO CD’S OR EMAIL ATTACHMENTS WILL BE ACCEPTED FOR PROJECTED IMAGES…the online entry form must be used.
     
13. Notification of results, showing judges’ scores in accordance with the PSA rules, will be published on our Web site and sent by e-mail or postcard to each entrant shortly after the judging. Please check your spam folders if you have not flagged wiep-photo.org as a friendly source of email.
     
14. No acceptance cards will be issued.
     
15. Acceptances will be reported to the Photographic Society of America for credits towards Star Ratings, Who’s Who in Photography, and distinctions of PPSA and EPSA.
     
16. An illustrated catalog will be available for free download from this Web site; a printed catalog will only be sent to entrants who request it on their entry form and send the additional printed catalog fee specified under General Fees.