Following are the rules governing competitions for the Westbridge Camera Club.

The competition year extends from September until May of the following year.

There will be one monthly competition each month from September until April. Judging for the Annual Salon will be held in May.

Three Divisions: Color Slides, Color Prints, and Monochrome Prints.

All divisions compete each month. Sometimes the subject is assigned; usually it's open (no limit on subject).

Dues paying members may enter up to 2 pictures in the color prints and monochrome divisions. Members may enter up to 3 slides in the color slides division. You need not be present to enter. The essential photograph must be the work of the author; however, the photograph need not be home-processed. Printing and/or mounting may be done commercially. Members are honor-bound to submit eligible entries.

Judges are informed of the rules and the definition of any assigned subject. They are encouraged to comment about entries as freely as time permits. Competitions in each division will generally proceed as follows: there will be a run through, in which all entries will be shown to the judge and to the members. After the run through all entries will be shown again, and the judge will score each entry as 'in', that is, under consideration for an award, or 'out', that is, not considered for an award. The members running the competition shall take all the 'in' entries to a place where the judge can select the award winning entries.

Slide mounts must be 2" x 2". Put the title on the front, a 'thumb spot' (any visible mark) on the lower left-hand corner (as you hold it up for viewing), and maker's name on the back.

Once a picture has placed 1^st through 5^th in any division, that picture may NOT be resubmitted in that or any other division. They are, however, eligible for submission to the Annual Salon, subject to Salon rules.

HM's may only be resubmitted in future years. They may be substituted in the annual salon for images that place 1^st - 5^th. They may not be resubmitted again if they place 5^th or higher in the annual salon.

Competition Scoring

First place 6 points

2^nd place 5 points

3^rd place 4 points

4^th place 3 points

5^th place 2 points

Honorable Mention* 1 point

*15% of total print entries receive HM, 10% for slides.

The Annual Salon

The Annual Salon is held in all divisions in May. Each member's total number of entries, in each division, is limited to the actual count of pictures which placed 1^st - 5^th during the club year. Any pictures which received HM, in the same division during the year, may be substituted. Substituting a new picture is not permitted.

If a member has only one such eligible picture, in any single division, he/she may enter a second picture of his/her choice in that division. If a member has no such eligible pictures, he/she may enter two pictures of his/her choice in that division, whether it was submitted before or not.

Awards are given for 1^st - 5^th places and three of the entries will receive HM.

Pictures awarded in the Annual Salon shall be ineligible for any further Westbridge competition.

Note: All entries in the Annual Salon will be held over from the day of judging until the showing at the Banquet in June.