In order to participate in our competitions, you must first register in our forums (if you have not already registered):
F3C Forum Registration
Once your registration has been approved, you may use the following instructions to participate.
For print competition submissions, you will need to submit your prints physically as well as digitally. For the forms and labels you will need, see this post for information.
Step 1
Pay the $2.00 submission fee to purchase entry into the competition(s)
Digital Submissions:
Purchase Digital Submission
Print Submissions:
Purchase Print submission
Links to the entry fees are also in the sidebar on every page of the F3C site:
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If you plan on submitting to both Print and Digital, be sure you add one of each to your cart before checking out.
ONE 2 dollar fee covers all entries to a particular competition type (print or digital). Your final checkout amount should only be either:
$2 (covers either print or digital) or
$4 (covers print AND digital)
Please confirm these quantities before final checkout.
During checkout, you will be prompted to log in:
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Log in with the same username and password that you use to log in to the forums:
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If you’ve purchased entry in past competitions, your information will be filled in for you:
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After clicking checkout, you will be taken to paypal to complete the transaction. NOTE: You do NOT need a PayPal account to checkout. You may enter any valid credit card information:
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After placing your order, you will receive an e-mail confirmation. Please note: There is a known issue with the e-commerce software where a “download link” may be included with the order confirmation e-mail. This is being looked into by the developers. DISREGARD the “download” link, it has nothing to do with the image submission process.
Once we receive and process your order, we will add you to the “Paid” group, and you will be able to upload your images to the appropriate competition gallery. This process should take no longer than 12 – 24 hours.
Step 2
Upload your images to the appropriate gallery or galleries.
Before uploading please try to make sure that your images have been re-sized appropriately for uploading to the web.
1280 pixels on the longest side
72 pixels per inch
.jpg format
With these settings, your image file sizes should not be more than a couple of megabytes each (at most).
The competition gallery links can be found in several prominent places throughout the F3C web site:
On the home page (this post – see below): http://www.f3c.org
On the Forum main page: http://forums.f3c.org
On the gallery main page: http://forums.f3c.org/gallery/index.php
Choose the appropriate contest gallery.
2nd Triannual DIGITAL Competition Galleries are here
Click on the class you would like to enter
2nd Triannual PRINT Competition Galleries are here
Click on the class you would like to enter
When you click on a contest gallery link, if you are not logged into the forums, you will be prompted to log in.
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After logging in, you will be redirected to the contest gallery link that you clicked on.
Click on the “New image” button, and follow the instructions to upload your images.
