Dear All,

We would like to thank everyone who submitted photographs to The First Pixpa Photo Challenge. Given the overwhelming response to the first contest, we are excited to announce “The Second International Pixpa Photo Challenge!”

THEME: Contrast

HOW TO PARTICIPATE:
- You can post your entries to Pixpa’s wall on Facebook at www.facebook.com/PixpaCommunity
- Or send your entries to photochallenge@pixpa.com
- Make sure you include a caption with each entry.
- Please submit JPG files only with minimum 1000 pixels width.

PRIZE:
- The winner gets a Pixpa Pro portfolio website (See examples here).
- The prize includes two years subscription to a Pixpa Pro website including hosting and support.
- The shortlisted list of finalist entries will also be featured in a website on the competition.
- The winning entry will be published on the Pixpa website and the Pixpa Community on Facebook.

TIMELINE:
You should submit your works before 30 June 2010.
The winners will be announced on 20 July 2010.

RULES:
By entering the Pixpa Photo Challenge you must accept the terms and conditions given below:
- Participants must be 18 years or above on 1 June 2010.
- The Pixpa Photo Challenge is open to all professional and amateur photographers.
- The competition has no entree fees.
- You can submit up to 5 entries.
- The copyright of any entry submitted will be owned by the photographer.
- The participants warrant to the organizers that the copyright of the entries submitted by them is owned by them and required permissions have been taken from any model or property featured in the photograph. In case the work was commissioned by a third party, the photographer must take the permission of the person who commissioned it, before submitting the entry.
- The entries submitted for the competition can be used by Pixpa for marketing and promotion purposes of the competition in online or offline mediums without any payment to the photographer or to any third party. This free use will only be in connection with the promotion of Pixpa Photo Challenge and Pixpa shall give a credit line to the Photographer in case of any such use.
- The organizer of this photo competition is Pixpa – http://www.pixpa.com

Please remember that you must adhere to the above stated terms and conditions to be eligible for the competition.

So all you photography enthusiasts out there – budding students, amateurs or professional photographers, hurry and send us your entries.