In July 2009, the site will begin offering weekly photo contests which are intended to roll forward into monthly and yearly contests when participation becomes significant enough to create these next levels. Competition begins with weekly contests, with the top three winners from these to be automatically entered to win a monthly set of free prizes.

When the monthly participation grows large enough, the top three winners from each month will get chances to win prizes in the yearly photo competition levels. Since it will take some time for participation to build, our focus will be on growing our weekly and monthly incentives. When weeks or months pass without enough competition, there may be no weekly or monthly winners to collect prizes. This anticipated low entry volume means more chances to win for the few who do participate.

During rising participation, contestants will find it possible to win multiple weekly and monthly prizes through the year. More wins at these levels mean better chances for selection in higher level contests. When yearly contest prizes become set, they will be greater than the ones offered for monthly winners, and be made up of variations on digital creations available from our site.

To ensure fair competition, we may need to adjust some of our initial contest structure occasionally. We may need to make allowances for the skill levels of various contestants, to make sure everyone has more chances to win. This might be done by creating several skill level categories, or through some other limiting criteria. As time passes, we reserve the right to change any of our contest criteria, or to disqualify entries for being improperly submitted, inappropriate, off subject, or other reasons we will pass along to those who want to enter our contests. These contest ideas are being created to showcase works of our visitors, and give our audience an opportunity to see what we can design from digital photos.

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