Gwen, I'm not familiar with this contest. Usually, these are set up to sell books. They take your submission and then say you are not obligated to buy anything then pitch the sale of the book your photo will appear in. This has been my experience so far. Maybe this one is different. I don't know. Shyrell Melara For the Quality You Deserve! Melara Family Photography http://shyrellmelara.tripod.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gwen Baro" <gwenbaro@xxxxxxxxx> To: "List for Photo/Imaging Educators - Professionals - Students" <photoforum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: Legit or not? Date: Mon, 04 Apr 2005 12:27:54 -0700 (PDT) > > Has anyone heard of the International Photography > Awards? I?ve heard them touted as the ?Oscars? of > photography and was wondering if anyone out there had > ever entered one of their annual contests and if so, > what their experience was like. > > Here?s their website: http://www.photoawards.com > > > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Personals - Better first dates. More second dates. > http://personals.yahoo.com -- _______________________________________________ NEW! Lycos Dating Search. The only place to search multiple dating sites at once. http://datingsearch.lycos.com