Competition Rules and Guidelines

The first meeting of the month FMCC conducts a competition (Salon). Entries are due Thursday, two weeks before competition (Salon) night. This provides time needed for the judge(s) to review entries and select the winners. Listed below are the categories FMCC currently accepts. The two letter code is used to identify the category when your photographs are submitted for competition. Monthly digital submission is limited to 10 entries/2 images per category per member. See N4C website for a complete details and description of contest categories.

Categories
Description of Contest Categories
Assigned Subject "AN"
​Assigned Subject "ANB"
Digital Black & White "DB"
​Digital Black & White "DBB"
​Digital Altered Reality "DA"
​Digital Journalism "DJ"
Digital Nature "DN"
Digital Nature "DNB"
​Digital Pictorial "DP"
​Digital Pictorial "DPB"
​Digital Travel "DT"  

2024-2025 Assigned Subjects
October______________Reflections in Water
Submission due 9-19-24
November____________Starts with P
Submission due 10-24-24
December____________City Street Scene
Submission due 11-21-24
January_______________Sunset/Sunrise w/fg object
Submission due 12-19-24
February______________Creek, Pond, Lake, Oceans
Submission due 1-23-25
March________________Flowers
Submission due 2-20-25
​April__________________Abandoned
Submission due 3-20-25
​May___________________Stormy Skies
Submission due 4-17-25

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​Special Print Competition
December is our 1st Print Competition B&W and Color
April is our 2nd Print Competition B&W and Color

Prints - 3 Color and 3 B&W Per Member​
Get your print into Site on Sound by close on deadline day. Site on Sound is open Monday thru Saturday from 9 am to 5:30 pm, and Monday & Thursday nights until 9 pm.  Site on Sound address is 1443 Main Ave., Fargo ND (across the street from U-haul) (MAP)

FMCC Membership Numbers

Guidelines for Prints & Digital submissions

Print Requirements - Show title, N4C member number, maker's name, address and name of camera club on the back top left corner. 
1. Prints may be commercially made or produced by the entrant. 
2. Print Size​

• Maximum print size will be constrained by the size of the mailer. Prints must fit, un-folded, in either a 15-1/8 x 11-5/8 inch mailer OR a 14 x 12 x 3 inch Priority Box. Both the Priority envelope and the Priority Box are available for free at United States Postal Service. Journalism prints are under these rules with a minimum of 8 x 10. 

3. No mats or backing is allowed for prints; all prints must be unmounted.
Note - Maker pays all shipping costs.
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​Digital Requirements -
Image Size:  1920 pixels on the longest side, file size less than 750KB.
​Image Format: - Image files must be in jpg file format. Saving jpg files using sRGB color space standard is recommended for consistent color under the projection conditions used for judging the contest. No logo or copyright is to appear on the image for judging. Copyrights may be included in the file metadata. 
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See the following videos about Sizing Photos for Contests:    FMCC Competition Guidelines
        [Exporting Contest Entries from Lightroom CC]
        [Lightroom Export Presets]
        [Exporting Contest Entries from Photoshop CC]

FMCC Annual Awards Banquet

Each year the club holds an awards banquet to honor those who have excelled in competition during the year. In addition to the awards given for participation and achievement in the monthly salons and in N4C competition, several awards are also conferred.
​2023 FMCC Best of the Best
​2023 Season Salon Winners by Category
2022 FMCC Best of the Best
2022 Season Salon Winners by Category
2021 FMCC Best of the Best
​2021 Season Salon Winners by Category
2020 FMCC Best of the Best
2020 Season Salon Winners by Category
​2019 Season Salon Winners by Category
​2018 Season Salon Winners by Category
2017 Season Salon Winners by Category