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IGPOTY Call For Entries 2009

International Garden Photographer Of The Year (IGPOTY) 2009 - Call for entries.
Open to all photographers, the International Garden Photographer of the Year offers photographers the opportunity to win in excess of £20,000 cash and equipment as well as international exposure in an exhibition at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

The Award is open to all photographers who are invited to submit works within seven categories:
Wildlife in the Garden;
Plant Portraits;
Garden Views;
People in the Garden;
the Edible Garden;
Trees and
World Botanic Gardens.
There is also an award for the Young Garden Photographer of the Year for budding photographers under 16 years old.

The competition is open to everyone and entries are welcome from across the world. For a nominal fee, participants can enter up to four single images in any one category or a themed portfolio of six images into the Portfolio category.

Photographers can enter as many times as they like. All entries are made online via www.igpoty.com.

After the closing date at the end of January 2009, the international panel of judges will select the top 100 works for display in an outdoor exhibition at Kew Gardens. Photographers entering a set of six themed images can also win the prestigious Best Portfolio Award.

For further information about the competition and exhibition go to www.igpoty.com

Posted by Will Carleton
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