Prior Winners
Find out who has won on-site contests in previous years here:
2011 Results
2010 Results
2009 Results
2008 Results
2007 Results
2004 Results
2003 Results
2002 Results

Contests
Students and teachers should carefully note the requirements and supplies listed for each of the contests. Some contests will begin at 2:45 or 3 p.m. on Friday while the rest will begin at 9 a.m. on Saturday. Students may only compete in one contest on Friday and one on Saturday, except for the School Portfolio contest. No teachers or advisers will be allowed to advise or instruct students during competitions. Entry fee: $10 per person per contest, except where noted.

N101 - ATPI Digital Editing Contest
Students will be given a series of scanned images and a period of time in which to use Adobe Photoshop to create a contest entry. The emphasis of this contest is to see how creative the students can be. No additional filters or plug-ins may be used in the contest. Each school may have no more than three students in the competition. This contest will be Saturday morning from 9-10:30 a.m. Materials: none

N102 - ATPI Picture Package Contest
This new contest is an individual competition, but schools may register up to five students in this contest. Students will meet on Friday afternoon at 2:45 and receive an assignment for their photographs. Students will have until 5 p.m. Saturday to assemble a three-image package of photographs that best captures the assignment. Students must turn in the three images on a CD or jump drive. This contest will be Friday afternoon at 2:45 p.m. Materials: digital camera, any special equipment, blank CD or jump drive

N103 - ATPI Digital Image Contest
The contest will provide students with a list of categories and 90 minutes to photograph on Saturday morning. Students will return to the computer labs to download images and select contest entries. No manipulation of the images in Photoshop or IPhoto will be allowed. Contestants have 30 minutes to edit their work and turn in their entries. Schools are limited to three contestants for this contest. Students must have a signed permission form (included with the downloadable registration form found here) in order to compete in this contest.
This contest will be Saturday morning from 9 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. Materials: digital camera, card reader or cables to connect the camera to a computer for downloading, any special equipment

ATPI Photo Scavenger Hunt
N104 - Team 1
N105 - Team 2
This contest will challenge the students’ power of observation. The team of one to three students will be provided a list of items to photograph and 90 minutes to photograph with a single camera. No more than three students on a single team. The contest will start at 3 p.m. on Friday afternoon. By 5 p.m. the team must turn in a point tally sheet and the camera storage card, which will be returned on Sunday. Entry fee is $25 for each team. Materials: one digital camera

ATPI Video Contest
N106 - Team 1
N107 - Team 2
N108 - Team 3
Students will be given a choice of three songs to create a music video for this new competition. Teams may consist of one to three students. Students will have overnight to complete their music videos.
The contest will start Friday afternoon at 3 p.m. Students must turn in projects on CD or DVD at noon on Saturday.
Entry fee is $25 for the team. Materials: digital video camera, CD/DVD, editing laptop with your software.

N110 - ATPI School Portfolio Contest
A team of four students will compete in this contest. The school must have four students on the team, but may join with other schools in order to have the exact number of participants. The contest will start Friday afternoon at 2:45 p.m. and students will have until 5 p.m. on Saturday to turn in one CD with their entries. Each student will contribute one image to the portfolio, which must be taken during the weekend. Entry fee is $25 for the team. Materials: digital cameras

N111 - ATPI Cropped Contest (shown as N109 in the newsletter)
Do you have what it takes to survive the Cropping Tool? If you are familiar with the Food Channel's Chopped cooking show, then you know how this contest works. Schools are limited to one student entrant. Students will be given an assignment, a required element and a specific amount of time (from 15-30 minutes depending on the round) to capture one image. After a quick critique from the judges, one student will be cropped from the group and the remaining students will be given the next assignment. The contest will start Saturday morning at 9 a.m. and will run until 11:30 a.m.Materials: digital camera

N400 - Faculty Digital Contest
Faculty members should indicate on the registration form if they plan to compete. There is no entry fee, but teachers must bring their own digital camera. Teachers will be given several categories to select from. Images must be downloaded from the digital cameras by 4 p.m. on Saturday. Images will be judged from the computer. Materials: digital camera

PRE-CONFERENCE CONTESTS
Environmental Self-Portrait Contest (carry-in)
This is a carry-in contest for students and teachers. More details can be found here, but entries are due by 5 p.m. on Friday afternoon. There is a 50 cent per print entry fee.

"The B.I.G 48" Video Contest (pre-conference)
List N500 as the contest under the teacher's name on the registration form to register your school.
Get ready for a rollercoaster of challenges as you compete for bragging rights as the best on-the-spot program. Schools will be given a topic, via ATPI's Twitter feed, on Thursday, Feb 2 at 9 pm CST. Students and instructors will work together with the given theme within a 48-hour time frame. Teams will upload their entries to Vimeo by Saturday at midnight and share them to ATPI's Vimeo site. The top entry will be shown at the awards ceremony at the conference. Total running time must not exceed 3 minutes. A thematic element will be given at the start of the contest which MUST be incorporated within the entry. List N500 under the teacher's name on the registration form to enter.

Check out the on-line registration form here.

Schedule

Friday
February 10

1:30 p.m.
- Registration opens

2:45 p.m.
- School Portfolio and Individual Picture Package contests meeting

3 p.m.
On-Site Contests
- School Portfolio
- Video Contest
- ATPI Scavenger Hunt

- Advanced Portfolio Reviews
- Sessions

5 p.m.
- Self-Portrait Carry-in
  contest entries due

Saturday
February 11

9 a.m.
On-Site Contests
- Digital Print
- ATPI Digital Editing
- Chopped
- Faculty Digital Contest
- College/Vendor Show

10 a.m.
- Adv Portfolio Reviews
- Beg Portfolio Reviews
- Sessions

11 a.m.
- Adv Portfolio Reviews
- Beg Portfolio Reviews
- Sessions

noon - 1:30 p.m.
- Lunch

1:30 - 2:50 p.m.
- In-depth classes

3 - 3:50 p.m.
- Sessions

4 - 4:50 p.m.
- Sessions

5 p.m.
- School Portfolio and Individual Picture Package Turn-in

Sunday
February 12

9 - 10:20 a.m.
- In-depth classes

10:30 - 11:45 a.m.
- Sam Abell
Keynote Speaker

noon - 1 p.m.
- Awards Program

See information about:
Contests
Hotel
Portfolio Reviews


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