POYi Hosts 69th Annual Photojournalism Competition with New Categories

POYi Hosts 69th Annual Photojournalism Competition with New Categories

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Columbia, MO—New for 2011, Pictures of the Year International (POYi) expanded its sports categories, creating a “sports division” with an independent jury panel. The division includes new categories for sports multimedia, sports editing and a premier Sports Photographer of the Year Award to recognize a portfolio of work throughout the year.

The winner of the premier portfolio award receives a $1,000 cash award and a Tiffany crystal trophy. POYi provides an online registration and entry process for efficient preparations and uploading. The call for entries is now posted at poyi.org and provides complete details on all the categories and guidelines. Online registration and entry will be open through January 12, 2012.

POYi is among the oldest and most prestigious photojournalism programs. The mission of the annual POYi competition is to extend the reach of photojournalists by providing educational public exhibitions and reflecting the news events, social issues and cultural trends of our time.

This past year experienced some of the most significant news events in history with the Japan earthquake and the Arab uprisings. POYi seeks to honor those photojournalists who chronicled the earthquake and resulting tsunami, and covered the civil defiance and revolutions in Egypt, Libya, Tunisia, Syria, Yemen and other regional Mideastern/Northern Africa nations.

POYi’s eight premier categories return for 2011, including Documentary Project of the Year, honoring the best extended photojournalistic series or project. In addition, POYi continues its six-decade tradition of spotlighting the very best in long-form documentary project work with the World Understanding Award, the Global Vision Award and the Community Awareness Award. Premier awards total more than $10,000 and include Tiffany crystal trophies and engraved plaques. Last year 180 photographers and editors were recognized across 48 categories as the best in the world from more than 48,000 submitted photographs, printed pages and web-based presentations.

Grounded in a collegiate environment, POYi’s goal is to serve as a professional development, motivational and educational tool for all visual journalists. The Missouri School of Journalism will host the judging in a public forum held February 8-28 and open to everyone who wishes to attend. In addition, POYi will return its free, real-time webcasting of the judging via Adobe Connect. This web-conferencing software provides a virtual experience to witness the presentations and jury panel comments from any Internet access. The three consecutive weeks of review will be held at the Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute on the campus of the University of Missouri in Columbia. poyi.org

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