Proposed: Roger Dye

Seconded: Tony Reford

Notes:

Clubworker Competitions will be for Prints and for Projected Images (which may be any combination of Slides and Projected Digital Images). The Clubworker of the Year award will be based on the aggregate of each member’s best three scores in each Print and Projected Image competition entered.

The existing Printworker of the Year and Slideworker of the Year awards will continue.

Slides will have to be original film images or film duplicates.

Minor anomalies in the existing rules are corrected in the revised version.

Revised Rules for Clubworker Competitions

In the version below [text in square brackets] appears in the existing version and is to be deleted.

Text in italics is an addition to the existing form.

All other text remains unchanged.

Advanced Class:

Any paid-up member may submit work in the Advanced Class, but in so doing forfeits the right to enter work as Beginner/Intermediate Class in this and future NCPS competitions and exhibitions.

Beginner/Intermediate Class:

Paid-up members may submit to the Beginner/Intermediate Class provided they have not previously entered work in an NCPS competition or exhibition as Advanced Class.

Both Classes:

There is one “Open” category which applies to [both] prints, projected digital images and slides. There are no restrictions on the content, or on the number of images in a print or projected digital image, or on the degree of manipulation. Computer-generated prints, as well as traditionally produced darkroom prints, are welcome, as are monochrome prints.

Entries must identify the author’s Class and Competition Number, and the title corresponding to an entry form. The author’s name must not appear on the print or slide, or in the digital image filename.

The maximum number of entries in each Clubworker Competition is 5 prints and a total of 5 [slides] projected images (as any combination of slides and digital images). Each list of entries, separate lists for prints and [slides] projected images, should be in order of preference. Entries 5 and 4, consistently for prints and [slides] projected images, may not be submitted to the judge in the event of a very large total entry.

Entries not submitted to the judge may be entered in a subsequent Clubworker Competition.

Eligibility of [Prints and Slides] Images:

Images entered in a previous NCPS [Quarterly or] Clubworker Competition, [whether as a print or slide] in any format, or any images significantly similar to them, are not eligible. Significantly similar images are defined as those with only minor alterations to the image or viewpoint and where the basic impression of that image remains constant and would normally be interpreted as being the same without detailed examination.

Slides must be original film images or film duplicates.

The Committee has the right to reject any material submitted.

Print mounts:

Mounts must be rectangular and suitable for display on the NCPS light box. The maximum board size is to 20in x 16in, and the longest side must be at least 16in.

A print is either a separate piece of paper, or a separate window. There may be any number of prints on a mount. They may be any size and shape, but they must fit on the board.

Note that it is the mount that has a “Competition Number” (hence an author) and a title. It is the mount (not individual prints) that is judged and awarded points or a “Best print” award.

Slide mounts:

Slides must be in standard card, plastic, or glass mounts; and correctly spotted in the bottom left corner of the slide when viewed the correct way round.

Projected digital Image format:

Image display size, file type, colour space and file name must comply with guidelines issued by the Competition Secretary to suit the digital projector and display software currently in use.

Judging:

Points, and “Best print” and “Best [slide] projected image” awards, are made at the discretion of the judge or judges (subject to the Clubworker Competition rules).

Each entry will be awarded a score out of 20 points. There may be multiple entries with 20 points.

An Advanced Class entrant’s top 3 print scores, and top 3 [slide] projected image scores in each Clubworker Competition, will accrue towards:

• Club[man]worker of the Year (print + [slide] projected image scores).

• Printworker of the year (print scores).

• Slideworker of the year (slide scores only).

A Beginner/Intermediate Class entrant’s top 3 print scores, and top 3 [slide] projected image scores in each Clubworker Competition, will accrue towards:

• Beginner/Intermediate Worker of the year (print + [slide] projected image scores).