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Nikon has two ongoing Small World Contests:
- Small World Photomicrography Competition and
- Small World in Motion Competition.
- Nikon accepts any movie or digital time-lapse photography taken through the microscope.
Small World Photomicrography Competition
The Nikon Small World Competition is open to anyone with an interest in photography through the light microscope.
- The use of Nikon equipment is not required.
- Electron microscopy is not acceptable.
Small World has become a leading showcase for photomicrographers from the widest array of scientific disciplines.
A photomicrograph is a technical document that can be of great significance to science or industry. But a good photomicrograph is also an image whose structure, color, composition, and content is an object of beauty, open to several levels of comprehension and appreciation.
Entries submitted to Nikon are then judged by an independent panel of experts who are recognized authorities in the area of photomicrography and photography. These entries are judged on the basis of originality, informational content, technical proficiency and visual impact.
Prizes
All dollar amounts listed below will be redeemed for Nikon photographic, scientific or industrial equipment and accessories at their suggested retail selling prices in the U.S.A.
1st Prize: $3,000—toward the purchase of Nikon equipment.
2nd Prize: $2,000—toward the purchase of Nikon equipment.
3rd Prize: $1,000—toward the purchase of Nikon equipment.
4th Prize: $800—toward the purchase of Nikon equipment.
5th Prize: $600—toward the purchase of Nikon equipment.
6th Prize: $400—toward the purchase of Nikon equipment.
7th–10th Prizes: $250—toward the purchase of Nikon equipment.
11th–20th Prizes: $100—toward the purchase of Nikon equipment.
Honorable Mentions: A commemorative print.
Prize money must be redeemed for Nikon products only, directly from Nikon USA, and cannot be redeemed for cash.
Anyone over the age of 18 interested in digital or film photography through the microscope is eligible.
- Former first prizewinners are ineligible to win first prize in the three contests immediately following the contest they won, but can win other prizes. An image that has won any other competition is not eligible to win this contest.
…If your entry is selected by Nikon as a winning image, you will give non-exclusive rights to Nikon to use your name and the image in connection with the competition. You also certify that you hold the rights to grant such permission. Winning images will only be used in connection with the Nikon Small World Competition and accompanying publicity and will include appropriate photo credits.
Contestants will be notified regarding image usage rights should Nikon be approached with any commercial opportunities related to a submitted image or images…
Please click here to read the complete rules of the 2015 Small World Contest.
Each entrant may submit up to three images for judging. A completed and signed official entry form, facsimile, or complete Internet entry form must be used.
- Please send all correspondence to Nikon’s Small World Competition, Nikon Instruments Inc., 1300 Walt Whitman Road, Melville, NY 11747-3064 USA or email info@nikonsmallworld.com .
Deadline for entries is April 30, 2015: please click here to enter.
Small World in Motion Competition
Entries submitted to Nikon are then judged by an independent panel of experts who are recognized authorities in the area of photomicrography and photography. These entries are judged on the basis of originality, informational content, technical proficiency and visual impact.
Anyone over the age of 18 is eligible for the Small World in Motion Competition.
- Former first prizewinners are ineligible to win first prize in the three contests immediately following the contest they won, but can win other prizes.
- A movie that has won any other competition is not eligible to win this contest.
- Movies must be captured using a light microscope, such as one of the Nikon series of compound or stereoscopic microscopes. The use of Nikon equipment is not required.
- Electron microscopy is not acceptable. Animated movies are not acceptable.
Prizes
All dollar amounts listed below will be redeemed for Nikon photographic, scientific or industrial equipment and accessories at their suggested retail selling prices in the U.S.A.
1st Prize: $3,000—toward the purchase of Nikon equipment.
2nd Prize: $2,000—toward the purchase of Nikon equipment.
3rd Prize: $1,000—toward the purchase of Nikon equipment.
Prize money must be redeemed for Nikon products only, directly from Nikon USA, and cannot be redeemed for cash.
…If your entry is selected by Nikon as a winning movie, you will give non-exclusive rights to Nikon to use your name and the movie in connection with the competition. You also certify that you hold the rights to grant such permission. Winning movies will only be used in connection with the Nikon Small World Competition and accompanying publicity and will include appropriate photo credits.
Contestants will be notified regarding usage should Nikon be approached with any commercial opportunities related to a submitted movie or movies….
Please click here to read the complete rules of the Small World in Motion Competition.
Each entrant may submit up to three movies for judging. A completed and signed official entry form, facsimile, or complete Internet entry form must be used.
- Please send all correspondence to Nikon’s Small World Competition, Nikon Instruments Inc., 1300 Walt Whitman Road, Melville, NY 11747-3064 USA or email info@nikonsmallworld.com
Deadline for entries is April 30, 2015: Please click here to enter.
