STEPS to PARTICIPATE

The participation in the MCP AWARD on www.mcpawards.com and its implementation is governed by the following provisions. Participation can only take place online.

RULES

The MCPA competition will start commercial from 1st of May 2023 and and will last until the end of each round: Spring: 1.04- 29.06, Summer: 1.07- 29.09, Autumn 1.10-29.12 and Winter 1.01-29.03 each year.

Photographer of the year will be announced until the end of January next year.

All submissions to the competition must be received by the end of the submission time.

Results will be announced on the 5th day of next month.

STEP 1: Participants must have read and accepted the conditions of participation.

STEP 2: Look at all of Your photos from last month and those who You want to send to the competition prepare according to the requirements. You can send as many pictures as you want and participate in the MCP Awards. In each case according to the steps described above. Your digital images must have 1920 pixels on the longest side. Your images must be saved with 150 dpi to ensure a fast upload experience. Images can be colored in RGB, Adobe-1998 or B/W. We do not accept graphics created by AI. ONLY AI’s backdrops as part of the photo in the Fine Art category! When submitting, you must write to the jury if the backdrop was created with AI. Otherwise the photo will be disqualified.

STEP 3: Choose categories and add photos to make a payment as each participation consists of a registration form, pictures and a participation fee.

STEP 4: You will receive an email to send us Your photos when we will receive Your payment.

STEP 5: After we receive your payment and the submitted pictures, you officially participate in the contest. You will receive an email from us, which confirms your successful submission of your pictures. Those photos which will pass to the second stage of the competition will be promoted on our Instagram. And at the end of the month will be under JURY voting.

PLEASE BE AWARE THAT NOT ALL OF THE PHOTOS WILL PASS TO ANOTHER STAGE OF THE COMPETITION. IF THEY WON’T BE GOOD ENOUGH YOU WILL RECEIVE FEEDBACK WITH THE EXPLANATION.

PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR 

This prestigious title is the highest possible award in MCPA international photo competition. 

Participants are:

  • Taking part in MCPa for at least half of rounds during the year (in 2023 it was at least 4 out of 8).
  • Won top round awards.
  • Participating in different categories during the year in MCPA 
  • Representing the highest quality work, creativity and individual style.

 

The competition consists of two evaluation steps:

FIRST, after we will receive the photos. Photos will be examined (fulfilled conditions of participation, competition requirements, file size, etc.) and selected for the SECOND stage: Instagram promotion. FINALLY, the jury will select the winners of the respective category among the audited entries.
The jury assesses photographers who convey a high level of quality and exceptionalism with their pictures. The submitted images are judged and awarded by the jury by means of creativity, idea, composition, image design and implementation. If your images don’t meet the standards or are not selected as a winner, we will not notify you about it. Winners and placed winners will be published on our website and social media:
WINNERS OF ROUNDS AND YEARS
FB FANPAGE
INSTAGRAM

STEP 6: ADDITIONALLY winning photos will be published in MCPA MAGAZINE!

NO LATER THAN 5 DAYS FROM RESULTS ANNOUNCEMENT WINNERS MUST SEND TO US ON OUR EMAIL ADDRESS HIGH RESOLUTION WINNING PHOTOS IF THEY WANT TO BE PUBLISHED IN OUR MAGAZINE.

CATEGORIES

PREGNANCY & NEWBORN

Pregnancy photography
Newborn photography (0-12 months)

CHILDREN

1-12 years old of the models.

YOUTH

13-18 years old of the models.

FAMILY

0 -99 years old of the models as long as the photo is related to the CHILDHOOD and FAMILY theme. It is a right place for MATERNITY and PREGNANCY photos.

STUDIO

4 – 99 years old of the models as long as the photo is related to the family and childhood theme. It is the right place for PREGNANCY AND MATERNITY STUDIO photos.

FINE ART

0-99 It is a right place for collages, photos with additional overlays, lights and any kind of photo manipulations as long as they are related to CHILDHOOD and FAMILY themes. IT IS THE ONLY CATEGORY THAT DON’T REQUIRE COMPATIBILITY WITH THE ORIGINAL RAW PHOTO FROM YOUR CAMERA.