POTY:2011 Less Entries ????

[Cutter]

Hi I would like to know how many entries there were this year compared to the last year when there were no entry Fees?

[karenoliver]

I don't know how many entries there were last year but on page 3 of this months magazine, Geoff Harris writes that there were 30,000 entries this year.

Karen

[xavier]

I wonder if the enteries were down this year as aresult of the charge?

[Cutter]

Originally Posted by xavier

I wonder if the enteries were down this year as aresult of the charge?

Thats Why I ask

[ABERS]

See
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/c...ed-images.html

It would appear a drop of nearly 60%.

Still interested in who the judges were this time. Not read or seen it anywhere.

[Cutter]

Originally Posted by ABERS

See
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/c...ed-images.html

It would appear a drop of nearly 60%.

Still interested in who the judges were this time. Not read or seen it anywhere.

Thanks Abers as I suspected, alot of money and less to trawl through I guess.

[nick_gray]

Originally Posted by ABERS

Still interested in who the judges were this time. Not read or seen it anywhere.

Hi Abers,

A list of the judges and their bios are on page 10 of the Feb issue of Digital Camera Magazine (with the cherry blossom on the front).

Regards

Nick

[Reinardina]

One year (last year or the year before, can't remember) there were more than 110.000 entries. It really was the biggest photo competition then.

And if I stay strong, I will not enter next year, and so there will be even fewer entries!

What interests me more, is who compiles the shortlists, as he/she/they wield the real power!

[markgozz]

Originally Posted by Reinardina

And if I stay strong, I will not enter next year, and so there will be even fewer entries!

What do you mean Reinardina ?.

Mark

[karenoliver]

Why does it matter how many people entered compared to last year? People had a choice when faced with the entry fee. They could either pay and enter or decide not to bother. Other photography competitions have far more expensive entry fees and you have a lot less entries for your money too.

I don't know how much something like this costs to run but I'd imagine it would be quite expensive. There are free photography competitions out there but not many with a £20,000 prize fund on the table. And the smaller ones can afford to be free because the amount of entries is considerably lower and therefore the admin of it would be less costly.

Karen