CLUBELEVEN 2024 Photo Contest
Submissions for our 2024 North American Soccer Photo Contest are now open.
You can submit your photos HERE.
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Photography has the power to grow the game in North America, and you’ve proved it throughout 2024. With another landmark year for soccer in the books, our 3rd Annual Photo Contest will look to highlight the work of photographers who have excelled at capturing the beauty of the sport on our shores in 2024.
Starting December 30th, photographers can submit entries in four categories (soccer fandom, match action, celebrations, and growing the game) for special prizes and a chance to be featured.
We look forward to seeing your submissions to this third annual installment of the North American Soccer Photo Contest, hosted by CLUBELEVEN.
CATEGORIES:
We invite photographers in the North American Soccer community to submit their photographs for the following four categories:
Soccer Fandom: The people. Photographs capturing the essence of soccer fandom in North America.
Match Action: Goals, reactions, saves, etc. – anything on the field during the full 90. No celebrations.
Celebrations: Photographs capturing the excitement after a goal, winning a match, or a championship — soccer’s most prized moments.
Growing the Game: Rising together. Your creative representation of growing the beautiful game in North America.
HOW TO ENTER:
Please submit photographs and requested information HERE.
Submissions must have been taken in the 2024 calendar year, in North America.
You may submit one (1) photograph per category for a contest total of four (4) photos.
Images from all leagues, age groups, and levels of play in North America are welcome.
Captions (one to two sentences) are required in order to provide context for our judges.
In order to be properly displayed in our online gallery, photographs must be submitted in .jpeg or .jpg format, edited for web in sRGB color space, and be at least 2,000 pixels on the long edge, and no larger than 10 MB.
Entry Deadline: The contest begins on December 30th, 2024. All entries must be received through clubeleven.com by 11:59 PM Eastern Standard Time on January 10th, 2025.
PRIZES:
The winner of CLUBELEVEN’s 2024 Grand Prize will be awarded a USD $200 B&H Gift Card delivered by email.
The winners of the four sub-categories “Soccer Fandom” 2024, “Match Action” 2024, “Celebrations” 2024, and “Growing the Game” 2024 will each be awarded a USD $100 B&H Gift Card delivered by email.
The Overall Community Winner will be awarded a USD $150 B&H Gift Card delivered by email.
Winners will be notified via email by February 4th, 2025.
Please note it is possible to win both a category prize and the grand prize.
WINNER SELECTIONS:
Photo entries will be judged based on creativity, quality, originality, responsiveness to the prompt, and overall impact. Our judging process will take place as follows:
Judges will select 5 finalists for each of the 4 categories (20 total finalists).
Community vote will determine winners from each category’s judge-picked finalists, as well as crown an overall Community Winner.
Judges will determine the 2024 Grand Prize Winner from the 20 judge-picked finalists.
The 20 finalists (5 per category) will be notified of their status and appear on our website in January 2025. At that time, the public can vote on our website for a winner in each of the four categories plus an overall community winner. The winners are to be revealed in the first week of February.
These dates may be subject to change. CLUBELEVEN will notify winners via the contact information provided at the time of entry; CLUBELEVEN may disqualify anyone who fails to respond to the notification within five business days.
Our Judges:
Craig Mitchelldyer - Sr. Director of Photography and Creative Operations @ Portland Timbers
Jenny Chuang - Photographer @ National Women’s Soccer League
Joe Martinez - Senior Club Photographer @ St. Louis CITY SC
Nicolas Polo - Photographer & Darkroom Printer / Director of Strategy and Growth @ Football Case Study
Howard Lao - Freelance Photographer in the Pacific Northwest
Eric Miller - MLS Player @ Portland Timbers
Thank you for entering and best of luck!
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Terms and Conditions:
Anyone can enter the competition. The competition will close on January 10th, 2025 at 11:59PM EST. All entries must be received before this time. Only one entry per named entrant and email address will be accepted.
Every entrant can submit up to a maximum of one (1) photo per category, for a total of four (4) photos. Only online submissions will be accepted.
Photograph entries must be under 10 MB and must be submitted in .jpg or .png format. All submissions must be the entrant’s own work.
If the selected winner is unreachable, ineligible, disqualified or fails to claim the prize [within 10 days of notification], the winner automatically forfeits the prize.
By entering, the entrant is agreeing to all the terms and conditions, and also agreeing to allow clubeleven.com to use and publish the winning entry on clubeleven.com’s website and social media channels.
Once submitted, we reserve the right to use any of the photos submitted to clubeleven.com and may be subjected to any future usage for contest purposes. Online Features: CLUBELEVEN may selects photos for highlight on its website and/or display in a publicly accessible contest archive. Such selections will be made in CLUBELEVEN’s sole discretion.
All entries should be made using the entrant’s legal name. Any dishonest information provided by the entrant will be disqualified.
Use of your personal data: Participation in the contest requires the collection of your name and email address. By entering this contest, you are consenting to the use of your name and email address for further communications regarding this contest.
CLUBELEVEN reserves the right to modify these rules, suspend or discontinue the Competition at any time, including without limitation where it is necessary to do so due to circumstances beyond its reasonable control or if it cannot be guaranteed that the Competition can be carried out correctly for technical or legal reasons or if CLUBELEVEN suspects that any person has been manipulating the administration of the contest or has acted unethically in any other way. The contest is void where prohibited or restricted by law.
CLUBELEVEN retains sole discretion to refuse entrants the right to enter if we feel that these terms and conditions are not being complied with or for any valid and justifiable reason.
CLUBELEVEN reserves the right to disqualify any entrant and/or winner and/or amend these terms and conditions at any time in its absolute discretion.
The determination and decision of CLUBELEVEN on all matters shall be final and no correspondence will be entered into.
All images submitted must have been produced in North America.
