Please complete the registration form on the Enter Now page. After the completed form is submitted, you will receive an auto-email message with instructions on how to submit your photo.  The entry period begins October 10, 2011 and ends on December 16, 2011.

Yes. Everyone who resides in the State of Hawaii is welcomed to participate.

No, sorry.  You must be 18 years or older to be eligible.

No, you must reside within the State of Hawaii.

You will receive an auto-reply message and confirmation email.  Both messages will contain information on how to submit your photo.

Some ISPs (Internet service providers) have filters that block or filter emails from unknown addresses.  If you have a "junk mail" box, check to see if that's where the email landed.  If you use software to monitor your email, make sure your settings aren't blocking your emails.

You may submit no more than two (2) photos total.

A release form is a binding contract between the photographer and the subject(s) of the photograph. By signing the release, the subject of the photograph forgoes the right to sue for specific types of claims. A sample release is available here. 

If any person(s) in your photo is recognizable, each person must sign a model release form. If the person is a child, the release form must be signed by the child's parent or legal guardian. Images of unrecognizable people do not need personal releases. A sample model release form is available here. 

Please retain the release form(s) in your personal files. If your photo is selected, you will be asked to submit the release to Clear the Smoke at that time.

If your photograph is selected for the exhibit, you will be required to submit a completed release form.

All entries must be submitted in JPEG or JPG formats.  Ideally, entries should have a resolution of 6 million pixels or greater (6 megapixels).  Each file size should be 2MB or less.  Photos that are selected will be enlarged to approximately 11" X 17" for display purposes.

Yes, we will accept high-quality scanned images of non-digital photographs.  Any digital scan will do, as long as the end result is a JPG or JPEG file.  You may submit scans of negatives, transparencies, or photographs taken with traditional cameras.  We will not, however, accept hard copies of photographs.

Yes, cropped photographs are acceptable.

Minor burning, dodging, and color correction are acceptable.  Entrants cannot construct photographs from pieces of other photographs.  We trust that the entrants will keep the photos real and submit unaltered files.  We cannot research every photo entry.  However, if the selection panel sees that the photographer has obviously altered a photo, the panel has the right to disqualify it.

Yes.  Color photographs changed to black-and-white are also acceptable.

Captions are a good way to engage others in your photograph.  So, in 50 words or less, describe why you took the photo and where the image was taken.  Additional details such as camera used are optional.

All photos must be submitted by 5:00 p.m. Hawaii Standard Time (HST) on December 16, 2011.

Within two (2) business days after submission, you should receive another email from the Clear the Smoke Photo Project to confirm receipt of your photo. 

If you do not receive a confirmation email, please contact the Project at photoproject@clearthesmoke.org.

A photo selection panel will consist of the Hawaii Tobacco Trust Fund Project Team and representatives from the health community.

30 photos.

The selection panel will review all entries based on the following four (4) criteria:

• Originality:  Does the photographer take a unique view of addressing the topic questions?
• Technical Excellence:  Does the photographer use his/her skills to capture something unique, powerful and/or innovative?
• Composition:  Does the ordering of visual and emotional experience give unity and consistency in the photo and allow the observer to comprehend its meaning?
• Overall Impact:  Does the photo have a significant visual and emotional impression on the observer?

The photographers should be chosen on or around December 12, 2011.  Selected photographers will be notified by email and/or phone. 

The select photographers will be contacted via email and/or phone and asked to submit the highest resolution version of their photo anytime on or after December 13, 2011.

No. A large number of submissions is anticipated, so only the photographers of the top 30 photos will be notified.

The top 30 photos will be displayed at The ARTS at Marks Garage in downtown Honolulu. The exhibit will be unveiled on Slow Art Friday, January 20, 2012. The exhibit will also become a traveling exhibit to be featured at different venues throughout Hawaii.   

Yes, everyone is invited to the unveiling on Slow Art Friday, January 20, 2012.  Actually, the more the merrier so please bring your family & friends!

You retain your rights to your photograph. However, by submitting your photo for the Clear the Smoke Photo Project, you grant Clear the Smoke a royalty-free, worldwide, perpetual, non-exclusive license to display, distribute, reproduce and create derivative works of the entries, in whole or in part, in any media now existing or subsequently developed, for any educational, promotional, publicity, exhibition, archival, scholarly and all other standard Clear the Smoke purposes. Any photograph reproduced will include a photographer credit as feasible. Clear the Smoke will not be required to pay any additional consideration or seek any additional approval in connection with such uses.

Please email further questions to photoproject@clearthesmoke.org