Travel Food Photo Contest

Who may enter:
Individuals 18 years old or older—except for individuals affiliated with Tablet and Food52 —are eligible. Tablet and Food52 will determine winners’ eligibility in their sole discretion.

What to enter:
Photographs must have been shot by the entrant within the past five (5) years (since May 19, 2005).

Cropped photos are eligible in all categories. We do not accept digitally or otherwise enhanced or altered photos. Minor adjustments, including spotting, dodging and burning, sharpening, contrast and slight color adjustment or the digital equivalents, are acceptable. If our judges see that a photographer has obviously altered his or her photo, they reserve the right to disqualify it.

Photographs that have won any other contests or have been published in magazines and newspapers (except online) are not eligible. We define winning as having won a grand prize or  1st, 2nd, or 3rd place overall. Photos that violate or infringe upon another person’s rights, including copyright, are not eligible.

How to enter:
Please submit photographs via email to blogger@tablethotels.com or editors@food52.com.  We do not accept photographs submitted through the mail. We do not accept more than one contestant per e-mail address.

High-quality scans of non-digital photographs are acceptable. Digital photographs should be taken at the highest resolution possible. Photographs must be in a .jpeg, .jpg or .gif format. Files submitted may not be larger than 2,048k (2Mb). 

Tablet Inc. and Food52 reserve the right to disqualify contestants who are unable to submit, upon request, a high-resolution photograph of at least 300 dpi at 8 x 10 inches or an original photo negative, print or slide.

By entering the contest, entrants grant Tablet Inc. and Food52 a royalty-free, world-wide, 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 purposes.  Any photograph reproduced will include a photographer credit as feasible.  Tablet Inc. and Food 52 will not be required to pay any additional consideration or seek any additional approval in connection with such uses.

Judging:
Judging will be conducted by the editors of Tablet Inc. and Food 52. Selected finalists will be published in the blogs of Tablet Inc. (www.TabletTalk.com) and Food52 (www.Food52.com) on Wednesday June 2 and users will be able to vote for those they like by leaving comments. The winner will be chosen by the editors and Tablet Inc. and Food 52. Decisions of the judges will be final.

The contest is void where prohibited or restricted by law. Tablet Inc. and Food52 reserve the right to cancel the contest or modify these rules at its discretion. Decisions of Tablet Inc. and Food52 will be final.

Grand Prize: 2 nights at the Healdsburg Modern Cottages (room charge and tax included) plus drinks and appetizers for two at Barn Diva plus $400 of kitchen equipment from OXO.

Winner must sign and submit a W9 and a license, and will be responsible for paying any taxes they may owe on a prize.