Contest Info

• Entrants are to submit their photos directly by registering on the Photo Contest page
• Only one entry per contestant is permitted each month.
• Entries are permitted from 12.00am UTC on the 1st to 11.59pm UTC on the 20th of each month. 
• Contestants are not to identify themselves when submitting a photograph into the contest. That is, no identifying data of any sort (i.e., watermark, URL, email address, etc.) is to be attached to the entered photo. Entries that show such identifying information will be disqualified.
• Contestants are permitted to enter photographs that have previously appeared in other “venues” (e.g., previous POTM contests, PFRE Flickr Group, Instagram, Facebook, the photographer’s website, etc.)
• Photographs should be captured and edited, in full, by the person entering them.
• Photographers who win three (3) contests in a given year, will not be permitted to enter further contests in that year. However, that photographer will be permitted to enter contests the following year.
• Once someone has been named Photographer of the Year, they are no longer permitted to enter the POTM contests.

Commenting on Entries:

• Entrants must not comment on any entry, including their own, until after the winner is announced.
• Jurors are permitted to post their comments at any point during the contest period.

The Distinguished Photographer of the Month Jury:

Jurors are NOT permitted to enter the contest.

Winning the POTM Contest:

• Jurors will submit their votes (based on entry number only) between the 23rd and the end of each month.
• Each PFRE Juror will vote on up to three entries, respectively, using defined criteria (i.e., composition, lighting, editing and overall impact).
• After all juror votes have been tallied each month, the photographer who’s accumulated the most points is deemed the winner.
• The winner of the contest will be announced at the end of each month.

Winning the POTY Contest:

• Each December, the PFRE Photographer of the Year will be chosen from all the monthly winners that year.
• For the POTY contest, jurors conduct an in-depth review of each POTM-winning photographer’s entire body of work, with consideration given to elements such as:
  • consistently high levels of excellence, overall, throughout all galleries/portfolio;
  • technical difficulty of the images produced;
  • seeing a “wow factor” (i.e., something that makes the collection of images memorable in some way); and
  • the extent to which the photographer contributes/gives back to the PFRE community (i.e., posting images, regularly commenting on others’ photos, etc.)

Winners Receive

POTM & POTY winners receive:

1. A large Photoshop file of the PFRE Photographer of the Month logo for use on their website and advertising. The POTY winner receives the PFRE Photographer of the Year logo for use on their website and a commemorative trophy.
2. An entry on the PFRE Best-of-the-Best page (see next section) that contains the photographer’s winning photo and a link to their website.
3. A PFRE post that features their business.

Best of the Best–Past POTM & POTY Winners:

• To see past winners, CLICK HERE.

Legal Requirements:

• By entering this contest, contestants agree to have their photo posted on photographyforrealestate.net for the purpose of recognition and historical record.
• Winners agree to release Brandon Cooper/Realpics 2023567 AB Ltd. of any liability resulting from any infringement of the submitted image by any third party.
• This contest is void where prohibited by law.