For over 50 years Communication Arts has been publishing the best in visual communications from across the globe. To date it is the largest creative magazine in the world in highlighting graphic design, advertising, illustration, photography and interactive design. Entries after the March 26th deadline will be accepted for an additional fee, with the final cutoff to be April 9th. Each year Communication Arts has six competitions that include all aspects of visual communications.

The Smithsonian Magazine has announced the 50 finalists for their 7th Annual Photo Contest. The top 10 photos were chosen from these five categories: Altered Images, Americana, The Natural World, People and Travel. Entries began pouring in around this time last year, and were cut off December 1, 2009. To qualify, photographs must have been shot within the past three years. Category winners are expected to be announced over the next few months.

We told you the story of José Luis Rodriguez and the storybook wolf   - How the photographers award was revoked after he won the 2009 contest. We feel that the judges should have checked properly before they made their decision and we sympathize with the photographer. However, the prestigious Natural History Museum Wildlife Photographer of the Year Award 2010 is now open for entries. Apply now and maybe you could be the winner of 10,00 GBP (approximately $16,600) and be featured in the Museums galleries and brochures. 

Every year the UK National History Museum organizes the National History Museum Wild Life Photographer of the Year award every year. The winner of the Contest is awarded 10,000 GBP approximately $16,600. This years contest had 43,000 entries and the photograph of the wolf jumping over the fence won!!! No doubt the photograph is incredible. I mean it's not everyday that one sees a wolf jumping over the fence.  Recently, the judges found out the photograph is a fake and want to revoke the award from Photographer Jose Luis Rodriguez.

This is the last part of our interview with Justin Kraemer, winner of Bing photography contest 2009-2010. Justin likes shooting 'surreal architectural landscapes'. And it's true his landscapes are very unique and dreamlike. He loves shooting HDR photos of cities and aims to learn more so that he can build on and expand his photographic skills.

Justin Kraemer!!! Yes, ladies and gentlemen Seattle based photographer Justin Kraemer won the 2009 Bing Home Sweet Home Photo contest. Bing released the name of the winner last night. Justin is an aspiring photographer based in Seattle, Washington. He likes shooting landscapes and cities. And he has recently become very fond of HDR photography. His amazing photograph of the Seattle skyline won the most user votes in the 2009 contest and will be put up on the Bing Homepage on January 6th 2010.

Today seems to be the day of Photo competitions. First Ocean Views, then Cohasset Colonials and  now the SilkAir Destinations Photography Competition. This competition is created by SilkAir to celebrate their 20 years in the Travel industry. To enter submit your best travel images taken from one of the SilkAir's 31 destinations (10 countries and 31 cities) into the SilkAir Destinations Photography Competition.

The 2010 Cohasset colonials Photography Competition offers us a more local connection with it. The competition is looking for photographs that depict aspects of Colonial design in architecture from around Cohasset. Entries must demonstrate successful use of Cohasset Colonial furniture and accessories in everyday life.

2010 Ocean Views contest is searching for the photographs that create a greater appreciation for ocean ecology through the art of photography. The contest is open to all levels of photographers. The goal is to create an exceptional collection of images that highlights the beauty and grandeur of the ocean environment.

Tomorrow is the last day for submitting photos to the Bing Snap photo contest. We are bringing you a sneak peek into the photographs submitted so far. The competition looks tough and there are 96,400 fans voting for the photographs so far.  By signing into the Bing facebook page and giving access to the application you can now vote for a photograph or upload your own image to the contest.

This seems to be the night of BIG photo contests first Adobe and now Bing have launched their photography contest. Bing is giving photographers the chance to get their photographs showcased on their homepage. Bing's Home Sweet Homepage Contest was launched on Facebook today. This is the second time that Bing have launched the competition this year. Starting today Bing's Sweet Homepage competition is accepting entries. The first competition took place in August 2009 and there were 9400 entries. Australia's Jeremy Somers was the winner and his photo of Sydney's cityscape was published on the Bing homepage.

We don't need no stinkin' Emmy's! We've got the Lucies instead! The 2009 winners of the International Photography Awards were announced on Saturday honoring dozens of talented photographers.  

Hear Ye! Hear Ye! Editor and Publisher is now accepting entries for their 10th annual News Photo of the Year contest!

It's summertime, and tis the season for some underwater photography! What better way to celebrate than with a little bit of healthy competition?

It's Perseid season again... that's a type of meteor shower for those who didn't go through a geeky astronomy phase. What's the best way to enjoy a meteor shower? Why with prolonged exposure and high speed film of course!