2010 National Geographic Photo Contest Opens

September 29, 2010
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The 2010 edition of the National Geography Photo Contest is now open for submission. If you have photographs of people, places and nature which are of National Geographic proportions, you can send them in and win US$10,000. Your winning entry will also be published in National Geographic magazine.

National Geographic says photos will be judged on creativity and photographic quality. The contest opened on September 16 and ends on November 30. Winners will be announced in early December. Go to the contest’s website for more information.

What it takes to be a winner of this competition? Here are the winners of previous National Geographic photography competitions.

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