AAP Magazine #62: Travels 2026 (All About Photo)
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Closes Nov 10, 2026, 23:59 PST
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AAP Magazine #62: Travels 2026 (All About Photo) is open for entries until 10 November 2026 at 23:59, Los Angeles time (UTC-8). The standard entry fee is 35 USD for up to 3 images, then 5 USD per extra image. No AI rule in the published terms. The licence covers every entry; it has no end date. Checked against the organiser's rules on 11 October 2026.
Worth entering? $500 top prize against 35 USD for up to 3 images, then 5 USD per extra image. The jury read and the rights terms below are what decide it — not the prize math. Jury read ↓ · Rights & disqualifiers ↓
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Read the fine print
Read the fine print first — AAP Magazine #62: Travels 2026 (All About Photo) has 3 hard disqualifiers and demanding rights terms.
What this contest takes
You keep copyright, but the licence reaches past promoting the contest — wider uses, sub-licensing or passing it to others. Read the licence clause before entering.
- Copyright stays with the entrant. Rule text: "AAP recognizes you, the author of the image, retain full ownership of the copyright in each Entry." "You hereby grant AAP a non-exclusive license in each Entry throughout the world in all media for any use connected to the promotion of the Competition", including exhibitions, the website, a book or magazine, promotional materials and sub-licensing to the press; AAP will notify the owner before any publication, with credit lines.
- Duration: Not stated; promotion of the competition
- You keep your copyright
- Credited when used
What disqualifies you
- Age minimum Open to individuals 18 and older (call FAQ); the rules also require the age of majority in the entrant's jurisdiction of residence. “[The Competition] is open to all individuals who have reached the age of majority in their jurisdiction of residence at the time of entry.”
- Prior publication Images previously published in AAP Magazine cannot be re-entered. “Images that were previously published in AAP Magazine cannot be submitted again.”
- Copyright ownership You must be the sole owner and author; people depicted must have granted permission. “You are the sole owner and author of each Entry.”
Closes Nov 10, 2026 · D−10
35 USD for up to 3 images, then 5 USD per extra image
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Files: JPGMax 1200px long edgeUnder 2 MBNo watermarks
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Categories
Travels (portfolio, theme)
Portfolio · up to 40 photos
Travel photography — landscapes, people and culture near and far, from the four corners of the globe. Send a cohesive body of work: images are judged individually first, then as a unified group as they would be published. Any camera or phone, colour or B&W.
F Format requirements 1 spec
aap_mag_entry
- File types: jpg
- Max long edge: 1200px
- Max size: 2.0 MB
- DPI: 72
- No watermarks
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E Eligibility 4 rules
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Open to individuals 18 and older (call FAQ); the rules also require the age of majority in the entrant's jurisdiction of residence.
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“[The Competition] is open to all individuals who have reached the age of majority in their jurisdiction of residence at the time of entry.”
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No AI-specific rule is published; the call welcomes "traditional and non-traditional photographic and digital post-production processes". Treat generative AI as an undefined grey zone and check with AAP first.
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“All genres, capture types, color and B&W, traditional and non-traditional photographic and digital post-production processes are welcome for submission.”
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Images previously published in AAP Magazine cannot be re-entered.
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“Images that were previously published in AAP Magazine cannot be submitted again.”
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You must be the sole owner and author; people depicted must have granted permission.
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“You are the sole owner and author of each Entry.”
Jury context
Blind two-round scoring by AAP founder/editor Sandrine Hermand-Grisel (1–5, then 1–7 for the top images). Judged on creativity, artistic skill/photographic quality and, per the call, "the visual/emotional impact of the image"; only a unified group of photos is published.
Priorities: creativity photographic quality emotional impact portfolio cohesion
Tone: travel storytelling sense of place cohesive series
Avoid: watermarks commercial content disjointed selection
Prizes
$1,000 in cash: 1st $500, 2nd $300, 3rd $200, each with publication in AAP Magazine Volume 62: Travels, a free copy and online Winners Gallery. Ranks 4–25 published as finalists.
Publication
R Rights & licensing what you grant the organizer
- What you grant
- Copyright stays with the entrant. Rule text: "AAP recognizes you, the author of the image, retain full ownership of the copyright in each Entry." "You hereby grant AAP a non-exclusive license in each Entry throughout the world in all media for any use connected to the promotion of the Competition", including exhibitions, the website, a book or magazine, promotional materials and sub-licensing to the press; AAP will notify the owner before any publication, with credit lines.
- Duration
- Not stated; promotion of the competition
- Exclusivity
- none
- Attribution
- Required
- Copyright retained by photographer
- Yes
From the journal
Before you enter — quick answers
- Is AAP Magazine #62: Travels 2026 (All About Photo) free to enter?
- AAP Magazine #62: Travels 2026 (All About Photo) is not free: 35 USD for up to 3 images, then 5 USD per extra image. Check the organizer's page for the full fee rules and any waivers.
- Are AI-generated images allowed in AAP Magazine #62: Travels 2026 (All About Photo)?
- AAP Magazine #62: Travels 2026 (All About Photo) has no AI rule in its published terms.
- When is the AAP Magazine #62: Travels 2026 (All About Photo) deadline?
- AAP Magazine #62: Travels 2026 (All About Photo) closes on 10 November 2026 at 23:59, Los Angeles time (UTC-8).
- How do I know if my photo is eligible for AAP Magazine #62: Travels 2026 (All About Photo)?
- Only the organiser decides whether an entry is eligible. Read AAP Magazine #62: Travels 2026 (All About Photo)'s published rules before you enter, in particular the editing line, the AI clause and the file requirements. WinPhoto's free contest file check compares your file's type, pixel size and file size with those file requirements, in your browser and without an account. It does not judge the photograph.