It's always a good idea to enter your images into a photography contest. Why? First off, it's fun to do! Secondly, there's a chance of winning. Third - and this is the most important one - it keeps you active in your field! If you know that you're going to apply to a photography contest on a regular basis, you'll be more apt to pick up your camera and shoot! I'd like to introduce you to a helpful website where you can stay "up to date" about photography contests that are going on: Photo Contest Insider!
As seen on their website:
Photo contests are manually reviewed by our team to ensure only the
very best make it on to our website. It’s our policy to only list photo
contests that are fair.
At Photo Contest Insider, we keep an up
to date, comprehensive list of contests that are live and open to
entries, but we are not just a photo contest directory. You tell us what
contests you are looking for, and our unique Photo Contest Filter will
find them for you. That’s not all, we can also send you a weekly email of contest updates and notify you via our facebook page of new and interesting contests.
Photo contests can have several pages of
details along with long complicated terms and conditions to read,
digest and understand. At PCI we’ve simplified this, we read all the
contest information and publish it in an easily digestible and bite size
format, allowing you to make a quick, easy and informed decision about
entering.
Be sure to sign up to receive details about how you can participate in upcoming photography contests! It's a great way to have your work be seen and if you win, it's a great achievement to add to your resume!
"About Photo Contest Insider - Photo Contest Insider." Photo Contest Insider. N.p., n.d. Web. 11 Jan. 2016.