Of course! RMSP wants YOU to keep your copyright. Submitted images live safely on our server and won't be used for any purpose except to be viewed for judging. The top 100 in each category may be published on our websites, emails and social media accounts for future contest promotion only.

Anyone of high school age (14-18) who resides in the United States or Canada. You can be homeschooled, private schooled, or temporarily out of school, but you must be high school age.

Judging begins on March 1st, 2024 after the close of the contest. You will be contacted in mid-March if your photo places in the top 100 of a category (the honorable mentions). Winners will be contacted shortly after that, before the contest results are published on our site and our social accounts! Please be patient, as the process of narrowing down 100K images to just FOUR is understandably very time-consuming, and we want to give each photo the attention it deserves!

We are looking for photos that show you are dedicated to bettering your craft, excited about technical and creative excellence, and ready to keep moving forward toward your unique goals. The winners of each of our four categories (People, Nature, Miscellaneous, and Smartphone) are young people who are willing to dig deep into their wells of inspiration and bring it all back up to the surface. If you are one of these people, you have found a creative home. So pick your favorites, make new pictures, and spend time honing your craft so that you can push yourself right into one of the winning slots. We wish you the best of luck, and we can’t wait to look at your images!

Images generated by AI (artificial intelligence) are not admissible. The intent of our contest is to encourage human creativity and photography expertise. (Image composites are allowed when all parts of the final image were created with a real camera by the entrant.) RMSP reserves the right to request proof (original file) that a photo was taken by a human. We appreciate your understanding and adherence to the competition rules.

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Submit photographs for the RMSP High School Photo Contest in the JPEG (JPG) file format. This is important! As with any photo contest it is very important to know and understand the submission rules.  RMSP requires you submit photo(s) in the JPEG or JPG file format.  In fact, the RMSP website will ONLY ACCEPT files in the JPEG or JPG file format. For more detailed information about how to convert your file to the JPG format, please see this blog post, RMSP High School Photo Contest!

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If you see your images when you log into https://my.rmsp.com, they have been uploaded. You will also see green text that says, “Thank you for your submission!”

Sure, but only if the subject matter fits multiple categories. You have the best chance of winning if your images are a good match for the category they are uploaded to.

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