The feedback and exposure gained from international photographic competition can help amateur and professional photographers further enhance their skills and market their images. This guide contains a discussion of worldwide open photographic competition and provides details on how to enter. Concise checklists complement discussions of all the phases of competition, from preparing and submitting entries, to analyzing the results as a basis for continued improvement, to measuring progress and gaining recognition for success. Also covered are the categories of competition, from color slides, to nature photography, photojournalism, travel slides, pictorial prints, to electronic imaging.