Entries are now open in the fifth annual Australia's Top Emerging Photographers Awards. The awards, which are presented by Capture magazine, aim to encourage and identify amazing up and coming image-makers and promote them in the early stages of their photographic careers. Entrants to the awards have to be photographers with less than four years' full-time professional shooting experience.
Photographers will be awarded in nine categories, with a new student category added for 2012:
Advertising
Architecture
Editorial/Fashion
Landscape
Documentary/Photojournalism
Portrait
Sport
Student
Wedding
As well as category winners, an overall winner will be named Australia's Top Emerging Photographer 2013. Entrants are required to submit a portfolio of six images and may enter more than one category. Closing date is 24 February 2013.
Get more details and entry kit here.
Photo by Mardiana Sani, overall winner of Australia's Top Emerging Photographers 2012.
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