Contests / Awards

Hot One Awards

Every year we honor the hottest new photographic products in today’s professional market with the Professional Photographer Hot One Awards. This competition recognizes products that possess exceptional quality, innovation, design and performance as judged by a distinguished panel of industry experts.

Your Exposure: Winners of the coveted Professional Photographer Hot One Awards receive enviable print and online publicity. In our annual Hot One special issue (March 2010), we feature each winning product with a full description, color photography, MSRP and the manufacturer’s website URL. For increased exposure, the showcase is posted on PPmag.com for one year—a handy “shopping guide” for our readers that will drive increased sales for you. Award categories include: Albums and Framing, Cameras, Digital Printers, Digital Storage Media, Educational Resources, Film Lenses, Lighting Equipment, Papers, Scanners, Software and Studio and Location Equipment.

Cover Photo Contest

The annual Professional Photographer’s Cover Photo Contest brings in thousands of entries (from almost 5,000 individuals in 2009) and boosts Web traffic. In fact, during the contest’s first year (2008), traffic on PPmag.com increased more than 30 percent during the entry months.

Your Exposure: Sponsors of the cover contest are featured on full-page promotional house ads in three issues of the magazine. Sponsor logos appear on every page of the contest section on PPmag.com and in every promotional e-mail (minimum of three). Promotional banners carrying sponsor logos are placed on sister site PPA.com. Winners of the contest are awarded prizes provided by sponsors and featured prominently in both the magazine and the website.

Additional Contests

Every year, Professional Photographer hosts new and exciting photography-related contests to engage readers and allow sponsors and advertisers more exposure. For example, the 2009 FreshBlog Contest brought in almost 450 photography blog entries and drove website traffic up in February as thousands of photographers voted on their favorites.