  About The AMPC
The Appalachian Mountain Photography Competition is a partnership between Outdoor Programs and the Turchin Center for the Visual Arts at Appalachian State University and the Blue Ridge Parkway Foundation. AMPC is made possible through the sponsorship of Virtual Blue Ridge, the premier online resource for the Blue Ridge Parkway. Support for the AMPC is provided by Appalachian Voices, Bistro Roca Inventive American Cuisine, Footsloggers Outdoor and Travel Outfitters, Mast General Store, and Peabody’s Merchants of Fine Beer and Wine.
What AMPC Supports
A portion of the proceeds from the Annual Appalachian Mountain Photography Competition are used to subsidize Student Outdoor Learning Expeditions (SOLE) at Appalachian State University. SOLE trips are 21-55 day active educational adventures of discovery. Outdoor Programs partners with academic departments across campus and the Office of International Programs to provide students with unique and intense international and domestic adventure travel opportunities that offer life changing experiences. Students participating in SOLE trips spend extended time exploring rugged and remote destinations including New Zealand, Alaska, Fiji and Wales. To date, AMPC has contributed more than $10,000 to students participating in SOLE trips.
The Judging Process
All images submitted in accordance with competition guidelines will be eligible for preliminary judging. This first round of review will result in the selection of approximately forty-six images that will be exhibited at the Turchin Center for the Visual Arts on the Campus of Appalachian State University, February 4 through June 4, 2011. Once the exhibition is installed our panel of judges will return to name one image as Best in Show and to select a winning image from each of the seven competition categories. Our judges may also choose to acknowledge strong works in each of the categories by recognizing them with a Special Mention.
Beginning with a public reception on March 4, 2011 at the Turchin Center for the Visual Arts, the public will be invited to view (in the gallery or online) the images selected for exhibition and vote for their favorites as part of the Footsloggers People’s Choice Award. Voting for the People’s Choice Award will close on Friday, April 1, 2011 at 5:00 pm.
Winning and Special Mention images will be announced the week of April 8th, 2011 through the AMPC web portal, various media outlets and with labeled designation at the Turchin Center.
Judges Panel
Each year AMPC organizers select a panel of professional photographers to review all submissions and select those images that will be accepted into exhibition. Our judges' photographic backgrounds vary considerably from fine art to photojournalism. Judges serve in a voluntary capacity and are not compensated for their time. Look for an announcement in early 2011 about the judges selected for this year’s competition.
AMPC Awards
All photographers whose works are selected for exhibition in the 7th Annual Appalachian Mountain Photography Competition will be invited to a private Photographers Reception hosted by Bistro Roca Inventive American Cuisine and Peabody’s Merchants of Fine Beer and Wine. In addition, each photographer selected for exhibition will be provided with two complimentary tickets to the 2010 screening of the Banff Mountain Film Festival in Boone, NC.
Approximately 46 images will be selected for exhibition and awards will be given in 9 separate categories. A single image will be chosen as "Best in Show" and winning images will be selected from each of the seven categories. The public will have the opportunity to view all images selected for exhibition online beginning March 4, 2011 and vote for their pick for the Footsloggers People's Choice Award.
Best In Show (Grand Prize):
$1,000 furnished through proceeds and sponsor contributions
People's Choice Award:
$350 cash award furnished by Footsloggers Outdoor and Travel Outfitters
Primary Category Winners:
Winners of the 5 primary categories (Adventure, Culture, Environment, Flora/Fauna, and Landscape) will receive Mast General Store Prize Packages valued at $350
BRP Vistas Category:
$200 cash award furnished by the Blue Ridge Parkway Foundation
BRP Share the Journey®:
$300 cash award furnished by the Blue Ridge Parkway Foundation
Our Ecological Footprint :
$200 cash award furnished by Appalachian Voices
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