Microsoft has announced its new Bing Photo Contest. The competition kicks off on 29 June and runs until late July. The winning photo will be featured on the home page of Microsoft’s new search engine, Bing, in early August. The contest will be implemented through the Bing Photo Sharing Facebook application. As always, make sure to read the rules before you enter.

Website: Photo Contest Details

Microsoft News Alert

Got a great summer travel photograph? Microsoft wants to feature the best summer travel photograph on the home page of its new decision engine – Bing.

On Monday, June 29, we’re kicking off the Bing Photo Contest. Themed “summer travel,” the contest will be implemented through the Bing Photo Sharing Facebook application, where contestants can submit and vote on photos. It runs until late July, when the winner will be announced. The winner will receive the prize of his or her winning photo featured on the Bing home page in early August, exposing the talented photographer and winning photo to the millions of Bing.com daily visitors. We’re running this contest on Facebook so contestants have an easy way to actively and passively recruit their friends to vote for their photo.

Go to http://apps.facebook.com/bing_photo_contest/ for more contest details. Get your cameras out, start shooting, and submit your photos starting on June 29!

Photograph Criteria for Bing Photo Contest

  * Theme: Summer Travel
  * Format: JPG only
  * Dimensions: minimum of 970x528px
  * Orientation: horizontal
  * Resolution: at least 1MB
  * No watermark, signature or photographer name can be included in the image file.  The photographer credit will be added to the page separately.

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