Annapolis, MD: February 8, 2016 -- ESA is looking for outstanding photos of insects and related arthropods to grace our “World of Insects 2017 Calendar.” Photos should be of the highest aesthetic and technical quality.



Photographs will be selected by the ESA Committee on the World of Insects Calendar, and calendars will be given attendees of the 2016 International Congress of Entomology in Orlando, Florida, and will also be available for purchase.



The requirements for submission of photos for the purposes of judging are:



1. JPG format (no more than 3000 pixels wide);



2. Common or scientific name must be included in each filename;



3. All photographs must be horizontal and rectangular (vertical or square photos will not be accepted);



4. Photographs of dead insects that are posed or mounted are not allowed;



5. A maximum of six (6) photographs may be submitted by a single photographer (more than 6 submissions will disqualify all photographer’s entries);



6. Submissions must be e-mailed to pubs@entsoc.org by close of business on April 1, 2016; and



7. Winning photographers will be asked to write a concise paragraph to accompany the photograph on the biology of the species or genus/family.



If your photo(s) is not selected for the 2017 calendar, ESA may consider it for future use on one of our journal covers. If your photo is a good match for an ESA journal, we would contact you to request one-time permission to use it on the cover of that journal. Your photo would not be used on a journal cover or elsewhere without your specific consent.



If you are not interested in having your images considered for future ESA journal covers, please let us know when you email your submissions for the calendar.