2010 Photo Contest for 2011 Calendar

is Closed!

The 2011 contest for the 2012 Calendar is on now - enter to win!

See the 2010 winners below:

The contest is an annual event, where you can showcase your best photos, and they can help inspire others to get on the road too. The new design for the website is coming along nicely, and we have a lot of new stuff in the works - one of them will be using the photos - they will appear randomly in the web pages, so everyone will get to enjoy almost ALL the photos submitted, not just the winners!

You can get your inspirational 2011 HU Motorcycle Travellers Calendar, with these photos in it, here now!

Grand Prize Winner by Eric Starling, USA, Under dark skies at Muley Point, UT, Wet West Ride, XR650L, F650 GS Dakar TT39, F800 GS.
Eric receives the Touratech Trackpicker Qstarz BT-Q 1000 X prize.

First Prize by Peter Russell, of Petra Russell, Canada; Riding on the coastal dunes outside Huarmey, Peru, from Buenos Aires to Toronto; 2009 KLR650
Peter receives the Progressive Suspension Makeover prize.

Other Winners (all winners share in the 2011 calendar profits)

Cover photo by Hubert kriegel, crossing the frozen lake Baikal in Siberia during the 6th of my 'Ten Years on the Road!' in February 2010 on my 2WD 2008 Ural

by Mary Jane Skrzypiec, of Darius Skrzypiec, Germany / Philippines; Endless possibilities with loading a bike in Cambodia, RTW tour; Africa Twin

by Erdem Yucel, USA; Cornered by a herd of goats on a mountain pass in Greece on my RTW trip; Suzuki DL1000

by Iza Gamanska, of Kamil Gamanski and Eugeniusz Frycz, Poland,
Going nowhere in the Andean sands of Northern Argentina, RTW, KLR650 and Africa Twin.

by Heike Pander, Germany; Large elephant intruding in campsite in Livingstone, Zambia, during our Africa trip; Honda Dominator NX650 and BMW R80GS

by Adam Lewis, UK; Me on my birthday, camping on the Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia during my RTW trip; F650GS/Dakar Hybrid

by Martin Hák, Czech Republic; A beautiful morning in Jotunheim, Norway; BMW R1150GS Adventure

by Scott Kindleysides, UK; Marrakech is in sight, taken during my UK to Morocco trip; Vespa

by Matthias Kuhlmann, Germany; Sunrise at Spitzkoppe Campsite, Namibia, on our Africa trip; BMW R80GS and Honda Dominator NX650

by Matjaz Prosen, Slovenia; 'Gas station' in high Atlas mountains, riding through Morocco and Mauritania; KTM 690 Enduro

by Peter Cullen, UK; Crossing the Kyzyl Art Pass, Tajikstan, part of my Central Asian Tour; BMW R1200GS

2010 Prizes

First place NON V-Strom / KLR photo prize is generously donated by Touratech.de, the popular "Trackpicker Qstarz BT-Q 1000 X"! By simply pressing a button you can store your favourite places as waypoints!
(Winners responsible for any customs and duties payable. Touratech is awarded rights to use the Photo in promotion and advertising)."

Trackpicker Qstarz BT-Q 1000 X

First Place KLR or V-Strom photo wins a Progressive Suspension Makeover, approx value US$650, shipped to your door.
(Winners responsible for any customs and duties payable. Progressive Suspension is awarded rights to use the Photo in promotion and advertising)."

The new Progressive Suspension PSi - 465 Series Shock

ALSO: The best 13 photos will be used in the calendar, and those photographers will share equally in half the proceeds. Winners will also get a free 2011 calendar, and 1 year Gold Member status on the HUBB! Your photos could also be in the "Achievable Dream" DVD series!

Details:

• Submit up to 6 photos, in high resolution jpg or tif format using the form below.
• Photos must clearly portray MOTORCYCLE Travel. The whole bike doesn't need to be in the picture, but it must be obvious that it's a motorcycle trip.
• Copyright remains with the photographer, but Horizons Unlimited (HU) requires the right to:
  • publish the photos on the Horizons Unlimited website as we see fit,
  • in Horizons Unlimited DVD's, and
  • in the Horizons Unlimited Travellers Calendar. If used in the Calendar, you will receive a portion of the proceeds.
  • You will always get credit for your photo wherever it's used.

• If you are NOT THE PHOTOGRAPHER - please don't submit it!

• For the contest entry, you can send any file size from 800x600 up. We PREFER full 2300x1800+ pics ready to use.

• BUT to be a winner, so we can publish the calendar, you must have available at least 2300x1800 (2272 x 1731 will BARELY do) pixel or greater files, at a high jpg quality. Either dimension or both can be larger!

• PLEASE don't submit a photo if you don't have this resolution!

• Photos will be printed at 8.5 x 11 inches (A4/letter).