Notes For PSA Photo Travel Division Recognition Process

THIS APPLICATION IS ONLY FOR PHOTO TRAVEL RECOGNITION
YOU MUST APPLY SEPARATELY TO OTHER DIVISIONS FOR THEIR RECOGNITION
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(Document With Rules Exhibitions Must Follow)
 
Date of Application to Closing Date
  Exhibition's closing date must be 6 months or more from today.
   
Entry Form - Conditions of Entry
  A draft of your entry form and Conditions of Entry must be received before your exhibition may receive PSA Recognition. It must include the PSA Photo Travel Definition.
   
  The draft must clearly state that entries in all sections recognized by PSA Photo Travel must meet the PSA Photo Travel Definition. If your exhibition is also requesting patronage from other organizations, such as FIAP, your entry form may require entries meet the more stringent of the published definitions and must include all definitions.
   
  The draft may be a conventional "word processing document", a PDF document, or a HTML web page.
   
Exhibition Name
  If an Exhibition name implies a specific subject matter, then all sections offered by that the Exhibition should relate to that subject matter. Your Exhibition name is subject to the approval of The Exhibiton Standards Director. If in doubt, you may want to contact the Exhibition Director before continuing with this application.
   
Section Names
  Sections to be recognized by PSA Photo Travel may not have names like "Nature" or "Photojournalism" or any other name that an entrant could confuse with sections offered by other Divisions. Like Exhibition names, section names are subject to approval by the Exhibition Standards Director.
   
Closing Date
  If you will be judging on Saturday the 15th then you may wish to close on Monday the 3rd. This way the exhibitor gets the final weekend and the exhibition gets nearly two weeks to process the images, resolve problems, etc.
   
Report Card Mailing Date
  Schedule your report card mailing date 14 days after the last day of judging. You can mail report cards earlier but this gives you maximum flexibility to comply with the schedule.
   
EDAS Date
  Every PSA recognized exhibition is required to submit a Exhibition Data Acceptance Spreadsheet (EDAS) for each section and judging recognized by PSA. This is in the form of an EXCEL spreadsheet using the template that will be emailed to you as part of the acknowledgement of this application. They are required to be submitted no later than 45 days after completion of your judging.
   
Catalog Mailing Date
  Use the full 77 days (11 weeks) in the application to do the final mailing of slides, awards and catalogs. You can do the mailing at any time you wish but this gives you maximum flexibility to comply with the schedule requirements.
   
Application
  The application on following page must be completed and submitted. Go over the application carefully because there are numerous edits to catch any omission of critical data.
   
  PLEASE NOTE: This application is only for Photo Travel Division recognition of sections meeting the PSA Photo Travel Definition (or more restrictive definition). If your exhibition intends to offer sections recognized by other Divisions of PSA, you must apply to the Exhibition Standards Directors of those Divisions separately.
   
Payment of fees
  Payment for Recognition Fee and PSA Medals/Ribbons must be received before PSA Recognition can be granted. If using PayPal, the Director will notify you when to submit your payment.
   
Circuits
  PLEASE NOTE: Individual judgings in an exhibition recognized as a Circuit will not be considered independant autonomous exhibitions for Star Ratings and Who's Who purposes and must not be listed as such in the Circuit's Catalog.
   
  The interval between individual judgings in a Circuit may not exceed 30 Days.
   
Thank You For Your Assistance
  These requirements are mandated by PSA's Exhibition Standards document.
   
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