Submission Requirements

The 2009 Hot One Awards entry process is open now and will continue until Wednesday, October 15, 2008. Using our online form, you may enter as many products as you wish, so long as they fit within the submission requirements and within one of the assigned categories.

The Hot One Awards are open to new or significantly revised products officially released between January 1, 2008, and December 31, 2008. Products must be available to consumers by January 31, 2009.

Proof of product availability may be required before a winner is announced. Repackaging of a product does not constitute significant product revision.

Each entry must fit into one of the official product categories. Please submit a separate form for each product you want to nominate.

Please do not send product samples, hard-copy entry forms or other product information to the Professional Photographer offices as these items will not be considered in the judging. Please do not attempt to contact or correspond with the judges directly.

Professional Photographer reserves the right to adapt and modify categories based on entries, feedback from judges or other editorial determinations. The decisions of the editors related to categories and winning products are final.

Product Links
The entry form will include a space to provide a Web link. You may use this space to link judges to more information about your product, or you could set up an online product demo.

Judging Process
The judges are well-regarded professional photographers who are not employed by Professional Photographer. They have been selected because of their expert level of photography knowledge.

Judges will make their selections based on the information provided in the Hot One entry form, coupled with their overall industry knowledge. They will choose one product in each category based on its exceptional quality, innovation, design, performance and, where applicable, value for price. If judges are split in a decision over a category, the editors will assign a tie.

Winners’ Rights and Privileges
Winners will be approved to use the 2009 Hot One Award logo on packaging and promotional literature directly related to the winning product.

Winners will be included in the special 2009 Hot One Awards write-up, scheduled to appear in the March 2009 issue of Professional Photographer magazine. Winners will also receive recognition on www.ppmag.com.

Awards will be presented to each winning company. Information about the awards presentation will be forthcoming.

For additional information contact Jeff Kent, Hot One Editor, PPA Publications: jkent@ppa.com