Ever wonder who is black San Diego?

What does black San Diego look like?

The San Diego Association of Black Journalists wants to know what YOU think represents black San Diego.

Ahead of the arrival of thousands of black journalists for the 2010 National Association of Black Journalists convention in July, the San Diego Association of Black Journalists is holding a photo contest to show the faces, experiences and lives of African Americans or people of African descent in San Diego.

Photo contest winners will be announced at our annual scholarship reception Apr. 23 where more than $50,000 in scholarships will be awarded to aspiring journalists. To apply any of the four scholarships, check out the applications here.

All submissions must be in on or before Apr. 16.

Top photos will be posted to sdabj.org. The top 10 will be on display at the scholarship reception. First, second and third place photographers will receive $150, $100 and $50 gift certificates respectively thanks to our sponsor George’s Camera, San Diego’s premiere photog shop.

Top submissions will be selected by local professional photographers.

Judge 1 – David Poller, former photo editor at Union Tribune

Judge 2 – David Brooks, multimedia editor Union
Tribune

Judge 3 – Khari Johnson, freelance writer, photographer and video producer

Professional photographers are invited to participate as are students, amateur photographers and really anyone in the community with a good eye and perspective to share.

Participants are encouraged to take pictures across San Diego County that illustrate a large range of themes.

All submissions must be e-mailed to sdabjphotocontest@gmail.com at 300 dpi and 12×18 dimensions. Include a few sentence caption for each photo.

Please help us by spreading the word to friends, colleagues or members of the community by clicking here to download, print and post copies of the flier on the local billboard, calendar area etc.