The way we've set up the photo contest, there are three rounds. The first, the qualifying round, ends in a few days, June 15. $3000 cash goes to the winner.

All you need to qualify is one really great picture of ministry happening on a mission trip. By ministry, we mean it must capture interaction between people communicating the love of God. We'll select the top thirty photos and those photographers will then submit a portfolio of their pictures in the second round.

And in the third round, we will select the top portfolios and award a total of $5000 in prize money!

So far over 200 photographers have entered, but unfortunately many of their photos don't meet our criteria. So it's a wide open field at present. I'd like to give the money to some really excellent photographers and I'd like to give all the finalists a great venue to show off their talent.  Several national periodicals are interested in doing a story on the contest.  If you know someone whose photos are awesome, get them to enter!

Click here to find out more info.

To view the contest entries, go here:
http://flickr.com/gp/adventuresinphotos/5g76X0