The TIME Photos of the Year Contest

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The three best photos submitted for the contest, chosen by TIME's picture editors, will be published in the magazine, with many runners-up displayed on TIME.com as well. The contest is open to both amateuers and professionals, as long as the photos submitted have not already appeared in other publications or websites.

WHAT: The judges will be looking for images that help convey an understanding of the events of 2006 and what's changing about the world we live in. Photos must be 300 dpi and five by seven inches.

WHEN: The deadline for entries is Nov. 22. Winners will appear in the magazine that appears on newsstands Dec. 11 and online the day before.

WHO: In the text of your entry, please provide some caption information about what or who is in the picture and when and where it was taken. Please also give us your name, address and phone number so that we can confirm information about the photograph.

WHY: Get the chance to be published in TIME!

WHEN: The deadline for entries is Nov. 22. Winners will appear in the magazine that appears on newsstands Dec. 11 and online the day before.

Click here to e-mail your photos to pix@time-blog.com. IMPORTANT: Include your name in the SUBJECT LINE of the e-mail.

Do you use Web-based e-mail programs like Gmail or Yahoo! mail? If so, be sure to include the phrase "tags: photos_of_the_year " on a new line at the bottom of the e-mail.

We're sorry, but we can only accept one photo per reader. Good luck!

By submitting your photo, you hereby grant to TIME and Time.com a non-exclusive, perpetual, worldwide license to publish, distribute and exhibit the photo you submit, in any manner and in any medium, without payment to you or any third party. You represent and warrant that you have the right to grant to TIME the license granted herein, and that publication of the photo will not violate the rights of any third party.