The Nikon Small World Competition 2012 is now open and invites participants to upload photographs online. Videos pertaining to the theme "Small World in Motion" are also invited for the Small World in Motion Competition 2012. The deadline for both competitions closes on 30th April 2012.

Still digital images must have been taken using a light microscope. They can be uploaded through a web browser at the following link:

http://www.microscopyu.com/smallworld/registration/entrypage1.aspx

Videos can be uploaded similarly at the following link:

http://www.microscopyu.com/smallworld/videoregistration/entrypage1.aspx

There are no limits on the upload file sizes. Participants can also mail the entries directly to Michael W. Davidson, davidson@magnet.fsu.edu. They can access more details about the competition at the above links too.

Judges will choose twenty winners from the submitted entries. The first prize winner will be given a selection of Nikon products and equipment worth $3,000. All twenty winning images and photographs that merit special mention will be featured on a colour calendar and distributed to all contestants. The winning entries will also be displayed at museums and science centres across the United States of America and Canada.