International Photography Awards

2016 IPA Photography Competition
Submission Deadline: July 31, 2016

Over $22,000 in cash prizes

The International Photography Awards conducts an annual photography competition for professional, non-professional, and student photographers on a global level, creating one of the most ambitious and comprehensive competitions in the photography world today

IPA website for more info.

Submitting Olympics related images to stock sites

There may be more stringent requirements to submitting Olympics related editorial images to stock sites than normal. Some stock sites won’t take images taken from within an Olympic venue unless credentials are also provided.

Here’s Shutterstock’s policy. It’s worth a read if only to get a gist of what the industry landscape is like.

Why Don’t Photographers Give Out RAW Photos?

If you ask a photographer if they can give you the entire set of unedited RAW photos from a shoot, there’s a very good chance they’re going to say no. No,

Source: Why Don’t Photographers Give Out RAW Photos?