America’s Beauty Show and the International Nail Technicians Association (INTA) are now accepting entries for the STARZ 2010 Nail Design Photo Competition.

The exclusive photo competition is open to nail techs worldwide and entries are due no later than February 13, 2010. The concept is to “create a set of design nails using extensions, nail art, colored acrylic or gel to achieve a creative presentation of your work.” You create the nails and then shoot (or have them shot) three different shots of the same nails to submit (two different hands-only shots and one close up of the nail).

Finalists will be alerted by e-mail and winners will be announced at America’s Beauty Show in Chicago on Sunday, March 28, at the INTA conference. CND’s Jan Arnold and I are guest judges! I can’t wait to see what you all come up with!

Looking for inspiration? Click here, here, or here to see some galleries of our past Cover Tech Contest winners and runners-up.

And then click here to download the entry form and for the complete rules and regulations.

— Hannah