Prizes

• 1st Prize A Crumpler Million Dollar Photography Bag with Accessories
• 2nd Prize The Moment It Clicks: Photography secrets from one of the world’s top shooters (Voices That Matter)

The top three photographs will also be published in Qatar’s best selling National Newspaper, The Gulf Times. The winning photographers will also get a dedicated page on Qatar Visitor with a profile and a link to their website/blog/photo stream.

• Photographs should be no larger than 800 pixels on their longest side, and the file size should be no greater than 180kb. A high resolution image will be requested from the winning entries for publication in the Gulf Times.
• Only one image per competitor is allowed.
• Photographs must be named as followed: name of photographer, underscore (_) name of image and file type: e.g. abigailharman_sunset.jpg .

All you have to do is send a picture related to Ramadan or Eid Il Fitri along with a paragraph explaining the story behind the picture to: photoqatar@gmail.com

• Copyright: Qatar Visitor will be publishing the best photographs on our website. A selection of the best photographs will also be published in The Gulf Times. We may use the photographs on our sites in the future, but all photographs will be attributed and we will not sell any images on to a third party without your consent.
• Eligibility: Open to people of all nationalities and religions.
• Entry fee: Free
• Entry deadline: 30 September 2009

Official website: http://www.qatarvisitor.com/index.php?cID=428&pID=1466

This campaign will enable people to contribute photographs related to a wide array of development situations, such as:

• Overcoming poverty, social exclusion and marginalisation.
• Enlarging people’s choices and supporting local development initiatives.
• Promoting self-esteem, confidence and hope.
• Building a brighter future and advancing human capacities.
• Fighting deprivation and expanding access to food, water, sanitation, education and health services for the poor.
• Eliminating gender inequalities in the labour market.
• Empowering women.
• Fighting discrimination, domestic violence, abuse and exploitation.
• Eliminating child labour and promoting decent work opportunities.
• Expanding access to education and improving its quality and social inclusiveness through innovative approaches.
• Innovative initiatives on local development, enhancing the participation of communities in decision processes.
• Enhancing women’s potential and participation in development processes.
• Promoting women’s leadership and equal opportunity to develop talents.
• Building democratic governance and developing institutions and processes that are more responsive to the needs of ordinary citizens, including the poor. Alleviating exclusion, suffering, injustice and waste caused by corruption.
• Empowering citizens to combat the destructive influence of corruption, entrenched networks and abuse of power.

As a reward, your contribution to this campaign and your effort in supporting its goals will be acknowledged by a wide dissemination of your work through a range of UN communications tools:

• The selected photographs and the respective contributors’ names will be highlighted in various UN communications channels, such as IPC-IG and UN media campaigns, releases, websites and so forth.
• The selected photograph will be part of UNDP and IPC-IG photo databases and will be shared with the United Nations Department of Public Information in New York, promoting global visibility to contributors, their work and participation in the global campaign.
• Contributors will receive a certificate jointly issued by the UNDP International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth and the campaign partners.
• Contributors will have their names displayed at the IPC-IG photo gallery on “Humanizing Development”, which will be launched at a public event on November 2009.
• Photo exhibitions are to be organised in order to highlight the photographs and the contributors and to promote the campaign goals. Exhibitions are planned to be held in New York, Brasilia, São Paulo, and other cities in the South.

To take part in the Campaign, potential participants should upload their photograph(s) to the Global Photography Campaign website, which is hosted on the website of the International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth of the United Nations Development Programme
http://www.ipc-undp.org/photo/index.htm#howparticipate.

Each participant may send up to 5 photographs that significantly represent the theme.

• Copyright: The International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth of the United Nations Development Programme agrees to fully credit all photographs submitted to the Global Campaign, by reference to the name of the participant following the standard format “IPC PHOTO / PARTICIPANT NAME”. Participants within the Humanizing Development Global Photography Campaign must agree to transfer, irreversibly and irrevocably, all intellectual property rights pertaining to their submitted photographs to the International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth of the United Nations Development Programme.
• Eligibility: Open to both amateur and professional photographers, as well as to the general public.
• Entry fee: Free
• Entry deadline: 1 October 2009

Official website: http://www.ipc-undp.org/photo/index.htm

AWARDS
The 13 contest winners will receive official certificates of merit. The winning photographs will also be featured in the UNESCO Bangkok and UNGEI (EAP and SA) combined “Gender in Education Calendar 2010″, which is to be distributed widely throughout Asia and beyond. The winning photographs will also be posted on the organizers’ respective websites.

CONTEST CRITERIA AND CONDITIONS
Photographs should depict gender equality in action in the contestant’s country, featuring photos that: – show either sex, of any age, participating equally in various educational/recreational activities, such as computer repairs, ICT training, cycle maintenance, cleaning the classroom, caring for younger siblings, sharing household chores and involvement in various community activities, etc; …

Photographs must be individual prints in colour, or black and white and must be submitted with the original negatives or slides. Size: maximum 21 cm x 29 cm; minimum 20 cm x 25 cm.

For digital photographs, files must be in a TIFF, EPS or JPEG format with a resolution of at least 300 dpi. Digital photographs must be submitted on a CD-ROM, accompanied by A4 paper size prints (21 cm x 29 cm).

CONTEST SCHEDULE
All entries must be received at the UNESCO Bangkok office by 31 July 2009.
Judging will take place in August 2009 at UNESCO Bangkok.
The 13 winning photos will be announced at the end of September 2009.

PLEASE SUBMIT ENTRIES TO
UNESCO Bangkok APPEAL Unit
Mom Luang Pin Malakul Centenary Building
920 Sukhumvit Road, Prakanong
Bangkok 10110, Thailand
E-mail: gender@unescobkk.org

download PDF

Official website: http://www.unescobkk.org/en/education/appeal/programme-themes/gender/

Photo Life invites photographers worldwide to participate in its annual photo contest, Image International, by submitting their best shots in the following categories:

* PEOPLE
Family, friends, strangers
* NATURE
Scenery, animals environment
* TRAVEL
Here, there, everywhere

GRAND PRIZE
A 9-day cruise expedition for two into the Canadian Arctic provided by Cruise North Expeditions and round-trip air travel from Montréal to Kuujjuaq (cruise point
of departure) provided by First Air (estimated value: $14,500).

Many prizes for each categories are provided.

Make sure that your images are in JPEG format only, 400 to 2000 pixels wide, and do not exceed 1 MB. Files exceeding 1 MB and/or in formats other than JPEG will be rejected by the system.
Important: It is important, if submitting on-line, that you keep available a high-resolution version of each image that you submit (uncompressed TIFF or maximum quality JPEG, Grayscale or Colour (RGB), 300 dpi, minimum final print size of 8 x 10”). Should any of your images be selected as a winning entry, the high-resolution version will be required for reproduction in Photo Life magazine. Failing to provide a high-resolution version if required could compromise your win.

Judging Criteria Originality, relevance to theme, composition, lighting, and technical quality, including print quality if submitting by mail.

By mail: You can participate either by regular mail using the Official Participation Form found within the pages of Photo Life magazine or by downloading, printing, and using a PDF file of the Official Participation Form provided here.

* Copyright: Apex Publications Inc. reserves publication rights of winning images in its magazines (including covers) and electronic media, as well as possible use in future Image International contests’ promotional material.
* Eligibility: Open to all photographers 16 years of age or older.
* Entry fee: $15 for up to 10 images in any or all categories
* Entry deadline: 30 September 2009

Official website

En Foco, Inc and Canson Infinity invite fine art and documentary photographers of any nationality or ethnicity to submit work to People/Places/Things, an international competition celebrating En Foco’s 35th Anniversary.

Their aim is to identify and promote talented emerging and mid-career artists working today, creating cross-cultural dialogue, and providing artists with exposure and access to those that may be able to envision opportunities beyond the scope of this competition. All photo-based works are eligible.

CATEGORIES:

* People
* Places
* Things

PRIZES:

The three category winners will each receive:

* $500 Canson Infinity Gift Certificate
* Olympus E-510 Digital SLR
* Xrite’s ColorMunki calibration program
* PDN’s photoserve.com memberships
* $150 Blurb Gift Certificate
* Tamrac Adventure Messenger 5 bag
* Images displayed at Canson’s booth at PDN Photo Expo in NYC
* Worldwide exposure on Canson’s online gallery

Twelve Honorable Mention winners receive:

* $100 Canson Infinity Gift Certificates
* $75 Blurb Product Gift Certificate

How you can submit:

ONLINE at CallForEntry.org, a secure web-based service. Create your FREE profile, and use their easy to follow tutorials for upload.

Submit five images that convey a story around the particular theme you are applying to. The category is open to your creative interpretation.

Official web site: www.enfoco.org/index.php/programs/competition/

* Copyright: The artist retains all the rights. En Foco reserve the right to use any image in relation to the competition.
* Eligibility: Open to fine art and documentary photographers of any nationality or ethnicity.
* Entry fee: $45
* Entry deadline: 24 June 2009

Official website