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The Humanity Photo Awards 2015

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Deadline: 15 April 2015
Open to: photographers worldwide
Prize: cash awards, accommodation and travel allowance for winners to attend the awards ceremony

Description

Humanity Photo Award 2015 invites all responsible photographers who respect and love life, to take their cameras, in the form of feature photography:

  • to explore and rescue the endangered folk cultures of nationalities worldwide;
  • to record, spread and share the multi-cultures of the world with the aim of enhancing mutual understanding and exchanges of human beings and promoting the world peace and development;
  • to record the changes and evolution of various folk cultures in a genuine, vivid and profound way;
  • to contribute to the World Folklore Photo Museum with world culture records.

In Humanity Photo Award there are 5 categories you can compete in:

  • Portrait & Costume: Portraits of people from different nationalities; costumes and adornments featuring diverse ethnic cultures, including everyday dress, ceremonial dress, hats and shoes, adornments and hairstyles,etc; the making of costumes and adornments; distinctive attire customs such as dressing etiquette and taboos;
  • Architecture: The construction process, structure, interior layout and furniture adornments of traditional dwellings, public facilities and special architecture (e.g. religious buildings); the influence of the surroundings reflected on features of the local architecture; dwelling habits of different ethnic groups;
  • Living Custom: The usual living habits, such as diet modes, food making, cleaning ways and related taboos; ecological consciousness, education forms and folk medicine in different regions; comprehensive and serial life customs of a specific region, a nationality or a tribe;
  • Production & Commerce: The traditional ways of production under certain ecological environments, such as fishing, hunting, farming, forestry, animal husbandry, etc.; materials processing such as handicrafts industry and folk crafts; services that make life easy; business activities such as products transportation and trade;
  • Festivities: Annual and seasonal festivals, festivals on production and recreation, religious ceremonies, temple fairs; traditional sports,
    recreational activities, music, dances and local dramas performed during festivals, especially showing their positive role in communications among local peoples and nations.
  • Traditional Rites: Birth rites, adult rites, weddings, funerals, morality etiquette, etiquette showing respect for the aged; celebrations for individuals and families, village and family rites, worshiping rites, taboo rites and folk religious rites.

For each category you need to submit 8-14 photos.

Eligibility

There are no restrictions on entrants in terms of profession, gender, age, nationality, country or region.

Awards

Five awards will be offered in accordance with the judging criteria:

  • The Grand prize: There will be total of 6 Grand prizes for one each category. The grand prize includes US $2.000, food, accommodation and travel allowance for the Grand ceremony;
  • Documentary Awards: Total of 60 DA and one award includes food, accommodation and travel allowance for the Grand ceremony;
  • Jury’s Special Awards: Number will be determined by the judges and each award includes food, accommodation and travel allowance for the Grand ceremony;
  • Nomination Awards: Total of 100 Awards and the winners will get food, accommodation and travel allowance (only a few will get a travel allowance) for the Grand ceremony;
  • Performance Awards: Total of 500 Awards and the selected candidates will get a meal at the ceremony.

Application

You can submit your entries here. In order to submit your pictures first you need to create an account and provide the required information.

For more information please visit the official webpage.

 

Win a 12-day Photographic Experience in the Peru

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Deadline: 24 November 2014
Open to: students and amateur photographers who want to build a career in travel photography
Prize: a 12-day trip to the Amazon with professional mentorship from Jason Edwards

Description

World Nomads has opened application for its 2014 Travel Photography Scholarship competition, giving one aspiring photographer the opportunity to accompany renowned wildlife and natural history photographer, Jason Edwards, on assignment in the Peruvian Amazon.

The winner of the scholarship will start his photographic journey in the ancient capital of the Inca Empire – Cusco – where he will explore the rich history and culture of the Andean Mountain landscapes with  “Explorandes”. From there he will travel into the heart of the Amazon basin to Madre de Dios, where he will explore one of the planet’s top biodiversity hotspots. The selected photographer will be in Peru from 6-19 April 2015 and he will observe and assist Jason Edwards, as well as undertake his own photographic work.

Eligibility

In order to be eligible you must:

  • Be a photography student or keen amateur/pro-amateur looking build a career in travel photography;
  • Be at least 18 years of age by the deadline, with a valid passport;
  • Be available for the dates of the trip (6-19 April 2015);
  • Be fit and healthy as moderate levels of physical work are involved;
  • Have a strong desire to be mentored and grow your photographic knowledge and skills, an ambition to forge a career in travel photography.

Prize

The prize for the winning photographer includes:

  • A 12-day bespoke trip to the Amazon with WWF Peru, Rainforest Expeditions and Explorandes;
  • Round-trip airfare to Cusco, Peru;
  • A 12-day professional mentorship from Jason Edwards;
  • Travel insurance for the duration of the trip.

The four runner’s up will receive a free 45-min portfolio review from Jason Edwards (valued at $800 AUD).

Application

In order to enter the competition you must follow the next steps:

  • Shoot your photo story: a maximum of 5 images that must tell a story about a place you have visited.  Each of the 5 shots must have accompanying caption text (1-2 sentences) to help contextualise the shot.
  • Complete the application form after registering HERE;
  • Upload your photos: after you have filled in your application details, you will be directed to a page when you can upload your images and captions.

The deadline to apply is 24 November 2014.

For further information please visit the official website.

 

The New Media Writing Prize 2014

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Deadline: 28 November 2014
Open to: Students, bloggers, artists and writers worldwide
Award: GBP1,000 (US$1,607);  a three-month work placement in UK

Description

The New Media Writing Prize showcases exciting and inventive stories that integrate a variety of formats, platforms, and digital media. This international prize is now in its 5th year. The prize encourages and promotes the best in new media writing and is leading the way toward the future of the ‘written’ word and storytelling. In the past four years, the NMWP has attracted entries from the very best and most innovative writers in the field.

Eligibility

Students, bloggers, artists and writers can submit their innovative storytelling to a contest.

Award

The overall winner will receive GBP1,000 (US$1,607). The student winner will receive a three-month work placement at the leading e-learning company Unicorn Training, in Dorset, United Kingdom. There will also be a People’s Choice winner.

Application

The general deadline is Nov. 28. The deadline for students is Dec. 12.

Enter Now : entries@newmediawritingprize.co.uk

If you have any questions, check the FAQ section or write to: entries@newmediawritingprize.co.uk

The official web-page.

 

Smithsonian.com’s 2014 Photo Contest

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Deadline: 28 November 2014
Open to: Photojournalists and amateurs worldwide
Award: up to US$ 2,500

Description

The Smithsonian magazine is accepting submissions for its annual photo contest.

Contestants can submit up to 15 photos to each of the following six categories: the natural world, travel, people, the American experience, altered images and mobile photos.

Contestants can submit up to 15 photos to each of the following six categories:

  • The Natural World: Animals, plants and landscapes; geological or climatological features; and scientific processes and endeavors.
  • Travel: Locales, peoples or activities in the United States and abroad that convey a sense of place.
  • People: Individuals from all walks of life.
  • The American Experience: Events, objects or activities connecting the American people to their history or their cultural heritage; photographs that tell us what it means to be an American and provide a sense of what it is like to live in this country.
  • Altered Images: Photographs manipulated for artistic purposes by applying digital and/or traditional special effects (i.e. colorizing, toning, collage, photo composites, HDR, etc.).
  • Mobile Photos: Photographs taken with a phone or tablet.

Eligibility

Photojournalists and amateurs worldwide can enter this contest.

Award

Smithsonian.com will award eight prizes, as follows:

  • Grand Prize: $2,500
  • Category Winners: The winners of each of the six categories will receive $500.
  • Reader’s Choice: The winner of the online Readers’ Choice award will receive $500.

Application

The deadline is Nov. 28.

In order to apply, register HERE.

If you have any questions, check the FAQ section

The official web-page.

 

The Global Innovation Fund Grant Opportunity

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Deadline: ongoing
Open to: social enterprises, non-profit organizations, for-profit firms, government agencies and researchers around the world
Grant: ranging from £30,000 to £10 million

Description

The Global Innovation Fund is an independent global nonprofit organization which invests in social innovations that aim to improve the lives and opportunities of millions of people in the developing world.

Through their grant programme they look for innovative solutions to global development challenges with the potential for substantially greater impact than existing approaches, especially for poor and vulnerable groups. GIF is open to funding a wide range of innovative organisations and projects at varying stages in their development, ranging from early start-up stages to larger scale implementation. GIF offers three stages of financing to pilot, test and scale innovations.  It supports innovators who are committed to using and generating rigorous evidence about what works, and invests the largest funding amounts in innovations that can demonstrate evidence of success and that have potential to spread across multiple emerging markets.

Eligibility

GIF supports teams from social enterprises, for-profit firms, non-profit organizations, government agencies, and researchers across all relevant sectors and doing work based in any eligible country in the developing world.

Grant

GIF offers grants, loans (including convertible debt), and equity investments ranging from £30,000 to £10 million. Applicants are asked to indicate their preferred capital type and amount on their application.

Application

The GIF’s application process involves three steps:

  • 1.Initial application: applicants must register HERE and submit a summary business plan or project proposal with an explanation of how the innovation creates social impact.
  • 2.Full application: after submitting an Initial Application, the most competitive applicants will be invited to provide additional information through the submission of a Full Application, which requires a more detailed description of the applicant’s innovation plan.
  • 3.Grant agreement: once an application has been conditionally approved through GIF’s review process, GIF will negotiate a funding agreement with the applicant.

There is no deadline for this grant scheme. Applicants are encouraged to apply at any time, and GIF will review applications on a rolling basis.

For further information please visit the official website.

 

Think-Eat-Save Student Challenge

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Deadline: 16 November 2014
Open to: all students at the secondary and university levels from any school worldwide
Award: up to US$ 5,000

Description

Check out your pantry or your fridge and imagine just throwing away one third of all the food that is in there. Imagine throwing away one third of the food in your shopping cart after paying for it. Or picture all those lunch trays at your school and imagine one third of them being wasted. Food waste is a massive global problem that has negative humanitarian, environmental and financial implications and schools are a huge part of this story. For instance, in England, schools throw out some 123,000 tonnes of food a year, costing around £250 million a year. If you are an American student, you are responsible for 67 pounds of discarded lunch waste every school year.

Think-eat-save Student Challenge is calling all food waste warriors in high schools and universities worldwide to fight food waste and compete for thousands of dollars of prizes. Your task is to uncover how much food gets wasted in your schools, organize a team and take action to reduce food waste. Take action by launching a team project that will prevent or reduce food waste. Raise awareness among students and teachers to stop wasting food. Spread the word to all your friends on your social media networks. If they choose your project, your team or school will receive a cash prize to further support your initiative.

Eligibility

This competition is open to all students at the secondary and university levels from any school worldwide. To participate, students must undertake an activity or a project that will address any of the following:

  • Assess the level of food waste that is generated by the school and identify/understand the causes of this;
  • Generate an idea or ideas for eliminating or reducing food waste in their schools (for example, better planning, preparation, storage, consumption of the food in their cafeterias; recycling or redistribution of left-overs; etc.) and undertaking a project to implement at least one of these;
  • Raise awareness in their schools or communities on the issue of food waste and why it should be reduced and eventually eliminated.

Award

Three winning projects will be selected and will receive cash prizes as follow:

  • First place: US$ 5,000;
  • Second place: US$ 3,000;
  • Third place: US$ 2,000;

Application

You can start your application by registering on the official website by clicking the “dig in” option. Once you have undertaken your chosen project or activity, come back to your account and report on the results of your action for evaluation. The deadline to take the challenge is 16 November, 2014.

For more information please visit the official webpage.

 

International Film Festival Rotterdam Trainee Project for Young Film Critics

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Deadline:  1 November 2014
Open to: Journalists ages 30 and younger around the world
Venue: 22 – 29 January 2015 in Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Description

The International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) seeks applicants for its 2015 training program. The IFFR Trainee Project for Young Film Critics offers motivated and talented journalists a chance to cover a major international film festival.

The program includes reporting on the festival for the Daily Tiger, publishing a blog on IFFR’s website, meeting with experienced film critics and reporting for participants’ home media outlets.

International Film Festival Rotterdam welcomes applications for the 17th Trainee Project for Young Film Critics taking place during its 44th festival edition (21 January – 1 February 2015).

International Film Festival Rotterdam supports film making, film producing and journalistic talent on several levels: the main festival section Bright Future (including competitions for both features and shorts) presents recent works by first and second time filmmakers; Rotterdam’s Hubert Bals Fund contributes to film projects in developing countries and co-production market CineMart organizes a trainee project for young film producers (Rotterdam Lab) in close collaboration with its partner organizations. Recognizing the important role of film criticism to the perception of independent cinema, IFFR organizes a trainee project for young film critics.

Eligibility

In order to be considered eligible to apply, you must fulfill all of the following criteria:

  • Age under 30 years
  • Fluent command of the English language (written and spoken)
  • Demonstrable experience in film criticism (print or online media)
  • Not yet established enough to profit from facilities as attending international film festivals outside your country
  • Have agreement(s) with relevant print and/or online media to publish reports on International Film Festival Rotterdam 2015

Costs

The organizers will cover hotel accommodations from Jan. 22 to 29 and partial refunds of travel costs when participants are traveling from outside Europe.

Application

Your application should include digital versions (Word, jpg or pdf) of the following documents and information:

  • A motivation letter to support your application: explain why this project and the Rotterdam festival appeals to you and what you can offer the festival
  • Your resume (CV) including your contact details and date of birth.
  • Up to three proofs of recent work you published on (independent) film or film festivals. If not in English, provide the original articles with English translations to demonstrate your command of this language
  • Information about your affiliation(s): title, name of chief editor, postal address, phone number, email account, periodicity, circulation, web address, estimated unique page views per month.
  • A recommendation letter (on company letterhead) of your principal affiliation’s chief editor assigning you to cover IFFR 2015 and confirming that your report will be published.

Please send in your application by e-mail to press@filmfestivalrotterdam.com or by land mail to IFFR Press Office, PO Box 21696, 3001 AR Rotterdam, The Netherlands.

The deadline is Friday 1 November 2014.

 

Enter the London Int’l Creative Competition, Deadline is Oct 20!

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ENTER
THE 8TH ANNUAL
LONDON INT’L
CREATIVE COMPETITION

Deadline: October 20, 2014

Submit your work to the world’s most prestigious creative competition: The London International Creative Competition.

15 FINALISTS & 50 SHORTLIST

Two prize-winner will be chosen each year by the jury to receive the £2,000 cash prize for professional and £1,000 for students. 15 Finalists will receive the LICC trophy. The jury-selected Finalists and Shortlist will be published in the LICC Annual Awards Book, on the website and will be announced to the creative arts and media outlets worldwide.
Enter today to receive global recognition by receiving a coveted LICC trophy and be published in the annual book.
Architectural, Audio/Music, Design (Environmental/Fashion/Graphic/Interior), Drawing/Illustration, Installation, Mixed Media, NetArt/Web Design, Painting, Performance art, Photography, Printmaking, Sculpture, Textile,Video and Film, Writing, …

ENTER YOUR WORK

2013 WINNERS
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2012 WINNERS
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London Creative Awards Was held 2 November 2013 at Mews 42 gallery in London.
LICC Artist of the Year 2013 is Georges Pacheco for “Amalthée”, the New Talent of the Year 2013 is Lais Pontes, for “Born Now Here”.

LICC Artist of the Year 2012 was presented to Emrah Yucel, for “Turkish Airlines: Turkey Be Our Guest”, Pat Swai was voted the New Talent of the Year for “Lost Flamingos in the Cloud Forest”.

SUBMIT YOUR WORK TODAY

 

Archisle: International Photographer in Residence Programme 2015

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Deadline: 15 October 2014
Open to: professional photographers worldwide
Fellowship: £10,000 for the production of an exhibition plus living allowance, travel costs and studio

Description

Archisle, hosted by the Jersey Society in the British Channel Island of Jersey, promotes contemporary photography through an ongoing programme of exhibitions, education and commissions. The Archisle project connects photographic archives, contemporary practice and experiences of island cultures and geographies through the development of a space for creative discourse between Jersey and international practitioners. Archisle is currently inviting applications for the International Photographer in Residence Program, which will be held from April-September 2015.

A key focus of the Archisle project is to engage the residency programme with Jersey culture and community through audience and participatory involvement. In addition to the production and solo exhibition of new work responding to the cultural context of theisland of Jersey, the resident will be contracted to teach photography one day per week over the six month duration of the project. This teaching will be delivered in a workshop format to a range of educational and community groups.

Eligibility

The residence program is open to professional photographers possessing the desire, enthusiasm and a proven ability to impart technical skills and develop critical understanding of contemporary photography across a diverse range of participants.

The residency provides the following benefits:

  • £10,000 bursary for the commission/production of a body of work and solo exhibition;
  • Studio space with access to inkjet printing and office/internet resources;
  • Living Accommodation and stipend;
  • Travel costs.

Application

Interested applicants must submit the following documents:

  • A current CV including details of past exhibitions/publications;
  • Examples of recent work (min 10/max 20 images);
  • Statement describing current practice;
  • Statement of objectives for the residency including an outline commission/exhibition proposal;
  • An estimate of travel costs.

Applications must be submitted by email to: narchisle@societe-jersiaise.org or by post to:

Archisle Photographer in Residence Programme 2015
Société Jersiaise
7 Pier Road
St Helier
Jersey-Channel Islands
UK
JE2 4XW

The deadline to apply is 15 October 2014.

For any enquiries please contact: narchisle@societe-jersiaise.org.

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