Photocompete

• Copyright: All entries may be used by CGAP provided that all uses are accompanied by appropriate attribution to the photographer. Entrants retain ownership and all other rights to future use of their photographs.
• Entry fee: Free
• Entry deadline: 15th September 2011
• Who can enter: Open to all photographers worldwide, 18+ years of age

Enter original, striking images of the impact of microfinance around the world. These images may reflect the wide variety of microfinance and microenterprise development around the world, representing a range of products, institutions, and methodologies, and may touch on a broad range of social, economic, developmental, and technological issues.

Prizes:

• One Grand Prize winning package
  • A Microfinance Training Scholarship to the Boulder Program in Turin, Italy, or another development training opportunity agreed with CGAP up to a maximum value of $5000
    Or
  • A $2000 gift certificate for photography equipment and accessories
  • Winner’s certificate
• One Second Prize winner
  • $500 gift certificate for photography equipment
  • Winner’s certificate
• One Third Prize winner
  • $250 gift certificate for photography equipment
  • Winner’s certificate
• One winner from each region (based on where the photo was taken): Latin America/Caribbean; Eastern Europe and Central Asia , Middle East and North Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa; South Asia; and East Asia and Pacific.
  • $200 in photography equipment
  • Winner’s certificate
• Fifteen (15) Winners from across all the categories
  • $50 gift certificate for photography equipment + winner’s certificate

You can enter up to 20 photos. Submit digital images – high-resolution JPG or TIFF files, at least 3 megapixels or larger.

Judging criteria:

• originality
• technical excellence
• composition
• overall impact
• artistic merit

OFFICIAL WEBSITE: www.cgap.org/p/site/c/template.rc/1.26.16426/