Photocompete

• Copyright: By entering the contest, you give permission to publish the submitted photo(s) in our calendar, photo exhibit and other materials. Published photos will be credited with your name, e-mail address and/or website.
• Entry fee: Free
• Entry deadline: 1st April 2010
• Who can enter: Open to everyone, and we particularly encourage women, young people, and people living in the developing world to enter.

Friends of the Earth International is the world’s largest grassroots environmental network, uniting 77 diverse national member groups and some 5,000 local activist groups on every continent. With more than 2 million members and supporters around the world, we campaign on today’s most urgent environmental and social issues. We challenge the current model of economic and corporate globalization, and promote solutions that will help to create environmentally sustainable and socially just societies.

The best shots will be featured in materials produced by these organizations and social movements, including a 2011 calendar and an international photo exhibition.

Categories:

• Acting in solidarity
• Movements for change

Prizes:

1. 400 euros for each first place photo
2. 200 euros for each second place photo
3. 100 euros for each third place photo

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The judges will choose a total of 12 winning photographs (6 from each category), as well as three “popular choice” photo per category that will be selected by our member groups and allies. The winning photos will be announced in mid-April 2010.

You may submit up to 3 photos per category (for a total of 6 photos).

You can e-mail your photos to [email protected] or send them on cd. The size should be at least 1819 x 2598 pixels [154 x 220mm horizontal] at 300 dpi resolution, supplied in jpeg format, with a maximum file size of 10 MB.

Official web site: http://www.foei.org/en/get-involved/photo/fifth-annual-photo-competition