Photocompete

• Copyright: Participants understand that all images submitted as part of the competition may be used for up to five years by Shoot Experience and Plan International for publicity and marketing purposes to promote Shoot Nations on their websites and printed materials including brochures, calendars and exhibitions. The copyright remains yours.
• Entry fee: Free
• Entry deadline: 28th July 2010
• Who can enter: Open to anyone between the ages of 11 and 25 with two age group categories, 11 - 16 years and 17 - 25 years.

Theme: CITY LIVING

Enter three photos (or drawings) to express their feelings on the following three briefs:

1. What does ‘city’ mean to you?
2. Growing up in the city as a boy or a girl
3. Country to city, city to country – people on the move

Prizes will be awarded in the following categories:

All ages:

1. Best Overall Photo Worldwide
2. Best Overall Photo UK only
3. Best Overall Drawing Worldwide

Best Photo per Brief in each age group, 11 – 16 and 17 – 25

1. What does ‘city’ mean to you?
2. City living as a boy or a girl
3. Country to city, city to country – people on the move

• The UK Winner will receive an all expenses paid trip to New York for the launch of the Shoot Nations exhibition on 12 August at the United Nations Secretariat building.

You should enter one photo (or drawing) per brief and upload your entries to shootnations.org with a caption to explain what your photo is about.

• Submit photos of a reasonably large file size and high quality – minimum file size 1 megabyte and maximum file size 7 megabytes, in Jpeg format.
• You may NOT manipulate your photos using Photoshop or similar editing program, although minor colour correction and cropping is permitted.

Official web site: http://shootnations.org/competitions/shoot-nations-2010/info