Photocompete

• Copyright: All participants understand that the photos submitted to the competition may be used and published by Europe Direct and give permission to the office to use submitted competition photos for any and all future publication and media purposes.
• Entry fee: Free
• Entry deadline: 1st August 2011
• Who can enter: Open to residents in one of the Member States of the European Union, or of the countries of the basin of the Mediterranean (Algeria, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Libya, Lebanon, Morocco, Palestine, Syria, Tunisia and Turkey) or the Balkans or in Norway, Iceland and Switzerland, who are over 16 year of age.

Theme: “FOCUS ON volunteering”

The main objective of the contest is to promote volunteering through the use of photography. Photos should demonstrate ways in which Europeans are contributing to the betterment of society through volunteer opportunities. While the photos can be global in scope and can focus on international volunteering, they must somehow relate to the European Union or its citizens.

The submissions should be an original submission and should be both artistic and European in scope. There are no limits as to what the subject of the photo may be, however it must serve as a call to action for Europeans to participate in volunteer opportunities. 

Prizes:

• Prize of the Technical Jury: iPad
• Prize of the Popular Jury: iPad

You may submit one photograph only.

A maximum of 80 photos will be selected.

Fill in the application form with a short explanation (maximum 150 words) in Italian or English and send it together with the photo by e-mail to [email protected]

Image requirements: jpg, png or pdf format; image file size of up to 4 Mb; 300 dpi.

OFFICIAL WEBSITE: www.edfirenze.eu/2011/06/focus-on-volunteering-photo-contest/