| Copyright | Participants grant the Olos Foundation an irrevocable, non-exclusive, worldwide royalty-free license to reproduce, publicly display, distribute, publicly perform and create derivative works from their submitted Materials, in all media, solely in connection with the administration, judging and promotion of the Calendar of the Truce contest. |
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| Eligibility | Open to all photographers worldwide. |
| Finish | 22 March 2014 |
| Entry fee | Free |
FinishedThemes: Symbols, indexes and icons of a Truce:
- To love (to claim the "revolt of Love");
- To plan (designing the “weapons of the Truce")
- To be (To be inserted and related to all, be true to themselves and good to others).
Prizes:
- First Phase: €100 (one for each category of activity)
- Second Phase: €100 (one for each category of activity)
- Third Phase: €100 (one for each category of activity)
- Forth Phase: €300, the permanent peopling of her/his date/s in the just made Calendar of the Truce and 5 printed copies of the same Calendar, when published
Categories:
- Professional;
- Amateur;
- Under18.
The competition is divided into three intermediate and a final phase, with the proclamation of a winner for each category of activities (Professional, Amateur, Under-18) on the following dates:
- First Phase:15th September , 2012.
- Second Phase: 1st April, 2013.
- Third Phase: 1st October, 2013.
- Fourth Phase: 23rd March, 2014 announcing the overall Winners of the Competition and the first official appearance of the Calendar of the Truce.
Image requirements: JPG format; recommended image resolution: 2048×1536 pixels; up to 2 Mb in file size
Online submission of digital photographs via the website. Winners will be selected by registered users’ voting.
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