Photocompete

• Copyright: Although entrants retain the copyright and other equivalent rights to their entries, the organizer retains the rights related to this competition.
• Entry fee: Free
• Entry deadline: 31st January 2019
• Who can enter: Open to all photographers, worldwide.

Categories:

• Open Award
  • Theme: Change
  • Entry format: single photo, photo story (two to five images)
• Next Generation Award (Entrants must be 25 years of age or younger as of the entry deadline.)
  • Theme: Identity
  • Entry format: single photo, photo story (two to five images)
• Short Film Award
  • Theme: Hope
  • Entry format: video
  • Any equipment can be used, but the video must be 6 to 180 seconds long.

Awards:

• Grand Prize(No. of Awards : 1)
  • 500,000 yen in cash (Japanese yen)
• Gold Prize?No. of Prizes : 1 per category/format, total 5?
  • Nikon D850
    AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8E ED VR
  • or
  • Nikon Z 7
    NIKKOR Z 24-70mm f/4 S
• Silver Prize?No. of Prizes : 3 per category/format, total 15?
  • Nikon D500
    AF-S DX NIKKOR 16-80mm f/2.8-4E ED VR
  •  or
  • Nikon Z 6
    NIKKOR Z 24-70mm f/4 S
• Bronze Prize?No. of Prizes : 5 per category/format, total 25?
  • Nikon D7500
    AF-S DX NIKKOR 16-80mm f/2.8-4E ED VR

The winners will be notified via email by the end of mid July 2019.

Works that have won prizes in other contests or that have been submitted to other contests currently underway, including similar works, are not eligible. The limit for submitted works is 10 photos, including those forming photo stories, and 1 video. Entries can be submitted to multiple categories so long as the total number of entries is within this limit.

Image requirements: up to 20 MB in file size; JPEG format at 150 dpi recommended;  sRGB.

Online submission of digital photographs via the website.

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