Australian Competitions Club

http://www.ciwem.org/competition-and-awards/environmental-photographer.aspx/

Prize for comp is £5,000


Environmental Photographer of the Year


The Environmental Photographer of the Year is an international showcase for the very best in environmental photography - and for the first time ever - video, honouring amateur and professional photographers who use their ability to raise awareness of environmental and social issues. Organised by the Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management (CIWEM) since 2007, the Environmental Photographer of the Year continues to exceed all our expectations and is one of the fastest growing photographic competitions in the world.

Every year the Environmental Photographer of the Year receives fantastic media coverage - see a small selection from 2010 at The Telegraph, The Sun, Daily Mail and National Geographic - and all winning and highly commended pictures are featured in our roving exhibition and collectors book.

The Environmental Photographer of the Year is completely free to enter and is open to all amateur and professional photographers of any age. For the very first time, we are now accepting video submissions. Please read the category briefs carefully before submitting. 

The 2011 competition is now open and you have until 31st July 2011 to submit your entries.





EPOTY Competition Details 2011
Sponsor


Media Consultant
 

CIWEM's Environmental Photographer of the Year encourages entries that are contemporary, creative, resonant, challenging, original and beautiful. But most of all, we want your pictures to inspire people around the world to start taking care of our environment.

ENTERING
The competition is open to all professional and amateur, national and international photographers of all ages. However, you must ensure that the quality meets the competition's criteria as stated below.

You can now submit still and video entries to the Environmental Photographer of the Year, but please read the category briefs below carefully before entering. Login to the right of the page.

DIMENSIONS
All still entries should be jpegs over 2MB. Your image must be of good enough resolution that it can be printed at the minimum size of approximately A3 (or the equivalent ratio of your image), meaning we require an image to be at 300dpi.

Video entries are made with a frame grab jpeg, followed by your full video clip between five and 30 seconds long, made up of one clip or a maximum of three clips edited together, uploaded to the ftp site hosted by our Media Consultants, Specialist Stock. The high resolution clip should be in the native dimensions, as shot by your camera.

PRIZES
The winning entries share a prize fund of £5,000. We also provide the opportunity to sell your images to the media for editorial use and to the public as part of a limited edition print run. This arrangement is done on a contractual basis which photographers may opt out of, but is designed to help raise additional revenue for all our entrants.





TERMS & CONDITIONS
You must be the sole author and owner of the copyright for all the entries you have submitted. You retain the copyright of all your entries into the Environmental Photographer of the Year
You may only enter seven photographs in total, although you are welcome to enter different pictures across the categories, or within the same category. No photograph can be entered into more than one category. You may also enter seven video clips.
Images may be digitally enhanced for creative effect, but you must not add or remove significant elements of the image. Entries will not be accepted if they have borders or locks on them. Do not add a signature to the image - judging is done anonymously so we will not accept these entries!
It is the entrant's responsibility to ensure that all the necessary permissions are obtained from people featured in your entries
Judges appointed by CIWEM will choose the winners. The judges' decision on all matters relating to the competition is final
By entering the competition, you accept that your submission(s) may be exhibited by CIWEM or other exhibitions organised or attended by CIWEM as part of the Environmental Photographer of the Year. CIWEM reserves the right to mount and frame entries for exhibition purposes
CIWEM and the sponsors reserve the right to reproduce any entry free of charge in relation to the competition and exhibition. This includes the right to publish entries in articles, EPOTY book, calendar, posters, postcards or any other EPOTY promotional materials. We will ensure that all photographers receive full credit
CIWEM reserves the right to pass on any entry to online and print publications to be used either for editorial or image based promotion relating to the Environmental Photographer of the Year, with full credit given to the photographer
CIWEM reserves the right to cancel this competition at any stage
ENTRANTS WILL BE DEEMED TO HAVE UNDERSTOOD THE ABOVE RULES AND ACCEPTED THEM AND AGREE TO BE BOUND TO THEM WHEN ENTERING THE COMPETITION

The 2011 Competition Closes on 31st July 2011
The winners will be announced publicly only after all winners have been contacted throughout September 2011. If you have not been contacted by the end of September, it will mean that you have not won, so please do not email CIWEM to check if you are a winner.

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GOOD LUCK!