ORGANIZED BY: European Women’s Lobby

In the framework of its 20th anniversary celebrations, the European Women’s Lobby is pleased to announce the launch of a photo competition looking to expose the visions of young women of the world they live in.”

1. Who can enter?

TERRITORY: residents of EU Member State or Candidate country (Croatia, FYROM, Turkey)

ENTRANT STATUS: amateur, professional

AGE LIMITATIONS: you must be between 15 and 40 years of age

GENDER: female

2. Competition info

ENTRY CLOSES: 30th June 2010 (at 11.59pm)

ENTRY TYPE: email

ENTRY FEE: free

3. What should photos be about?

THEME: 21st Century Feminism

The theme is open to individual interpretation but clear description of the photograph must be included with each entry.”

TYPE: single images

MAXIMUM NUMBER OF IMAGES: 3

JUDGING CRITERIA:

• creativity
• originality
• composition
• technical ability
• interpretation of the brief
• gender sensitivity
• ability to raise awareness on women’s rights in Europe

4. Photo Requirements

AREA WHERE IT CAN BE TAKEN: anywhere?

AGE OF PHOTO: no limit

IMAGE FORMAT: not defined

PHOTO EDITING: Images may be digitally enhanced and manipulated. They may contain text.

5. Legal Issues

> Your legal responsibilities

You own the copyright to your Competition entry as its author.

Your entry must be your own work, must not be copied, must not contain any third-party materials and/or content that you do not have permission to use and must not otherwise be obscene, defamatory or in breach of any applicable legislation or regulations.

You must ensure that any person or persons whose image is used in an entry has given valid consent for the use of their image or has waived any rights they may have in the image submitted. Where such person is under 16, the consent of that person’s parent or guardian must be obtained.”

> Photo usage rights

By submitting an entry to the Competition, You give the European Women’s Lobby (EWL):

• Permission for your entry to be published on websites associated with the EWL and grant EWL a non-exclusive, royalty-free, worldwide licence to republish your Competition entry in electronic format and hard copy for purposes connected with the Competition; and
• The right to use your name and country of residence for the sole purpose of identifying you as the author of your entry and/or as a winner of the Competition.”

6. Judges

Full details of the judging process and the panel of judges are available on request to barrington@womenlobby.org.”

7. Prizes

Overall winner:

• displayed on the cover of the brochure
• all the prizes of Finalists

Finalists (20x):

• displayed in a high-profile exhibition to be held opened on 15 October 2010 in Brussels

The exhibition of winning entries may be displayed in various locations across Europe in 2010-2011.”

• published in a full-colour brochure which will be widely disseminated among European, national and international policy-makers and EWL partners. This publication will also be available in digital format and published on EWL and partner websites.
• an invitation to the opening of the exhibition on 15 October 2010 in Brussels, and 3 copies of the brochure
• further prizes are expected, but dependent on sponsorship from sources external to the EWL

8. Useful Links

Ready to enter? Send your images via email to ewl@womenlobby.org

Official website of the competition (with official rules):
http://www.womenlobby.org/site/1abstract.asp?DocID=2692&v1ID=&RevID=&namePage=&pageParent=&DocID_sousmenu=

I cannot take any responsibility for changing of rules or mistypes in this article. This article has only an informative nature. For official rules always refer to the official website!

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