Welcome to IREX’s 3rd annual Make a Better World Photo Contest! Enter
now for a chance to win cash prizes totaling over $1,000. We encourage
you to submit your best images of scenes and individuals around the
world that reflect IREX’s tagline, “Make a Better World.” Photos should
demonstrate one or more of three theme categories:
1. Strengthening Democracy & Governance - Photos should explore how citizens mobilize to increase civic engagement, encourage a strong civil society, and address issues related to good governance, conflict, gender, etc.
2. Youth Leading Change - Photos should explore how youth influence and transform their communities to create lasting change as leaders, entrepreneurs, educators, and advocates of peace.
3. Expanding Opportunities Through Technology - Photos should explore how technology helps citizens gain access to news, information, and education, while increasing livelihood and economic development.
Prizes
There are five prizes total. A panel of international development and
photography experts will choose the winners for the Grand Prize ($500)
and Best of Category ($250, threetotal).
The People’s Choice will be decided by IREX’s fans on Facebook. IREX
may also select up to five honorable mention finalists. Winners will be
announced no later than August 15, 2014.
Brief Contest Rules
• Entries are limited to 5 photos per person.
• Entrants may only win one prize.
• All entries must be in digital format and at the
highest resolution possible in a .jpeg, .jpg, or .png format. Files
submitted may not be larger than 10 megabytes.
• All entrants must hold exclusive rights to the photographs they submit and by entering are claiming such ownership.
• By entering the Contest, all entrants grant an
irrevocable, perpetual, worldwide non-exclusive license to IREX, to
reproduce, distribute, display and create derivative works of the
entries. For more information on liability, please see the complete contest rules.
Moreinfo: http://www.irex.org/photocontest-rules
