To seek out the innate kindness in human beings, to acknowledge virtues expressed by cultures all over the world, to spread powerful images of human flourishing to people all over the world through photography—for these purposes The Epoch Times is now holding the Global 2006/2007 New Era of Culture and Humanity Photography Contest .
Qualifications and Requirements:
· Who: Amateur or professional photographers who are interested in culture and humanity.
· How: Traditional negatives and digital image files are both accepted.
· When: No restrictions as to when a photo was taken.
· What: Photo composition must include human beings.
Subject of Contest
Photo submissions should depict the richness culture can achieve through an expression of the kindness, healthy sentiments, and virtues of human nature.
For example, a photo may capture an instance of love, caring, justice, peace, endurance, courage, helpfulness, sacredness, or friendship.
Submission Deadline
Photos must be received no later than February 28, 2007 (Wednesday) 12 Midnight (U.S. Eastern Time).
Submission Process
1. Submit digital photos via email (participants please scan your negative and submit the digital copy). Photo should be sent in jpg or jpeg format. File size should be 1280x960 pixels in landscape or 960x 1280 in portrait; other sizes are accepted so long as the witdth is not greater than 1280 pixels and the height is proportionate. Files should not exceed 1.5M bytes in file size. The participants should retain the original negatives or the digital files for confirmation of any award.
2. Submit to Email Address: photo2006@epochtimes.com (Those who submit from China can use another account : picture2007@gmail.com )
3. Use the following format for submission, incomplete or inaccurate data will not be processed.
Subject: Global 2006-2007 New Era of Culture and Humanity Photography Contest – XXX (participant's full name)
Please provide complete information required as below in the mail content
Name: (real full name)
Pen-name: (for use in publication, limit to 10 words. If left blank, real name will be used)
Nationality: (country of citizenship)
Photo details (please limit each submission to five [5] images, and provide the following details for each image submitted):
Photo Caption: (Limited to 20 words)
Photo description: (Limited to 200 words)
Date of the Photo: (No limit)
Appraisal Procedure:
1. Primary Appraisal: Within seven days of receipt, the sponsor will review all submittals regarding their quality and whether they conform to the contest requirements and topic. Photos passing the primary appraisal will be directly published on the contest website which will be open to the public for an online free review for three days. Contestants will not be notified separately. Please look on the website to determine if your photos have passed the primary appraisal.
2. Final Selection: The sponsor will invite internationally renowned photographers to participate in the review board. The review board will select the winning photos from Mar. 10 to Mar. 31, 2007. Winning photos will be openly published and winners notified by email according to the submittal email address. After each winner has supplied the original negatives or the original digital photos, arrangements will be made for the receipt of awards.
3. Announcement and Publication: The winners will be formally announced during the period Apr. 2 to Apr. 30, 2007 on the contest webpage (http://www.epochtimes.com/b5/6/11/20/n1527973.htm in Chinese; an English-language contest Web page will also be published). The winners' photos will be permanently published worldwide on the contest webpage, and chosen to publish on The Epoch Times newspaper worldwide as well.
The first Global New Era of Culture and Humanity Photography Contest awards:
Epoch Gold award: One winner, $1,000 USD, and one medal.
Epoch Silver award: One winner, $500 USD, and one medal.
Epoch Bronze award: One winner, $300 USD, and one medal.
Epoch Masterpiece award: Ten winners, $100 USD each, and one certificate of award each.
Epoch Excellence award: Twenty winners, one certificate of award each.
Supplementary Provisions:
1. Submit work in accordance with requirements, submittals that fail to conform to requirements will not be processed.
2. It is allowed to use digital photo processing software to cut, resize, adjust saturation, and do other necessary photo digital processes. However, stitching or joining photos, or artificial content are not allowed.
3. Plagiarism is strictly forbidden. Violators will bear the legal responsibility for violating copyrights. The sponsor, The Epoch Times, bears no responsibility for the violation of copyrights by contestants. In the event of plagiarism, the sponsor will, in addition to canceling the winner's award, pursue the recovery of any payment and any certificate that has been awarded.
4. After the submittal passes the primary appraisal, the photographer will agree to allow the sponsor to publish the work on the sponsor's web page for the public to review (including but not limited to the activity period). The work will not be removed whether the submission is chosen to receive a prize or not, except in the case of plagiarism.
5. The participant will own the copyright and property right of award winning works. But the sponsor has the right to publicly exhibit and to publish in publications related to the contest, without any additional compensation for the work.
6. The author has the right to the original negatives or original digital photo files. The sponsor agrees that the winners keep duplications of the winning works and may use the duplicates without limitation. However, winners at the Gold, Silver, and Bronze award level may not submit the same images to other photography contests.
7. Works of prize winners (Gold, Silver, Bronze, Masterpiece) are limited to one photo per each participant; the confirmed winning works are not returnable.
8. Winners are to submit the original negatives or the original digital photo files (must include the complete EXIF data) within two weeks after notification of the award, or the award qualification will be revoked; once an award is revoked, no payment or award of certificate will be made (cropping and adjusting of brightness is allowed).
9. If no works submitted meet the required standard for any award item, that award item will not be dispersed.
10. Works submitted will not to be returned to the contestant (including works that do not meet the requirements). The sponsor will not be held responsible for record keeping.
11. Participants are required to accept all requirements given in this procedure. For any concerns not addressed, the sponsor may publish clarifications on the contest Web page.
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