IMPORTANT NOTICE: On
the entry form, you will need to provide information about yourself and your
photo. You must include all this information for your photo to be
eligible. In the “Description” field, indicate (1) the subject of the
photo and where it was taken, (2) your country of residence if different from
the photo location, and (3) your email address. Contest winners will be
contacted by email. Incomplete entries cannot be accepted.
VOA invites you to share a
glimpse of your life through photography – and become eligible to win a new
iPad.
Every day, VOA helps give you
insights into the world around us. Now, we would like you to share your
world with us. Send us your best photos that help capture the spirit or
the essence of the people and places in your life.
Your photo may depict an everyday scene or a landmark. It could be something that shows the struggles of everyday life…or it may express the joy found in the simplest things.
Your photo may depict an everyday scene or a landmark. It could be something that shows the struggles of everyday life…or it may express the joy found in the simplest things.
Since VOA audiences come from
around the world, we invite everyone to participate. You may enter as
many photos as you like, but this isn’t a lottery. VOA’s judges will look
for beauty, composition, quality, and the content of your subject matter.
Photos will be scrutinized for originality – copyrighted work is ineligible.
See the complete list of contest
rules below. To upload your photos, click on the enter link at the top of
the page.
The contest ends at 12 noon
Washington time (1700utc) on February 21, 2013. Enter today!
Look at some of the best entries from last year's contest
2013 VOA Photo Contest
Rules
TERM: The VOA photo
contest begins Sunday,
February 3, 2013 and ends Thursday, February 21, 2013. All entries must be submitted
and received by 12 noon
(1700utc) on Friday,
February 21, 2013. Claim of submission is not proof of
receipt.
WHO MAY ENTER: To enter the VOA English Photo Contest, you must be at least 18-years-old. Citizens and residents of the United States are not eligible to win. Entrants cannot be employees or contractors of the Voice of America (VOA).
HOW TO ENTER: Entry forms and photos must be completed and uploaded to www.voanews.com/ipad. There are no exceptions. Your entry must include the following (1) your name, (2) a caption for your photo that includes information about where it was taken, and (3) email contact information. For privacy purposes, you may use a pseudonym to hide your identity for public display. However, VOA does not guarantee anonymity for any entrants. Entries that do not include the above information will not be eligible for prizes.
There are no limits on the number
of entries per person, but there may be no more than one picture per
entry. Each photographic entry must comply with the following
requirements:
Photographs must be in digital
format. No print or film submissions will be accepted. Scans of
negatives, transparencies, or photographic prints will not be accepted.
All digital files must be 5 megabytes or smaller, must be in JPEG or JPG format,
and must be at least 480 pixels wide and 480 pixels tall. Only cropping, minor
burning, dodging and/or color correction is acceptable. VOA retains the
right to crop or resize photos to fit display requirements, and use said photos
for any non-commercial promotional purposes. Submitted digital photos
will not be returned to the entrants.
By entering the contest, the
entrant affirms that the submitted photograph is an original work created
solely by the entrant, that the photograph does not infringe on the copyrights,
trademarks, moral rights, rights of privacy/publicity or intellectual property
rights of any person or entity, and that no other party has any right, title,
claim, or interest in the photograph.
The judges reserve the right to
examine original photographs in order to confirm compliance with these
rules. Photographs will be subject to testing for copyright infringement
to insure fairness for all entrants.
Photographs must not, at the
discretion of the judges, contain obscene, provocative, defamatory, sexually
explicit themes, nudity, or otherwise objectionable or inappropriate content.
RELEASES: If the photograph contains any material, elements or property that are not owned by the entrant and/or which are subject to the rights of third parties, and/or if any persons appear in the photograph, the entrant is responsible for obtaining, prior to submission of the photograph, any and all releases and consents necessary to permit use of the photograph without additional compensation.
CONTEST PRIZES: The winner/winners of the VOA Photo Contest will be determined by a panel of judges chosen by VOA management. Winners will be announced on or around April 11, 2013 and notified by email. If a winner cannot be reached after repeated attempts, the judges will award the prize to an alternate recipient.
The winner of the 2013 VOA Photo
Contest will receive a new Apple iPad (with Retina display, 16gb with wi-fi
& cellular) purchased in the United States, with an estimated value of
$629, or a prize of equal value. Alternate prizes, if required due to the
recipient’s place of residence, will be determined by agreement of the
recipient and VOA management. The prize will be delivered in a means
agreed upon by the recipient and the management of Voice of America. The
prize recipient will be responsible for any taxes, duty, other charges incurred
during transit outside the United
States.
LICENSE: By entering the contest, all entrants grant the Voice of America worldwide non-exclusive, perpetual, no-cost license to reproduce, distribute, display and create derivative works of the entries (along with a name credit). Display or publication of any entry on VOA’s website does not indicate the entrant will be selected as a winner. By entering, each entrant grants to VOA unrestricted right to use all statements made in connection with the contest, and pictures or likenesses of contest entrants, without pay or additional consideration.
LIMITATION OF LIABILITY: The Voice of America assumes no responsibility for any error, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, or delay in operation or transmission; communications line failure; theft or destruction of or unauthorized access to Contest entries or entry forms; or alteration of entries or entry forms. VOA is not responsible for any problems with or technical malfunction of any telephone network or lines, computer online systems, servers or providers, computer equipment, software, failure of any email entry to be received on account of technical problems or traffic congestion on the Internet or at any website, human errors of any kind, or any combination thereof, including any injury or damage to entrants' or any other persons' computers related to or resulting from participation, uploading or downloading of any materials related to in this Contest.
DATA PRIVACY: Entrants agree that personal data may be collected and used to verify the participant's identity, postal address, and telephone number or to otherwise verify the participant's eligibility to participate in the contest.
Sources: Voice of America (VOA) English Service
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