The purpose of the competition is to share, communicate, and revive traditional aesthetic values and expressions.
For more information visit http://photocompetition.epochtimes.com/english/ [^]
1. Purpose of the Competition
This is the second photography competition hosted by the Epoch Times after a successful first competition in 2007, with the purpose of promoting experience sharing among photography lovers around the world. The theme of the competition is to reflect real life stories, people, culture, and natural scenes, and in a manner that expresses the spirit of justice, positive messages, kindness and beauty. The entries will be evaluated based on traditional aesthetics so as to restore traditional aesthetic values and expressions.
2. Hosts of the Competition:
The competition is hosted by the Epoch Times Website, the Epoch Times Newspaper, and the Epoch Times Foundation.
Awards and Categories
A: News and on-the-spot reports
B: Life in society
C: Landscapes
Each category has one First Prize, two Second Prizes, four Third Prizes and ten Excellence Awards.
First Prize: US$2,000 or its equivalent in photography equipment or travel services.
Second Prize: US$1,000 for each winner, or its equivalent in photography equipment or travel services.
Third Prize: US$500 for each winner, or its equivalent in photography equipment or travel services.
Excellence Awards: US$100 for each winner, or its equivalent in photography equipment or travel services.
3. Rules for Participation
Entries must be original and have not won any other photography competition. Entries will be submitted mainly online. Entries sent by postal mail will not be accepted.
Entry Application Procedures:
On-line submission: Send a sample file first. The file size of a photograph should not be smaller than 500 KB or larger than 2,000 KB. The high-resolution image could be sent only after a photograph has been selected.
On-line submission address: http://photocompetition.epochtimes.com [^]
Email submission: [email protected]
PLEASE NOTE: E-mail submission is mainly for participants living in mainland China, or other places with strict Internet censorship. For this purpose, you can obtain software to break through the network blockade. The software can be downloaded from: http://dongtaiwang.com/loc/download.php [^] or another secure location, the link of which we can send you via email.
Those from other areas, please use the online submission to simplify the process. By submitting online, entrants can obtain a confirmation number to be used for future inquiries, etc.
Submission period starts December 1, 2008, ending at 23:59 p.m., March 30, 2009 (US Eastern State Time) based on submission arrival time.
4. Registration Details
In most cases, participants should complete the online registration form to create an online submission account. The name on the form should be identical to the participant’s name shown on a valid identification document, and include mailing address (including postal code and country name), email address, phone number and any other means of contact to help us notify selected finalists.
Participants who submit their entries via email should follow the instructions above, and add titles of photos, their categories, and a description (or caption) of the photos in the body of the email.
5. The naming convention of photos should be as follows:
Country(abbreviation)-Area(State or Province)-Participant_Name-Category_Name-Photo_Title.
For example:
USA-NY-JackWang-A-GreatNews
USA-NY-JackWang-B-FlyingCrane
USA-NY-JackWang-C-Mr.Healthy
6. Requirements for photos:
Adjusting of color, darkness and light, and sharpening are allowed when the aim is to enhance the natural look. Image processing resulting in the loss of natural features and/or copying to add or delete photographic elements are not acceptable.
If the submitted photos relate to an incident or news event, participants should provide a brief description or caption explaining the incident.
7. Judges:
The judges will be composed of senior professionals and experts in photography, arts and publishing from Asia as well as Western countries. The judging process is bound by international customs and follows the guidelines of the competition with the intention of being fair to each and every participant.
The organizers of the competition are not obliged to explain the reason(s) why participants’ photographs may not have won an award.
8. Copyright:
The organizer of the competition reserves the right to reproduce the submitted photographs in competition-related print and electronic media, as well as in related competition-related promotion, publications, website postings and other activities. Sole copyright remains with the author. The participants will not be paid for the presentation of their work related to this competition, apart from prized they have own.
The organizer will not be responsible for any violation of copyrights, national or international law or damage to reputation of anyone caused by any of the submitted works. Entries will not be returned to their authors. Submission of an entry to this competition implies acceptance of all of the conditions stated here.
9. Miscellaneous:
All participants are expected to adhere to the rules. The organizer of the competition reserves the right to disqualify any participant who violates the rules and also cancel their awards.
2) The decision will be considered final; no complaints or appeals will be heard.
3) The rules are subject to minor changes without further notice.
