Photo contest on democracy

Deadline:

 

01/11/11

The World Youth Movement for Democracy

Photographers worldwide can enter a contest.

The World Youth Movement for Democracy is pleased to announce the launch of its Global Photo Contest. Fifteen semi-finalists will be announced on December 1 2011 and will have their winning photo published on the WYMD Web site.

The purpose of this contest is to demonstrate understanding of the workings of democracy in daily life by capturing images to create change for your community.

One finalist will be selected from each category through online open voting for a total of three finalists. Categories are: * Building a Movement * Democracy in Action * Youth Igniting Change

The final results of the contest will be announced December 15, 2011. Finalists will be provided with sponsorship to cover their travel and other expenses to participate in the Seventh Assembly of the World Movement for Democracy in October 2012.

For more information, click here.

http://ijnet.org/opportunities/photo-contest-democracy-open-worldwide

Citizen journalism contest offers $5000, fellowships

Deadline:

14/09/11

Entrepreneurs with citizen journalism projects can enter a competition.

Ashoka Changemakers and Global Voices, with the support of Google, is seeking innovations in citizen media.

Four entries will receive a cash prize of US $5,000. Top entrants will be considered for an Ashoka Fellowship — complete with a three-year living stipend, international recognition and access to a network of systems-changing social entrepreneurs.

Entries can be submitted in English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Arabic, Thai, Indonesian, Mandarin or Japanese.

For more information, click here.

http://ijnet.org/opportunities/citizen-journalism-contest-offers-5k-fellowships-worldwide

Grants available for documentary projects

NEXT DEADLINE: 15 January 2012

The Jan Vrijman Fund is looking for creative documentaries and documentary events in developing countries. When selecting projects, the fund strives to have a minimum of 18% of the selected projects from countries from the two left columns on the DAC list (Least Developed Countries and Lower Income Countries). Furthermore applicants should be aware that the fund’s current budget does not allow to select more than 8% of the projects submitted.

Application Deadlines The Jan Vrijman Fund gives financial support twice a year.
Application deadlines are January 15 and May 15.
To apply you need to:

1. Read the regulations below to see if your project meets the basic criteria
2. Fill out an entryform (available at MyIDFA)
3. Send all requested materials depending on the category that you’re applying for to janvrijmanfund@idfa.nl (see all categories and requested materials below)

Regulations

1. The director should have the nationality of a developing country and live and work in a developing country, as defined on the DAC list. In addition the production company attached to the project must be based in a country on the DAC list. PLEASE NOTE: as of June 2008, filmmakers from Croatia cannot apply anymore.
2. If a production company from a non-DAC list country is attached to the project, it is also necessary that the project has a producer and production company in a developing country. In this case, the application to the fund must be filed by the producer in the developing country.
3. A project can be submitted only once for the category Script and Project Development and once for the category Production and Post-production.
4. Projects rejected for a production contribution can apply again for a post-production contribution, but only if the application is accompanied by a rough-cut of at least 20 minutes.
5. If a project is selected, the contribution must be spent in a developing country and all distribution rights for the Benelux countries must be reserved for the Jan Vrijman Fund.
6. When applying for Other Activities, the event must take place in a country on the DAC-list. Also the organiser and organisation of the event must be based in a country on the DAC-list. 
7. The event should not take place or start within three months after the deadline. 
8. In the category Other Activities the following countries can not apply anymore:Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Mexico.
9. Entry forms must be filled out in English, and all additional material should be in English as well. Only for applications coming from French-speaking African countries and Haiti, the Fund offers the possibility to submit the applications in French.
10. The application should preferably be sent by e-mail as a file attachment. It is also possible to send the application by regular post.
11. Applications must be in our office no later than on the date of the deadline. DVD’s and vimeo or youtube links can arrive until 1 week after the deadline. Make sure that the documents and additional materials are complete and clearly marked with the project title.
12. Questions?: Please first check our Frequently Asked Questions before emailing our office at janvrijmanfund@idfa.nl. 

Categories
Script and Project Development A contribution for Script and Project Development can be spent on research and on the development of a script and/or on the production of a trailer. The maximum contribution for script and project development is €5.000.
Applications should be accompanied by:

• Entryform (to be filled out on MyIDFA)
• Application Form Script and Project Development 
• If posible max. 1 DVD with previous work.

Production and Post-production
The maximum contribution for this category is €17.500.
Applications should be accompanied by:

• Entryform (to be filled out on MyIDFA)
• Application Form Production and Postproduction
• DVD with audiovisual material from the project with english subtitles OR a link to Vimeo or Youtube. (i.e. a trailer, an edited sequence, an introduction of the character(s)) NO HD DVD. 
  Filmmakers from African countries (except South Africa) can also send stills of the project (by email) instead of audiovisual material.
• In case of an application for post-production only (after shooting is finished): a DVD with the rough cut or edited sequences of at least 20 minutes with english subtitles OR an upload on Vimeo or Youtube.
• In case of a co-production: a copy of the signed co-production agreement.

Other activities
PLEASE NOTE that, in the category Other Activities the following countries cannot apply anymore: Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Mexico.
Furthermore preference will be given to initiatives from countries from the two left columns of the DAC list (the Least Developed Countries and Other Low Income Countries) or countries in conflict areas.

The Jan Vrijman Fund is looking for local documentary related events which stimulate the documentary film climate in developing countries. The following activities will be considered for financial support:

• Distribution initiatives: Film screenings, preferably of local or regional documentaries, such as mobile cinemas, travelling film festivals or special screenings in remote or conflict areas. Overall, the fund is receptive to alternative and innovative ideas, as long as these are well-founded in a clear plan of implementation.
• Documentary film festivals: Film festivals that aim to promote the documentary film genre and that act as a meeting point for local filmmakers and audiences.
• Documentary workshops: Workshops for filmmakers and/or producers from non-Western countries as defined by the DAC list, dedicated to documentary script development, production and/or distribution and sales.

The maximum contribution is €15.000.
Applications should be accompanied by:

• Entryform (to be filled out on MyIDFA)
• Application Form Film Festivals / Application Form Workshops / Application Form Distribution

Grants available for documentary projects

NEXT DEADLINE: 15 January 2012

The Jan Vrijman Fund is looking for creative documentaries and documentary events in developing countries. When selecting projects, the fund strives to have a minimum of 18% of the selected projects from countries from the two left columns on the DAC list (Least Developed Countries and Lower Income Countries). Furthermore applicants should be aware that the fund’s current budget does not allow to select more than 8% of the projects submitted.

Application Deadlines The Jan Vrijman Fund gives financial support twice a year.
Application deadlines are January 15 and May 15.
To apply you need to:

1. Read the regulations below to see if your project meets the basic criteria
2. Fill out an entryform (available at MyIDFA)
3. Send all requested materials depending on the category that you’re applying for to janvrijmanfund@idfa.nl (see all categories and requested materials below)

Regulations

1. The director should have the nationality of a developing country and live and work in a developing country, as defined on the DAC list. In addition the production company attached to the project must be based in a country on the DAC list. PLEASE NOTE: as of June 2008, filmmakers from Croatia cannot apply anymore.
2. If a production company from a non-DAC list country is attached to the project, it is also necessary that the project has a producer and production company in a developing country. In this case, the application to the fund must be filed by the producer in the developing country.
3. A project can be submitted only once for the category Script and Project Development and once for the category Production and Post-production.
4. Projects rejected for a production contribution can apply again for a post-production contribution, but only if the application is accompanied by a rough-cut of at least 20 minutes.
5. If a project is selected, the contribution must be spent in a developing country and all distribution rights for the Benelux countries must be reserved for the Jan Vrijman Fund.
6. When applying for Other Activities, the event must take place in a country on the DAC-list. Also the organiser and organisation of the event must be based in a country on the DAC-list. 
7. The event should not take place or start within three months after the deadline. 
8. In the category Other Activities the following countries can not apply anymore:Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Mexico.
9. Entry forms must be filled out in English, and all additional material should be in English as well. Only for applications coming from French-speaking African countries and Haiti, the Fund offers the possibility to submit the applications in French.
10. The application should preferably be sent by e-mail as a file attachment. It is also possible to send the application by regular post.
11. Applications must be in our office no later than on the date of the deadline. DVD’s and vimeo or youtube links can arrive until 1 week after the deadline. Make sure that the documents and additional materials are complete and clearly marked with the project title.
12. Questions?: Please first check our Frequently Asked Questions before emailing our office at janvrijmanfund@idfa.nl. 

Categories
Script and Project Development A contribution for Script and Project Development can be spent on research and on the development of a script and/or on the production of a trailer. The maximum contribution for script and project development is €5.000.
Applications should be accompanied by:

• Entryform (to be filled out on MyIDFA)
• Application Form Script and Project Development 
• If posible max. 1 DVD with previous work.

Production and Post-production 
The maximum contribution for this category is €17.500.
Applications should be accompanied by:

• Entryform (to be filled out on MyIDFA)
• Application Form Production and Postproduction
• DVD with audiovisual material from the project with english subtitles OR a link to Vimeo or Youtube. (i.e. a trailer, an edited sequence, an introduction of the character(s)) NO HD DVD. 
  Filmmakers from African countries (except South Africa) can also send stills of the project (by email) instead of audiovisual material.
• In case of an application for post-production only (after shooting is finished): a DVD with the rough cut or edited sequences of at least 20 minutes with english subtitles OR an upload on Vimeo or Youtube.
• In case of a co-production: a copy of the signed co-production agreement.

Other activities 
PLEASE NOTE that, in the category Other Activities the following countries cannot apply anymore: Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Mexico.
Furthermore preference will be given to initiatives from countries from the two left columns of the DAC list (the Least Developed Countries and Other Low Income Countries) or countries in conflict areas.

The Jan Vrijman Fund is looking for local documentary related events which stimulate the documentary film climate in developing countries. The following activities will be considered for financial support:

• Distribution initiatives: Film screenings, preferably of local or regional documentaries, such as mobile cinemas, travelling film festivals or special screenings in remote or conflict areas. Overall, the fund is receptive to alternative and innovative ideas, as long as these are well-founded in a clear plan of implementation.
• Documentary film festivals: Film festivals that aim to promote the documentary film genre and that act as a meeting point for local filmmakers and audiences.
• Documentary workshops: Workshops for filmmakers and/or producers from non-Western countries as defined by the DAC list, dedicated to documentary script development, production and/or distribution and sales.

The maximum contribution is €15.000.
Applications should be accompanied by:

• Entryform (to be filled out on MyIDFA)
• Application Form Film Festivals / Application Form Workshops / Application Form Distribution

Reporting Grant from United Press International

Do you have a great story? Will your story take more than hard work and solid skills?

We're offering a $1,000 reporting grant to help you report and produce your story. And once it's published on UPI.com, we'll pay you $500 more.

Good journalism costs money. The professional journalists who make up UPIU's mentoring team know that all too well.
That's why we want to give j-students a financial kick-start to pursue a big story. If you (alone or with a team) pitch the strongest story idea, you'll get $1,000 to pay for travel, data analysis software, freedom of information requests – anything you need to report and produce your story. You can even set aside some of the money to pay for your own time.
Once the story is accepted by UPI.com editors, we'll send another $500 your way as payment for work well done.
Broadcast students, photojournalists, radio reports, online text writers – everyone who is studying journalism is encouraged to apply. Want to produce a mini-documentary? Send us a pitch! Want to pair up with a photojournalism student to submit a photo gallery alongside text? Even better! Do you have the skills to create an interactive Web feature? We want to hear about it!
The story pitch that plans to provide UPI.com readers with the fullest understanding of the issue – from text to photos to graphics to video – will be given major preference.

How does it work?

1. Write up your story idea. The story must include a news hook, story theme, source list, reporting plan, and a budget with details of how you'll spend the cash.
2. Choose a UPI.com section where you feel your story would best fit. That means you should go to the site and tinker around until you get a feel for what goes where. Be sure to state in your story pitch the section you recommend, and why.
3. Get your journalism professor's buy-in. Have one of your journalism professors' vet your idea, and your plan, before you submit it. We'll need their official sign-off on your idea. (Professors, we won't ask you to do anything more – we just want to be sure student ideas have local support. If you want to act as a mentor if your student wins, please do! But you're not required to do so.)
4. Pitch your idea! All pitches will be handled through the contest page on UPI.com.
5. Once we approve your idea, we'll give you half of the grant money. You'll get the other half once you turn in your story outline. When your story is published on UPI.com, we'll send you the final $500.

Who is eligible?

Are you a journalism student? Do you have a UPIU profile? (Go here to set one up!) Then what are you waiting for?

What kind of stories will make the grade?

We're looking for uncovered and under-covered stories. That means that if your story topic already gets major play in big news publications, we probably won't give you the grant. Find a unique story that hasn't been covered, or hasn't been covered well.
Check out these examples of great journalism for some inspiration:

• Freelancer Betsy Pisik traveled to Nigeria to write about lead poisoning, an under-reported problem stemming from gold mining:
• Julia Keller of the Chicago Tribune wove a beautiful narrative about a tornado that earned her a 2005 Pulitzer Prize.
• The Guardian produced a stellar audio slideshow about a group of street children who formed a brass band in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
• The New York Times in 2002 published a fantastic interactive feature on dwindling water resources, complete with maps, articles and photo galleries.
• Photojournalist Darcy Padilla chronicled the life of an HIV-positive woman over 18 years.
• Photojournalist Christophe Archambault illustrates life in the shadow of a volcano in Indonesia.

A few things to remember:

We DON'T want a story that is a general overview. Your story MUST reveal something new or noteworthy about your topic, and have a SPECIFIC focus.
You MUST be able to produce your story within a reasonable time period. Don't pitch a story that will take six months to report and produce.

What makes a good story pitch?

You've got three paragraphs to sell us on your story idea, your own reporting abilities, and why this story will be important for UPI.com readers. Pitches longer than three paragraphs will not be considered for the program. Pitches that are three paragraphs of exhaustive length will not be considered for the program. Keep in mind that we're looking for journalists who can tell a story succinctly. If you're selected as a finalist for this grant, you might be contacted for more information about your proposed story.
Before you pitch, do an early interview or two, or some in-depth research about your topic, to ensure your topic is narrow, and achievable. Be sure to specify in your pitch who you'll interview, and where and how you will find your sources.
Include a brief budget for your story. Make sure we'll understand why you need this money to produce it. If you're working as a team (and we encourage you to do so,) tell us how each student will benefit from the grant.
IMPORTANT: Be sure you can deliver on your story pitch. If your final version does not match your pitch, you won't be paid the full grant stipend, and you won't earn a UPI.com byline.

What will I have to do if I win?

We'll give you a temporary UPI press pass, and then you'll spend about four weeks doing interviews, working with editors on your reporting plan, and producing your story. Your job:
-- Report, report report. interview experts, contact local residents affected by your story, develop an understanding of who the major players are in your story.
-- Develop additional tools. Think of ways to make your data, conclusion or information easier for readers to understand. Ex: Maps, quizzes, interactive surveys and the like. (Think about pairing up with a j-student who has graphic skills.)
-- Produce a punchy, active story (or series of stories) that delivers all the information readers need to understand your story.

What's the deadline and how do I submit my pitch?

Deadline is Sept. 26, 2011. All story pitches should be made through the contest home page on UPI.com.
More questions? E-mail UPIU Regional Director and Senior Mentor Krista Kapralos at kkapralos@upi.com

Click here to apply

Read more: http://www.upi.com/EDU-grant#ixzz1VMBUXsRl

Do you have a great story? Will your story take more than hard work and solid skills?

We're offering a $1,000 reporting grant to help you report and produce your story. And once it's published on UPI.com, we'll pay you $500 more.

Good journalism costs money. The professional journalists who make up UPIU's mentoring team know that all too well.
That's why we want to give j-students a financial kick-start to pursue a big story. If you (alone or with a team) pitch the strongest story idea, you'll get $1,000 to pay for travel, data analysis software, freedom of information requests – anything you need to report and produce your story. You can even set aside some of the money to pay for your own time.
Once the story is accepted by UPI.com editors, we'll send another $500 your way as payment for work well done.
Broadcast students, photojournalists, radio reports, online text writers – everyone who is studying journalism is encouraged to apply. Want to produce a mini-documentary? Send us a pitch! Want to pair up with a photojournalism student to submit a photo gallery alongside text? Even better! Do you have the skills to create an interactive Web feature? We want to hear about it!
The story pitch that plans to provide UPI.com readers with the fullest understanding of the issue – from text to photos to graphics to video – will be given major preference.

How does it work?

1. Write up your story idea. The story must include a news hook, story theme, source list, reporting plan, and a budget with details of how you'll spend the cash.
2. Choose a UPI.com section where you feel your story would best fit. That means you should go to the site and tinker around until you get a feel for what goes where. Be sure to state in your story pitch the section you recommend, and why.
3. Get your journalism professor's buy-in. Have one of your journalism professors' vet your idea, and your plan, before you submit it. We'll need their official sign-off on your idea. (Professors, we won't ask you to do anything more – we just want to be sure student ideas have local support. If you want to act as a mentor if your student wins, please do! But you're not required to do so.)
4. Pitch your idea! All pitches will be handled through the contest page on UPI.com.
5. Once we approve your idea, we'll give you half of the grant money. You'll get the other half once you turn in your story outline. When your story is published on UPI.com, we'll send you the final $500.

Who is eligible?

Are you a journalism student? Do you have a UPIU profile? (Go here to set one up!) Then what are you waiting for?

What kind of stories will make the grade?

We're looking for uncovered and under-covered stories. That means that if your story topic already gets major play in big news publications, we probably won't give you the grant. Find a unique story that hasn't been covered, or hasn't been covered well.
Check out these examples of great journalism for some inspiration:

• Freelancer Betsy Pisik traveled to Nigeria to write about lead poisoning, an under-reported problem stemming from gold mining:
• Julia Keller of the Chicago Tribune wove a beautiful narrative about a tornado that earned her a 2005 Pulitzer Prize.
• The Guardian produced a stellar audio slideshow about a group of street children who formed a brass band in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
• The New York Times in 2002 published a fantastic interactive feature on dwindling water resources, complete with maps, articles and photo galleries.
• Photojournalist Darcy Padilla chronicled the life of an HIV-positive woman over 18 years.
• Photojournalist Christophe Archambault illustrates life in the shadow of a volcano in Indonesia.

A few things to remember:

We DON'T want a story that is a general overview. Your story MUST reveal something new or noteworthy about your topic, and have a SPECIFIC focus.
You MUST be able to produce your story within a reasonable time period. Don't pitch a story that will take six months to report and produce.

What makes a good story pitch?

You've got three paragraphs to sell us on your story idea, your own reporting abilities, and why this story will be important for UPI.com readers. Pitches longer than three paragraphs will not be considered for the program. Pitches that are three paragraphs of exhaustive length will not be considered for the program. Keep in mind that we're looking for journalists who can tell a story succinctly. If you're selected as a finalist for this grant, you might be contacted for more information about your proposed story.
Before you pitch, do an early interview or two, or some in-depth research about your topic, to ensure your topic is narrow, and achievable. Be sure to specify in your pitch who you'll interview, and where and how you will find your sources.
Include a brief budget for your story. Make sure we'll understand why you need this money to produce it. If you're working as a team (and we encourage you to do so,) tell us how each student will benefit from the grant.
IMPORTANT: Be sure you can deliver on your story pitch. If your final version does not match your pitch, you won't be paid the full grant stipend, and you won't earn a UPI.com byline.

What will I have to do if I win?

We'll give you a temporary UPI press pass, and then you'll spend about four weeks doing interviews, working with editors on your reporting plan, and producing your story. Your job:
-- Report, report report. interview experts, contact local residents affected by your story, develop an understanding of who the major players are in your story.
-- Develop additional tools. Think of ways to make your data, conclusion or information easier for readers to understand. Ex: Maps, quizzes, interactive surveys and the like. (Think about pairing up with a j-student who has graphic skills.)
-- Produce a punchy, active story (or series of stories) that delivers all the information readers need to understand your story.

What's the deadline and how do I submit my pitch?

Deadline is Sept. 26, 2011. All story pitches should be made through the contest home page on UPI.com.
More questions? E-mail UPIU Regional Director and Senior Mentor Krista Kapralos at kkapralos@upi.com

Click here to apply

Read more: http://www.upi.com/EDU-grant#ixzz1VMBUXsRl

Thomson Reuters fellowships for reporting crises and disasters

Start date: 31 Oct 2011 | End date: 04 Nov 2011
Location: Caiscais, Portugal
Language: English
Application deadline: 05 Sep 2011

This course will consist of three days of classroom training and two days attending the ‘Japan’ and ‘A Disaster in your country’ sessions as well as other sessions at the News Xchange conference. For more details follow this link:

http://www.newsxchange.org/program/schedule/the-stories.html

The core activity of the course concerns the challenges and techniques involved in covering international-scale crises and disasters, using Reuters and other world news organisations as a model. We will concentrate on natural disasters and humanitarian crises of all sorts, and the special problems that can arise in covering them. Through briefings and practical writing exercises against deadlines, the course will help journalists improve their skills and recognise problem areas, within an interactive group environment. The Thomson Reuters Foundation AlertNet service (www.alertnet.org) will provide a central resource during the course.

Eligibility:

Applicants must be currently working as a journalist or regular contributor to media organisations. NewsXchange is a yearly conference for the television and video industry therefore it will help if applicants are interested in this field of journalism.

Applicants must be able to demonstrate a commitment to a career in journalism in their country, must have at least two years’ professional experience and have a good level in spoken and written English. If you have been on a Thomson Reuters Foundation training programme within the last two years you will not be eligible to apply.

Funding:

Full bursaries for journalists from the developing world/countries in political transition working for organisations with no resources for training. Bursaries would include travel expenses (economy class), accommodation and a modest contribution towards living allowance. This arrangement is subject to variation.

Part-funded bursaries are available for journalists from the developing world/countries in political transition who work for organisations that have limited resources for training, in this instance Thomson Reuters Foundation waives the tuition cost and you will be expected to cover travel and accommodation costs. In exceptional circumstances journalists from the developed world will be considered for part-funded bursaries.

News Xchange will waive the cost of the delegate fees to the conference for each participant (approx €1000)

Submissions:

• A biography of up to 250 words outlining your career.
• A statement of between 250 and 500 words describing any factors affecting your work as a journalist. Explain how you hope to benefit from the course for which you are applying.
• Two recent examples of your published work, preferably relevant to the course for which you are applying, with a brief summary in English (if necessary). TV/Radio journalists can send in their scripts and a brief summary.

SAFMA holds vigil for peace at Pakistan-India border

16 Aug 2011

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SAFMA prays for peace at India-Pakistan border

South Asian Free Media Association (SAFMA) and Hind Pak Dosti Manch organized a candlelight vigil on August 14-15 night at the India-Pakistan border to pay homage to the martyrs of independence and promote peace. Carrying candles in their hands with the message of friendship, peace and love, peaceniks from both the countries turned up for the vigil in good numbers. They raised slogans for promoting peace in the region and improving relations between the two countries. While SAFMA Secretary General Imtiaz Alam, Pakistan Peoples Party MNA Shakeela Rasheed television anchor Anjum Rashid and Indian singer Hans Raj Hans led the vigil from Pakistani side, Indian journalist Kuldip Nayar, SAFMA Pakistan President Nusrat Javeed, SAFMA India Joint Secretary Satnam Singh Manak and filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt headed it from the Indian side, joined by locals and other members of the civil society. They carried out a candlelight march up to the Wahga-Attari border. SAFMA and other peace activists from India and Pakistan called upon the two countries to liberalize visa regime, allow free movement of people, information and goods, and engage in an uninterrupted and uninterruptable dialogue process. They emphasized normalization of relations to solve the disputes. “India and Pakistan should join hands in tackling poverty, environment, energy and other issues and put together security mechanisms to fight out terrorism,” said Imtiaz Alam. Veteran journalist and president of the Hind-Pak Dosti Manch, Kuldip Nayyar, said the activists would continue their efforts to promote friendship between India and Pakistan. He urged them to stop the arms race and create an atmosphere of mutual trust. Before the vigil, the evening was marked by an event in which prominent Indian and Pakistani artists performed both oin Lahore and Amrisar. Prominent Pakistani singers Shaukat Ali and Mubarak Ali Kanwal and Indian singers Harbhajan Mann, the Noora sisters, the Ali brothers, Masha Ali and Diljan enthralled the audience at the Attari grain market. On the Pakistani side Indian folk singer Hans Raj Hans enthralled the audience with popular songs. Pakistani singer Shaukat Ali, who was part of a SAFMA delegation that went to Amritsar, said that people-to-people contact would help heal old wounds of Partition. “We are doing what the governments of the two nations should be doing. It is up to the people of India and Pakistan to usher in peace,” he said.

Photo contest awards over $75,000 in prizes

Deadline:

20/11/11

Photographers are invited to submit photos to a photo competition.

The Ocean Art Underwater Photo Competition, sponsored by the Underwater Photography Guide, is one of the largest competitions of its kind in terms of prizes. The competition has 12 categories, including divers, marine life portraits and marine life behavior.

Judges include world-renowned underwater photographers Martin Edge, author of a top-selling book on underwater photography and Marty Snyder, whose work has appeared in National Geographic. To see last year’s winning photographs, click here.

There are over US$75,000 worth of prizes, including 25 scuba diving resort packages, dive equipment and more. Grand prizes include an all-inclusive 10-night stay at Kungkungan Bay Resort in Indonesia and an 18-night stay in Papua New Guinea.

For more information, click here.

http://ijnet.org/opportunities/photo-contest-awards-over-75000-prizes-worldwide