Calling submissions for the Urban Treasures — EEA photo competition 2024 !
The European Environment Agency (EEA) is inviting all nature and photography enthusiasts to showcase their photographic talent in the 2024 edition of our annual photo competition.
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This year’s competition “Urban Treasures” is a call for us to capture the essence of our cities and towns through inspiring moments that give us joy and hope for a more sustainable tomorrow. The urban theme celebrates the positive strides we are making towards a better environment and encourages a reflection on how we can build more eco-friendly and liveable neighborhoods.
- Wildlife in the city
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Charming neighbourhoods
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Green at heart
Selection process
- 20-40 finalists and 5 winners
- The best photographs in each category will be selected by a pre-selection committee consisting of communication and environment experts appointed by the EEA.
- Finalist photos will then be submitted to an external jury composed of environmental communication experts from across Europe. The jury will determine the winners of all prizes except for the Public Choice Award.
- For the Public Choice Award, the finalist entries put forward by the pre-selection committee will be open to a public vote from 30 October to 13 November 2024.
- The winners of all prizes will be announced on 29 November 2024.
Judging criteria
The judges will look for a creative, engaging and inspiring submission. Each entry will be judged on:
- Relevance of the entry to the competition topic
- Creativity expressed
- Technical ability
- Persuasiveness of the entry
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Entry is free of charge. Submission of an entry will be taken to mean acceptance of the Competition rules and the Terms and Conditions.
The copyright of the photos submitted for this competition remains with the respective participants. However, each entrant grants the EEA and its partners the right to use the submitted photos in their digital and print material, crediting the copyright owners.
Benefits
- 3 X 1000 EUR Best photo in each category.
- 500 EUR Public Choice award.
- 500 EUR Youth Prize 18 – 24 years old.
Eligibilities
- The competition is open to the citizens of the EU 27 Member States, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, Switzerland and Türkiye; under the stabilisation and association agreements: North Macedonia, Albania, Kosovo, Montenegro, Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina.
- The photos must be taken in the countries mentioned above.
- All participants must be 18 or older.
- Appplicants must have full copyrights to the submitted material.
- Photos should comply with the manipulation rules set out in the Terms and Conditions (article 14).
- Applicants may submit maximum 5 entries in the competition. Each entry will be handled separately so they need to fill out a new submission form for each entry.
- By submitting an entry, applicant will be presumed to have agreed to accept the Competition rules and the Terms and Conditions.
- Submissions may also not be accepted into the contest if the image in the entry features an identifiable individual who has not given their consent to appear or if the image features advertising or trademarks, which would otherwise require the EEA to obtain permission to use.
Application Process
- Submit your max 5 entries
- Take or create an original photo in electronic format (e.g.: .jpeg, .png, .tiff) with minimum resolution of 2000 pixels — preferably more than 4960 pixels — on the long side of the photo.
- Support photo with a title and an optional short description (maximum 1000 characters in English).
- Submit photo entries by 1 October 2024 23.59 (CEST).
Application Deadline: September 30, 2024 (5 Days Remaining)
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