The People & Planet International Photo Competition 2010

1st Prize: $1,500 AUS

2nd Prize: $750 AUS

3rd Prize: $250 AUS

The People & Planet International Photography Competition is a new competition open to photographers anywhere in the world. The aim is to select 55 photos to be published in the 2011 People & Planet: Social Justice & Environment Diary & Calendar, which raises money for Australian non-profit organisations (Download a PDF excerpt from the 2010 diary here).

What are we looking for?

We're looking for 55 images of people, places or things which tell a story about a social-justice or environment issue. Photos of almost any genre will be accepted, including portraits, landscapes, animals, objects, or any combination of these. We particularly like photos which tell "good news" stories about social-justice or the environment. With 55 spots up for grabs, it's a good chance to have your photos published and achieve international fame!

You can submit up to 4 photos per entrant. All submitted photos must be accompanied by 2-5 sentences describing the image and the social-justice or environment issues which are raised by the photo. Photos will be assessed jointly with the accompanying description.

The People & Planet International Photography Competition is open to everyone, and we particularly encourage people living in the developing world to enter.

The images can be colour or B&W, but should be at least at 300 dpi resolution, supplied in JPEG format, with a maximum file size of 10 MB. We like minimal Photoshop-ing, and will usually exclude photos where Photoshop-ing is obvious.

Please don't submit images that were submitted to this competition in 2009.

How do you enter?

Entry is Free! Just email your entries to david@peopleandplanet.org.au or send them on a CD to People & Planet, PO Box 2618, Fitzroy, Victoria Australia, 3065. If emailing, please send each image attached to a separate e-mail, and in the body of the email list the following in English:

1) Your name
2) Your country
3) Your postal address
4) Your email address
5) A title for your photo
6) 2-5 sentences describing the image (who, what, where, when) and the social-justice or environment issue(s) which are raised by the photo
7) The place the photo was taken

Images which do not include all the above information in English will not be accepted.

Before submitting images, please carefully consider whether they would fit the style of the People & Planet Diary. Images which feature nudity or violence cannot be accepted. Please do not add borders or other alterations to submitted images.

The winners will be selected by a panel of the competition Judges:

• Michael Cebon (People & Planet Editor)
• Michael Chew (Australian Photographer )

All 55 winners will recieve a free copy of the 2011 People & Planet Diary, with the best 3 photos receiving the cash prizes above.

Rules for Entry

1) Entries must be received by 31 May 2010.
2) Entrants may submit up to a maximum of 4 photos each.
3) Entries must be your own work.
4) Entries are only eligible if they include a) a title for each photo, b) 2-5 sentences describing each photo and the social-justice or environment issue(s) which are raised by the photo, c) the place the photo was taken, d) entrant's name, country & postal address.
5) No responsibility is accepted for ineligible entries or entries made fraudulently.
6) We reserve the right to crop the images as we see fit for publication.
7) We will accept entries which have been previously published elsewhere.
8) Winners of the 1st, 2nd & 3rd Prizes, as well as the other 52 photos which will be published in the People & Planet diary will be notified by 1 September 2010.
9) By entering the contest, you give People & Planet the right to publish your photos in the 2011 People & Planet Diary, the 2011 People & Planet Calendar and publicity associated with the diary & calendar only. Other use of the photos will be with your permission only.
10) Decisions by the competition judges are final and no correspondence will be entered into regarding their decisions.
11) By entering this competition you are accepting these rules and agree to be bound by them.