THE COMPETITION

The Lions Club of Seregno Aid 108 IB1 based in Seregno (MB) in collaboration with UN Water gency for the right to water, together with Lions Acqua per la vita Onlus and Lions Club MD108 Italy, the patronage of European Comunity, the Italian Ministry of Culture, and the Municipalities of Seregno, Barlassina, Seveso, in the occasion of the 2019 World Water Day is organising the third edition of the “World Water Day 22 March 2019 Photo Contest” to draw public attention to the critical issue of water in our times, with special focus on access to good water.

The proceeds of the competition will be used to supply water purification systems to communities in need of “water for life“.

Theme

The competition is open to all lovers of photography and to all supporters of environmental issues and is based on the theme “Water for all | no exceptions”

Entrants may present all photographs representing water as protagonist and taken with any type of photographic device, camera, smartphone, tablet, drone etc.

There are two sections :

Themed Photos

Section for single themed photos. The theme is “Water for all | no exceptions”

Story Telling

A themed section “Water Stories” in which you can propose a set of photos, portfolios, photojournalism and storyboards (sequences of images that tell a storythat share a story related to water as a common element.

Along with the photos, will have to write a brief description of its project (in Italian or in English)
Portfolios must be made minimum of 5 and a maximum of 8 photos. (10 photos only for Early bird)

For alla sections , entries must not have won an award in any other photographic competition on pain of being disqualified. Both colour and black and white photos are permitted. Software corrections, post production, photo editing and photo manipulation are accepted

Photos with signatures, watermarks or visible marks on the image are not allowed. The jury and the organisers will, at their discretion, disqualify those photos or images deemed offensive.

Registration

The competition will begin 05/10/2018 and will end on 28/02/2019.

The website www.worldwaterday.it will supply all information relevant to the registration and participation, to the enrolment fee and the dissemination of the competition.

For the section “Themed Photos” a fixed fee of € 10.00 (ten Euro) is to be paid with the submission of the first photo and € 5,00 (five Euro) for each subsequent photo.

The registrations completed within 31/12/2018 will benefit from special fee (Early bird) : the fixed fee of € 10.00 (ten Euro) allows to upload two single photos instead only one.

For the section “Storytelling” a fixed fee of € 30.00 (thirty Euro) is to be paid regardless of the number of photos making up the portfolio (minimum of 5, maximum of 8 photographs).

The registrations completed within 31/12/2018 will benefit from special fee (Early bird) the fixed fee of € 30.00 (thirty Euro ) allows to upload a maximum of 10 photos instead 8.

The registration form can be found at www.worldwaterday.it and entrants must declare full ownership of the work, that none of the photos have been awarded a prize in other competitions, that the photos do not in any way violate the rights of any third parties which might be depicted in them and assume the responsibility for privacy, alongside payment of the registration fee.

To avoid uploading problems pleasefollow the indications below:

• .jpg format (please check the file extension. NO “.jpeg” o “JPG”);
• RGB colour;
• the files must be smaller than 10 MB each;
• minimum longer side: 2500 px;
• the name of the file (filename.jpg) must not contain special characters (accents, apostrophes, symbols, spaces, etc.);

Prizes

Prizes will be awarded as follows:

Themed photos

1° place overall: Euro 1.000

2° place overall: Euro 750

3° place overall: Euro 500

1° place Europa: Euro 500

1° place Asia: Euro 500

1° place Africa: Euro 500

1° place Oceania: Euro 500

1° place Americas: Euro 500

1° place for Lions Club Member: sponsor award

Story Telling

1° place: Euro 300

The prizes are not cumulative. Prizes for the 1st placed for Europe/Asia/Africa/Oceania/Americas will only be awarded if the number of 1,250 participants is reached.

The jury reserves the right not to award the prizes if none of the works in competition are considered worthy of the award.

The prizes not awarded will be destined to the purpose of this competition as per article no. 1 of this Announcement.

EXHIBITIONS AND PUBLICATIONS

The best photos will be selected for exhibitions and/or published on the official page of the UN International Water Day at http://www.unwater.org/worldwaterday/home.

A wide selection of the best photos will be published on the website of the competition at www.worldwaterday.it

Catalogue

The best photos will be printed in a catalogue available in digital form and in print on demand.

Submission Deadline:28 February 2019

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