Contest mechanics:
1. Anyone can join.
2. The secretariat will accept entries from January 15 to
February 15
3.Entries must be original and not infringe on the rights of
any entity.
4.The competition is composed of two categories
Amateur/Students
Professional
5.There is no registration fee.
6.Each participant may submit up to three entries.
7. Photos should speak the theme: “Zero Stigma. Zero Discrimination”
8. Photo-editing programs may be used, but only for basic
post- processing actions for contrast, color balance, sharpening, cropping,
dodging and burning. Collages will not be qualified.
9. Entries should not bear watermarks, signatures, frames or
other markings such as date and/or time stamps.
10. Upon request, Entrants must provide a model release for
all submissions. If the subject of a photograph is under the age of 18, the
photographer must provide a written release from a parent or legal guardian.
Failure to provide such releases upon request may result in disqualification.
Do not send the release with your submission. Organizer will contact you if
releases are required
11. Screening and final judging will be conducted by a panel
of experts.
12. WHORE reserves the right to publish all entries on the
WHORE website, other relevant websites and for non-profit use by WHORE and its
not-for-profit partners.
13. Entrants do not waive their intellectual or moral
property rights by entering the contest, and will therefore retain the right to
be identified as the photographer behind the image.
14. Photos should be 300dpi at the minimum.
15. Each entry should come with the following information on
a separate sheet.
Last name, First
name
Category: Amateur
or Professional
Complete Address
Contact numbers
and e-mail address
When and where the
photo was taken, and what is in the frame
Title of entry
16. Entries should be e-mailed to whorephotocontest@gmail.com.
17. Entries should not have won in previous competitions.
18.The final 8 winners for the two categories will be chosen
based on the following criteria. There will be a separate category for
Popularity, to be determined based on the results of Facebook and on-site
voting.
Substance, impact and creativity: 50%
Composition, clarity and technical quality: 50%
The prizes are:
Professional
First Prize: P 15, 000
Second Prize: P 8,000
Third Prize: P 5,000
Amateur
First Prize: P10,000
Second Prize P6,000
Third Prize: P3,000
Popularity Contest:
One winner of P2,000 for each category
The top winners in both categories plus six other photos to be
selected from among the entries will be exhibited during the Baguio Flower Festival
on February and for the whole month of April at the Bangkok Culture and Arts
Center in Thailand.
