UNESCO Silk Roads International Photo Contest

The International Photo Contest ”Youth Eyes on the Silk Roads”
Taking place from 11 April  to 15 July 2018, is organized within the framework of UNESCO Silk Roads Project, UNESCO Youth Programme and the International Decade for the Rapprochement of Cultures (2013-2022). This initiative offers a good opportunity for young people from different regions of the world to visually capture their understanding and impressions of the Silk Roads common heritage in their respective countries.
The photographs must accurately reflect the theme, “Reveal the Silk Roads”, through representations of culture, monuments, landscape, and people.

Benefits
The contest will culminate with an awards ceremony, with three winners being selected from each category.
First place winners will receive a professional camera.
Second place winners will receive a semi-professional camera, and the prize for third place will be a standard-model digital camera.
In addition, winners will receive an all expenses paid trip to the ceremony.
Those under 17 years of age may be accompanied by one other family member, courtesy of UNESCO.
A travelling exhibition of fifty photos which best represent the spirit of the contest will start its tour in UNESCO HQ in Paris, before travelling to other countries.
To commemorate the occasion, these exceptional photographs will ultimately appear in a professionally bound collection of printed images.

Eligibilities
The photography contest is open to everyone between 14 and 25 years old, regardless of his or her country of residence, except employees of UNESCO and the donor, China World Peace Foundation, and their family members (parents, children, siblings and spouses).

There will be two categories:
14 to 17 years old
18 to 25 years old
Open for All.
To participate, minors must provide written permission from their legal guardian(s):
“I, the undersigned Mr/Ms “full name” legal representative of “full name”, authorize him/her to participate in the photography contest “Youth Eyes on the Silk Roads” which runs from 11 April to 15 July 2018. I read and agreed with the terms of rules
Signed “City”, the “Date” Signature
No minors’ participation will be accepted by the Organization without their written permission.

 Application Process
To confirm participation, each participant will have to follow the following instructions outlined below before 15 July 2018, 23h59m59s, (GMT+1 h):

Go to the Participation page
Upload a maximum of 20 photographs:
Include a caption for each photograph or series of photographs, in digital format (JPEG or JPG)
The quality of the photographs must be at least 1,500 pixels wide for horizontal images and 1,500 pixels tall for vertical images. (See Article 3).
To participate, entrants must have access to the Internet.
Participation is strictly personal and the entrant cannot enter the contest on behalf of another person.
Participation in the photography contest implies full acceptance of these rules and all of their provisions. Non-compliance with the rules will result in disqualification of the entrant.

Application Deadline: 
July 15, 2018

Website:  
https://goo.gl/2PZ9yg

Application Form
https://goo.gl/q56L2A