OPPORTUNITIES / PHOTO: "Empowering Women and Girls through Sports" Photo Contest

Whether it's on the field, in the pool, or on the track, women and girls all over the world are leveling the playing field and raising the bar. Grab your camera, get creative, and capture an action shot that celebrates how sports empower women and girls.

Prizes

• Two Grand Prize winners will receive a tablet computer (iPad 3) and their entries will be displayed at theU.S. Department of State.
• Runners-up will receive ExchangesConnect T-shirts and trading cards featuring the top 20 submissions.

Important Notes

• You must be at least 14 years old to enter the contest.
• If you are under 18, you need permission from a parent or guardian to participate.
• Each member may submit a maximum of two (2) entries for consideration in the contest.
• Entries will be judged by a panel from the U.S. Department of State and photography and sports experts on originality, creativity, effectiveness, and photo quality. What are these?
• Submissions will be accepted from July 24 until September 4, 2012.
• Read our full rules to learn more.

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OPPORTUNITIES / PHOTO / COMPETITIONS: Adobe Youth Voices Photo Competition

Deadline: 31 July 2009

A call to youth photographers!

Adobe Youth Voices (AYV), a global youth media initiative, and the nonproft What Kids Kids Can Do, Inc. are delighted to announce our first-ever international photo competition.

When written in Chinese or Japanese, the word "crisis" is composed of two characters--one represents crisis or danger, and the other represents hope or opportunity. We have taken this as inspiration for our groundbreaking competition. "Crisis and Hope" offers an exciting opportunity for youth around the world to express themselves through photographs--and make their voices heard--on both what is challenging and what gives hope in today's difficult world.

Winning photographs will be showcased online, in a traveling exhibit, and in a book.

The contest is open to all young people--anywhere in the world--between the ages of 12 and 19.

The deadline for submissions is July 31, 2009. Winners--as many as 30--will be announced by August 31, 2009.

Join us! And please help us spread the word by forwarding this message to friends, colleagues, networks, and organizations that would find it of interest.

To learn more about the competition and submission guidelines, visit
http://www.wkcd.org/AYV_Photo_Competition/index.html

Questions? Please write us at info@whatkidscando.org

Many thanks.
Click here for AYV International Photo Competition website.

COMPETITIONS / PHOTO: Shoot Nations 2009

SHOOT NATIONS RETURNS FOR 2009...

‘Shoot Nations enables the smallest family, community or environmental issue to reach the highest level of global governance’

Shoot Nations is a free global online photographic competition. The competition is open to anyone aged 11 – 25 from anywhere in the world who is interested in voicing their opinion - not just photographers. In previous years the competition has received 2,500 entries from 108 countries. Over 15,000 people have visited exhibitions of Shoot Nations photographs on 4 different continents – help us make this year even bigger and better!

The best entrants will be in with the chance to be exhibited at the United Nations HQ in NYC as part of International Youth Day.

VISIT SHOOT NATIONS 08 (available in 5 languages)
Friday 1st May - Friday 31st July

International children’s charity Plan and photographic organisation Shoot Experience are running the competition, now in its fourth year, and expect the response this year to be mammoth. The theme is "Growing Up in the 21st Century" - and there will be a particular focus on the importance of gender.

Entrants are required to answer the following briefs with a photo, a drawing or a graphic design.
1. Because I am a Girl / Because I am a Boy (pick one)
2. What's holding me back?
3. What could I be?

For Press Enquiries contact Alex Keech on 0207 0 333 555, or visit shootnations.org for more info.

ICDB 2009 slideshow