INDIAFRICA Photography Contest 2014

Open to all Indian and African citizens of all age groups.

Awards

• Twenty prizes of INR 25000* each
• Certificates for all winners
• INDIAFRICA merchandise for all winners

* Subject to Govt of India Tax Rules which currently stipulate a Tax Deduction at Source (TDS) @ 30.9% of prize money.  Disbursal of prize money may take up to 12 weeks after announcement.

Rules Of Participation

Eligibility

• Entry to the contest is open to both amateurs and professionals.
• There is no age limit for the participants.
• Participation is open to individuals only.

Technical Criteria

• There is no fixed matrix or judging criteria. All entries will be judged individually and the winners will be selected by consensus of the Jury.
• The submissions must be in .jpeg format. The file size of each entry must not be more than 10 MB.
• The photographs can be in horizontal or vertical formats, though a horizontal format is preferred.
• The submitted work must not contain material(s) offensive to any particular community, group, individual or institution.
• Photo-editing can only be done to the extent of cropping, minor colour correction and tinting. Stitched panoramas are acceptable only if all parts are photographed at the same time. Any of the allowed alterations, once made, must be clearly mentioned at the time of submission.
• Photographs previously published in any media or entered for any award will be disqualified.
• Submitted entries should not have been previously published.
• Submitted entries that have previously been awarded at other competitions will not be considered eligible for entry and will face immediate disqualification.