The Competition
World Photography Awards
The World Photography Organisation delivers various initiatives and programmes across the global photographic community under the "World Photography" brand.
These programmes involve the amateur and professional photographer in commercial, cultural and educational activities within the photographic industry.
Currently included within the World Photography portfolio are the World Photography Awards sponsored by Sony; the World Photography Student Focus Programme; the World Photography Festival, the World Photography Collection and the World Photography Focus Programme.
Proudly sponsored by Sony, the World Photography Awards is widely recognised as the leading photographic awards programme in the World. The World Photography Organisation (WPO) supports professional, amateur and student photography and lends a global platform for the photographic industry to communicate, converge and showcase current trends in Photojournalism, Fine Art and Commercial Photography.
Sony World Photography Awards; Youth Award
Entry Start; 1 June 2011 Entry Close 6 January 2012
We are searching for the next generation of talented young photographers in this new competition, open to anyone under the age of 20.
Whether you are studying photography in school or college, or just have a passion for taking photographs of your daily life, enter this competition for the chance to become the first ever Sony World Photography Awards Youth Award Winner.
There are three great categories available to enter that will allow you to illustrate your blossoming photographic talent; Culture, Environment and People. You can enter a maximum of three photographs across the categories.
Please note, once you have entered this competition you will not be able to enter the Open or Professional competitions.
Find out more about how you can participate in the Youth Award here.
Complies with the Bill of Rights
This competition meets all the standards set out in
the Bill of Rights For Artists
Competitions which comply with the conditions set out in the Bill of Rights For Artists do not -
- claim copyright
- seek waiving of moral rights
- fail to give a credit for all free usage
- add, alter, or remove metadata from digital images
- seek usage rights other than for solely and exclusively promoting the contest. Note that a book, posters, cards, or a calendar are seen as legitimate ways of promoting the contest and defraying costs
- seek free usage rights in excess of 3 years
- use the images commercially without the photographers agreement, and such commercial usage is to be rights managed and limited to 3 years.
- make it a condition of winning that an entrant must sign a commercial usage agreement
- fail to publish all documents on the competition website that an entrant may have to sign
- fail to name the judges for this or last year's competition
- fail to explicitly state all the organisations who will acquire rights to the images
- set a closing date more than 18 months after the contest launch date
- fail to make clear statements of rights claimed and how images are used
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