Darwin Sister City Award
Visual Storytelling Photography Competition
Overview
The Darwin Sister City Award – Visual Storytelling Photography Competition celebrates everything you love about photography.
Hosted by City of Darwin, Australia, the Darwin Sister City Award – Visual Storytelling Photography Competition (the Competition) is open to amateur and professional photographers from Darwin and its seven sister cities.
Visual storytelling is the heart of the Competition, which aims to feature images created by photographers from our sister cities, sharing visions that inspire, inform, and awe.
The winners will be awarded cash prizes and Lord Mayoral Certificate.
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Eligibility
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This free-to-enter photo competition is for persons residing within Darwin and any person living in Darwin’s seven sister cities, including Ambon, Indonesia, Kalymnos, Greece, Dili, Timor Leste, Haikou, China, Denpasar, Indonesia, Anchorage, USA, and Milikapiti, Tiwi Islands, Australia.
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The entrant should be above 18 years old.
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City of Darwin staff, elected members, and their immediate families are not eligible to enter the competition.
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How to enter
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Two categories are open for entry, including City Landscape and People. City Landscape which can include an image of the landscape of your city with a maximum 150 words story why this place is iconic for your city. People category is for one image of people entry with a maximum of 150 words story sharing the visions that inspire, inform, and awe.
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Each individual can submit one image with a story.
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Any equipment may be used. Entries must meet the technical specifications as follows:
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must be larger than 2MB.
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both Adobe RGB and sRGB are accepted.
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images must be saved as a high-resolution JPEG.
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Submissions will not be accepted once the deadline has passed.
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Entry Period
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8:00 am Thursday 1 February – 11:59 pm Tuesday 14 May 2024 (All dates and times are in Australian Central Standard Time, ACST).
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Prizes
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Award Category
Category
Number of winners
Prize in cash
Grand Prize
Landscape/People
2
$1000
Excellence Award
Landscape/People
4
$600
Special Encouragement Award
Landscape/People
2
$400
People's Choice Award
Landscape/People
2
$300
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Submission Guidelines
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All photos must be original work, taken by the entrants.
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The photo must not infringe upon the trademark, copyright, moral rights, intellectual rights, or rights of privacy of any entity or person.
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The photo must be in its original state and cannot be altered in any way, including but not limited to removing, adding, reversing, or distorting subjects within the frame. Violators will be removed from the Competition and stripped of any prize(s).
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All details provided by the entrant must be true and accurate.
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The entrant is responsible for the appropriate permissions or talent releases for their entries. City of Darwin does not request talent release forms with entries. If any dispute arises from the photo that you have submitted, City of Darwin team will remove the image and disqualify the entries.
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Images with watermarks or branding will be disqualified.
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Entries that are found to breach these Terms and Conditions will become invalid and, if awarded a prize, that prize must be returned to City of Darwin.
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City of Darwin reserves the right in its sole discretion to disqualify any entry that is deemed inappropriate or does not conform to stated competition rules.
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Please read these Terms and Conditions carefully before participating in the Darwin Sister City Award – Visual Storytelling Photography Competition. City of Darwin reserves the right to modify these Terms and Conditions at any time.
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