US Consulate Hyderabad Photo Contest 2015 #ActOnClimate Telangana/Andhra Pradesh/Odisha

Organization : US Consulate General Hyderabad
Competition Name : #ActOnClimate Act On Climate Photography Contest 2015
Applicable States : Telangana, Andhra Pradesh & Odisha
Competition Last Date : December 13, 2015

Photography Contest 2015 :

The climate change photo contest is now open. Last date to send your entries is 13 December, 2015. Participate and win cool prizes.Email your pictures to HyderabadPA@state.gov.

The contest is for students between the ages of 14-20 years.

Contest Theme :

** Climate Change is real and happening faster than ever. The need to act on climate urgent. As a lead up to the Paris COP-21, the U.S. Consulate General, Hyderabad in holding the “Act on Climate: Causes, Impact, mitigation” online photo contest for students.
** Scientists world over agree that human activity is largely responsible for the rapid increase in global warming in past few decades. Drastic changes in weather patterns are occurring: more violent storms, hotter summers and colder winters. If the world continues to warm, sea levels will rise, harming communities located along coastlines. That and drought could create new migration patterns and harm agriculture.
** Crop yields in some places have diminished in recent years because of exposure to ozone. And warming oceans will affect marine life worldwide in ways that will harm fisheries upon which people depend for food. The goal of the contest is to bring out the connection between climate change and our daily lives. The photographs should vividly capture any natural/Cultural/man-made reality and impact of climate change.

How to Enter :

** Contestants are invited to name and submit an original still photo that reflects the theme of the contest, “Act on Climate: Causes, Impact, mitigation”
** Photos need to be the original work of the contestants, and to be shot in India in 2015. This contest is open to Indian nationals residing in the three states of the consular district: Telangana, Andhra Pradesh and Odisha. Once a photo is submitted, it is considered a final submission and may not be modified or edited, or replaced. Contestants may submit no more than three photos, and only one photo will be eligible for a prize. Participation in this contest is automatically deemed as acceptance of these Official Contest Rules.

a. Photo Submission:
** You can submit photos by E-mail. Each contestant can submit up to 3 entries.
** All Photos must include a caption. Contestants will also be required to include their (i) Name, (ii) Address, (iii) Age, (iv) Phone number, (v) Number of Photos Submitted and (vi) Location where the photo was shot. The photo(s) should be submitted via e-mail: HyderabadPA@state.gov
** Please mention ‘Climate Change Photo Contest’ in the subject of the e-mail.

b. Editing of Photos:
The submitted contest photograph cannot be significantly edited: nothing in the photographs (people, animals, scenery, objects, etc.) may be altered, removed, augmented or rearranged. Cropping is permitted, as is modest darkening or lightening of parts of the image.

Content Requirements:

Entries CANNOT:
** be sexually explicit or suggestive, or derogatory of any ethnic, racial, gender, religious, professional or age group or the disabled, be profane or pornographic, or contain nudity;
** promote alcohol, illegal drugs, tobacco, firearms/weapons (or the use of any of the foregoing), any activities that may appear unsafe or dangerous, or any particular political agenda or message;
** defame, misrepresent or contain disparaging remarks about other people or companies;
** contain any prominent use of trademarks, logos or trade dress (such as distinctive packaging or building exteriors/interiors) owned by others as determined by the U.S. Consulate General, Hyderabad, or advertise or promote any brand or product of any kind, or contain any personal identification, such as license plate numbers, personal names, e-mail addresses or street addresses;
** contain prominent copyrighted materials owned by others (including photographs, sculptures, paintings and other works of art or images published on or in websites, television, movies or other media) as determined by the U.S. Consulate General, Hyderabad;
** contain materials embodying the names, likenesses, photographs, or other indicia identifying any person, living or dead, without permission;
** communicate messages or images inconsistent with the positive images and/or goodwill to which the U.S. Consulate General, Hyderabad wishes to associate;
** depict and cannot itself be in violation of any law or otherwise; nor
** depict or otherwise identify a minor unless a parent or legal guardian is the contestant.

Eligibility :

** Contestants must be at least 14 years old and no older than 21 years old at the time of submission.
** The contest commences on November 22, 2015, and closes at 23:59 on December 13, 2015. The person submitting the photo will be considered the contestant and will be the only person eligible to compete for the prize.
** Employees of the U.S. Government and their families, and employees and family members of the co-sponsors, will not be eligible to participate in this competition.
** Submission by email should be in .jpg, .gif, or .png format and no larger than a five (5) megabytes (mb) file size.
** Submissions should not have any visible watermarks, signatures, or personally identifiable information.
** Contestants must be physically present in one of the 3 states of: Telangana, Andhra Pradesh or Odisha.

Selection of Winners :

Judging Criteria:
All photos will be screened by well-known photographers and a panel of officials from the Consulate General of the United States of America, Hyderabad. The criteria for judging are: 1. Originality 2. Creativity 3.Effectiveness 4. Photo Quality

Award categories :

** There will be I, II & III prize. The Award ceremony will be held at the Consulate, date for which will be Top 10 photographs will be put on display at the American Corner in St. Francis College for Women. The best pictures will also be featured as banner picture on our social media platforms.
** If a potential winner does not respond and comply with the instructions in the direct message within seven (7) days after we send the direct message, he/she will forfeit the prize and we may award the prize to an alternate contestant.

Terms & Rights :

By entering you represent and warrant and agree that:
** You have photographed and submitted the Entry. The Photograph is a picture of you (if applicable) or you have received permission from the person(s) depicted in the Photograph (“Third Party Participant”) (if applicable) and that all elements of your Entry submitted by you are original and are not copied from any other work, and do not infringe upon the rights of any third party and to the extent any elements were created by a third party (“Third Party Participant”), you own all right, title and interest to said elements which is part of your Entry, to enable you to grant the rights granted herein.

** If a Third Party Participant is a minor you are that minor’s parent or legal guardian. You retain ownership of the Entry(ies) you submit, however, by entering, you, on behalf of yourself and any Third Party Participants, grant the U.S. Consulate General, Hyderabad the perpetual, fully-paid, irrevocable, non-exclusive license to publish, reproduce, prepare derivative works of, distribute, display, exhibit, transmit, broadcast, televise, digitize, otherwise use, and permit others to use and perform throughout the world the photograph and Entry in any manner, form, or format now or hereinafter created, including on the Internet, and for any purpose, including, but not limited to, advertising or promotion of Contest Entities and Contest all without further consent from or payment to you, including those Entry(ies) which were not selected.

** By submitting your Entry(ies), you agree that the U.S. Consulate General, Hyderabad has no obligation to post or publish your Entry, that all such postings or publication, if any, will be in the U.S. Consulate General, Hyderabad’s sole discretion and that the posting or publication of an Entry does not guarantee the Entry will be selected as a winner.

** By submitting an Entry, each contestant understands and grants to the U.S. Consulate General, Hyderabad permission for his/her Entry to be posted on the Consulate’s Flickr, Facebook, and web pages in perpetuity throughout the world for viewing on online platforms.
** The U.S. Consulate General, Hyderabad is not responsible for any unauthorized third party use of any Entry.
** Entries will not be acknowledged and will not be received or held “in confidence” and a submission does not create a confidential relationship or obligation of secrecy between you and the U.S. Consulate General, Hyderabad or any of its affiliates.
** Each Entry must not infringe upon the copyrights, trademarks, rights of privacy, publicity, or other intellectual property or other rights of any person or entity.

** If the Entry contains any material or elements that are not owned by the contestant and/or which are subject to the rights of third parties, the contestant is responsible for obtaining, prior to submission of the Entry, any and all releases and consents necessary to permit the use and exhibition of the Entry by the U.S. Consulate General, Hyderabad in the manner set forth in these Official Rules.

** The U.S. Consulate General, Hyderabad reserves the right to request proof of these permissions in a form acceptable to them from any contestant at any time.
** By submitting an Entry, contestant warrants and represents that he/she consents to the submission and use of the Entry in the Contest, and to its posting on the U.S. Consulate General, Hyderabad or other USG web pages.