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Sabtu, 01 Desember 2012

Nikon Photo Contest, 2012–2013

Nikon Photo Contest, 2012–2013
Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 30th November 2012 Nikon announces that the Nikon Photo Contest will open on 1st December. The entry period for one of the world’s most respected photography competitions is from 1st December 2012 until 28th February 2013.

The Nikon Photo Contest (NPC) is the new name for what was formerly the Nikon Photo Contest International, which has been running since 1969. In this, the competition’s 34th year, as well as a new name, the NPC has undergone some important changes including the establishment of a movie category.

The NPC is welcoming entries in four categories: single photographs (Category A), photo story (Category B, two to five images that present a theme or idea), photographic videos (Category C, featuring videos of up to 45 seconds in length), and Motion Snapshots (Category D). In category D Nikon is requesting works in the new Motion Snapshot image format that combines still images and movies taken with Nikon 1 system cameras.
Both professional and amateur photographers of all abilities and experience from every country are eligible to enter.

The judges of the NPC include well-known photographers active on the global scene who will select a total of 64 works for first, second, and third prizes in each category, together with a Grand Prize for the very best entry. A new addition is the Participants’ Award for Most Popular Entry, which will be chosen by the contest entrants. Winning entries are to be announced in the summer of 2013 and are to be included in a public exhibition (the location, date, and other details of which are yet to be announced).

Winning entrants will be awarded with money to spend on Nikon products ranging from \100,000 (approx. €970[1]) to \1,000,000 (approx. €9,700[2]) as well being included in the exhibition of prize winning works.

For more information about the NPC, including the list of judges, how to enter, competition rules, a full list of prizes and category eligibility, go to the official website: http://www.nikon-photocontest.com/en/

2013 Black & White Portfolio Contest Entry Info

2013 Black & White Portfolio Contest Entry Info

Submissions accepted from 10/01/12 to 12/31/12

MORE WINNERS!

28 Spotlight winners will be featured photographers in issues of Black & White in 2013 and 2014
20 Excellence winners will have their work featured in four-page spreads in the August 2013 Portfolio Contest Special Issue.
80 Merit winners will have their work featured in two-page spreads in the August 2013 Portfolio Contest Special Issue
NEW JUDGING: We have expanded our panel of judges. Each judge will act independently and winners will be chosen from merged lists of all judges.
ADDITIONAL BENEFITS: We have selected 200+ photographs from earlier Single Image and Portfolio Contest entries that were not previously selected for an award and are including them in a special issue designed for newsstand distribution. Our initial issue for this market will include photographs from the Portraiture/Children and Animal categories. It is an additional opportunity to have your work shown. If this venture is successful, we will publish additional issues with selections from other categories.
ENTRY BONUS: All portfolios entered will be included in the galleries on our redesigned web site. Each of your photos will have a direct link to your web site. Currently we have more than 25,000 photos from past contests in our searchable galleries with increasing traffic counts. This extra exposure makes the entry fees a good investment for your future.
A portfolio unit consists of no less than 8 and no more than 12 images. The images may represent the high point of a long career, a specific subject, or a special thematic treatment. More than one portfolio unit may be entered (additional fee required). Many of the 700 photographers spotlighted in Black & White so far have experienced welcome jolts to their sales as a result of the exposure. So take the chance of having your work seen by more than 40,000 viewers worldwide (Black & White is sold in 60 countries)!
CONTEST GUIDELINES:
  • ELIGIBILITY: All photographers are eligible except employees and contract workers of Ross Periodicals.
  • IMAGE CAPTURE: Images may be captured using film or digital. Only CD/DVDs will be accepted for entry. No prints or slides!
  • PORTFOLIOS: A portfolio unit consists of no fewer than 8 images and no more than 12 images. There is no limitation on the number of portfolio units that may be entered. Make separate folders for each portfolio, but please use as few CD/DVDs as possible for your entry.
  • PREPARING YOUR CD/DVD:
    • Write your complete name, phone number and email address on the CD/DVD itself.
    • Save images at 300 ppi (lower resolution files cannot be used), 8 bits, in grayscale, as jpeg files only.
    • The size of the scans, whether vertical or horizontal in orientation, MUST be 7 inches wide.
    • Please name each digital image file on your CD/DVD exactly as shown below:
      • Title of image, Location, Year of capture.
      • Example: The Rose, New York City, NY, 2005 or International: Eiffel Tower, Paris, France, 2008
    • Do not use: all capitals, all lower case, underscores, or personal reference numbers in your titles.
    • Avoid using the following characters in an image file name or CD/DVD name: \ | / ? : “ * < >
    • If more than one image is Untitled, name them Untitled 1, Untitled 2, and so on.
    • Do not use Picasa, iPhoto or similar file-sharing programs to burn your CD/DVDs.
    • Before sending CD/DVDs, please double-check that the disks and your image files open properly.
  • ENTRY FEES: Fee for the first portfolio unit is US$45. Each additional portfolio unit is US$30. Payment may be made by check (payable to Black & White), money order, PayPal (payable to bnwmagpicks@aol.com) or credit card (MasterCard, Visa and American Express). Include number, expiration date, 3-digit security code on back of card, name exactly as embossed on card, cardholder’s signature and amount to be charged. For international entries we accept ONLY Mastercard, VISA, American Express, PayPal, or international US dollar money orders. We do not accept bank or money transfers. Entry fees are non-refundable.
  • ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Prints and slides WILL NOT be accepted. CD/DVDs will not be returned (they will be destroyed after review or eventual use). PHOTO RELEASES must be available and furnished upon request for all individuals prominently featured in an entered image. This rule is not generally applicable to street photography. Do not include any releases with your entry. Please forward questions to bnwmagpicks@aol.com or call us at 805.270.3312.
  • COPYRIGHTS AND THE WEBSITE GALLERY: By entering this contest you give your permission for Black & White to print your images in our magazine and on our website for one-time use. Images entered in this contest will be posted on our website gallery with a link to your website unless you NOTIFY US IN WRITING that you do not want your images placed in the gallery. Please refer to our website to see the formatting and copyright protection currently being used.
  • DEADLINE: Entries must be postmarked no later than December 31, 2012.
  • NOTIFICATION: The selection process will take several months to complete. All entrants will be notified by email. If you wish to have a confirmation of receipt of entry, please include a stamped, self-addressed postcard.
  • WHERE TO SEND: Mail: Black & White, PO Box 700, Arroyo Grande, CA 93421.
    Other carriers: 1789 Lyn Road, Arroyo Grande, CA 93420.

WHAT TO SEND

  1. On a sheet of paper, TYPE your name, mailing address, phone number, email address, and website address (this will be published
    if your images are selected and also on the web gallery). DO NOT include an artist statement or curriculum vitae—entries are judged solely on the merits of the images. DO NOT include an image list separate from what is on the CD/DVD.
  2. Your CD/DVD—see above.
  3. Payment—see above.
SOurce : http://www.bandwmag.com/contest-info/4

Poetry Contest 2013

Poetry Contest

Deadline: January 25, 2013
Prize: $1000 grand prize, $300 runner-up, $200 2nd runner-up
Judge: Rhea Tregebov

Rhea Tregebov, Poetry judgeRhea Tregebov is the author of seven collections of poetry, most recently All Souls’, which will be released by Signal Editions/VĂ©hicule Press in September 2012. Her poetry has received a number of awards, including the Pat Lowther Award for her first book, Remembering History, as well as The Malahat Review Long Poem Award, honorary mention in the National Magazine Awards, and the Prairie Schooner Reader’s Choice Prize.

Entry fee: $35 Canadian entries; $40 US entries; $45 Int’l entries (up to three poems may be submitted with each entry, each entry includes a one-year subscription or extension)
Additional entry: $5 each poem

There are two ways to enter:
1. Fill out our paper entry form and mail us your manuscript.
2. Submit online: (please note that a small charge applies to online entries to offset the fee charged by Submittable; also note that Submittable charges in USD)
Canadian entries
US entries
International entries
Additional poem

Source : http://prismmagazine.ca/contests/

Short Fiction Contest 2013

Short Fiction Contest

Deadline: January 25, 2013
Prize: $2000 grand prize, $300 runner-up, $200 2nd runner-up
Judge: Annabel Lyon

Annabel Lyon, Short Fiction judgeAnnabel Lyon’s first novel, The Golden Mean,  is a best seller in Canada and has been translated into six languages. It won the Rogers Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize and was nominated for the Scotiabank Giller Prize, the Governor General’s Award for Fiction, and the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize. Lyon is also the author of the story collection Oxygen and the book of novellas The Best Thing for You.

Entry fee: $35 Canadian entries; $40 US entries; $45 Int’l entries (includes a one-year subscription or extension)
Additional entry: $5 each piece
Max. word count: 6000

There are two ways to enter:
1. Fill out our paper entry form and mail us your manuscript.
2. Submit online: (please note that a small charge applies to online entries to offset the fee charged by Submittable; also note that Submittable charges in USD)
Canadian entries
US entries
International entries
Additional entries

Rabu, 14 November 2012

eVolo 2013 Skyscraper Competition

eVolo Magazine is pleased to invite architects, students, engineers, designers, and artists from around the globe to take part in the eVolo 2013 Skyscraper Competition. Established in 2006, the annual Skyscraper Competition is one of the world’s most prestigious awards for high-rise architecture. It recognizes outstanding ideas that redefine skyscraper design through the implementation of novel technologies, materials, programs, aesthetics, and spatial organizations along with studies on globalization, flexibility, adaptability, and the digital revolution. It is a forum that examines the relationship between the skyscraper and the natural world, the skyscraper and the community, and the skyscraper and the city.
The participants should take into consideration the advances in technology, the exploration of sustainable systems, and the establishment of new urban and architectural methods to solve economic, social, and cultural problems of the contemporary city including the scarcity of natural resources and infrastructure and the exponential increase of inhabitants, pollution, economic division, and unplanned urban sprawl.
The competition is an investigation on the public and private space and the role of the individual and the collective in the creation of a dynamic and adaptive vertical community. It is also a response to the exploration and adaptation of new habitats and territories based on a dynamic equilibrium between man and nature – a new kind of responsive and adaptive design capable of intelligent growth through the self-regulation of its own systems.
There are no restrictions in regards to site, program or size. The objective is to provide maximum freedom to the participants to engage the project without constraints in the most creative way. What is a skyscraper in the 21st century? What are the historical, contextual, social, urban, and environmental responsibilities of these mega-structures?
eVolo Magazine is committed to continue stimulating the imagination of designers around the world – thinkers that initiate a new architectural discourse of economic, environmental, intellectual, and perceptual responsibility that could ultimately modify what we understand as a contemporary skyscraper, its impact on urban planning and on the improvement of our way of life.

Registration

Architects, students, engineers, and designers are invited to participate in the competition. We encourage you to have multidisciplinary teams.
  • Participants must register by January 15, 2013.
  • Early Registration:  US $75 until November 13, 2012.
  • Late Registration: US $95 from November 14, 2012 to January 15, 2013.
  • One registration = One project
  • Participants may submit various projects, but must register each entry.
  • There is no limit as to the number of participants per team. Individual entries are accepted.
After your registration has been approved eVolo will send the registration number, which will be necessary for submission boards.
-> REGISTER YOUR TEAM

Schedule

  • June 25, 2012 – Competition announcement, registration begins, acceptance of questions.
  • November 5, 2012 – Deadline for submitting questions.
  • November 13, 2012 – Early registration deadline
  • December 3, 2012 – Answers to questions posted on website
  • January 15, 2013 – Late registration deadline
  • January 22, 2013 – Project submission deadline (23:59 hours US Eastern Time)
  • March 11, 2013 – Winners’ announcement

Submission Requirements

This is a digital competition and no hardcopies are necessary. Entrants must submit their proposal via email no later than January 22, 2013 (23:59 hours US Eastern Time) to the following email address: skyscraper2013@evolo.us. Participants can send their entries through yousendit.com (free) or similar if the files exceed 10mb or their email capacity.
The project submission must contain the following files:
  1. Two boards with the project information including plans, sections, and perspectives. Participants are encouraged to submit all the information they consider necessary to explain their proposal. These boards should be 24″(h) X 48″(w) in HORIZONTAL format. The resolution of the boards must be 150 dpi, RGB mode and saved as JPG files. The upper right corner of each board must contain the participation number. There should not be any marks or any other form of identification. The files must be named after the registration number followed by the board number. For example: 0101-1.jpg and 0101-2.jpg.
  2. A DOC file containing the project statement (600 words max). This file must be named after the registration number followed by the word “statement”. For example: 0101-statement.doc.
  3. A DOC file containing the entrants’ personal information, including name, profession, address, and email. This file must be named after the registration number followed by the word “info”. For example: 0101-info.doc.
  4. All the files must be placed in a ZIP folder named after your registration number. For example:  0101.zip

Jury


Vincent Callebaut [principal Vincent Callebaut Architectures]
Giacomo Costa [visionary artist, author: The Chronicles of Time]
Julien De Smedt [principal Julien De Smedt Architects - JDS]
Hernan Diaz Alonso [principal Xefirotarch, Graduate Programs Chair at SCI-Arc]
Mathias Hollwich [principal HWKN, founder Architizer]
Ed Keller [principal aUm Studio, Associate Dean at Parsons New School of Design]
Marc Kushner [principal HWKN, founder Architizer]
Francois Roche [principal R&Sie(n) architecture, professor at GSAPP Columbia University]
Roland Snooks [principal Kokkugia, professor at GSAPP Columbia University, University of Pennsylvania]
Dongbai Song [winner 2012 Skyscraper Competition]
Tuuli Sotamaa [principal Sotamaa Design, designer at Alessi]
Kivi Sotamaa [principal Sotamaa Design, Director at Aalto Digital Design Laboratory, Professor at UCLA]
Tom Wiscombe [principal Tom Wiscombe Design, professor at SCI-Arc]
Hongchuan Zhao [winner 2012 Skyscraper Competition]
Zhi Zheng [winner 2012 Skyscraper Competition]

Regulations

  1. This is an anonymous competition and the registration number is the only means of identification.
  2. The official language of the competition is English.
  3. The registration fee is non-refundable.
  4. Contacting the Jury is prohibited.
  5. eVolo Magazine, as the competition organizer, reserves the right to modify the competition schedule if deemed necessary.
  6. Entrants will be disqualified if any of the competition rules are not considered.
  7. Participation assumes acceptance of the regulations.

Awards

  • 1st place – US $5000
  • 2nd place – US $2000
  • 3rd place – US $1000
Winners and special mentions will be published in several print magazines including eVolo_07.
Previous winners have been featured in the following print publications:
ABC Magazine – Czech Republic, About:Blank Magazine – Portugal, Aeroflot – Russia, Architect Builder – India, Architecture and Culture – Korea, Architecture Design Art – Pakistan, Architektura Murator – Poland, AT Architecture Technique – China, Archiworld – South Korea AWM – The Netherlands, Azure – Canada, B-1 – Thailand,Bauwelt – Germany, Blueprint – United Kingdom, BusinessWeek – USA, C3 – Korea, CAAOH – Ukraine, Casamica – Italy, Casas y Mas – Mexico, Concept – South Korea, Courier Mail – Australia, Discover Magazine – USA, Donga – South Korea, Enlace – Mexico, Focus – Canada/Italy, Future Arquitecturas – Spain, Geolino Extra – Germany, Grazia Casa – Italy, Kijk – The Netherlands, L’Installatore Italiano – Italy, L’Arca – Italy, L’Uomo Vogue – Italy, La Razon – Spain,  Le Courier de l’ Architecte – France, Le Fourquet – Mexico, Mark Magazine – The Netherlands, Maxim – USA, Mercedes Benz Magazine – Germany, Mladina – Slovenia, Modulo – Italy, Modulor – Switzerland, NAN – Spain, Natur + Kosmos – Germany, New Scientist – United Kingdom, Oculus – USA, Of Arch – Italy, Pasajes de Arquitectura – Spain, Peak Magazine – Singapore, Popular Mechanics – USA/Russia, Popular Science – USA, Puls Biznesu – Poland, Quo – China/Spain, Rogue Magazine – Philippines, RUM – Sweden, Salt Magazine – The Netherlands, Science et Vie – France, Sciences et Avenir – France, Shanghai Morning Post – China, Space – South Korea,  Spade – Canada,  Spazio Casa – Italy, Specifier Magazine – Australia, SMW Magazine – Taiwan, Stafette – Germany,  Tall Buildings – Russia, Tatlin – Russia, The Broker – The Netherlands,The Outlook Magazine – China, The New York Times – USA, The Wall Street Journal – USA, Time Style and Design – USA, Travel and Leisure – USA, Vida Simples Magazine – Brazil, Vogue - Australia, USA, Vox Design – Poland, Wettbewerbe Aktuell – Germany, Wired – USA/Italy, Woongjin – Korea, World Architecture – China
-> REGISTER YOUR TEAM
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Source : http://belvedere-singing-competition.blogspot.co.at/p/blog-post.html

INTERNATIONAL HANS GABOR BELVEDERE SINGING COMPETITION

INTERNATIONAL HANS GABOR BELVEDERE SINGING COMPETITION

For more than 30 years, the International Hans Gabor Belvedere Singing Competition has brought together up-and-coming talents and international contacts who can further their future careers. The idea of arranging preliminary rounds on all continents and inviting the most promising artists to the main competition in Vienna is a tried and tested concept, and over the years, it has made engagements at opera houses the world over materialise for a large number of highly talented singers. In 2012, the preliminary rounds took place in about 50 cities all around the globe from March to June. The best 156 singers were invited to Vienna.
The composition of the jury ... [more]

03.11.12

32nd International Hans Gabor Belvedere Singing Competition 2013

The current schedule 2013 (subject to change)
  • online application: starting February 2013
  • qualifying (preliminary) rounds worldwide: starting March 2013
  • final rounds (2 heats + finals): July 2013
The competition website www.belvedere-competition.com will be updated  soon.

2013 World of 7 Billion Video Contest

Did you know that the world population hit seven billion people in 2011? How does this affect you, your neighborhood, and the global community? How does it impact our environment now and in the future?

Create a short video public service announcement (PSA) that illustrates the connection between world population at 7 billion and ONE of the following:
  1. Food Security
  2. Global Status of Women/Girls
  3. Wildlife Habitat

The length of each PSA should be between 30 – 45 seconds.

Click the link below for Official Rules and more details.

Prizes

Topic: Food Security
  • One (1) First Place: $1,000
  • One (1) Second Place: $500
  • Two (2) Honorable Mentions: $250 each
Topic: Global Status of Women/Girls
  • One (1) First Place: $1,000
  • One (1) Second Place: $500
  • Two (2) Honorable Mentions: $250 each

Topic: Wildlife Habitat
  • One (1) First Place: $1,000
  • One (1) Second Place: $500
  • Two (2) Honorable Mentions: $250 each

Eligibility
Any high school student (grade 9-12, or it’s international equivalent) is free to enter. Students may be located anywhere in the world.
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