Defining a World Free of Child Poverty through Photography

The official rules for the End Child Poverty’s International Day of Eradication of Poverty (IDEP) Photography Contest.

VOID WHERE PROHIBITED 

ELIGIBILITY

The IDEP Photo Contest (“Photo Contest”) is open to all who have reached the age of majority (18 years of age in most countries) in their jurisdiction of residence at the time of entry. Employees, interns, or partners of End Child Poverty, as well as the immediate family (spouse, parents, siblings, and children) and household members of employees, are not eligible to enter.

By submitting an entry to the Photo Contest, entrants certify that their participation in this Photo Contest is not illegal or in violation of any law, regulation, treaty or administrative act, and that the laws of their governing jurisdiction of residence at the time of entry do not prohibit or restrict the receipt of any Prize under this Photo Contest.

End Child Poverty reserves the right to reject any entry if, in End Child Poverty’s sole discretion, the laws of an applicable jurisdiction, including but not limited to the entrant’s jurisdiction of residence at the time of entry, would prohibit or limit End Child Poverty from proceeding with the Contest as intended or the consideration or awarding of any Prize would impose additional administrative, tax, operational, or legal burdens on End Child Poverty.

SPONSOR

The Photo Contest is sponsored by Arigatou International. This Photo Contest is in no way sponsored by, endorsed by, administered by, or associated with, Facebook.

ENTRY PERIOD

The Photo Contest begins on October 17, 2017 and ends on November 8, 2017 (the “Entry Period”). Entries submitted before or after the Entry Period will not be eligible.

VOTING PERIOD

The Public vote for People’s Choice begins on November 13, 2017 and ends on November 18, 2017 (the “Voting Period”). Votes submitted before or after the Voting Period will not be eligible.

WHAT TO ENTER 

End Child Poverty is committed to ending child poverty in all its forms. For our 2017 Photography Contest, we’d like to know what a world free of child poverty looks like to you. Everyone sees poverty through a different lens, and we want you to show us your view of how you envision a world free of child poverty.

Is it: 

• Happy children? 
• Children reading? 
• Children laughing? 
• Children in school? 
• Children playing?
• A family(s) sharing a meal?

The possibilities are endless! We are excited to see what you come up with.

To ensure eligibility for the contest, please submit files no larger than 20MB at the time of entry. Higher resolution files of at least 240 dpi/ppi will be requested should an entry be preselected to be awarded a prize or an honorable mention. All photographs should accurately reflect the subject matter and the scene as it appeared. Photos that have been digitally altered beyond standard optimization (removal of dust, cropping, reasonable adjustments to exposure, color and contrast, etc.) will be disqualified.

Entries may originate in any format — including, but not limited to digital files, digital prints, color transparencies, color prints, or black and white prints — so long as they are submitted electronically in a .JPEG .jpg, or.png form. Multiple exposures that have been combined to produce a single “High Dynamic Range” image are acceptable.

Entries should include the following information: (All fields with an asterisk (*) are required.)

• Name*
• Email*
• Location*
• Organization (if applicable)
• Name of location (ex: school, hospital, park)
• City
• State/Province
• Country
• Detailed caption of subject matter*

Previously published material for which non-exclusive rights were granted may be entered as long as you still maintain the right to grant us a license (see “Your Rights” below). You must be able to disclose when and where the photo appeared previously to End Child Poverty upon request.

** If you choose to include people in your submission, you are responsible for obtaining the necessary releases from the individuals depicted, and must be able to provide copies of those releases to End Child Poverty upon request. If you need a release form please click here to download a printable version in English.

The following submissions are ineligible:

• Photos that violate or infringe upon another person’s rights, including but not limited to copyright and photographs of persons without the necessary consent required by law in your jurisdiction. End Child Poverty reserves the right to require entrants to submit evidence of the subject’s legal consent to be photographed for the submitted photograph, which may include a signed waiver from the subject. NOTE: Waiver requirements vary by jurisdiction, and the entrant is responsible for obtaining a legally enforceable waiver from any photographed subject.
• Photos that contain sexually explicit, nude, obscene, violent or other objectionable or inappropriate content.
• Images that involve putting any individual or animal in danger.
• End Child Poverty shall determine entry eligibility in its sole and absolute discretion. 

Submissions may be watermarked if desired, but the watermark should be inconspicuous enough to not interfere with the judging of the photo. A watermarked photo might not be honored by the competition (at the judges’ sole discretion) if the photographer is unable or unavailable to provide a pristine, watermark-free version of the image when asked. Images will be judged on originality, technical excellence, composition, overall impact and artistic merit. 

HOW TO ENTER

All images must be submitted though our website, including all required fields, including name, email and other information about your photo submission.

You can select an image directly from your computer desktop, or submit images from Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram for consideration in the contest. Digital images that are sent via mail or email will not be accepted.

You may enter an unlimited number of times, but you may not use an agency or automated system to enter. Sponsor reserves the right to reject any additional entry or entries that do not comply with these Official Rules. By entering, you indicate your unconditional agreement to, and acceptance of, these Official Rules and Sponsor’s decisions, which are final and binding. You cannot win a prize unless you comply with all requirements in these Official Rules.

Entrants may be asked to supplement their submission (such as with a paragraph about their photo or the highest resolution version of their photo) anytime on or after November 8, 2017. 

JUDGING

Photos will be judged on originality, technical excellence, composition, overall impact, artistic merit and subject matter relevance to a world free of child poverty. The winner and runner up award will be determined based on which of the honorable mentions receives the most votes. Judging to select the 20 honorable mentions will be conducted by a panel selected by End Child Poverty at its sole discretion (the “Panel”). The Panel will evaluate all valid entries and pick:

Honorable Mentions (20 honorable mentions will be selected): Amazing images that showcase and illustrate a world free of child poverty.  

The 20 honorable mentions will be notified of their status and will appear on endingchildpoverty.org by November 13, 2017. At that time, the public can vote from the 20 honorable mentions. The publics votes will determine:

• Overall (1 winner, selected from among the 20 honorable mentions): You’ve nailed it. Your images rise above the rest and encapsulate a world free of child poverty in a stunning way.
• 1^st Runner Up – you came close and did an amazing job! 

The winner and 1st runner up will be revealed online on November 20, 2017.

All judging decisions are final. Please do not contact us about the status of entries or judging.

End Child Poverty will notify the winner and runner up via the contact information provided at the time of entry. 

GUEST JUDGES

Jonathan Lackey Jonathan founded Zuno in 2008 after years of “traditional” ad agency work. He leads both the creative and technical teams thanks to his extensive knowledge and experience in both of these worlds. Who knew the computer nerd and the unconventional artist could come in one package?

When not working, Jon spends most of his time trying to photograph his son, daughter and two untrainable shih-tzus which usually results in a lot of blurry photos.  

Nyambura GichukiNyambura is committed to developing the leadership capabilities of young people.

She has more than seven years progressive work and volunteer experience in youth programming, project and program management, office administration and leadership training.

Through her previous work at One Hope, the African Council of Religious Leaders and the African Interfaith Youth Network of Religions for Peace, Nyambura has gained useful knowledge and developed skills on the application of inter-faith cooperation and dialogue for the advancement of peace and sustainable development.

She also has a keen interest on humanitarian disarmament and was named as one of the ’30 Under 30′ campaigners and leaders in humanitarian disarmament, by Mines Action Canada. Nyambura is trained in the field of Human Resource Management and Organisational Development.

Stacy Ndung’u

Stacy has special interest in development and holds a Master of Arts (MA) in Communication, Development. She has more than five years experience in the communications field. She hopes to make an impact in development by ensuring that development projects involve the affected communities.

She believes that it is fundamental and possible to do away (completely) with poverty, more precisely child poverty, and strongly affirms a world free of child poverty.

She enjoys working with children and youth. She is also a freelance photographer and enjoys taking pictures of nature.

POTENTIAL WINNER(S) REQUIREMENTS

Except where prohibited, a potential winner may be required to complete and return an affidavit of eligibility, including proof of age, and liability/publicity release within 14 days. If a potential winner fails to return these documents on time, an alternate potential winner may be selected in his/her place.

PRIZES

End Child Poverty will award the following prizes.

• One (1) overall grand prize winner will receive:
  • USD 200
• 1^st Runner Up will receive:
  • USD 100
• 20 honorable mention winners will receive:
  • Mention on End Child Poverty’s photo contest page 

To the maximum extent permissible by law, All winners are responsible for paying any taxes and any and all other costs and expenses not listed above, including but not limited to customs fees if applicable. If the prize value equals or exceeds $600 USD, a winner will need to complete, sign and return an IRS W-9 form prior the award of any prize, and/or any applicable tax forms for awarding the prize in the winner(s) jurisdiction(s). Any prize details not specified above will be determined by Sponsor, in its sole discretion. A prize may not be transferred and must be accepted as awarded. A winner may not request cash or a substitute prize; however, Sponsor reserves the right to substitute a prize with another prize of equal or greater value if the prize is not available for any reason, as determined by Sponsor, in its sole discretion.

QUESTIONS

Questions and inquiries about contest rules can be emailed here.

YOUR RIGHTS

Thank you for helping to further our mission through your photography.

You will retain all rights to any photograph you submit — including ownership if applicable.

If you submit a photograph to enter the Photo Contest, you grant End Child Poverty a royalty-free, nonexclusive right to:

• Display the photograph on our website.
• Allow third-parties to share the photograph on social media.
• Use the photograph on the Internet and in Social Media in support of our mission.
• Use the photograph in End Child Poverty’s internal and external communications materials including but not limited to web sites and web publications, fact sheets, fund raising publications, advertising, multimedia, presentation and membership services, and annual report.
• Provide your photograph to other individuals and organizations for ECP-related use in news stories, newsletters, reports, slide shows, displays, web pages, videos, membership premiums, and the like
• Use, in connection with the Photo Contest, your name, city, state and country of residence in promotions and other publications
• Retain a digital copy of your photograph that will be archived in the ECP photo library and accessible to ECP staff via the ECP internal online photo archive 

End Child Poverty will endeavor to credit all photographs with the caption “Person’s Name” when the full name is available.

GENERAL CONDITIONS

In the event that the operation, security, or administration of the Photo Contest is impaired in any way, Sponsor may, in its sole discretion, either: (a) suspend the Photo Contest to address the impairment and then resume the Photo Contest; or (b) award the prize(s) from among the eligible entries received up to the time of the impairment. Sponsor reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to disqualify and seek damages from any individual who tampers with the operation of the Photo Contest, violates these Official Rules, or acts in a disruptive or unsportsmanlike manner. Sponsor’s failure to enforce any term of these Official Rules shall not constitute a waiver of that provision. Proof of sending any communication to Sponsor by mail shall not be deemed proof of receipt of that communication by Sponsor. In the event of a dispute as to the owner of an online entry, the authorized account holder of the e-mail address used to enter will be deemed to be the owner. The Photo Contest is subject to federal, state, and local laws and regulations and is void where prohibited.

RELEASE AND LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY

By entering, you agree to release and hold harmless Sponsor, their respective parent, subsidiaries, affiliates, and each of their respective officers, directors, employees, and agents (the “Released Parties”) from and against any claim or cause of action arising out of participation in the Photo Contest or receipt or use of any prize, including, but not limited to: (a) unauthorized human intervention in the Photo Contest; (b) technical errors; (c) printing errors; (d) late or undelivered mail; (e) errors in the administration of the Photo Contest; or (f) injury or damage to persons or property. You waive the right to claim any attorneys’ fees and any damages whatsoever, including, but not limited to, punitive, consequential, direct, or indirect damages.

PRIVACY AND PUBLICITY

Any information you submit as part of the Photo Contest will be used in accordance with Sponsor’s Privacy Policy. The information you provide when you enter is provided to Sponsor, not to Facebook. Except where prohibited, you consent to Sponsor’s use of your name in any list of winners (if applicable) and for promotional purposes in any media without further payment or consideration.

DISPUTES

You agree that any and all disputes, claims and causes of action arising out of, or connected with, the Photo Contest or any prize awarded shall be resolved individually, without resort to any form of class action.

 RESULTS

To request a winners list, send a self-addressed, stamped envelope with your request to End Child Poverty, IDEP Photo Contest, Crawford Business Park, State House Road P.O. Box 43546 – 00100 Nairobi, Kenya. Requests must be received by December 20, 2017. 

QUESTIONS

Questions and inquiries about contest rules can be emailed here.