Last Call: Photo and Essay Competition to Commemorate Earth Day

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Delhi Greens, in collaboration with Earth Day Network invites citizens from across India to participate in Photo and Essay Competition to commemorate Earth Day 2016.

Photo Competition

The theme of the Photo Competition is My Favourite Tree. The submitted photograph should depict any tree that you consider your favorite, or find most beautiful around you. The rules of the photography competition are as follows:

  1. The Photo Competition is open to all citizens of India only.
  2. The photograph/ image must be original and person submitting the photograph/ image must have clicked the photo/image her/himself.
  3. Each citizen can submit only one photo/ image to this competition.
  4. Entries will only be received online and must only be submitted as an email, which is sent to contact@delhigreens.org with the subject title, “Photo – Earth Day 2016”.
  5. Image/ Photo must be larger than 1000 x 1000 pixel size and must be greater than 2 MB in size. The image should not be more than 12 MB in size.
  6. Digitally manipulated photos (using programs like Photoshop or any other software) will be disqualified.
  7. By participating in this photography competition, it is construed that all contestants hereby give their consent to use the entries submitted for this photography competition for promoting Earth Day and environmental awareness by Delhi Greens organisation, irrespective of the fact whether the entries win a prize or not. However the copyright of the non-winning entries will always be vested with the photographer.
  8. Copyright of the winning entries will be vested with Delhi Greens organisation and the photographs which win the prizes will become the exclusive property of Delhi Greens organisation. Appropriate credit will still be given to the photographer.
  9. Photographs/ image received after 22nd April, 2016 (Earth Day) will not be considered for this Photo Competition.

Prizes

The top three entries, selected by Delhi Greens and Earth Day Network, will be awarded. The First, Second and Third Prizes will include a cash award of Rs. 3,000/-, Rs. 2,000/- and Rs. 1,000/- respectively along with a green gift and a citation.

How to Submit Your Entry

Interested citizens should email their entries to the following Email address: contact@delhigreens.org
The subject line of the Email should read, “Photo – Earth Day 2016”
In addition to the image/ photograph, the following information may be submitted:

Name of the Photographer
Tagline/ caption of the image/photo
Location where the image/photo was clicked
Date when the photo was clicked

Essay Competition

The title for the Delhi Greens and Earth Day Network Essay Competition is Trees – Our Best Friends. The Rules of the Essay Competition are as follows:

  1. The Essay Competition is open to all citizens of India.
  2. One citizen can send only one entry for this competition.
  3. The Essay should not be longer than 1,200 words and should be typed with Times New Roman Font in a Microsoft Word (.doc or .docx) or OpenOffice file format. Entries received as pdf files will be rejected.
  4. Entries for the Essay Competition will be accepted only online via Email and should be emailed to contact@delhigreens.org. The subject line of the email should read, “Essay – Earth Day 2016”.
  5. By participating in this Essay Competition, it is construed that all contestants hereby give their consent to use the entries submitted for this Essay Competition for promoting Earth Day and environmental awareness by Delhi Greens organisation, irrespective of the fact whether the entries win a prize or not. However the copyright of the non-winning entries will always be vested with the author.
  6. Copyright of the winning entries will be vested with Delhi Greens organisation and the essays which win the prizes will become the exclusive property of Delhi Greens organisation. Appropriate credit will still be given to the author.
  7. Entries received after 22nd April, 2016 (Earth Day) will not be considered for this Essay Competition.

How to Submit Your Entry

Interested citizens should email their entries (Essay on the topic Trees – Our Best Friends) to the following Email address: contact@delhigreens.org

The subject line of the Email should read, “Essay – Earth Day 2016”. In addition to the Essay, the following information may be submitted:

Name of the Author
Location of the Author

Prizes

The top two entries, selected by Delhi Greens and Earth Day Network will be awarded. Cash award of Rs. 1,000/- along with a green gift and a citation will be given to each of the two winners. Consolation prizes will also be given to five other entries which includes a green gift and a citation.


Last date for submitting the entries is 22nd April 2016 (by 6.00 pm) 30th April 2016 (by 8.00 pm),  and the winners will be announced shortly after that. Selected entries will also be published on the Delhi Greens Blog and the Delhi Greens’ Facebook Page with due credits.

For any further information, please write to contact@delhigreens.org with the subject line, ‘Query – Earth Day Competition’.

Top image by M Foushee over Creative Commons

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