Photo Essay Contest
Announcing the Spring and Full-Year 2011
Photo Essay Contest!
Be the voice of ISEP! Share your best creative entries for a chance to win $100 or be featured in ISEP publications.
This year, the theme of our photo contest is "Culture and Color". What do these mean to you? How did you encounter both in your time abroad? Has your perspective changed at all? Share your original interpretation or response in light of your recent trip.
Submissions should include:
- Details about the academic program and host institution
- Descriptions of daily and campus life in the host culture
- Photos of people, traditions, and local customs.
- What you learned from your experience
- Ways in which the study abroad experience affected your life
Your entry should have a coherent theme that is representative of your host country, host university, and overall experience. Tell us about specific events, cultural components, revelations or academic experiences that changed your life!
Check out past student photo essays and winners! >>
Eligibility
ISEP participants who studied abroad for Spring/Full Year 2011. Entries must be the original work of the student.
Deadline
August 3, 2011
The winners will be announced by mid-March 2012
Category #1: Photo Essay
Submission Guidelines:
- No more than ten high resolution digital photos (maximum resolution available; no entries accepted below 1200 x 1600 pixels)
- 500-1,000 word essay or poetry (text format)
- Photos MUST be submitted in the order that they appear in the essay
- Please name photo submissions as follows:
lastname1.jpg, lastname2.jpg (i.e. smith1.jpg, smith2.jpg) - Please indicate clearly what text corresponds to what photo!
(photos may be embedded in the document to show where they belong, but they must also be submitted separately.)
Attach submission materials or a link to where they can be found in an email to isepmedia@gmail.com
Third-party imagehosts such as Cubeupload or Imgur may be used if you can't send files directly.
Please include the following information in your email:
- Full name
- ISEP host institution, location and term
- Home institution
You may also mail a data CD with the entry by post to:
Photo Essay Contest
ISEP
1655 N Ft Myer Drive, Suite 400
Arlington, VA, USA 22209
Category #2: Digital Video
Upload your video to YouTube and send us the link at isepmedia@gmail.com. Please include your name, host and home institutions, term abroad, and an audio transcript where appropriate.
Judging and Prizes
Essays are judged on creative response to the contest themes and quality of images.
- 1 lucky winner will receive $150 USD and be featured on our next catalog cover
- 2 runners up will receive a $75 USD prize
- 6 other entrants will receive a $50 USD prize
- All entries will be featured on the ISEP website
NOTE: All materials submitted to the ISEP photo essay contest become property of ISEP. By submitting your photographs and videos, you also permit ISEP to use your name in conjunction with any media used to promote ISEP programs. ISEP has the sole right to determine the future use of photos and videos.