A great opportunity to showcase the value and importance of our blue planet is coming in November 2015. The Heads of Commonwealth Governments will meet together in Malta to discuss issues of critical global importance, such as the future of the planet’s Blue Economy – that is, the economic activity that is dependent on oceans, seas and coasts. A vast area of our global ocean lies within the jurisdiction of Commonwealth countries. More than half of Commonwealth countries are islands, to whom ocean matters are of vital importance. These global leaders therefore have critical decisions to make such as how best to ensure the future health and viability of the ocean.
Good pictures can tell stories in ways that words sometimes cannot. We hope that ‘Out of the Blue’ will inspire Commonwealth citizens to use photography to engage with the vast blue world around the Commonwealth, to celebrate its beauty, highlight its importance and alert global leaders to its vulnerability. By doing so, people of the Commonwealth can directly encourage global leaders to take positive action and adopt more of the solutions that we know are at hand to protect and use natural resources in a sustainable way. The competition runs from 8th June until 6th September.
WORTH
- Overall Winner: Will be invited to travel (expenses paid) to Malta in November to receive their prize at an Award Ceremony as part of the Out of the Blue Exhibition.
- Category Winners (over-18s): The Over-18 Category Winner Awards will be given to the images judged to be the best submitted in each thematic category for over-18s. There will be one Award for each of the competition’s three categories.
- Category Winners (under-18s): The Under-18 Category Winner Awards will be given to the images judged to be the best submitted in each thematic category for under-18s. There will be one Award for each of the competition’s three categories.
- Category Finalists (over-18s): There will be three finalists per category for over-18s.
- Category Finalists (under-18s): There will be three finalists per category for under-18s.
- Highly Commended – Smart phone entry
- This Highly Commended Award will be given to the image judged to be the best photo taken using a Smart Phone.
- Highly Commended – ‘Most Liked’ photo entry
- This Highly Commended Award will be given to the entry which receives the most ‘likes’ on the Out of the Blue competition website.
ELIGIBILITY
- The competition is open to all Commonwealth citizens (and all photographs must have been taken in a Commonwealth country).
DEADLINE: September 6, 2015
To apply and for more information visit here
