International Literacy Day 2024 Regional Photo Competition

Photography Competition Guidelines

Submission Deadline:

• Photo submissions must be received by 4 October 2024 midnight (Fiji time). 
• Winning photographs will be announced on 9 October.

Entry Limits and Eligibility:

• Entrants can submit a maximum of 5 photos. Photographs should depict real and authentic moments, events, or scenes that highlight the themes of the event.
• The photographer must be from the 22 Pacific Island countries and territories, Australia, and New Zealand.

Photo Categories:

• Entrants may submit photos related to one of the four categories:
  o   Literacy in Food Systems
  o   Literacy in Climate Change
  o   Literacy in Gender
  o   Literacy in Oceans 
• Through the categories above entrants may submit photos that show challenges faced in the categories due to low literacy standards. Or entrants may submit photos that show the successes in the four areas above that show how improvements in literacy standards that have led to the development of the four categories across the Pacific.

Submission Requirements:

• Submissions should be no larger than 10MB and sent to [email protected] with the subject of: ILD PHOTO CONTEST + the chosen category.
• Photos must be innovative and include a maximum of 100-word descriptor. All descriptors and related communication should be in English.
• Minor adjustments for colour correction and cropping are allowed. 
• Entrants must submit high resolution photos in jpeg, jpg, png or tiff formats. High-resolution images (minimum size at least 3500 on the longest side with 300 dpi resolution) are preferred.
• Photos can be taken on a phone, digital or film camera, drone, or other photography device. No AI-generated pictures are to be submitted.
• Photos must belong to the entrant. If previously published, entrants must hold photographer rights and indicate where the photos first appeared. No stock images are allowed.
• Entrants must be 13 years or older.
• By entering the competition, entrants agree to allow SPC to publish the photos in print or electronic formats.
• Any photos with people that can be identified must be submitted with a signed consent form stating that the person/people featured in the photo have given their permission to use the photo for the competition and in future content published by SPC.

Judging Criteria:

• The photos will be judged by Pacific education and Communications experts according to the following marking criteria:
  o   The photo’s relevance to one of the four themes of the competition.
  o   The appropriateness of the text descriptor to the photo.
  o   The creativeness of the photo.
  o   The framing quality of the photo.
  o   The relevance of the photo to the Pacific context.