Emerge: Youth Photography Awards 2020
Entries are now open for Emerge: Youth Photography Awards 2020.
Young amateur photographers aged 12 - 25 years are invited to enter original photographs with a chance to win one of five prizes of a $2,000 prize pool.
This year’s theme is “Silver Linings”, an online exhibition inviting young people to respond to and interpret isolation through photographic imagery.
Entries will be exhibited online on @nedlands_yac Instagram page. A panel of judges will select the winners for all categories.
The winners will be announced on 14 August on Council’s social media pages and website.
How do I enter?
Complete the submission form and submit your photograph by 11:59 pm 26 July 2020.
Submission Form found here.
Prize Categories - All award categories will be decided by a panel of judges.
- Resident's Award ($500) –This category is open to City of Nedlands residents only.
- Open Award ($500) –This category is open to all eligible entrants.
- Mobile Award ($500) –This category is open to all entrants who used a phone camera to capture their image.
- Emerge Award ($250) – Awarded to the image that best captures life in the City of Nedlands
- Under 18 Award ($250) –This category is open to all entrants under the age of 18.
Conditions of Entry:
Entries must be submitted via the submission form by 11.59 pm 26 July 2020.
By submitting a photograph, you agree to the following Terms and Conditions:
- Entry is restricted to amateur photographers aged between 12 and 25 years. For the purposes of this competition, an ‘amateur photographer’ is defined as someone who has earned less than $10,000 in the current or any past financial year from any photography related activity, including competitions, and/or does not hold themselves or represent themselves in any way, including on social media, as being a professional photographer.
- Limit of one entry per person.
- The photograph submitted must be original and your own.
- All entries are eligible for the “Open Award”, “Mobile Award” and “Emerge Award”.
- Only City of Nedlands residents will be eligible for the “Resident’s Award” (proof of residency will be required of the winner).
- Only entrants under the age of 18 will be eligible for the “Under 18 Award”.
- All winners will need to show proof of age before collecting their prize.
- Any works submitted after the deadline will not be included.
- All photographs must be deemed appropriate to be displayed by the City of Nedlands.
- The City of Nedlands retains the right to rule any works inappropriate to be displayed
- The City reserves the right to use any entries in future publications.
- Winners will be chosen by a panel of judges.
- Winners will be announced on Friday 14 August on Council’s website and social media. The winners will also be contacted personally.
