INTERNATIONAL MOUNTAIN, NATURE AND ADVENTURE XXXV MEMORIAL MARIA LUISA PHOTO AND VIDEO CONTEST

Application Deadline: December 1, 2024

LOCATION: Spain

The Maria Luisa Memorial is calling one more time, photographers and filmmakers, both amateurs and professionals, to the thirty-fifth edition of their contest. Mountain, nature, wildlife, mountaineering, climbing, landscape, underwater world, biodiversity, flora, extreme and adventure sports, etc. will be the reference of the edition in this contest one more year, not only in the photography categories but in the section dedicated to videos, films, and documentaries as well.

ELIGIBILITY:

All photographers and filmmakers who so desire, amateur or professional, may take part. All contestants will be able to submit a free first photograph to the contest; for the rest of the photos and videos, the participation fee for this year will be €22 (VAT included); for adult photographers, a single payment will allow competing in all categories including videos and films; for the novice-under-19 photographers, participation is free.

Irrespective of the support employed in their execution, the works will be presented as digital archives in JPEG format, preferably with colour profile Adobe RGB 1998 and must be 1,920 pixels wide in its largest side, and a maximum weight of 2 MB (72ppp), no addings such as frames, borders or foot notes allowed.

Each author may submit photographs in as many categories as he or she wishes, with a maximum limit of five photos for each category (5×14).

There are two different ways to submit the photographs and/or videos, any of the two can be used but not the two of them at the same time.

1st (Preferably) To enter, visit http://www.memorialmarialuisa.com/ and follow the instructions given in that site.

2nd (Subsidiary) Send your photographs by ordinary mail in a CD or a DVD or similar and include a card with your full name, postal address, telephone number, email address (very important), and a numbered list of the photo captions mentioning their titles, there will be a list per each Category.

To submit videos, the registration form must also be completed on the website http://www.memorialmarialuisa.com, indicating in the corresponding field the option used to send the files, which must be Wetransfer, Dopbox, Vimeo or any other platform suitable for sending or downloading heavy files, sent to the account certamen@memorialmarialuisa.com.

Videos and movies can also be sent from the platform https://filmfreeway.com/.

Finally, it is also accepted to send the files in physical format (DVD, USB memory, CompactFlash cards, SD, hard disk, etc.) to the postal address below

BENEFIT:

The Overall Winner of the “XXXV Memorial Maria Luisa” will be awarded a cash prize of €4.000 *, a trophy, a diploma, a book portfolio, and two invitations to the awards gala.

The Overall winner will be chosen from the fourteen category winners; the Jury will give the Prize to the most memorable & shocking caption.

prize ofThe overall winner will receive a cash prize of €4.000, including the amount corresponding to his/her category.

Winner Prize of each category of photos: € 300, Trophy, Diploma, a book portfolio and two invitations to the awards gala.

Young Photographers Prize: It will be awarded to the best photograph submitted by contestants not having reached the age of nineteen years on 1st December 2024. It will consist of a Samsung 4G tablet, trophy, diploma, book portfolio and two invitations to the awards gala.

Special award for the theme of the year: it will be a Citizen BN0151Watch, trophy, diploma, a book portfolio and two invitations to the awards gala.

Award for best video, film, documentary of 35 MML. This prize will be endowed with a voucher worth €3000 *, which can be exchanged, directly and at the request of the winner, for products marketed by Foto Ruano, trophy, diploma, book portfolio and two invitations to the awards gala.

 * These amounts are subject to tax deductions that apply

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TECHSTARS WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT ACCELERATOR

Application Deadline: November 20, 2024

LOCATION: Multiple Regions

Techstars is an investment and innovation group that connects entrepreneurs, investors, corporations, and city governments to solve challenges across industries and geographies. 

ELIGIBILITY:

They fund all types of startups, working in most verticals, using any type of business model. Do keep in mind, however, that their focus is on startups rather than small businesses.

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BENEFIT:

Access to Techstars resources for life;

Each company receives up to $120,000 in funding, and access to the worldwide network of investors, hands-on mentorship, and over $4M of perks.

Acceleration in a 90-day Techstars mentorship-driven accelerator program with personal mentorship and office space;

Lifetime access to the Techstars worldwide network of entrepreneurs, including more than 10,000 mentors, 10,000 investors, 4,000 alumni companies, and over 300 staff members;

Access to more than 300 perks, valued at over $4 million in savings, provided by select partners and Techstars portfolio companies;

Demo Day exposure and other investor connections.

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