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AFRICAN LIBERTY ESSAY CONTEST

Application Deadline: 31 October, 2023

LOCATION: Africa

African Liberty is thrilled to announce the application call for its 2023 African Liberty essay competition. The competition is open to any African student currently enrolled in any undergraduate or graduate program at any accredited university worldwide.

ELIGIBILITY:

Title: Pathways to Protecting Free Speech in Africa: Opportunities for New Approaches to an Old Problem

Word count: 800 maximum

Must be of African descent by virtue of holding the nationality of an African country 

Must be enrolled in any degree program at any accredited university anywhere in the world or must have completed a degree program in no more than three years from the day of the application deadline.

Entry should be in English language, with non-English words italicized. 

Entry must be original. 

Entry must be submitted as a PDF with the writer’s name and email address provided on the first page. 

No footnotes or citation

Quotations should be limited 

Essay must be in Times New Roman, 12-point font, and justified.

BENEFIT:

Winner: $500 cash prize

First runner-up: $300 cash prize

Second runner-up: $200 cash price

Third and Fourth runners-up: $100 each.

The top 5 entries will be published on African Liberty and Students For Liberty platforms.

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FESTIVAL DE L’OISEAU ET DE LA NATURE INTERNATIONAL WHITEBIRD PHOTO COMPETITION

Application Deadline: 4 December, 2023 10am (Paris time)

LOCATION: France

The International Wildbird photo Competition is back for its 33rd year running. The photo competition it organizes have allowed it to obtain international recognition. Indeed, it is now one of the 10 most renowned photo competition dedicated to wildbird in Europe.

ELIGIBILITY:

This online competition is open to everybody, amateur and professional photographers, of whatever nationality.

This competition is an ethical contest. The participants guarantee that the images they submit have been shot in full compliance with laws
related to the preservation of wildlife

5 categories aiming at photographers over 18 and one specially dedicated to young photographers aged 15 to 17 years-old

Files shall be submitted in :

JPEG format

3:2 ratio with exactly 3,500 pixels on the longest side (the shortest side should be of about 2,333 pixels)

free of margin, frame or signature

BENEFIT:

A Grand Prix to the overall winner awarded with an amount of €1,500

A 1st Prize in each category awarded with an amount of €800

A 1st Prize for the category «Young Photographers» awarded with an amount of 500€

A Public Prize to the picture which has totalized the more votes from the visitors of the exhibition, awarded with an amount of €500.

Each winner will be invited to the Award Ceremony, on Saturday, 27th, April. It will be offered :

1 nights in a hotel room for two people,

2 first-class return train tickets: Paris-Abbeville-Paris, (alternatively a refund on this basis will be paid after the Festival by bank transfer).
a meal with the other winners on Saturday, 27th, April followed by a tour.
Prizes will be awarded to winners within a maximum of 9 months by bank transfer.

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