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NIKON SMALL WORLD IN MOTION VIDEO COMPETITION PRIZES

Application Deadline: April 30th, 2024 at 11:59 p.m. ET

LOCATION: USA

The Nikon Small World in Motion Competition welcomes a broad range of subject matter, and any type of light microscopy technique is acceptable, including phase contrast, polarized light, fluorescence, interference contrast, darkfield, confocal, deconvolution, and mixed techniques.  These entries are judged on the basis of originality, informational content, technical proficiency and visual impact.

ELIGIBILITY:

The Nikon Small World in Motion Video Competition (the “Competition”) is open only to individuals who are at least eighteen (18) years old at the time of entry and have access to a light microscope.

Upload up to three (3) photomicrographic videos taken by the Entrant (collectively, the “Videos”) to the Entry Form.

Videos must be submitted in .mp4, .mpg, .wmv, .avi, .or .mov format.

Videos may not exceed sixty (60) seconds.

BENEFIT:

 1st Prize – USD $3,000

 2nd Prize – USD $2,000

 3rd Prize – USD $1,000

 4th Prize – USD $800

 5th Prize – USD $600

Honorable Mentions – USD $100 each. The number of Honorable Mention Prizes will be determined by the Judges in their sole discretion.

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COMMONWEALTH FOUNDATION SHORT STORY PRIZE

Application Deadline: 1 November, 2023

LOCATION: London, United Kingdom

The 2024 Prize will open for submissions from 1 September 2023 to 1 November 2023. The prize is free to enter and open to any citizen of a Commonwealth country aged 18 and over. It is awarded for the best piece of unpublished short fiction

ELIGIBILITY:

The prize is open to all Commonwealth citizens aged 18 and over –  please see the full list of Commonwealth countries here.

The story must be between 2,000 and 5,000 words.

The prize is only open to short fiction, but it can be in any fiction genre–science fiction, speculative fiction, historical fiction, crime, romance, literary fiction–and you may write about any subject you wish.

Submissions are accepted in Bengali, Chinese, Creole, English, French, Greek, Malay, Maltese, Portuguese, Samoan, Swahili, Tamil, and Turkish. Stories that have been translated into English from any language are also accepted and the translator of any winning story receives additional prize money.

Your submission must be unpublished in any print or online publication, with the exception of personal websites.

BENEFIT:

The regional winners receive £2,500 and the overall winner receives a total of £5,000.

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