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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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D-PRIZE CHALLENGE FOR ENTREPRENEUR

Application Deadline: 16 October 2023 at midnight PT (pacific time) 

LOCATION: Multiple Region

D-Prize seeds new ventures that distribute proven poverty interventions. Applications are open for interested and qualified entrepreneurs participate in the challenge.

ELIGIBILITY:

D-Prize is for aspiring entrepreneurs from anywhere in the world, of any age, and any background. The majority of their awardees have not launched nor raised any funding.

They will consider funding existing organizations only if you are distributing an existing intervention and you have a need for high-risk capital that cannot be supported by your current donors or revenue.

Existing organizations applying to D-Prize should have operated for no more than 18 months and raised no more than $30,000 in outside funding.

Evaluation of applications are only submitted in English. However, your English does not need to be perfect to apply, and grammar and vocabulary errors will not be penalized. We only want to understand your idea.

BENEFIT:

Top entrepreneurs interview via phone and email.  The top 1% will receive up to $20,000 to launch.

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