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CASA ÁFRICA PURORRELATO 2024. MICRO-STORY CONTEST

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Application Deadline: 16 April 2024 at 14h (GMT+0)

LOCATION: Spain

Casa África launches the tenth edition of Purorrelato, its micro-story contest that aims to promote literary creation that encourages us to feel and think about Africa and to continue showing different realities that approach us to the continent, away from the stereotypes that have marked it for so long.

ELIGIBILITY:

Any person over the age of 18 can participate, with a maximum of three micro-stories per author. Only Casa África staff and winners of previous editions are excluded.

The theme is free, although the micro-stories should be related to Africa in some way. The story could take place inside or outside the continent and its degree of relation with Africa could range from a detail to the total protagonism of the story.

The micro-stories must be original, unpublished and must not have won a prize or be pending a decision in other contests or competitions. Participants must guarantee that there are no third-party rights over the micro-stories submitted and will be responsible for any claims that may be made in this respect.

The micro-stories could be submitted in Spanish, English, French or Portugueses, with a maximum length of 1500 characters (not words) including spaces and excluding the title.

BENEFIT:

Awards:

First award: 750 euros

Second award: 375 euros

Third award: 225 euros

In addition to the financial awards, Casa África may grant runners-up prizes or special mentions to authors whose texts are ranked between fourth and sixth place

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X JALÓN ÁNGEL INTERNATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY PRIZE

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Application Deadline: 24 May 2024 at 23.59 hours (Spanish time on the peninsula).

LOCATION: Spain

The Jalón Ángel Photographic Archive, guarded by the San Jorge University (San Valero Group), is organising the 10th Jalón Ángel International Photography Prize. This award pays tribute to the memory of Jalón Ángel with two annual categories: Portrait, a genre in which he excelled at a national level, and Travel and Traditions, to which he devoted much of his photographic creativity and interest.

ELIGIBILITY:

Any author (Spanish or foreign) of legal age may participate with an original photograph.

The author may present a maximum of one photograph to each category.

Entries must belong to one of the following genres:

Portrait: spontaneous or posed. The subject of the image is a single person or several (group portrait). The image must be focused on the person/s. Portraits of animals, or photographs of objects or plants are not allowed.

Travel: photographs showing the natural, cultural, or traditional peculiarities of a country (including urban or natural landscapes, but not focusing on the human figure as the main or only element).

Cultural Heritage: images reflecting the cultural, artistic and/or historical heritage of a community, people, or country, maintained to the present day and handed down to future generations, both tangible and intangible, and relevant to the culture of a people, a region or humanity as a whole

The competition entries must comply with the following requirements:

Any photographic medium may be used, but Artificial Intelligence must not be used in all or part of the image.

The entry will be submitted in digital format. It is a prerequisite that the photograph submitted has the following technical conditions: .jpg format, 300 pixels per inch and 50 cms on its long side. The photograph must be at least 2 megabytes and no more than 9 megabytes. If this requirement is not met, the photograph will be disqualified for the prize.

Photographs may be in black and white or colour.

Both chemical and digital retouching must be minimal (lighting, contrast, colour balance) and must not distort the original shot. If this requirement is not met, the photograph will be disqualified for the prize.

BENEFIT:

The following prizes will be awarded:

Award for best photograph in the Portrait category. Award amount: 1000 euros*, emblematic trophy and diploma.

Award for best photograph in the Travel category. Award amount: 1000 euros*, emblematic trophy and diploma.

Award for best photograph in Cultural Heritage category. Award amount: 1000 euros*, emblematic trophy and diploma.

*This amount will be subject to the economic withholdings stipulated by the Ministry of Finance of Spain.

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