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ALPINE FELLOWSHIP WRITING PRIZE 2025

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Application Deadline: 1st April 2025 at 23:59 (UK time)

LOCATION: United Kingdom

Awarded for the best piece of writing on the theme of Fear.

ELIGIBILITY:

All genres of writing are permitted, including fiction, non-fiction, and non-academic essays.

Open to all nationalities.

Applicants must be aged 18 or above at the time of entry.

All entries must be written in English.

You can enter multiple prizes.

A maximum of 1,250 words per entry (Please note: The word count has been reduced in 2025, so previous years winners word counts are higher).

Submissions must be standalone and cannot be extracted from a larger piece.

Stories must not have been published (not including self-published), or accepted for publication in print or online, or have won or been placed in another competition at any time.

Submissions will be judged anonymously, so please ensure that your name does not appear anywhere on your work.

Due to the volume of applications, the judge’s decisions are final and no correspondence will be entered into following the results.

The use of generative writing programmes or artificial intelligence (for example, ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude) is strictly prohibited.

BENEFIT:

The winner and runners-up will receive financial support in the following amounts:

First place: £3,000

Second place: £1,000

Third place: £1,000

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CVCEPHOTO INTERNATIONAL PHOTO CONTEST

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Application Deadline: March 31, 2025.

LOCATION: Spain

CVCEPHOTO is the International Mountain Activity Photo Contest organized by Club Vasco de Camping Elkartea, mountaineering club from San Sebastian.

ELIGIBILITY:

The contest is open to all amateur or professional photographers around the world. Participation is free. It’s understood that underage participants have parent or tutor authorization to participate. If they should win the contest, such authorization will be required.

Categories: “MOUNTAIN ACTIVITY”: Any image related to sport activities (non-motorized) that take place on mountains. (For instance: alpinism, climbing, ski, trekking, speleology, paragliding…)

Each participant may submit a maximum of 3 photographs. There won´t be accepted any photos previously submitted to this contest. Only pictures taken by digital cameras are accepted.

Works must be submitted in JPEG format, and must be at least 1,600 pixels wide (if a horizontal image) or 1,200 pixels wide (if a vertical image), converted to sRGB color space with the profile being embedded in the file. All digital images must be 2 megabytes or smaller. Works must not include frames or footers. Works must be submitted exclusively through the ENTRY FORM. CVCEPHOTO will contact participants through the email they provide in this Entry form.

BENEFIT:

First Prize: 1,500 Euros + Exclusive and unique trophy created by Iñigo Arístegui, artist.

2nd Prize: 800 Euros.

3rd Prize: 500 Euros.

17 Honorable mentions: DIPLOMAS. – “BBK MENDI FILM BILBAO-BIZKAIA Poster” Prize: 800 Euros, and

BBK MENDI FILM Poster. – “EITB AWARD” Prize: 800 Euros.

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