“Soil and Water, a source of Life” Photo Contest

The photos should illustrate any of those aspects: promote environmental awareness; educate about soil and water issues, advocate sustainable practices, foster artistic expression and inspire action.

Prize Information

• The first 10 winners will receive a certificate of recognition, soil related gadgets, FAO publications, and will have their entries exposed on UN/FAO websites and social media channels.
• A special article will also feature the winner(s) of the contest.

Requirements

• Photographs must be submitted in .jpeg, .png, .psd, .raw, or .tiff format. Images should be submitted with the highest quality regarding file size, bit depth, and resolution. Both colour and/or black and white images will be accepted.
• The material must not violate or infringe tierce’s rights, including but not limited to trademark, privacy, publicity or other intellectual property rights, or that constitutes copyright infringement.
• The submission must not contain dates, texts, brand names, logos and/or trademarks.

General Rules

• FAO employees and their immediate family members (spouses, parents, children, siblings and their respective spouses, regardless of where they live) or persons living in the same households of such employees, whether or not related, are not eligible to enter the contests.
• Partners or relations of partner staff of the institutions involved in the launch of contests, and relations of the judging committee are not eligible to compete.
• FAO reserves the right to disqualify submissions which are not consistent with the Organization’s values and guiding principles.
• FAO will not pay any fees, nor pay any costs relating to, participation in any contest or for the use of any submissions in relation to the contest.
• No logos, URLs, telephone numbers, or calls that solicit directly for monetary donations should be included in any material.

For more information, visit FAO.