PHOTO CONTEST: “Georgia and the EU – Closer than you think?” (enigmma.ge)

(enigmma.ge) The ENIGMMA project announces its first Photo Contest in Georgia. The main topic is:

“Georgia and the EU – Closer than you think?”
Generally focusing on the EU-Georgia relations, the Photo Contest will raise awareness and promote information regarding visa liberalisation action plan in particular, including citizens’ mobility, free movement of persons, visa-free travel, etc. in Georgia.

The competition takes place from September 15 to October 31!
You are invited to submit your photos in the following categories:

- “Find the EU in Georgia!” and “Find Georgia in the EU!”
In this category, you are invited to submit photos illustrating the EU support to Georgia: EU supported projects, streets/ building renovation, cultural or other activities, etc. Additionally, participants can submit photos illustrating Georgian presence in the EU.

- “What does Europe not know about Georgia?”
In this category, you are invited to submit photos of unique objects which, in your point of view, represent the Georgian identity and would help EU citizens to get to know Georgia and its people. The objects can also be symbolic (cultural objects, nature, etc.), you decide!

- “Experiencing migration”
In this category, you are invited to submit photos illustrating positive and negative sides of migration. It is recognised that Georgia is experiencing out-migration: its citizens’ move abroad to work, study, for family reasons; some of them stay abroad, some come back to Georgia. Does migration always bring a positive experience? What traces does migration leave in Georgia? On the other hand, Georgia is also becoming the country of immigration. Who are these people who come to Georgia? How are they received in Georgia? How do they change Georgia?

Send us your best photos in one of the categories above. Please submit pictures that are not photo shopped or otherwise digitally manipulated. Let’s keep it real!

The photographers of the best photo in each category will receive a voucher for a photography workshop by a professional photographer. All finalists (4 photographers in each category) will of course get some great promotional prizes.

The winning photos (12 photos: 4 from each category) will be used for the 2015 ENIGMMA calendar! Of course, the winners will also get a copy of the calendar at the end of 2014! All finalists will be contacted personally.

Before submitting your photos, please read the Photo Contest Conditions and Regulations carefully!

To find out more about the ENIGMMA project and what ENIGMMA stands for, please click here

CONTEST: Radio and Video Reporting on Women’s Issues

The Institute for War and Peace Reporting (IWPR) is launching a radio and video reporting contest for stories related to women's issues in Armenia.

The aim of the contest is to promote active media coverage of women's issues in Armenia, in order to encourage democratic accountability and sensitive and informed reporting on key concerns facing women.

Eligibility:

Radio, TV and online media journalists as well as freelance reporters are eligible to submit audio and video pieces for the contest.

The materials submitted must have been broadcast between January 1 and August 31, 2012, and cover issues relating to health, unemployment, education, engagement of women in governance, and other social and economic topics of concern to women living in remote areas of Armenia.

Radio and video pieces should be no more than four minutes in length.

Submissions will be judged according to the criteria below:

- Balance and fairness.

- Thoroughness of reporting: new information, factual detail, illustrative examples, diversity of sources.

- Reporting techniques: engaging the audience, emotional impact, structure, creativity and style.

The deadline for submission of materials is 5 pm on August 31, 2012.

The panel of judges will award certificates and cash prizes, as follows:

First prize (radio): 85,000 AMD

Second place (radio): 55,000 AMD

Third place (radio): 45,000 AMD

First prize (video): 85,000 AMD

Second place (video): 55,000 AMD

Third place (video): 45,000 AMD

IWPR Armenia’s partners will award additional prizes for the best radio/video reports covering specific thematic subjects:

www.womennet.am will award a special prize for the best radio or video report covering women’s engagement in politics.

The Women’s Resource Centre will award a special prize for the best radio/video report covering public involvement or civil initiatives by young women and girls in community action, education or other areas of civic activism.

UNFPA, United Nations Population Fund Armenia Country Office will award a special prize for the best report covering access of young women and adolescent girls to reproductive health services.

IWPR reserves the right to republish winners’ reports on www.iwpr.net and other resources. Republished materials may be edited to meet IWPR’s editorial standards.

ABOUT IWPR

IWPR strengthens local media at the frontlines of conflict and change, working in two dozen countries and territories around the world. This includes establishing independent local media; training local reporters, editors and producers; supporting extensive in-depth reporting on human rights, good governance and related issues; disseminating professional reporting in developing countries and internationally; and strengthening communications capacity of local human rights, international justice and women’s organisations.

In Armenia, IWPR raises public awareness and helps build significant dialogues by strengthening local media skills and capacities.

PHOTOGRAPHY & PRESS:

Caucasus contest to collect human rights images

Region: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia

Topic :Photojournalism, Fellowships and Awards, Human Rights

A photo contest in the Caucasus region will soon open a call for submissions of photographs that relate to peace and human rights. The official theme of the contest is “I – Human.” Submissions will be accepted from May 1 to July 1.
Prizes will be awarded in four categories: best portrait, best composition, best photo story, and best idea. Amateur and professional photographers from Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia are eligible to submit entries.
Selected photographs will be exhibited at the Nato Vachnadze House Museum in Kakheti, Georgia, from July 26 to 28. An awards ceremony will be held on July 26.
The contest is being organized by regional newspaper Voice of Kakheti and the Georgian Institute of Public Affairs, and is being held in conjunction with the South Caucasus Documentary Film Festival of Peace and Human Rights.

For more information, contact anne.sidamonidze@gmail.com.