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Fancy yourself a bit of a shutterbug? Think you could fill your Amazon.com shopping cart with $500 worth of books, movies, video games, electronics and more? Then submit your photos of your 2010 tour to Explorica's Participant Photo Contest.
Just pick up to 7 of your best shots from your tour, submit them online, and you may just be well on your way to $500 worth of free stuff.
Photo Contest Details
The Prize Patrol
14 entries will be chosen from among two contest categories and displayed on our website.
Experiential Images
- 1st place- $500 to Amazon.com
- 2nd place- $300 to Amazon.com
- 3rd place- $150 to Amazon.com
- 4 Honorable Mentions- $75 each to Amazon.com
Destination Images
- 1st place- $250 to Amazon.com
- 2nd place- $100 to Amazon.com
- 3rd place- $75 to Amazon.com
- 4 Honorable Mentions- $25 each to Amazon.com
Contest Rules
The Explorica Participant Photo Contest is open to spring 2010 Explorica participants traveling between February 1, 2010 and May 15, 2010 with birthdates after 1987. All photos submitted must be the original work of the Explorica participant submitting them.
We will accept submissions for the spring 2010 contest until May 31, 2010. Winners will be announced on June 15, 2010 on our website.
View the complete rules of the contest below.
Explorica Participant Photo Contest Official Rules
What We're Looking For
Overall Requirements
If your eyes are really on that Amazon.com prize, follow these few quick suggestions to maximize your winning potential:
- The higher the resolution the better. Shoot for 300 dpi or greater.
- Only color images will be accepted.
For the Experiential Photo Category
- A photo that goes beyond a posed snapshot in front of a monument
- A candid photo which shows you and your group experiencing something unique to the culture you’re visiting
- A photo of an authentic activity or situation shared by your group during your Explorica tour.
Examples
View entries from last year's contest
For the Destination Photo Category
- Excellent, high-quality shots of destinations visited during your Explorica tour
- A strong sense of framing and photo composition elements required
Examples
View entries from last year's contest
If you have any questions, please email online@explorica.com.
How to Submit Your Entry
It's really pretty easy, but we've broken it down into four quick steps:
- Upload your photos to Flickr.com. Don't have a Flickr account? No worries. You can easily create one at Flickr.com.
- Join the Explorica 2010 Spring US Student Photo Contest group. It's as easy as going to http://www.flickr.com/groups/spring-2010-us-student-photo-contest/, then clicking Join This Group. Welcome to the club!
- Then, submit photos to the Explorica 2010 Spring US Student Photo Contest group by clicking "Send to Group" on each photo's page. Now, everybody can check out your photos.
- Finally (whew!), email us your high-resolution copies of your submissions at online@explorica.com, including the following information:
- Your full name and Tour ID
- Your school
- Your teacher’s name
- The name of your trip
Also, we'd love it if you'd either zip or stuff your photos. If you experience file-size trouble, try using YouSendIt.com, a free site that enables you to send files larger than your email server may allow.
Special Note: Future Explorica materials may include photographs submitted to the contest. By entering the contest you consent to the use of your photographs and photographic likenesses.