Young Photographer Award 2021

Terms & Conditions

• • All submissions are made via a Story uploaded from the Visura platform.
• • The contest is restricted to Ugandan citizens, between 21 and 28 years of age.
• • As part of your submission, written in English, you should include:
  4. - Your motivation, not less than 200 words. 
  5. - Your project proposal, that shouldn’t be less than 400 words. The proposed subject must be noteworthy  and original or, an original take on an old idea.
  6. - Portfolio.
• • One proposal per photographer will be considered. In the case of multiple submissions being received from a single photographer only the first proposal received will be considered.
• • The project proposal is a concept note for a documentary project that you’d like to realise. 
• • The portfolio should consist of up to 20 images taken by the applicant which will represent your photographic approach and interests. 
• • While there will be no restrictions to technical quality of the images submitted, applicants are expected to submit their best quality images.
• • Images must have accurate captions, written in English only, and contain adequate information which should include:
  4. - Description of who is in the photograph and what is going on within the photo.
  5. - Name of the place where the picture was made.
  6. - Provide the date the photo was made.
  7. - Captions must give context for what’s not seen (e.g. the scene of walking pilgrims).
• • Only submissions uploaded via the entry website by the August 1st 2020 deadline will be accepted.
• • The applications will be reviewed by a jury who will select the winner and two runners-up who will be invited to participate in the 2020 mentorship programme.
  

• Notice: Any correspondence with judges pertaining to the judging process will be grounds for disqualification.
  
• • The winner of the competition will be announced in October, 2021.