Deadline: 15 March 2012, 5 pm EST
Open to: Emerging Photojournalists
Prize: USD $2500, portfolio review with Jamie Wellford of Newsweek

Description

PROOF knows that emerging photojournalists want to do meaningful projects related to human rights and social justice issues but oftentimes don’t have the funds or connections to do so. For this reason, they’re offering an award to help an emerging photojournalist jumpstart their project by providing funding and support from the media community.

For this award, PROOF have put together a panel of judges including: Leora Kahn, Executive Director of PROOF, Ed Kashi of VII, Amy Yenkin from the Open Society Foundations, and Ann Friedman, Executive Editor of GOOD.

Prize

The selected photojournalist will receive USD $2500 to put toward their project. The final three candidates will have their work showcased through GOOD. Second and third place finalists will also have the opportunity for a portfolio review with Jamie Wellford of Newsweek.

In addition to the financial award, the winner will also:

• Have the opportunity to directly submit their work to Ed Kashi for review, guidance and feedback, for a period of six months
• Have their work featured on PROOF’s website
• Receive a portfolio and project consultation from Human Rights Watch, a New York based non-profit

Eligibility

This award is for emerging photojournalists. For the purposes of this call for entries, the term “emerging photojournalist” is to be defined as a photojournalist who has an accomplished body of photojournalistic work that:

1. Has not yet been exhibited or published widely.
2. Demonstrates a commitment to human rights and social justice issues.
3. Does not have agency representation. There are no age or geographic restrictions.

Application

Each application should include the following:

• Statement of Purpose (maximum 500 words)
• Project proposal and budget summary (maximum 500 words)
• Portfolio of 10-12 photographs that demonstrate your commitment to human rights and social justice issues
• Resume or CV
• Application fee of USD $10.00 made payable to PROOF: Media for Social Justice

Application deadline is March 15^th, 2012. 5pm EST

Complete details regarding submission specifications are available on the official webpage.

Contact award@proof.org in case of any technical difficulties during the application process. Note: Applications submitted via email will not be considered for the award.

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Deadline: 30 April 2012
Open to: documentary filmmakers
Prizes: a total of 25.000 Euro

Description

Astra Film Festival (AFF) is a major event in the European film community. The Festival is located in Sibiu – Romania. Besides the four AFF Competition Sections, it offers a variety of programs showing the diversity and the current tendencies of documentary film.

AFF Sibiu is the place to see great documentaries, to feel the pulse of Romanian and Eastern European documentary film production, meet fellow-filmmakers from around the world, debate upon major issues faced by documentarists and interact with professionals and with an enthusiastic audience.

Prizes in total amount of €25,000 will be awarded to the authors of the winning films.

Eligibility

The 12th Astra Film Festival Sibiu accepts documentary films without restriction to theme and length. Films must have cinematographic qualities, artistic commitment and a strong presence of the filmmaker’s point of view both in form and content. Creative documentaries and auteur films are specially welcomed.

Documentaries submitted for the official selection must have been produced no earlier than 1 January 2011. If the original language of the commentary/dialogue is other than English, the films must have English subtitles.

Prizes

Prizes in total amount of €25,000 will be awarded to the authors of the winning films.

Application

The registration form should be filled out until the 30th of April 2012.

By submitting the form, you are stating that you have read and agree with the Rules&Regulations of the ASTRA FILM Festival.
Your entry into this competition grants the festival the rights that have been stated in these Rules&Regulations.
Please ensure you complete all mandatory fields which are indicated with asterisk (*).
A confirmation of your submission will be sent to your e-mail address. For any technical problems, please send an e-mail to submission@astrafilm.ro

There is no entry fee.

Winners shall be announced in October 2012.

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Deadline: 20 February 2012
Open to: Amateur and student filmmakers
Prizes: 500 euros

Description

The Review of Amateur Film – RAF is a film festival happening at the end of March in Zagreb and it has been imagined as a program that includes the presentation of amateur, student and non-professional films from around the world without any kind of selection. Also, it is the meeting place where authors can meet each other, mingle, promote themselves and their movies and have a lot of fun. The first RAF was held in 2002. There is only one simple reason why it was decided not to have a selection: everyone who invested their energy and created something must have the chance to present their work and energy in public. The audience is the one and only jury. With a spontaneous contact, ideas are being exchanged, films are being commented on, and you also get some feedback and arrange new projects. Immediacy, erasure of the artificially created threshold between professionals and amateurs, organization and audience, is very important.

After celebrating the 10th anniversary they decided to shake things up and introduce an official student competition. For the student competition  the rules are changing a little bit. There will be a preselection of the films applied, but also there will be a award of 500 euros for the best film in the student competition.

This is the eleventh review and it will be held from March the 19h till March the 25th in &TD theatre, Zagreb, Croatia.

They decided to make this move because they see a need for student films to be presented in Croatia where in an abundece of festival there is none that focus solely on student films. Even with this new goal, their previous ones have not changed – they still want to show as many films as they can and have a lot of fun while doing so.

Long story short: besides the standard categories of amateur films that enter the competition without selection, this year there is also a category (introduced on last years’ RAF) which includes films that are made by students of drama/film/fine arts academies.

Amateur and low budget-films:

• Short films: films up to 20 minutes duration
• Kids & Teens: movies author (s) and up to 14 or 17 years of age
• Middle meter: films up to 60 minutes duration
• Feature film

Student competiton:

• Films up to 30 minutes duration are accepted
• Festival entries are open to all students in film schools, academies or universities. No high school entries.
• All films/videos submitted must subtitled in English (if not spoken in English)
• Films must have been made as a student work while filmmaker was a student at a recognized educational/film institute

Prizes

The best film in the student competition will be awarded with 500 euros.

Eligibility

The call is open to all amateur filmmakers, as well as all students in film schools, academies or universities. No high school entries.

All sorts of genres are accepted (see application form) and as long as you follow all the rules, it’ll work just fine. Films must be made in 2011. or 2012., only one film per author is accepted, so if you’ve been productive lately, you’ll have to choose the best one.

Application

Application form is HERE, you have to fill it with information and send it to our e-mail RAF@REVIJAAMATERSKOGFILMA.HR along with the picture or screenshot from the film.

Film in MiniDV or DVD format with application form have to be sent to the following address no later than 20th February 2012.

Udruga FAR
Revija amaterskog filma – RAF
Poste restante
10000 Zagreb 
Croatia

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Deadline: February 15, 2012
Open to: The exhibition is open to all photographers world wide, both amateur and professional.
Prizes: Juror’s Selection: $600, Director’s Selection: $250

Description

The Center for Fine Art Photography promots the art of photography by supporting the growth of creative artists through exhibitions and educational programs. They has launched a photo competition within the framework of the aternative pocesses.

Theme: alternative processes. All alternative photographic processes are eligible. This includes, but is not limited to: Albumen, Cyanotype, Van Dyke Brown, Platinum/Palladium, Gum Bichromate, Bromoil, Salt Print, Ambrotype, Tintype, Image Transfer, Ziatype, Wet Plate Collodian, Callotype, and Daguerreotype (etc.).

Juror: Christopher James is an internationally known artist and photographer whose paintings and alternative process images have been exhibited in galleries and museums in this country and abroad. His work has been published and shown extensively, including shows in The Museum of Modern Art, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The George Eastman House, and the Philadelphia Museum of Art. The first edition of his book, The Book of Alternative Photographic Processes, received unprecedented critical acclaim and was the winner of The Golden Light Technical Book of the Year award.

Eligibility

The exhibition is open to all photographers world wide, both amateur and professional. The Center invites photographers working in all mediums, styles and schools of thought to participate in its exhibitions.

Costs

• Members: $20 for the first three images.
• Non-Members: $35 for the first three images
• Additional images may be submitted at $10 each for both members and non-members.

Applicants signing up for membership at the time they submit will receive the automatic discounted entry fee.

Prizes

With selection for this exhibition, featured artist’s work will be seen by an international audience of collectors, curators, art consultants and other advocates of fine art photography.

Each participant will be included in the Center’s Main Gallery exhibition and Online Gallery exhibition. In order to be included in the online gallery or to receive and award, you must participate in the gallery exhibition.

• Juror’s Selection: $600
• Director’s Selection: $250
• 2 liveBooks Website Awards: Valued at $399 from liveBooks.co
• 1 Blurb Book Award: valued at $250 from blurb.com
• Honorable Mention Awards: 2 year membership and a three image submission to a call for entry at the Center.

Application

Exhibit Prints: All accepted images submitted for exhibition must be printed and framed or mounted professionally. The Center recognizes that some work is non traditional and incorporates the framing as an integral part of the presentation. Please no colored mats or frames. To encourage participation by photographers from around the world, the Center offers optional economical printing and framing services. Additional details will be provided upon request.

Acceptance Notice: Everyone who submits will receive an email notification of which images were accepted. Accepted images will be posted on the Center’s website along with instructions for the gallery presentation.

Important dates: 

• Entries due: February 15, 2012
• Notice of acceptance: February 24, 2012
• Exhibition dates: May 25 – June 23, 2012
• Public / Artists’ Reception: June 1, 2012 6-9pm

 Questions about the competition?

Any questions regarding the competition should be sent to this email address:exhibitions@c4fap.org

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Deadline: 4 March 2012
Open to:  Applicants older than 16 years from the EU member states plus the following countries: Albania, Iceland, Lichtenstein, Macedonia and Turkey
Prizes:  €1000 cash prize (winners in each category) and €500 for the runners up

Description

How Passionate are you about e-Skills? Where will e-Skills take you? How do you see the Digital Revolution transforming Europe? Put your creativity to the test today and win a cash prize., and a chance to launch your career. Tell a story. Create a campaign.

Demonstrate how e-Skills can help people get a job, fuel innovation or drive creativity. How? That’s up to you, but any medium will be accepted – from mobile devices, tablets, illustrations, digital design, story-telling, music, video, posters and social media – you can post your entry on Twitter, Tumblr, YouTube or whichever digital platform suits you best.  Get going! Build a community of followers.

Categories and Theme

All entries must be in one of the following three categories to qualify.  Content must to be creative, demonstrate innovative use of the medium, be quirky, be humorous and or be a mash up.

Content may be posted onto any website or blog. You are strongly encouraged to build a community of interest demonstrating the popularity of your creative. All content will then be connected to the official e-Skills website.

• Category 1) e-Skills and me

The objective of entries in this category is to explain to an uninitiated audience what e-Skills are and how e-Skills can be developed by young people who are starting to think about their career options. Content must focus on exploring the diverse options that e-skills opens and define e-Skills in simple and easy to understand terms; so for example show how can people get e-skills or highlight examples of people making cool stuff using e-Skills.  Creative must demonstrate how people can practise e-Skills and use them in their daily lives, in their search for a job, and or how they have successfully helped someone get a job.  Get creative and tell us your story!

• Category 2) e-Skills: jobs of the future 

The objective of entries this category is to explore the different entrepreneurial opportunities that can be opened through e-Skills. Create inspirational stories that demonstrate the blue sky world of digital jobs that awaits young people. Think about the origins of Facebook, Twitter and find European equivalents or tell us of your plans to build the next Spotify or Netflix or some other new business idea by someone you know or have heard about.

• Category 3) creative e-Skills

The objective of this category is to explore all the creative avenues that e-Skills open from art to publishing literature online or digital imagery. Your creative should show how e-skills deliver jobs in creative domains.  Think about how Pixar started or a group of young artists who are working on a film or online art portal, or who may be doing some exciting creative projects. Use your imagination!

Eligibility

Candidates interested in applying must be 16 years or older (as of January 2012) and must come from one of the following countries: Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lichtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Turkey, United Kingdom.

Entrants must meet these following criteria to qualify:

1. Provide a campaign plan on the entry form
2. Implement the campaign (post it online on any site you choose and build a community)
3. Films can be no longer than 3 minutes, and must be specifically made for Project Passion. Print contributions will have to be sent in digitally for judging (these can be posted on a blog or website of your choice)
4. Music contributions can be no more than 4 minutes in duration
5. All pre-produced material such as music must be approved for use or license free, or creative commons licensed

Prizes

Winners and runners’ up will have an all-expenses paid trip to Copenhagen in Denmark for an awards ceremony on 30 March 2012 that will involve senior members of global technology companies, European Commission Officials and of course the media.

Winners will receive cash prizes and products from leading global companies.

Application

To enter all you have to do is create content that fits one of the three categories and fill in the entry form.

Important Dates

• Deadline for entries 4 March 2012 – midnight
• Academic judging: 5 March 2012 – 15 March
• Industry Judging: 16 March 2012 – 20 March 2012
• Awards Ceremony 30 March 2012 – Copenhagen

Judging Criteria

• Demonstrate innovative use of the medium
• Include the theme – e-Skills: there is a job waiting for you
• Meet the 3 minute film limit / 4 minute music limit if in these categories
• Must be created for Project Passion Competition
• Must include a supporting campaign plan/ strategy/execution plan
• Any entries that are deemed to be offensive or culturally insensitive are automatically disqualified

Contact

Any questions regarding the competition should be directed to:

Natalia Kurop, Director of Communications and Marketing, DIGITALEUROPE
E: natalia.kurop@digitaleurope.org F. +32 2 609 53 39 >> M. +32 487 34 05 71

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Deadline: 15 April 2012
Open to: Creators from all over the world with design and CAD skills
Prize: 1st prize: desktop 3D printer – Ortotip Ciciprint
2nd prize: two 3D printed models selected by the author
3rd prize: 3D printed prototype selected by the author

Description

RAPIMAN (RApid Prototyping and Innovative MAnufacturing Network) has launched a design competition ‘Free Form Challenge’ within the framework of the iCAT 2012 conference. The conference continues a tradition of meetings organized by RAPIMAN network since 2004. Started as an international initiative of members from the Universities of Maribor, Cluj-Napoca and Loughborough in 2004 Rapid Prototyping and Innovative Manufacturing Network – RAPIMAN had proven its importance, serving as a local, Slovenian commercial and educational platform for rapid prototyping, tooling and manufacturing.

Through several cooperation initiatives that evolved into successfully completed applications, as well as by joining members of industry and academia in several workshops, it had served as an effective dissemination means for new technologies and knowledge transfer.

Within the framework of the design competition ‘Free Form Challenge’ the organizers challenge you to release your creative imagination and design products, as complex as you like, meaning they can be unrestricted by technological limitations.

Eligibility

Creators from all over the world with design and CAD skills are invited to submit their work(s) as entries within one of the competition topics.

Costs

You can enter or apply for free and without the need of paying an entry fee.

Prizes

The jury will select the three to five best proposals from each competition topic. Each selected participant will receive a prototype of their product (max. overall size 240 mm), a printed award, and a presentation of their product at the exhibition, which will be held within in the framework of the iCAT 2012 conference and the European Capital of Culture 2012, in Maribor.

Within all submissions and competition topics, the jury will grant three prizes:

• 1st prize: desktop 3D printer – Ortotip Ciciprint
• 2nd prize: two 3D printed models selected by the author
• 3rd prize: 3D printed prototype selected by the author

Application

The Free Form Challenge is seeking for product designs on the following competition topics:

• Interior
  Lights (e.g.: table lamps, chandeliers, reading lamps, etc.)
• Mock-Ups
  Means of transport (e.g.: cars, bicycles, aeroplanes, boats, etc.)
• Personal Products
  Jewellery (e.g.: earrings, rings, spectacles, key-rings, etc.)
• Industrial Products
  Headphones and accessories (e.g.: hands-free headset, headphones for music, headphones for noise protection, etc.).

Each candidate can participate in one or more competition topics, but with just one conceptual sketch / CAD / or STL file within each particular competition topic!

To enter design competition, authors shoud first register on iCAT website. All Free Form Challenge participants can decide if they wish only to enter the design competition or also to attend a whole iCAT 2012 conference programme with lectures. Free Form Challenge participants have 50% discount to iCAT 2012 conference fee.

Questions about the competition?

Any questions regarding the competition should be sent to this email address: icat@rapiman.net

Deadline for sending the application is 15 April 2012
Winners are expected to be announced on 20 September 2012.

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Deadline: 30 April 2012
Open to: Professional, non-professional and student photographers from any country older than 18 years
Prizes: Total value of 7.000 EUR in money prizes

Description

The capital city of Austria, Vienna one of the most important cultural cities in Europe enjoys a good reputation in its music, literature, theater and fine arts for many years. However, in the field of contemporary photography Vienna has a rising demand to follow up with the rest of the world. Inspired by many international competitions in photography it was therefore decided to set up and organize the annual Vienna International Photographic Awards «VIPA» for documentary photography.

In Vienna the interest for photography has been there for a long time, the European Society for the History of Photography has its seat there, and the major Viennese museums feature important exhibitions of photography. It is therefore only logical that the Vienna International Photographic Awards « VIPA » have been founded in order to renew the photographic heritage of the city nowadays.

KUNSTNETZWERK (modern contemporary art gallery and network) and founder Raed Bawayah(photographer), in collaboration with « Eyes-On » the European Month of Photography Vienna will organize the first Vienna International Photographic Awards « VIPA » in 2012 for documentary photography. Their mission is to salute the achievements of the world’s finest photographers, to discover new and emerging talents, and to promote and enhance contemporary photography in Austria and all over the world.

Eligibility

The competition will be open for professional, non-professional and student photographers from any country. Applicants must be 18 years old or over.

Costs

Participants will be charged 29 euros for entering the competition (1 to 5 images). Payment can be made via bank transfer in Euros only. Submissions are non-refundable. Entry fees are required to cover venue hire, catalogues, printing and organization of the event.

Prizes

Besides the total value of 7.000 EUR in money prizes the short-listed winners will be able to take part in a group exhibition in November 2012 in Vienna (during the European Month of Photography) as well as in the publication of VIPA’s official catalogue. The awards will be divided into three sections: 1st prize (4.000 EUR), 2nd prize (2.000 EUR) and 3rd prize (1.000 EUR). The awards of the prices, the presentation of the official catalogue as well the opening of the group exhibition will be held on the 15th November 2012 in Vienna. Participants will choose the theme of their photo series submission.

Application

You can apply for the competition by registering online. Online Submissions only!!!

Entries will consist of whole or partial photos series. Photographs can be in black and white or in color, in any format. Only digital files are accepted. Do not send original prints. All digital images should be provided as jpgs only, 72 dpi, image width not to exceed 1024 pixels on the longest side. Files should be titled as follows: LastName_1Title.jpg

Participants warrant that, if their work is selected for exhibition, they have obtained the appropriate model releases from persons featured in their submitted photographs for all sales, marketing, educational and publicity uses and that no additional releases are required in respect of names, trademarks, designs or works of art depicted in the work.

The shortlist winners will be contacted by e-mail by the organizer during summer 2012. If selected on the shortlist, participants will be required to send prints (30×40 cm) by post mail.

Submitted materials will not be returned. VIPA is not responsible for the loss or damage of any entry. Submission of an entry to the contest automatically constitutes the contestant’s acceptance of all conditions set forth in the above section.

Submission Deadline: 30th April, 2012

Use Rights: Entrants whose submissions are accepted for exhibition grant KUNSTNETZWERK the right to use their images for the purpose of marketing the exhibition, marketing related programs, and subsequent display on the KUNSTNETZWERK website, unless indicated otherwise.

Entries not complying with the conditions set forth above will be disqualified.

Make sure to read the Conditions and FAQ’s before applying.

If you have any further questions or concern about the conditions, please contact VIPA at info@thevipawards.com or here.

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Deadline: 15 February 2012
Open to: Students of design and architecture
Prize:  3,000 EU

Description

Output is a non-profit organisation in Amsterdam. The goal of the foundation is to support young talents and provide a platform for the exchange of ideas on design education and the design profession. They organize the Output Award, publish the yearbook Output with the best works of students around the world and organize the biannual design conference “What matters” in cooperation with OTIS college of design.

The output Award is the biggest international competition for students in design and architecture.

All projects submitted to the Output competition will be eligible for the Output Grand Prix. An international jury will choose the Grand Prix winner who will reveice a scholarship of 3,000 EUR. This scholarship is meant to support young talents in Design and Architecture and to present works from students to a broader design and architectural audience.

Every year more than 1.000 students from more than 40 different countries submit their best projects to the competition. An international jury makes the selection which will be presented in the Output yearbook.

All works which have been submitted to the Output Award will be published on the open Output platform. The Grand Prix together with about 80 selected works will not only be published in the Output yearbook but also in the Output hall of fame on the portfolio-platform.

An international jury of highly recognized designers and architects will select the best projects. The jury for the 2012 award will be presented by the Output foundation in January 2012.

Eligibility

Anyone who is currently studying communication design, product design, architecture, interaction design or film at a university or a college is eligible to participate. Students who have graduated within the last 12 months may also submit final degree works.

Any work, which has been produced as a student project, is eligible for submission. The work may not be older than one year. The project does not have to be published. Work related to any area of design and architecture, such as: graphic design / architecture / product design / typography / photography / illustration / typeface design / multimedia, moving image and television graphics / experience design is eligible for submission.

Costs

Entry fee per work: 30 Euro
Unfortunately they are unable to accept any currency other than Euro or US$ at the exchange rate on the day of payment.

Application

You have to register your submission in the online registration (no matter what format the project is).

All works (except interactive/large videos) must be submitted in digital format. Images must be jpg-images (800x 600 pixel max.; 72 dpi; RGB). The images must be submitted through our online upload (you can find instructions in the registration area). We do not accept images send as attachment of e-mails and also not files larger than specified above. Videos can also be uploaded through our online registration by using youtube or vimeo.

Large interactive/film projects can be submitted on a CD ROM or DVD for Macintosh. Please do not send videotapes. The name of the student and the title of the work have to be written on the CD (please do not use stickers!!!)

They cannot return any submitted material.

On an extra sheet, please provide a short description of each work giving information on its background. Your submission must be complete, otherwise it cannot be processed!!!

Submissions are to be send to:

Output foundation
Peperstraat 7
1011 TJ Amsterdam
The Netherlands

or from USA
Otis College of Art and Design
Department of Communication Arts
Kali Nikitas
Output Submissions
9045 Lincoln Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90045

or from Germany
Output foundation
Alexanderstrasse 9b
28203 Bremen

Important: Please mark the outside of package with: “Art for contest. No commercial value.” (important for customs!)

Contact: 

Katharina Bauckhage
Output foundation
Peperstraat 7
1011 TJ Amsterdam
The Netherlands
T 0031-20-423 24 25
bauckhage@open-output.org

For more information please read the Terms and Conditions.

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Deadline: 12 February 2012
Open to:  Bloggers writing blog articles on the Green Economy
Prizes: Invitation to blog about World Environment Day in Brazil

Description

The United Nations Environment Program (UNEP), in partnership with TreeHugger, is yet again sponsoring a free trip to Brazil for a winning blogger to write, blog and tweet about the World Environment Day.

Bloggers are invited to enter competition via online submissions of blog articles on the Green Economy. The top ten bloggers, selected by a UNEP-TreeHugger jury, will be invited to a second round of blogging – blogdown!

The winner of this online showdown (blogdown) will be determined by an online community via the World Environment Day website. Readers will ‘like’ any of the posts in order to win an extra vote for their favourite blogger.

The blogger who accumulates the most votes by the end of April 2012 wins the competition and will be invited to blog about World Environment Day in Brazil.

Eligibility

All bloggers that are writing about the Green Economy are invited to take part in the competition.

Prizes

World Environment Day is on June 5th, 2012. The contest winner will be flown to Brazil for about three days, beginning June 3rd and ending June 6th 2012. Flights, accommodation, visa costs and travel within Brazil to WED events will be covered. Entrants will be expected to ensure they are able to travel to Brazil for the duration and cover any other costs (e.g. vaccinations).

Short-listed and winning posts will be published on TreeHugger and the World Environment Day websites.

Application

1. Write a compelling blog post about the Green Economy and how you/we are a part of it (for example in sustainable energy, green jobs, low carbon economies, green policies, green buildings, agriculture, fisheries, forestry, industries using efficient energy, sustainable tourism, sustainable transport, waste management, water and all other resource efficiency).
2. Post a link to your story onto the UNEP Facebook fan page http://facebook.unep.org with this comment, “I just entered to win a trip to Brazil for UNEP’s World Environment Day 2012. Read my blog post and discover how the Green Economy includes you.”
   Alternatively, entries can be e-mailed to worldenvironmentday@unep.org.
3. Entries must be received before 12 February 2012.
4. To increase your chances of winning, post your story on Twitter with the hash tag#WED2012, and encourage friends to comment, ‘like’ the post on Facebook, and retweetyour post across Facebook and Twitter.

Submission Guidelines

• Your post should be engaging, interesting, and passionate. Blogging is more personal than journalistic or academic writing. We are looking for individual perspectives and stories highlighting the competition theme, which is ‘Green Economy: Does it include you?’
• Clarity is essential. Make it short, snappy and concise. The post must be a minimum of 400 words and a maximum of 600 words.
• Be original! This should help your post stand out from the crowd, and should increase your chances of winning.
• Read the World Environment Day website! This will give you detailed information on this year’s theme and events and activities taking place. You will also find links to other resources.
• Support your post with links to other web pages that are contextual to your post, including a link to the World Environment Day website. Check other environmental blogs to see how they do it.
• Ask your friends to comment on your post. We are looking to spread the word on World Environment Day. We will take this into account when judging, so the more comments, likes, and re-tweets your post has, the greater your chances of winning.

Before applying make sure to read the Terms and Conditions and the FAQ’s.

If you have any further questions regarding the competition please contact worldenvironmentday@unep.org.

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Deadline: 17 February 2012
Open to: Macedonian university students
Prizes: An iPad will be awarded to the winner for first prize for the best business plan

Description

The US Embassy to Macedonia is seeking entries from university students for the Ron Brown Apprentice Program. Through the program, the Embassy invites Macedonian university students to come up with the next Facebook, Apple iPhone, or hybrid car. The program aims to promote entrepreneurism, the development of sound business practices, and the promotion of the free market system in Southeast Europe. The winners of the Macedonian competition will then go on to compete against other students in Bosnia i Herzogovina, Croatia, Serbia, Montenegro, and Kosovo in a region-wide competition for the best business plan. The competition is envisioned in the format of Donald Trump’s The Apprentice, in that successful businesspeople in the region will evaluate the projects against one another blindly.

Prizes

• The top 3 submissions of the Ron Brown Apprentice Program contest in Macedonia will travel to Opatija, Croatia to attend the Ron Brown Forum “Economic Opportunities at the Municipal Level”, April 2-4. In Opatija, the students will compete against their counterparts in the region for three prizes.
• An iPad will be awarded to the winner for first prize for the best business plan. An iPhone will be awarded as the second prize, and an iPod will be awarded as the third prize.

Eligibility

Students from ages 18-25 are eligible to submit a business plan. You must be either currently enrolled in an undergraduate program or graduated from an undergraduate program within the last 2 years.

Application

Submissions must be a 1-2 pages’ business abstract, in English; the submission must include a complete budget for the proposed business venture, and from where funds would be solicited for the venture (Investors? Venture capitalists? Private banks? International funds? etc.)

The name of the country should not be mentioned in the abstract. The business plan should be one that can be submitted elsewhere.

Each participant must also submit a CV with basic biographical information – name, age, school/university, email, and phone number.

Business plans must be sent to the U.S. Embassy at ircskopje@t-home.mk with “The Ron Brown Apprentice Program” in the Subject field of the e-mail.

Submissions must be sent to no later than February 17, 2011. A panel of Embassy experts will select the winners for the Macedonian competition, who will be notified by March 1.

Business plan submissions that do not comply with the U.S. Embassy guidelines or contain prohibited, inappropriate, irrelevant, or copied content will be disqualified and removed from the selection process.

If you have questions on the contest, please address them to ircskopje@t-home.mk, subject: “The Ron Brown Apprentice Program.”

The Official Website

Please note that Mladiinfo does not give scholarships or any financial support, but only informs about different opportunities. Click on the direct link to the official page above to apply for the program.