Allard Photography Competition 2023

Deadline: May 1, 2023

The bi-annual Allard Photography Competition, which recognizes photographic excellence reflecting the ideals of the Allard Prize, is adjudicated by the Allard Prize Committee and Maxe Fisher, Retired Professor, Faculty of Design + Dynamic Media, Emily Carr University of Art + Design.

Photographers are encouraged to submit entries year-round. Entries should reflect themes of courage and leadership in combating corruption, especially through promoting transparency, accountability, the rule of law, and human rights and/or anti-corruption. We also particularly welcome entries that depict corruption and human rights violations in the developed world.

Each winning photograph will receive CAD $1,000 and be featured on the Allard Prize website, with a brief description and the photographer’s name, for six months. Winning entries will be archived as past winners on the website afterwards. 

SEE ALSO: APF Queen-Nellie Evans Scholarship

Eligibility Criteria

The Competition is only open to individuals who have reached the age of majority in their country of residence at the time of entry (“Entrants”). Members of the Allard Prize Photography Competition Jury, the Allard Prize Committee and the Allard Prize Advisory Board are not eligible to participate during their terms as Jury, Committee or Advisory Board members and for one year following the end of their terms.

Application Procedure

(a) To enter the Competition, Entrants must upload their photograph and complete the
online submission form, including:
i) a brief description (up to 1200 characters) of the photograph, describing how the photograph reflects the themes of the Allard Prize of courage and leadership in combating corruption, especially through promoting transparency, accountability and the rule of law, or of human rights and/or anti-corruption generally; and
ii) a brief biography of the Entrant.
The submission form is located on the Allard Prize Photography Competition page on the
Allard Prize website, at http://www.allardprize.org/photography-competition (photographs,
descriptions and biographies shall together be referred to as “Entries”).
(b) Photographs submitted are to be digital photographs, submitted at the highest resolution reasonably possible. Horizontal images should be at least 1180 pixels wide, and vertical images should be at least 740 pixels tall. The photograph should have no borders and no white or black framing. The file name must contain the name of the photographer.
(c) By submitting an Entry, Entrants grant to the Allard Prize all rights in and to the Entries required for the Competition. No Entries will be returned for any reason.
(d) Entries may be submitted at any time. Still, to be included in a particular cycle of the Competition, they must be received during the period designated for entry in a such cycle as set out on the Allard Prize Photography Competition page on the Allard Prize website.
Entries may be declared invalid if they are illegible, incomplete or damaged.
(e) The Allard Prize is not responsible for lost, illegible, incomplete, damaged, or misdirected Entries, which may be disqualified, or for hardware, software, telephone or other technical malfunctions of any kind, lost or unavailable network connections, or failed, delayed, incomplete, inaccurate or garbled electronic communications, howsoever caused including, without limitation, by any of the equipment or programming associated with or utilized in the Competition, or by any human error that may occur in the processing of the Entries.
(f) No communication or correspondence will be exchanged with Entrants except with those selected as a potential prize winner.

Application Registration Deadline: 1st May 2022

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