IFAJ Agricultural Photo Star Prize

Description: The International Federation of Agricultural Journalists (IFAJ) invites eligible agricultural journalists to enter their photographs in a contest for the best agricultural photograph of 2005. The prize is called The IFAJ Agricultural Photo Star Prize.

Who is eligible to enter?

• Any journalist who is a member in good standing of a national association or guild that is a member of IFAJ may enter one published photograph.
• National agricultural journalist associations and guilds that are members of IFAJ may each enter up to three photos each. A national association may enter a photo taken by a journalist who is not a member of their association, however there is a fee for such entries (see Entry Fee).
• Under no circumstance may one person have more than one photograph entered in the contest.

Entry Fee

• There is no entry fee for any agricultural journalist who is a member in good standing of a national association that is a member of IFAJ.
• There is also no fee for any agricultural journalist who is not a member of a IFAJ-member national association, but who holds individual membership in IFAJ.
• Fee of 25 Euros for the entry by an IFAJ-member national association of a photo taken by a journalist who is not a member of their association or guild, nor is an IFAJ individual member.

What photographs are eligible to be entered?

To be eligible for entry, a photograph must:

• Be on an on-farm production subject.
• Photographs in this contest should enhance the editorial message of the technical copy. A photograph that was part of a photo story may also be entered, but only one photo from the photo story may be entered.
• Have been published as editorial material between 1 January 2005 and 31 December 2005.
• May be either color or black & white.

All entries will be posted on the IFAJ Web site (www.ifaj.org) for public viewing both prior to and after the contest. All photojournalists entering photos agree to give IFAJ free rights to publish their photos on the IFAJ Web site, in official IFAJ publications, in IFAJ publicity about the photo contest and to display their photos during the 2006 IFAJ Congress in Norway, 12-16 August 2006.

Entry Deadline: 15 June 2006

Award:

• The prize winner will be awarded a crystal trophy and a 500 Euro cash prize.
• The second place winner will be awarded a crystal trophy.
• The awards will be presented during the 2006 IFAJ Congress in Norway, 12-16 August 2006. Entrants need not be present.

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