RULES OF COMPETITION
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Eligibility

  • All entries must have been photographed by staff of partner and implementing agencies, staff of donors, short-term consultants or be sponsored by them. A staff member may sponsor a photo taken by an immediate family member, a client, a partner, or another person associated with MDF or a specific project.
  • Photos taken by full-time professional photographers are not acceptable.
  • Photos that have been used previously in MDF publications are not eligible.
  • Entries should relate in some manner to any of the 17 MDF projects committed or underway by October 31, 2009. To learn more about MDF projects, you can visit www.multidonorfund.org/projects
  • Entries must be accompanied by an entry form (or an accompanying cover page that provides the name of the photographer, telephone and e-mail contacts, a photograph title, date of photo, the name of the related MDF project, and a brief description of how the photo relates to capacity building).
  • Entry of photos implies acceptance of contest rules regardless of whether entrants sign a statement confirming acceptance.

Format for Entries

  • High-resolution digital images
  • Note, for publication purposes, we require photos that will reproduce at 600 dpi or greater (jpg format, 1024 x 800 pixel, Minimum file size: 2 MB)
  • Please submit electronic entries in a CD or send to: mdfphotocontest@gmail.com
  • Where possible, these should be taken with a digital camera that has 4 or more mega pixels
  • Photographs manipulated electronically or otherwise to alter content are not eligible

Where to send the Entries

CDs should be received by the deadline of October 30, 2008 to
Photo competition,
MDF Secretariat, World Bank Office Jakarta
Indonesia Stock Exchange Building Tower 2, 13 th floor,
Jl. Jend. Sudirman Kav 52-53, Jakarta 12190

Or email to: mdfphotocontest@gmail.com

Judging

A panel of no fewer than four judges will review photographs to determine winners. The panel will be made up of MDF manager/staff, donor representatives and an external photographic consultant. The judges will have discretion to determine eligibility of all entries and reserve the right to disqualify entries from unrelated third parties. Judges are not eligible to enter photos in this contest. All decisions of the judges are final. Winners will be announced by December 1.

When selecting the best photographs under particular categories, judges will give weight to how well a photograph relates to its category, shows how capacity building is conducted or portray the underlying activity being funded by MDF.

Categories are:

  • Transfer of skills or knowledge (training, workshop, field visit, community meeting, etc)
  • Transfer of assets to local government or communities (hand-over, explanation of asset, etc.)
  • Participation


The top three prizes will be offered to photograph that exhibit photographic excellence and tell a story about MDF’s work and developmental impact.

Photographers are encouraged to read “ Tips for Shooting Project Photos” for more guidance on how good shots are taken and what judges are looking for in winning photographs.


PRIZES
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Prizes are as follows.

  • 1st place prize : Rp. 3,000,000
  • 2nd place prize : Rp.2,500,000
  • 3rd place prize : Rp. 2,000,000
  • Favorite photo : Rp. 1,000,000
  • Other photos selected for publication: Rp. 500,000 each

MDF is committed to ensuring that winners will be able to receive cash prizes, regardless of their geographic base at the time prizes are awarded.

By entering a photograph in this contest, entrants provide MDF with the right to use or display entries submitted for this competition at any time and in any manner. World Bank Group staff that sponsor entries are requested to get full permission from the photo rights holder for the right to use and display. Uses may include but are not limited to print or electronic publications, promotional brochures, posters, or other materials. MDF will retain the right to distribute to third parties any photographs submitted for this contest, for the purpose of promoting MDF activities or for other purposes deemed to further the mission of MDF. Photos entered in this contest will not be returned.

Winners will be notified by e-mail or telephone, according to information provided on the entry form. If any winner fails to claim his or her prize within 60 days of being notified at the telephone number or email provided on the entry form, that winner may forfeit his or her prize.