Deadline- 1 September 2013
All eligible photographers and photojournalists are invited to submit entries for the Uganda Press Photo of the Year Award. This program is supported by Foreign Correspondents’ Association of Uganda (FCAU) in partnership with Friedrich Ebert Stiftung. The winners will have the opportunity to to win Nikon D7000 camera sponsored by the Foreign Correspondents Association of Uganda. Its aim is to strengthen democratic institutions and civil society and to encourage political participation.
LICENSES AND RELEASES-
- The photographer retains the copyright to all material submitted to UPPA, or has permission to submit the material by the copyright owner. Photo submissions must be original photos created by the photographer, and must not contain any elements that are protected by someone else’s copyright or otherwise subject to third party proprietary rights, including privacy and publicity rights (except as expressly permitted below).
- If the photograph contains any person, material or element that is subject to the rights of third parties, the entrant is responsible for obtaining, prior to submission of the photograph, any and all releases and consents necessary to permit the publication, exhibition and use of the photograph in the manner set forth in these official rules without additional compensation. If any person, from whom a release is required, is under the age of consent in the state in which they reside, the signature of a parent or legal guardian is required on each release.
- By submitting photographs to UPPA, the photographer grants to FCAU the non-exclusive right to publish the photographs on the UPPA and FCAU web sites, in promotional material in perpetuity without compensation, and to print the photographs for the purposes of exhibition of the winning images. FCAU will credit the photographer during any such use.
Eligibility & Criteria-
The UPPA competition is open to all photographers 18 years of age or older at age of entry, who are citizens of Uganda.
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