Home, my Place in the World Photography Award 2013

Accademia Apulia UK launches Home, my Place in the World Photography Award 2013

Entries Open: 5th April – Entries Close: 28th May

Finalists Announcement 31st May – Winner Announcement: 21st June

Accademia Apulia UK now welcomes submissions for its online 2013 Photography Award.

Home, my Place in the World is aimed at promoting emerging photographers of all nationalities based in Europe WHOSE WORK EXPLORES THE CONCEPT OF ‘HOME’.

According to the International Organization for Migration, in 2010 the number of migrants worldwide was estimated at 214 million – a figure likely to increase as the world faces economic strife, conflict and environmental shifts. In this context, the concept of ‘home’ or ‘homeland’ takes on a whole new meaning. Whilst in the past homeland was represented by one’s place of birth, now it is the place where one feels most at home. From this perspective, ‘political’ barriers between states lose their meaning with everyone becoming citizen of the world.

Submissions for this edition will pay tribute to the concepts of homeland, identity, tribalism and social integration, positive and negative.

Home, my Place in the World is under the Patronage of Amnesty International, the British Council

Further details here

Amensty International Media Awards 2013

The Amnesty International Media Awards were established in 1992 to recognise the best in human rights journalism.

They celebrate the breadth and quality of human rights reporting across the media – including broadcast, digital and print.

Over the past two decades the awards have grown in prestige, recognising excellence in human rights reporting and acknowledging journalism’s significant contribution to raising public awareness of human rights issues.

There are 10 categories in total, including the Photojournalism category for photographers. Entrants may submit a series of up to six photographs from a single portfolio, some or all of which must have been published on a UK website or in the UK press.

Photographers have until 01 March to submit their entries online or by post. There is a reduced entry fee for images submitted before midnight on 01 February.

There are 11 categories in the awards, recognising newspaper, magazine, radio, TV, digital and student journalism. Each is judged by an independent panel.

Further details here