Take a Picture, Take a Trip
Every Habitat photograph tells its own story. We want to share yours.
For this year's reader contest,
Habitat World
wants to see images that you think communicate something vital about the organization's
life-changing work. We'll be looking as much at the ideas and emotions that each
image conveys as we will be at the technical skills and expertise brought to bear.
Volunteers, houses, families, the need in your community - show us what Habitat
means to you and why the work we all do together remains such an important priority.
The contest winner will be awarded a spot on a Global Village trip to
Pokhara, Nepal, which will take place Sept. 30-Oct. 10, 2010. The trip will
overlap World Habitat Day, Oct. 4, and it' s a chance to be a part of a concentrated,
weeklong global effort to build houses and raise awareness.
In addition, photos and statements from the contest winner and top four finalists
will be featured in the September 2010 issue of Habitat World, which enjoys
a readership of more than a million, and on www.habitat.org,
which averages more than 450,000 unique visitors a month. These five top images
also will be installed on a photo wall for one year in Habitat's administrative
headquarters in Atlanta.
The contest closes at midnight, April 11, Eastern Daylight Time. The contest winner
and four finalists will be selected by a Habitat World judging committee and announced
on www.habitat.org by midnight on June 4.
Please download the
pdf available on this page for official contest rules, entry instructions
and guidelines, and required permissions forms. Once you have downloaded the pdf
and have images ready to submit, please fill out the registration form provided
below.