Are you a shutterbug? Do you want to share your experience abroad with the rest of the world? Then enter some photos in the 2007-2008 Study Abroad Photo Contest.
Any student who has studied abroad between August 2007 and August 2008 is eligible to participate. Entries are limited to 5 photos per student so pick your best shots!
We’re looking for photos of students doing something abroad, people you met while traveling, amazing views you saw, or anything else you found photo worthy. Entries will be displayed in the Study Abroad Office and winning photos will be announced at the Study Abroad Open House and posted on the Study Abroad Web Site.
There are 5 prizes open to all participants:
Grand prize: $150
First place: $125
Second place: $100
Third place: $75
Honorable mention: $50
There are also 2 special categories. These categories are open entries, meaning you can submit as many photos as you’d like on top of the 5 you can submit in the general contest. Read below to see which category applies to you.
Prize: $100
While it’s fun to be in a new place, at least half of your good times probably come with your professor in tow. We need to catch these camera-shy folks in action. Snap pictures when they’re giving you a tour, catch them relaxing on the beach, get them in action discussing directions with the locals or hanging out with the group. We want to see the professors how you do: up close and personal. As long as it doesn’t interfere with class, snap away.
Prize: $100
When you’re away from home for a long period of time, sometimes you really miss your family. After a while you settle into a routine and make some contacts and by the end of the semester you’ve found a surrogate family. It may be your host family, it may be a group of international friends. It could be your on-site advisors, or it might be the folks at your local market. We want photos of whoever shared your joys and pains as you navigated a semester in a new country.
Entries for all categories can be submitted by e-mail to abroad@olemiss.edu or dropped off in hard copy at the Study Abroad Office, 359 Martindale. Each entry should include your name and the program on which you studied. Please also write a brief (1-2 sentence) description of who and/or what is in the picture and why you chose it. And if they’re for one of the special categories, please also note that with your submission.
Disclaimer: All photos (both winners and non-winners) will become the property of the Study Abroad Office and will not be returned. Entry into the contest will be deemed consent for use of entries in various marketing activities, publications, and/or on the web for the purpose of promoting study abroad at The University of Mississippi. Entrants are required to grant to the University the royalty-free right to reproduce and use negatives and prints of submitted entries in University related publications and promotions. This means all photos, not just winning entries, will be eligible for inclusion in such activities. The Study Abroad Office also retains the right to edit any comments for length or suitability.
