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Havana
Times, a seven-year-old online publication with English and Spanish
editions holds an annual (free to enter) photo contest open to all readers.
This year a $75 first place prize will
be awarded in each of the following six categories:
--Friendship,
--Bicycles,
--Portraits,
--Workshops/Studios,
--Textures and
--Street Vendors.
Deadline for entries is September 15, 2015. All entries must have been photographed in
Cuba. To date 45 photographers have
entered.
Contest Rules
1- Professional and amateur photographers of all ages and of any
nationality may participate .
2- You may submit a maximum of 3 photos per category, for a
total of 18 photographs per participant.
3- The works, all made in Cuba, must comply with the following
categories:
a- Friendship
b- Bicycles
c- Portraits
d- Workshops/Studios
e- Textures
f- Street vendors
4 – Photos must be in jpg format with maximum dimension of 800 x
600 pixels. They may be horizontal or vertical. Each image should include a
short photo caption.
5 – IMPORTANT: Sending your pictures: Photographs should be sent
as attachments and not embedded in the e-mail message. To submit photos send
them to: circlesrobinson@gmail.com
6 – The deadline for submissions will be September 15, 2015.
7 – During the selection process Havana Times will publish the
semifinalists, finalists and winning images.
8 – Participation in the contest implies acceptance by the
author that the photos submitted will be included in the archives of HT and may
be used in Havana Times and the social networks where HT is present, with due
credit to the author.
9 – Prizes: The winning photographer in each category will have
a US $75 prize. Among the finalist photos the jury will also select a special
mention in each category. Delivering the award money will be coordinated with
the winner via email.
10 – Contest winners will be announced on or near October 31,
2015 through HT. This decision is final.
11 – Participation in the competition implies acceptance of each
and every one of the rules. HT is empowered to resolve any contingency not
provided for in the Rules.
For any questions or for more information contact
circlesrobinson@gmail.com
The Jury
Contest judges will be composed of at least 20 people, including
photographers, writers and guest Havana
Times readers.
More contest information: http://www.havanatimes.org/?p=108699
MORE ABOUT THE HAVANA TIMES
By Circles Robinson, editor
When Havana Times began back in October 2008 in Havana it was
hoped to be updating once a week and we were only publishing in English. Less
than a year later we were operating as a daily publication with a Spanish and
English edition.
It has been a steady growth ever since in readership,
participating writers and photographers and subject matter. And the
contribution from our translators has also helped make it all possible.
Currently we receive an average of 3,000 visits a day, entering
7,500 articles on the site, according to Google Analytics. Our main sources for
attracting readers are the search engines, direct entries and Facebook.
Since a year after its beginning, the publication is edited from
Nicaragua and while most of the writers and photographers live in Havana,
Santiago de Cuba and Guantanamo, we also have Cuban contributors in Venezuela,
the Dominican Republic, Ecuador and Mexico as well as volunteer translators in
Holland, the USA and England.
We continue striving to provide a reader friendly space for
opinion and discussion on a wide range of topics related to Cuba. When people
read HT as a whole, we hope they see the Cuba they have known, lived in, or
visited in all its diversity. For those who have never been to Havana, or left
many moons ago, we hope it serves as a valuable introduction for a future trip.
Our biggest operating difficulty towards reaching our full
potential continues to be the inability of nearly all the HT writers and
photographers to actually see the site and interact because of a lack of
Internet connections or the quasi-prohibition at some workplaces to enter the
site. Of course the same goes for the general Cuban population.
The way the writers, and many readers on the island, actually
see the posts is by receiving them text only by e-mail either directly or
indirectly for those without their own e-mail, of course missing the wonderful
photography that readers outside the country can appreciate.
If the writers want to place a comment on a post most have to
send it to me for posting, which of course is a far cry from the immediacy that
Internet provides those who have it.
The recent advent of Internet service at 4.50 CUC (5.00 USD) an
hour at state run computer facilities has had little impact on this situation
since the writers do not have that kind of money. One hour is approximately a
week’s wage for Cuban professionals.
I should note that the photographers in Cuba are rarely able to
see their work posted in HT but continue to submit it. They do get some
feedback from friends living abroad.
HT remains a self-financed publication although in the future we
hope to offer selective advertising and provide an opportunity for readers to
donate to the work. To do so we still have some legal hurdles to overcome.
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