The World Association for Christian Communication (WACC) will holds its 5th Women and Communication Photogrpahic Competition. For the 3rd time, the competition will be run on the photography hosting site Flickr (www.flickr.com). Deadline for entries is May 1, 2008

Theme 2008:

“Women and Communication”

Photographs which capture women communicating; women's communication rights in action or photographs illustrating how women use communication to empower themselves.

Prizes
There will be one first prize (US$500) and five commendations (US$200 each)
The prizes will be paid by bank transfer or by Paypal.

Eligibility:
The competition is open to all women, men and children, of all ages, amateurs and professionals from all countries. There is no limit to the number of photographs that a person may enter, but no entrant may win more than one prize in the contest.

Format for entries:
- Images must be loaded to this group (www.flickr.com/groups/wacc2008/)
- Entries must be licensed under "Creative Commons" license. This can easily be added under "Additional Information" next to each photograph.
- Entries should have a short description of what the image shows and why it is relevant.

Closing date:
The closing date is 1 May 2008. The competition winners will be announced on World Communication Day, May 8, 2008. A selection of entries will be exhibited in Toronto and will be used in the WACC publications such as the website and the journal "Media Development"

Judging:
A panel of judges will select the winners. All decisions by the judges are final and no correspondence will be entered into. All winners will be contacted immediately after the results of the competition have been announced.

For more inormation, contact
Sarah Macharia
Programme Manager, Media & Gender Justice
World Association for Christian Communication (WACC)
http://www.waccglobal.org/wacc/programmes/media_and_gender_justice
http://www.whomakesthenews.org/