Shoot Nations 2009
1st May — 31st July

Winners will be announced on-line on Wednesday 12th August 2009, International Youth Day 2009.

Shoot Nations is an exciting opportunity for you to express yourself and make yourself heard. Judges will be made up from representatives of Shoot Experience, Plan UK, MTV UK and UK press.

• Winners will receive fabulous prizes - see prize list below.
• Selected photos will be exhibited in the UN Secretariat building in New York City from 3-14 August. Get your photos in early to stand a chance of being exhibited!
• 48 chosen photos will be collated into a huge “Light-Box” — a photographic collage - which will be presented to the United Nations in New York City to celebrat International Youth Day. The light-box will then be put on display.
• ALL photos/drawings/designs will be exhibited online at shootnations.org for the rest of the time...
• Selected photos will be displayed on Plan UK's development education website: plan-ed.org (optional)
• Selected photos can be sold through Shoot Experience’s photo library, shootbank.net (optional).

PRIZES...

OLYMPUS UK		OLYMPUS UK Olympus UK are providing top of the range digital cameras for the Overall prizes. The Best Overall Photo Worldwide winner will receive a digital SLR camera, while the Best Drawing/Design and UK winner will receive a compact digital camera. www.olympus.co.uk
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC		NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC National Geographic will be providing each winner with a year's subscription to their fantastic magazine, a must for budding photographers! www.nationalgeographic.com
FUTURE MAPS		FUTURE MAPS Future Maps will be providing each Brief winner with a striking contemporary world wall map, the perfect prize for a global competition. www.futuremaps.co.uk

WHAT IT TAKES TO BE A WINNER

Winning photos usually represent something unique, over and above all other photos. The winners will present a special and interesting idea with originality and often a positive message. You do NOT need to be a professional or experienced photographer to win but you DO need to take photographs that portray emotion and have the ability to positively affect a room of judges.

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Prizes will be awarded in the following categories.

All ages:

1. Best Overall Photo Worldwide (digital SLR camera)
2. Best Overall Photo UK only (digital camera)
3. Best Overall Drawing/Design (digital camera)