THE 2008 CONTEST IS OPEN!
Share your experiences abroad to encourage others to go out into the world for adventures like yours, AND compete for prizes!
CONTEST RULES
- Purdue students who were/are registered for a Study Abroad program in Fall 2007, Spring 2008 or Summer 2008 are eligible to enter
- All photos must have been taken by the student entering them
- Entries from professional photographers not allowed
- Each person may enter only three photos in the competition, but you are welcome to send more than three if you would like to offer them for use in our publications, our website, etc.
- Entries become the property of Purdue's Office of Programs For Study Abroad (but note that we have no intention of selling them)
- Entries must be received by 5:00 PM, August 1, 2008
SUGGESTED SUBJECTS
- Recognizably "international" settings (i.e. monuments, wildlife or buildings typical of your program site, or of a place you visited)
- A local cultural activity, or favorite experience
- Local people
- Picturesque landscapes that convey the unique character of the place in question
- Any of the above will get special attention if they include Purdue students
TO SUBMIT AN ENTRY
- Put "Photo Contest" in the subject line of your message. In the body of the message, tell us ...
- your name
- your study abroad program
- where & when you took each photo
- a one-line description of each photo
- Send your photo files to cbklein@purdue.edu
HOW TO NAME YOUR FILES
Any photos that you enter must be named like this: Country_Your Last Name_Number of photo.jpg. For example...- France_Smith_2.jpg
- China_Anderson_1.jpg
PRIZES
The 2008 winners will be announced at the Welcome Reception in August. Any entry may be used on the Study Abroad website or in promotional literature. Even if you don't win a prize, you may well see your photo on our website, on the calendar that we print each year, or in a promotional booklet or brochure.
2007 Winners
The eleventh annual Programs for Study Abroad Photo Contest was a great success. Over three hundred photographs were submitted and eight winners were named.
The contest is made possible each year by our sponsors, a number of generous local businesses who provide the prizes. In 2007, our sponsors included Arni's, Goodrich Quality Theatres, Hookah!, La Scala, Pizza Hut, Potbelly Sandwiches Works, Puccini's, Purdue Convoacations, Outback Steakhouse, Texas Roadhouse, University Book store, University Spirit and Wal-Mart. The 2007 Grand Prize was a $250 travel voucher toward an airline ticket.
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| Favorite Cultural Experience | |||
| First Jennifer Allen Legon, Ghana 'Laundry Day' |
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| Second Siham Erragh Bangalore, India 'Children taking a break from playing cricket' |
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| Third Jianfu Xu Beijing, China 'Chinese opera character' |
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| Grand Prize | |||
| . Zach Bagley Kimana, Kenya 'Maasai women' |
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| Most Picturesque | |||
| First Ann Morone Morocco 'In the Rif Mountains' |
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| Second Tai Nguyen Paris, France 'The Eiffel Tower from Atop Sacré Coeur ' |
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| Most Picturesque | |||
| Third Heather Otte Carcassonne, France 'Looking at a cafe through the stonework of a castle' |
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