Entries must be submitted by Sept. 1, 2009, to be considered for the current contest.
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 2008 and August 2009 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 Fair and posted on the Study Abroad Web Site.
Please submit your photos to Blair McElroy by email at blair@olemiss.edu. You may also submit a disk or prints to the Study Abroad Office at 359 Martindale.
Please note your name and location in the body of the email. If you have a story, want to make a note about the photo, or are submitting a photo for one of our special categories, please also write this in the body of your email. If you have questions, please email Blair McElroy at blair@olemiss.edu.
There are 4 prizes open to all participants:
First place: $100
Second place: $75
Third place: $50
Honorable mention: $25
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: $50
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: $50
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.
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.
