Japan Center – Canon Essay Competition (2009-2010)

Deadline : December 31, 2009!

The Fifth Japan Center – Canon Essay Competition (2009-2010) at Stony Brook University

Aim: The aim of the Japan Center – Canon Essay Competition is to promote awareness and understanding of Japan in the United States and to help young Americans broaden their international horizons.

Awards:
Best Essay Award*: three awards in the High School Division (1st Place: $2,000; 2nd Place: $1,000; 3rd Place: $500) and one award in the College Division ($2,000)
Special Award: up to three awards in the High School Division and two awards in the College Division
Honorable Mention: maximum of ten in the High School and College Divisions combined ($100 each)
*Complementary awards (Canon cameras) will also be associated.

Essay Topic: Contestants should discuss one or more aspects of Japan including Japan’s arts, pop culture, traditions, values, philosophy, history, society, politics, business, and technology in relation to their personal view, experiences, and/or future goals. (Contestants do not need to have any experience in visiting Japan or studying Japanese.) The previous award winning essays can be viewed at the Japan Center’s website. (Click the links at the end of this page.)

Entry Qualifications: Contestants must satisfy all of the following conditions.
1. They must be 13 years old or older and enrolled in high schools or undergraduate programs in the New York Metropolitan area during the 2009-2010 school year.
2. They must be able to release the copyright of their essay to the JCSB and present their essay orally at the award ceremony if they are selected to be a recipient of an award or honorable mention.
3. They must be US citizens or legal permanent residents of the U.S. except void in Maine and wherever prohibited by law.

Conditions and Procedure:
Length: Maximum 750 words excluding title, footnotes, and bibliography for the High School Division. 1,000~1,500 words, excluding title, footnotes, and bibliography for the College Division.
Language: English
Format: The text is 1.5-line spaced and uses a 12-point font. The manuscript is formatted for standard 8.5 x 11 paper with 1″ margins all around.
Use of External Information and Sources: All use of external information or sources must be properly cited in the essay and the sources must be listed in a bibliography. Use of any external materials without proper citation will be considered plagiarism and grounds for disqualification.
Submission: Send your essay in MS Word or RTF format by e-mail attachment to:

Japan_Center_Essay_Contest@notes.cc.sunysb.edu

Teachers may send their students’ submissions on their behalf.
Submission Deadline: December 31, 2009
Acknowledgement of receipt will be sent by January 9, 2010.

The organization of your electronic file to be submitted should be as follows:

File name: Division–Author’s Initial–Essay Title

Example 1: High School–JS–Cherry Blossoms and My Bird

Example 2: College–EK–Spirit of Japan and My Dream

The first page:

a. Author’s full name
b. Essay title and word count
c. Affiliated school and grade level / academic standing (10th grade, freshman, senior, etc.)
d. E-mail address (s)
e. Mailing address
f. Home address
g. Telephone number
h. Legal status (a citizen or a permanent resident of the US)
i. Name and e-mail address of the faculty member who advised the author, if any
j. Name and e-mail address of the author’s guardian(s), if the author is a minor
k. Others (academic major, if any; any experience in studying Japanese or living in Japan)

The second page and after:

a. File name (see above)
b. Essay text (no image should be included)
c. Bibliography, if any

Recognition of Award Recipients:
The award recipients and their essays will be posted on the web site of the JCSB (http://www.stonybrook.edu/japancenter) on April 1, 2010. The award recipients in the Japan Center – Canon Essay Competition will be formally recognized at the 2010 JCSB Annual Meeting, to be held at the Charles B. Wang Center at Stony Brook University on Saturday, May 1, 2010.

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National Legal Research Paper Competition

Deadline : Thursday, 31st December 2009

LSLAW COLLEGE established by the Indian Law Society in the year 1924 is one of the premier institutes in India, engaged in legal studies. It gives us great pleasure to announce ILS Law College Annual National Legal Research Paper Competition 2009-10 in the memory of Mrs. Sushila Sharma. The Competition should help the students of law to develop their research abilities and improve their writing skills. Details of the Competition are as under:

1) Topics:

* Feminism and Federalism
* Domicile as a basis for Quota in Educational Institutions: Constitutional Issues
* Constitutional Status of Political Parties
* The Constitution in the Light of Coalition Government

2) Conditions:

* All students enrolled in the Five Year or Three Year LL.B. course are eligible to participate;
* Each participating College can send maximum two entries;
* Each participating student is allowed to send only one Research Paper;
* Joint or group entries of students are not allowed;
* Research Paper must be original and not published anywhere.


3) Registration and last date for submission:

Registration fee of Rs. 100/- should be sent along with each research paper. The fee shall be paid by a demand draft drawn in the name of "The Principal, ILSLawCollege, Pune" payable at Pune. Last date for receiving entries In ILS LAW COLLEGE is Thursday, 31st December 2009. Organizers will not be responsible for postal or other delay.

4) Prizes:
1st Prize Rs. 10,000/-
2nd Prize Rs. 8,000/-


Consolation prizes may be awarded. All participating student will be issued Certificate of Participation.

5) Submission Procedure:

* Research paper must be in English only.
* Research paper must be typed on one side, in Arial font, font size 12, double-spaced, on A-4 size paper. There shall be margin of one inch on each side. Standard method of citation should be followed.
* Three hard copies of the research paper, along with a soft copy on CD are required to be sent. Soft copy shall also be e-mailed to centreforpubliclaw@gmail.com
* Paper should not be of less than 6,000 words or more than 8,000 words. Each copy also must be accompanied with following information on the letterhead of the college with the signature of the Principal/ authorized person of the college# Name and address of the institution;

1. Full name of the student and his class;
2. Topic of the Research Paper;
3. Personal telephone number and personal e-mail id of the participant.
4. It shall also be accompanied with statement from the student that Research Paper is original and is not published anywhere.


6) Criteria for Evaluation:
Marks
A Originality of thought and clarity of the expression (30)
B Issues covered in the essay, their importance and comprehensiveness and their relevance to the topic (25)
C Quality of analysis and of research work (25)
D Style of the legal writing, use of the authorities and reference work (20)
E Language (10)
TOTAL = 100

Based upon above evaluation students may be invited to present their papers for final selection at ILSLAWCOLLEGE, PUNE.

7) Panel of Judges:

The panel of legal experts, academicians, judges and practicing lawyers, will evaluate the papers. Decision of the organizers shall be final on all aspects of this competition, including matters not mentioned above.

8) Publication Rights:

Publication rights in respect of all entries will be with the ILSLAWCOLLEGE. Top two Research Papers will be published in the ILSLAWCOLLEGE Law Journal.

9) Address for Correspondence:

ILSLawCollege National Research Paper Competition 2009.
ILSLawCollege,
Chiplunkar Road (Law College Road),
Pune - 411 004.

Telephone : 020-2565 6775
Fax : 020-2565 8665
Website : www.ilslaw.edu
E-mail : centreforpubliclaw@gmail.com

Faculty Co-ordinator : Mrs. Shobhana Patil (93702 86075)
Student Co-ordinators : 1. M.S. Seshadri (9960896415)
2. N. Hamsaanandini (9960229150)

Source : http://www.ilslaw.edu/

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Lighting Rural Tanzania Competition 2010 (LRTC 2010)

Deadline : December 31, 2009

Prize : US$ 100,000

REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL (RFP): LIGHTING RURAL TANZANIA COMPETITION 2010 (LRTC2010)

1. Introduction

Lighting Rural Tanzania Competition 2010 (LRTC2010) is a competitive grant program that will support private enterprises in developing and delivering a wide array of modern lighting products for rural households and businesses. Lighting Rural Tanzania will build upon the base of lighting technologies that exist today, seeking market solutions to provide an array of products with the quality, applications, costs, or configurations needed by the low income market segment. Energy for these lights could be from renewable energy, mechanical, or other non-fossil fuel sources. These small-scale projects not only deliver results, but also have the potential to be expanded or replicated elsewhere.

The competition will focus on increasing access to renewable energies; improve technologies and reduction of uses of weak lamps, kerosene lamps and candles. The objective of (LRTC2010) is to recognize and support innovative initiatives that increase access to sustainable, affordable, and energy services for people in rural Tanzania and have credible potential for replication and scaling-up. The Lighting Rural Tanzania will be held in collaboration with the World Bank.

2. Who Should Participate

Proposals are invited from a range of development innovators - civil society groups, social entrepreneurs, private foundations, government agencies, academia, the private sector, and individuals.

3. Program Objective

The overall Program Objective is the provision of clean, affordable, sustainable and environmentally friendly energy services to rural communities in Mainland Tanzania.

* The following are specific objectives of the competition:
* Increase access to modern lighting systems for households, schools and health centers.
* Improve technology for production of low cost renewable energy products.
* Bring to the market, products that are competitive in terms of price.
* Build sustainable technical and commercial capabilities of rural energy entrepreneurs to operate and sustainably manage renewable energy systems.
* Enhance project developers’ competencies in preparing viable and bankable project proposals.



4. Lighting Rural Tanzania Competition Themes

* Service Delivery: Sustainable and large scale delivery of lighting products and services in rural Tanzania, including removal of existing barriers.
* Product Innovation: Responding to consumer and market needs via development and commercialization of high quality, durable, efficient, low cost lighting products/services.
* Environment: Renewable energy, clean energy technologies, energy efficiency, and/or environmentally sustainable solutions to meet lighting needs of households, small enterprises, communities, etc.
* Health: Protecting health from environmental risk factors, such as indoor air pollution and improper disposal of hazardous material. Reliance on wood fuels combined with inadequate housing/cooking facilities lead to a high incidence of respiratory infection from indoor air pollution, and contributes to deforestation, soil erosion, and environmental degradation. Moreover, the lack of energy for basic human activity such as agriculture, transport, medical care, communication, education, and enterprise further marginalizes poor people and limits their ability to increase their incomes.
* Natural Resources: Sustainable management of natural resources (land, water, forests) specifically for the provision of water supply, sanitation and energy to off-grid rural communities.

The competition seeks to support innovative and sustainable local-level solutions that improve the quality of and access to modern energy services for off-grid communities in Mainland Tanzania. In doing so, the Rural Energy Agency and the community will gain valuable insights on providing effective and efficient service delivery to these people.

5. Eligibility Criteria

The competition is open to a wide variety of organizations, including Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) and other Civil Society Organizations (CSOs), international partners, private foundations, universities and schools, private sector groups, individuals, and local and municipal governments. Proposals will be screened to ensure that they conform to the following criteria:

* Sub-themes: Proposals must reflect the theme of Innovations in Energy Services for Poor People, in any of the following areas:
o Service Delivery: Sustainable delivery of energy services to poor households and communities.
o Environment: Renewable energy, clean energy technologies, energy efficiency, and/or environmentally sustainable solutions to poor households and small enterprises.
o Health: Protecting health from environmental risk factors, such as indoor air pollution and improper disposal of hazardous.
o Natural Resources: Sustainable management of natural resources (land, water, forests) specifically for the provision of water supply, sanitation and energy to the poor. Type of organization (NGO, private enterprise, local).
o Minimum and maximum grant requested.
o Duration of project existence.
o Legal status of applying organization.
o Partnership requirement (with local partners).
o Innovation: The extent to which the idea is creative.
o Measurability: Measurable project with clear result/impact to target population.
o Sustainability: Organizational capacity and financial viability of the project.
o Growth potential: Extent to which project could be scaled up to reach additional beneficiaries or replicable elsewhere.
o Project risk: What are the potential risks to successful project execution? What risk mitigation strategies are proposed?
* Implementing organization and partnerships: LRTC2010 is particularly interested in proposals from local organizations.
o Proposals from international organizations will be considered eligible only if their implementing partner is a local organization.
o Private businesses, individuals, non-profit organization such as NGOs/CSOs, foundations and universities/schools are eligible.
o Municipal and local government agencies are eligible to apply in partnership with at least one of the other different organizations mentioned above.
* Implementation time frame: Proposed activities must be completed within 18 months of receiving the initial disbursement from LRTC2010.
* Results: The output or results outlined in proposals should be measurable and demonstrate a direct impact on improving the access to services by poor and marginalized households in an environmentally sound manner. Projects with the sole output of research, such as publications or conferences/forums with no directly verifiable results on the ground, will be ineligible. The proposals should also demonstrate financial viability and the potential to scale up.
* Maximum award size: The maximum award size for LRTC2010 is US$ 100,000.00 Award to winners will vary in size according to the needs outlined in their proposals.
* Past winners and applicants of Lighting Africa: If your project is already being funded by the World Bank Group or if you are a past winner (Global or Country-level), you may submit a proposal that is significantly different from the project or idea for which you have received funding. You may not submit the same idea or project.
* Multiple submissins: If you have submitted a proposal to any of the on-going regional and country competition (Albania, Benin, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Burkina Faso, China, Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Kosovo, Lebanon, Macedonia, Mali, Morocco, Niger, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Senegal, and Serbia and Montenegro) you may not be eligible to send a proposal to LRTC2010. Please contact the LRTC2010 team at lrtc2010@rea.go.tz or info@rea.go.tz for further clarification.
* Language: Proposals must be submitted in English.



6. Assessment Criteria

Proposals will be assessed according to the following criteria:

* Innovation: Extent to which idea varies from current approach – e.g. a novel approach to implement an idea or in a new country/region. The LRTC2010 is especially interested in a variety of innovations, such as affordable technologies; application of advanced technologies to services to the poor; financing mechanisms; institutional arrangements and partnerships designed to unblock constraints to service delivery; innovative contracting instruments; people-centered approaches to service delivery; behavioral change; and innovative use of technology for capacity building and training; among others.
* Realism and Results: Extent to which project outputs or results are clear and have a direct impact on improving service delivery to the poor. Project teams should present a realistic implementation time frame and budget.
* Financial Viability: Extent to which the implementing organization is able to sustain their activities beyond LRTC2010 funding phase. Project teams should demonstrate their ability to make the project financially viable by leveraging funds from grants and non-grant resources (such as user fees, community contributions, etc) to make the project financially viable.
* Sustainability (organizational, social, and environmental as relevant): Extent to which the proposal addresses organizational capacity, environmental sensitivity, and local support and participation.
* Replicability and Scaling up: Extent to which project could be transferred or replicated elsewhere (internally or in another country). In particular, the potential for the idea to be applied at a large scale.
* Project Risks: What are the potential risks to successful project execution? What risk mitigation strategies are proposed?



7. How to Apply

Applicants are encouraged to apply online, click here to start applying online. To use our online proposal form, you must register and have a valid account profile with www.rea.go.tz. Registration is free.

If you are not able to access the internet or our website, please contact the LRTC2010 Team by phone at +255 787 760020 or +255 784 969313; by Fax at +255 732 999582 or via e-mail at rltc2010@rea.go.tz. Other methods of application include a downloadable e-mail template for e-mail or print/postal submissions.

Please note that all proposals must be submitted before 14:00 East African Time (17:00 GMT) on Thursday, December 31st, 2009. Online proposals are only considered completed when they have been officially submitted (i.e., you must specifically select the option “Yes (Please OFFICIALLY SUBMIT my proposal.)” on line #95 before clicking the “Save/Submit Proposal” button).

Applications will only be accepted in English. If successfully submitted, the LRTC2010 Team will acknowledge receipt of your application for your records. Any proposals in draft form will automatically be deleted.

8. LRTC2010 Timeline and Key Steps

The program competition is guided by the values of inclusiveness, diversity, fairness, and transparency. The overall process is described below.

* October 23rd, October 2009 – December 31st, 2009; Call for proposals: All proposals for LRTC2010 should be submitted through our website (www.rea.go.tz), or REA postal address (P.O. Box 7990, Dar Es Salaam) clearly marked LRTC2010 on top of the envelop.
* January 1st 2010 – January 30th, 2010; Review of proposals: Proposals will be reviewed against the assessment criteria mentioned above.
* February 15th, 2010; Announcement of finalists: Assessors will select 40 finalists.
* February 15th-March 15th, 2010; Submission of finalists detailed proposals: All finalists will be asked to submit a more detailed proposal by March 15th, 2010 Finalists will be invited to showcase their ideas before an international jury. The Rural Energy Agency will cover the expense for one representative from each finalist team to attend the event.
* April 8th- 9th, 2010; Meeting on Knowledge Exchange and proposal exhibitions: The meeting will be on April 8-9, 2010 at Arusha. Independent jury comprised of and leading individuals in energy development (academia, civil society, foundations, government, other donor institutions, and the private sector) and World Bank staff will evaluate each of the 40 shortlisted proposals and select about 10 winners.

To take advantage of the presence of a variety of development actors in one place, LRTC2010 will convene a Knowledge Exchange workshop to share ideas and engage finalists with other representatives of the development community in productive and inventive partnerships and networks.

9. Awards

The Rural Energy Agency expects to provide maximum US$ 1,000,000.00 as awards to the winners selected by an international jury.

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About REA

The Rural Energy Agency (REA) was established by the Act of Parliament No.8 of 2005 as an autonomous institution to administer the Rural Energy Fund (REF). REA is governed by the Rural Energy Board (REB).

The main function of REA is to promote investment in modern energy services by working with key partners and collaborators from the private sector, NGOs, CBOs, and Government agencies to mobilize resources in order to achieve its objectives. The Agency, in partnership with investors, identifies modern energy projects, provides training, in project identification and preparation, technical assistance, and provides managerial and financial assistance in order to enhance energy projects sustainability.

In collaboration with key service sector institutions and ministries responsible for rural services (e.g. health, education, rural development, water, etc.) the Agency promotes modern energy supply for productive use aiming at reducing poverty and raising the livelihood of communities in the rural areas.

Click here for more information about REA

Contacts

Director General
Rural Energy Agency - REA
dg@rea.go.tz
info@rea.go.tz

Source : REA TANZANIA

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YouTube Caroling Singing Contest $5,000

Who doesn’t love carolers? They show up at your door, sing a holiday favorite and leave, imparting you with Christmas cheer. If caroling is your thing, but you’re not brave enough to bear the winter weather and go door to door, YouTube has a rewarding incentive for you to take your tunes to the web and carol online instead.

YouTube Caroling, a new channel from the video site sponsored by Marshalls and T.J. Maxx, is essentially a caroling contest site where singers can pick one of four songs to sing in the hopes of winning a $100 gift card. If you want to win the $5,000 gift card grand prize, then try your hand at a rendition of “Deck Yourself Out” or “We Wish You a Better Way to Christmas Shop,” two original songs with obvious tie-ins to the channel sponsors.

Should you wish to participate, you can select your ditty, and opt to record your song on site via webcam karaoke-style or you can download the music and lyrics and upload your rendition after the fact. If you’d rather watch online carolers try their hand at caroling for cash, then you can do that too. In fact, it could prove to be quite an entertaining experience.

You probably won’t be seeing any MashableMashableMashable editors take the mic to try our hand at the carol contest. For those of you bolder than us, however, we’d love for you to share a link to your YouTubeYouTubeYouTube carol submission in the comments. Happy caroling and good luck.

Marshalls and T.J. Maxx will be awarding prizes to 16 carolers. The top 15 videos from any of the four carols will receive $100 gift cards from T.J. Maxx and Marshalls.

Additionally, the best video from the original Marshalls and T.J. Maxx carols ("We Wish You a Better Way To Christmas Shop" and "Deck Yourself Out") will win the grand prize: a $5000 gift card.

You can sing any of the four carols for a chance to win a $100 gift card.

The best rendition from either of the original carols, "Deck Yourself Out" and "We Wish You a Better Way To Christmas Shop", will win a $5,000 gift card from Marshalls and T.J. Maxx.

You may enter once per carol. Good luck!

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Divine Poetry Competition 2009

Deadline : 21st Dec 2009

Top children’s author Anthony Horowitz to join Divine and Christian Aid to judge this year’s nationwide Divine Poetry Competition!

Divine, the chocolate company owned by cocoa farmers, is delighted to announce the eighth annual national Divine Poetry Competition in association with Christian Aid. This year the mouthwatering theme is “…if I owned a chocolate company...” and our guest judge is top author Anthony Horowitz. This hugely popular nationwide competition which attracts thousands of entries each year. is open to all ages. The deadline for entries is Monday 21st December and the winners of great Divine prizes will be announced at the end of January 2010. Winners will have the extra thrill of hearing their work read aloud by Anthony Horowitz.

How to enter

The Divine Poetry Competition has become a firm fixture in the calendar of hundreds of primary and secondary schools nationwide (and is equally popular with adults). It provides teachers with an opportunity to explore fair trade in class, and a theme that combines chocolate with the issues of fairer trading never fails to inspire wonderfully creative entries. Winners will receive fabulous Divine chocolate hampers and book vouchers. Previous judges include Anne Fine, Michael Morpurgo, Adrian Mitchell and Jacqueline Wilson – the winners will have their poems filmed being read out loud by Anthony Horowitz himself. Entry details have been sent out to 20,000 schools as well as bookshops, libraries and Fairtrade groups and be requested on email : poetry@divinechocolate.com.

Now in its eighth year, the theme for the 2009 Divine Poetry Competition is “if I owned a chocolate company” and asks entrants to get their creative (& chocolate) juices flowing in imagining what it would be like to own a chocolate company.

Divine and partner Christian Aid are asking aspiring poets to write a poem imagining how wonderful it would be to own their own chocolate company. They are asked to consider what sorts of delicious chocolate products they would make & sell as well as thinking about how they would ensure the cocoa farmers received a fair deal. Alternatively entrants can think about what it would be like for cocoa farmers to own their own chocolate company (like Divine) and what this would mean for the lives of their families & communities.

Divine and Christian Aid are delighted to announce that Anthony Horowitz, author of the cult children’s Alex Rider book series, will be leading the judging panel this year. Often sighted by the media as “the writer who gets boys reading”, Anthony Horowitz’s Alex Rider Series has sold millions of copies worldwide with the latest, Crocodile Teas, due out this autumn. Anthony won the prestigious British Book Award for Children’s Book of the Year in 2006 and was named Author of the Year at the British Book Industry Awards in 2007. He is delighted to be involved in the competition this year saying, “Poetry and chocolate go hand in hand, I would say, in that they both greatly enhance the overall quality of life. And fair trade should be uppermost in our minds. I am delighted to be involved in this competition and wish all the entrants every success”.

Last years’ judge Anne Fine said, “Learning always works best when you get the chance to voice your own ideas, and this competition is a most creative way to make that happen. It is wonderful to see how all these young people have really grasped the concept of Fairtrade and expressed it in their own words. The poems that really shone were those that stemmed from a truly individual perspective rather than from well-trodden notions. There were some lovely, carefully crafted poems”.

Divine Chocolate and Christian Aid have regularly worked in partnership ever since the charity supported the launch of Divine in 1998. Both share the aim to alleviate poverty in the developing world. Divine’s mission is to ensure a more equitable trading relationship with cocoa farmers in West Africa. Divine is the choice for chocolate lovers who are looking for high quality products and ethical credentials they can really trust. Here in the UK we spend £3.6 billion worth of chocolate a year but chocolate is worth much more than raw cocoa beans; and cocoa farmers across the world rarely see any of the money made by selling chocolate bars. Divine Chocolate is different because as well as paying the Fairtrade price for its cocoa, Divine is actually owned by the farmers themselves. This means they share in Divine’s profits and are instrumental in the running of their chocolate brand.

Please contact :
Rosanna Mayhew on 0207 378 6550 for more information.
Email : Rosanna@divinechocolate.com

Ends

Editors’ notes

• Poems should be sent by post to: Divine Poetry Competition, Divine Chocolate Ltd, 4 Gainsford Street, London SE1 2NE, or email.

• Christian Aid is an overseas development agency working to challenge and change the systems which keep people poor. As a member of the Trade Justice Campaign Christian Aid aims to change the current trade rules and practices so that many more of the world’s poor can benefit from trade.

• Divine Chocolate Ltd is the only Fairtrade chocolate company that is also co-owned by cocoa farmers. Kuapa Kokoo, a co-operative of 45,000 cocoa farmers in Ghana, benefit not only from the Fairtrade premium on the sale of their beans, but also receive a 45% share of Divine’s distributable profits giving the farmers more economic stability, as well as the increased influence in the cocoa industry company-ownership brings.

• All Divine products carry the Fairtrade Mark. This is an independent guarantee certified by the Fairtrade Foundation that the ingredients are sourced under internationally agreed fair trade terms and conditions. These include a guaranteed, secure minimum price, an extra social premium payment for the farmers to invest in their own community programmes, long term trading contracts, decent health and safety conditions – all aimed at empowering farmers to make their own improvements to living standards and prospects for the future.

• For award-winning educational resources that bring alive the world of cocoa and Fairtrade to tie in with Key Stage 2 and 3 visit Papapa for the latest multimedia pack and details on how to link to webcasts from Kuapa Kokoo schools in Ghana.

• Divine has won critical acclaim which includes:
Charles Campion, Food Critic for the The Independent says: “…for a really good balance between price and performance look out for Divine’s Fairtrade 70% dark chocolate – very fruity, with a good texture and a long finish”.
Sara Jayne-Stanes, chocolate expert and founder member of the Academy of Chocolate says of Divine’s 70% bar, “a mouthful of intense, very smooth, delectable chocolate … Divine is in a league of its own”.

• Divine Chocolate has won a number of prestigious awards. These include Good Housekeeping’s Favourite Fairtrade Product 2008 and Best Food Brand in the SHE magazine Ethical Awards 2007. Divine Chocolate Ltd was awarded Best Social Enterprise 2007 at the Enterprising Solutions awards run by the Office of the Third Sector and The Observer Best Ethical Business 2008.

• The UK chocolate market alone is worth approximately £3.6 billion a year: if Fairtrade products can capture even a small proportion of that market, producers in developing countries gain real benefits.

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Demotix Our Changing Environment Photo Contest

Deadline : 31st December 2009

As the world's focus turns to Copenhagen and climate change, Demotix wants you to document environmental changes and issues local to you. Be creative. From extreme weather to pollution to over-fishing, we want to see stories showing how humans are affecting the environment - or how the environment is affecting us.

There are no restrictions on how often you can enter nor when the story was taken. This is the perfect time to upload those stunning photos from your archive, or to go out to get a new story.

HOW TO ENTER

It's incredibly simple. Upload your photos as normal, and choose the category Environment. Every feature story will be considered for the award. The closing date is the 31st December.

DECEMBER'S JUDGE

“Melanie Grant currently works as the Picture Editor for Intelligent Life magazine, the Economists quarterly magazine that focuses on Life, Culture, Arts, Style, Food, Wine, Cars, Travel and anything else under the sun as long as it’s interesting.

Mel is an experienced and respected Picture Editor, with experience of working on a number major daily and international publications.”

THE PRIZES

First Place: the opportunity to turn your photojournalism into a beautiful coffee-table book. Blurb, custom book publishers for the masses, will allow the winner to produce and customize their own bookstore-quality book or books, up to the value of £50.

Teresa Pereira, Senior Director at Blurb UK, said: “In an age of citizen journalism and new media, Demotix is streamlining content to help tell stories that are too often overlooked, but affect all of us. Flipping the news gathering process on its head, Demotix is giving everyone a voice and platform on which to be heard. Providing that open platform is at the heart of Blurb's foundation and we hope that through books, these stories can continue to live on.”

Runners up will also be able to have their work printed - this time by Moo, the stunning card printers.

Second Place will receive 60 postcards of their best work, beautifully printed onto glossy stock.

Third place takes a set of Moo's innovative mini-cards, ideal for creating a pocket portfolio with a range of your images to enhance your personal brand as a photojournalist.

All winners will be featured on the Demotix homepage and promoted intensively to photo editors and creatives worldwide.

Source : http://www.demotix.com/viewfinder click for more

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Summer Photography Competition on FACEBOOK COMPETITION 22 Nov – 20 Dec

Deadline : 20 Dec 2010

Terms and Conditions

1. The Steve Parish Publishing – Summer photography Facebook competition (“Competition”) is open from 22 November 2009 until midnight on 20 December 2009 (“Competition Period”) and operated by Steve Parish Publishing Pty Ltd, 98 Factory Road, Oxley, Qld, 4075 (“Promoter”) and hosted via the website found at www.facebook.com on the Steve Parish fan page (“Website”).

2. The Competition is open to all Australian residents over the age of 16 (sixteen) excluding employees, agents (or families of such employees or agents) of Promoter or anyone else connected with the administration of the Competition (“Entrants”).

3. By entering the Competition, all Entrants agree to be bound by these Terms and Conditions and any Entrant who fails to abide by any of these Terms and Conditions, or fails to meet the entry criteria set out in paragraph 2 above, may be disqualified at the sole discretion of Promoter.

4. To enter the Competition, become a fan and upload a photograph to the fan page suitable for entry into the Steve Parish Photography Competition. The Summer Photography Competition category is: sunshine. Any inappropriate images will be removed immediately and the fan will be blocked from the fan page. You must own the IP to share your photograph with the Steve Parish Facebook fan page.

Only one entry per Entrant per week will be accepted. The winning photo is identified each Monday commencing 30 November until 21 December 2009.

5. One entry will be selected each week as the weekly Winner of the competition. The weekly Winner will receive a prize. This is a Competition of skill and not based on chance. Entries will be judged on skill, by other facebook fans. The decision by Promoter as to the determination of the Winners shall be final, and no correspondence will be entered into.

6. Promoter accepts no responsibility for incomplete, lost, damaged, incomprehensible or indecipherable entries and all such entries shall be disqualified. If the entry procedure to the Competition is found to have been tampered with in any way, including submission of ‘spam’ entries, Promoter may withdraw the Competition at their discretion. All entries must be received by midnight on 20th December 2009 (“Closing Date”). No entries will be accepted after the Closing Date.

7. The weekly Winner will receive a copy of “How to photograph Australia” by Steve Parish (the “Prize”) with RRP of $24.95. The prize will be posted to a suitable mailing address, that is to be provided by the Winner.

8. The name and city of the weekly Winner may be announced on the Website shortly after the weekly Winner has been notified. The weekly Winner will be notified via Facebook. In the event that a weekly Winner fails to confirm acceptance of the Prize within 5 (five) working days of receiving notification, Steve Parish Publishing reserves the right to substitute them with another Entrant of its choice.

9. The Prize is non-transferable, subject to availability and there is no cash alternative. Promoter may substitute an alternative of the same or comparable value if it, in its sole discretion, deems necessary.

10. The Winners agree to participate in such reasonable publicity as may be requested by Promoter. The Winners agree to the publication of their respective name and county as referred to in paragraph 8 above.

11. By entering the Competition all Entrants consent to the use of their personal details by the Promoter for the purposes of the administration of the Competition only and any other purposes to which the Entrant may consent on entry to such Competition.

12. As far as permitted by law (but not including liability personal injury or death arising from its negligence) Promoter excludes all liability in connection with the Competition or the Prize awarded or not awarded in connection with the Competition.

13. Promoter reserves the right to modify or vary the Competition and/or these Terms and Conditions at any time.

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The "I Am an Entrepreneur" photography competition

Running Competition : from January 2010 to December 2010

About the Contest :
The SEVEN Fund is pleased to announce the ‘I Am an Entrepreneur’ photography competition. This competition recognizes the outstanding use of photography to tell compelling stories of role model entrepreneurs from around the world. Anyone is welcome to participate in this competition. The competition will award twelve (12) prizes, one per month, over a period of one year. Each month, one finalist will be selected and will receive a prize of $100. The grand prize winner (selected from among the 12 finalist photographs) will receive $1,000 at the end of the year.

Often, the imagery associated with developing nations captures the misery that accompanies poverty. While it is important that these things are taken seriously and are documented, we believe that developing nations also represent tremendous opportunities for hope. The “I am an Entrepreneur” competition strives to reframe the dialogue around solutions to poverty by infusing the world's imagination with new imagery that focuses on entrepreneurship. Our objective with this competition is to gather stunning photographs profiling individual entrepreneurs from around the globe.

Regions : Anyone is welcome to participate in this photography competition.

Prizes : The competition will award twelve (12) prizes, one per month, over a period of one year. Each month, one finalist will be selected and will receive a prize of $100. The grand prize winner (selected from among the 12 finalist photographs) will receive $1,000 at the end of the year.

Important Dates : The competition will run from January 2010 to December 2010. The first of eleven finalist prizes will be awarded on January 30, 2010. The grand prize will be awarded on January 30, 2011.

Submission : To submit a photo or learn more, please visit : http://www.sevenfund.org/entrepreneur-image/

About SEVEN : S.E.VEN (Social Equity Venture Fund) is a virtual non-profit entity run by entrepreneurs whose strategy is to markedly increase the rate of innovation and diffusion of Enterprise-based Solutions to Poverty. It does this by targeted investment that fosters thought leadership through books, films and websites supporting role models - whether they are entrepreneurs or innovative firms - in developing nations and shaping a new discourse in government, the press and the academy around private sector innovation, prosperity and progressive human values.

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Beach Photo Contest

Deadline : December 31, 2009

OFFICIAL RULES

1. ELIGIBILITY : NO PURCHASE NECESSARY.
The contest is open only to registered users of Fodors.com who are 18 years of age or older at time of entry. If you have not already registered, you can do so at Fodors.com. You must be a legal resident of the 50 United States and the District of Columbia or Canada (excluding Quebec) to be eligible. All federal, state and local regulations and any other applicable laws apply. Void where prohibited. Employees of Random House, Inc. and its parent, subsidiaries, affiliates, suppliers and agencies and their immediate family members and persons living in their household are not eligible to enter this contest.

2. CONTEST PERIOD :
The contest begins 12:00:01 a.m. ET on December 1, 2009 and ends 11:59:59 p.m. ET on December 31, 2009.

3. HOW TO ENTER :
To be eligible to win, entrants must submit one (1) to five (5) photographs taken in Palm Beach County, Florida along with the title, caption and description of each photograph according to the instructions provided on Fodors.com. Any other form of online entry and mail-in entries will not be accepted. Photographs may include landscape, locales, activities, people and/or animals, but must convey the allure of a trip to Palm Beach County. Photographs must be in color and must have been shot by entrant within the past three (3) years (since December 1, 2006). Photographs previously published or pending publication are not eligible. LIMIT ONE (1) ENTRY AND FIVE (5) PHOTOGRAPHS PER PERSON/E-MAIL ADDRESS. Incomplete entries or entries that do not comply with the instructions provided in the image uploader will be rejected. Sponsor is not responsible for entries that are late, misdirected, lost, garbled, or unintelligible, including those due to computer or network malfunction or congestion (including at sponsor), and any such entries are not eligible.

4. JUDGING :
Eligible entries will be judged by members of the sponsor's art department and publisher. Each photograph and accompanying description will be treated as a single work and will be judged as a whole. Entries will be judged on the following criteria: impact of visual and verbal expression conveying the essence of a trip to Palm Beach County (50%); overall quality of photograph (30%); creativity/originality (20%). The decision of the judges will be final.

5. WINNER NOTIFICATION :
Winners will be selected on or about January 11, 2010 and will be notified by e-mail on or about January 14, 2010. Winners will be required to complete, execute and return an Affidavit of Eligibility and Release within seven (7) days of the date of notification. Failure to execute and return this Affidavit and Release by the deadline will result in disqualification, and sponsor reserves the right to select an alternate winner in such circumstance.

6. PRIZES :
One (1) Grand Prize Winner may have his/her photograph prominently featured on Fodors.com and in the next edition of Fodor's Florida , a full-color guide, and will receive a suite of Fodor's latest full-color guides (ARV = $134). Ten (10) Runner-Up Winners will have their photographs featured in a slideshow on Fodors.com and will win two (2) Fodor's guides of their choice (ARV = $45). In addition, if any of the photographs of an entrant, whether or not s/he is also a winner, is selected to be included in Fodor's Florida, those entrants will also receive a complimentary copy of the guide their photo appears in (ARV = $21.99). Winners may not substitute, assign or transfer prize or redeem prize for cash, but sponsor reserves the right to substitute prize with prize of equal or greater value.

7. LICENSE AND WARRANTIES :
By entering this contest, entrants grant to sponsor and its licensees and assigns, a royalty-free, non-exclusive, worldwide right to copy, crop, edit, publish, display, distribute, sublicense or otherwise use their photographs for the full term of copyright thereof, in connection with the publication or display of sponsor's travel-related content, in all languages and all media, whether now known or hereinafter devised, including without limitation on the Internet, on mobile platforms and/or devices and on the cover or in the interior of sponsor's travel guides, and in the advertising, publicity and promotion thereof. Entrants warrant that their photographs are their original work and are not owned by any other person or entity; do not violate any law or regulation; and do not infringe the rights of any person or entity, including, but not limited to, any copyright or trademark rights and/or rights of privacy or publicity. Entrants understand and acknowledge that they will not have any right of approval over the use of the photographs and will not receive any compensation as a result of any use of the photographs by sponsor. Entrants also understand and agree that nothing in this agreement obligates sponsor to use their photographs.

8. PHOTOGRAPHY CREDIT :
Any photographs used by sponsor pursuant to the license above shall be credited in the screen name used by entrant to register with Fodors.com. If entrants wish to be credited with their real name, entrants should use their real name when registering with Fodors.com. If a photo is selected to be published in the guidebook, the entrant will be credited to their real name if they entered it in the photo credit field on entering.

9. GENERAL CONDITIONS :
By entering, entrants agree to abide by these Official Rules and the decision of the judges, which shall be final. In addition, entrants acknowledge that they have read and agree to the terms of sponsor's Privacy Policy and Subscriber's Agreement. All entries and submissions (excluding any underlying copyright) become the sole property of the sponsor, and will not be returned or acknowledged. Entrants agree to release sponsor, Random House, Inc., its parent company, subsidiaries, affiliates, suppliers and agents from any and all liability for injuries, losses, or damages of any kind caused by participation in this contest or relating to the prizes.

10. WINNER'S LIST :
For the name of the winners, available after February 1, 2010, send a stamped, self-addressed envelope to Fodor's Travel/ATTN: Show Us Your Palm Beach, 15-3, 1745 Broadway, New York, NY 10019 by January 1, 2010.

11. SPONSOR :
Fodor's Travel, a division of Random House, Inc., 1745 Broadway, New York, NY 10019.

Source : fodors

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Dell Small Biz Business Competition win a $5000

Deadline : 31 December 2009

With thanks to DELL Australia, we are able to offer small businesses in Australia the chance to win a $5000 computer upgrade.

Start 2010 with new technology to improve your business performance. The winner of this competition will have the right to make a single purchase of goods from DELL Australia to the value of $5,000 Australian Dollars.

Simply subscribe to DELL’s regular email updates and tell DELL in 25 words or less why your business needs an IT upgrade and you could win $5,000 worth of PC technology from DELL!

CLICK HERE TO ENTER

The Competition is open to small businesses in Australia that are either incorporated businesses or a registered sole trader.

Competition commences at 12:01 am (AEDST) on 16 November 2009 and closes at 11:59pm (AEDST) on 31 December 2009. For more information see full competition Terms & Conditions at the DELL Small Biz Competition website.

Don’t miss this opportunity to upgrade your PC technology for 2010! Click Here to Enter

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Photography Competition Deadline December 2009

Deadline : 31st December 2009

Competition Rules

This is a purely fun competition. The purpose is to provide a platform for photographers to showcase their favourite shots - there is no prize other than achieving a placement of first, second or third by winning votes from viewers.

1. Photographs must be the original work of the sender. Maximum two entries.
2. Each photograph must be accompanied by the sender's name, postcode and email address and the title of the theme to be entered.
3. The Site Editor reserves the right to remove photos deemed unsuitable in content.

Prize Details : Voted for by viewers to the website ‘Photographer of the Month

Send your photo on the topic of the month to lizdavies@aboutmyarea.co.uk

Entry fee none/free to enter

Eligibility : worldwide

Copyright : Copyright stays with photographer

Photos will be uploaded throughout December and voting by viewers will take place from 1st January 2010. The winner will be announced on 1st February 2010.

Source : aboutmyarea

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ManyHands Cafe Poetry Competition

Closing Date : 15-Dec-09

Details :
ManyHands Cafe, Manchester are running a poetry competition to help decide their Poet in Residence for 2010. £100 for first place. 2nd prize £50, 3rd prize £25.

Entry Fee : £2 for 1 poem, £5 for 2-3 poems, £8 for 4-6 poems

Contact :

ManyHands Cafe, c/o 2/20 Napier Road, Chorlton, Manchester, M21 8AW

Website : http://www.manyhandscafe.co.uk/

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First Shutter Photo Ribbon Photo Competition

Deadline : December 29th, 2009

We here at Shutter Photo are very excited to announce our very first photo competition for the members (and soon to be members) of the Shutter Photo @ Flickr Group. As regular readers of Shutter Photo already are aware, at the top of our page is a cropped photo we refer to as the ‘ribbon’. To date, this photo is the product of one of our own. But that will no longer be the case. The ribbon shown on the main page could very well be yours, if you are, perhaps, the winner of this competition.

The Ribbon Photo Competition is going to be a fairly regular competition which we will offer four times per year, once every three months. The winner gets their photo displayed as the ribbon for a period of three months, and their full credit (complete with links) will be provided in a prominent place on our main page. This is a great way to get your work exhibited and displayed. It’s also going to be a fun competition.

Entering is simple, and certainly worth a try. For more detailed information about the competition, please see below. If you have questions, comments and/or thoughts, please feel free to discuss in response to this post. As this is our first competition, we’re looking for any thoughts and feedback to help us make sure that this, and future, competitions run smoothly.

I hope to see your photos submitted – we’re really looking forward to this, and to the possibility of a new ribbon here at Shutter Photo.

Photo Requirements

The ribbon shown at the top of the page is 965×70 at 72 DPI. Any photo entered into this competition shall be at least that size and shall have the same aspect ratio. Our current photo is nearly monotone, but don’t let that influence your contribution. We will accept all types of photos, including color photos (even hand-colored photos). Subject matter is up to you, as is the cropping.

How to Enter

To enter, you must be a member of the Shutter Photo @ Flickr Group (which we call SP@Flickr for short). Your photo must be submitted to the SP@Flickr Pool and must be tagged “SPRIBBONCONTEST1″ (copy/paste without quotes just to be sure). As mentioned above, the official photo must be 965×70 at 72 DPI (or larger with the same aspect ratio). Feel free to submit a full-size uncropped photo for support, but let it be known that the official image used for judging will be the one at 965×70 size.

The submission deadline will be December 29th, 2009 at midnight, GMT.

The Prize

The winning photograph will be displayed as the “ribbon” across the top of the main page here at Shutter Photo. Additionally, full credit will be provided in a prominent location (contained within the “Welcome” block at the top-right of the home page) including the name of the photographer, the name of the photo, a link to an uncropped version of the photograph (if available) and up to two links to the creator/owner’s website(s) of choice (personal blog, personal gallery, etc). Shutter Photo guarantees that the ribbon, credits and associated links will remain in place for a minimum of three months (based on calendar months). Winning photos, and associated credits and links, will be maintained in an all-star gallery, which is intended to be maintained indefinately.

The Judges

This will be a judged event. I will certainly be the first judge, but I won’t go it alone. Helping me with judging will be Lisa Newton and David Clark, both great photographers in their own right. Here’s a little more information about each of us :

Lisa Newton is best known for her work with her blog, Travelin’ Local. Her site is all about the local travel opportunities one will find in Southern California, though I one day expect some franchises all over the country, or even the world. Her photography, which can be characterized as travel photography or even photojournalism is of course complimentary to her site. Photography takes a bit of a side-stage to her main works, her writings of her journeys around Southern California, but it is an essential part of her blog. In addition to her work on her own blog, Lisa is a contributing guest writer to Digital Photography School. Lisa’s works are avaiable on her blog, Travelin’ Local and at Flickr.

David Clark is an experienced nature and industrial photographer. His photography has been featured here at Shutter Photo. A mathematician by trade, Clark is skilled at making minute calculations in the field with his camera. He also has an apparent steel arm, shooting often with lower shutter speeds than most photographers would be comfortable without a tripod – yet his work is tack sharp. His work is inspiring; not only for its ability to bring beauty out of presumably ugly subjects (industrial ruins, burned out buildings, and so on) but also because of his ability to provide interesting perspectives on wildlife nature. Who else would provide to us a poster-worthy photo of a Squirrel eating a French Fry? David’s work can be found at his blog, Cliffs and Ruins, his portfolio site, David Clark Photography, and of course Flickr.

D. Travis North – well…that’s me. If you’re here, I assume you know quite a bit about me already. But for those of you who aren’t familiar, here’s a short introduction. I am a Professional Landscape Architect with a strong interest in photography for the past fifteen years. I like to shoot just about anything, but I tend to be most attracted to landscape photography, architectural photography and any details of either. My work has been featured in Soura Magazine, as a guest photographer at The Carey Adventures and on Digital Photography School. I of course edit and maintain Shutter Photo, but my works are also available at my portfolio site, D. Travis North Photography, my photo blog No Words and, of course, Flickr.

The Essential Disclaimer By entering this contest, you agree only to permit the use of your photo by Shutter Photo or its affiliates for the purpose of promoting the site, Shutter Photo, or for sharing in a designated gallery for the purpose of sharing entries into said competition. Shutter Photo, and it’s affiliates, agree to fully credit the creator/owner of the photograph in every instance of the photograph’s display. The full ownership and copyright shall be of the creator/owner of the photograph(s) in question and Shutter Photo will not claim ownership and/or copyright of any photo entered in this competition. Shutter Photo, or its affiliates, reserves the right to alter the winning photo in any means necessary to display as part of the website. All edits, if any, will be noted within the designated crediting block.

The winning photographer/owner’s website selection is subject to review of Shutter Photo staff. Any links to websites considered inappropriate for our audience, websites that are clearly designed for spam or malware purposes or otherwise will be rejected. Shutter Photo reserves the right to reject any link or to remove a link without warning.

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Year of the Air Force Family T-shirt Design Competition Under Way

Year of the Air Force Family T-shirt Design Competition Under Way
Deadline : Dec. 20,2009

The Air Force Services Agency is promoting a T-shirt design competition on the recently launched myairforcelife.com, now through Dec. 20,2009 as part of the Year of the Air Force Family.

"The site will feature programs and competitions that will roll out through the year. We are focusing on the 'play' part of 'The Air Force is a great place to live, work, and play' campaign," said Ms. Debbie Karnes, Air Force Services Agency spokeswoman. "There's something for everyone: YoAFF T-shirt design, short story, video short, original song, and photography competition. The site will also offer a place for visitors to provide quips and quotes on how the Air Force has enriched their lives."

One winner in each category (youth and adult) will be selected to win an Apple Mac Book laptop and Adobe Creative Suite 4 Design Premium software valued at about $2,000. The winner in the adult category may also have the opportunity to have their entry design featured on a T-shirt that will be sold in AAFES stores.

Earlier this year, Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Norton Schwartz and Secretary of the Air Force Michael Donley designated July 2009 to July 2010 as the Year of the Air Force Family, a year-long focus on Air Force programs highlighting the importance of, and commitment to, the entire Air Force family: all Airmen, married and single; spouses; children; Air Force civilians; extended families; and retirees.

"Taking care of families is a solemn promise we make to each Airman and family member," said Secretary Donley. "Sense of community is a cultural trademark of the Air Force, and we will seek ways to nurture it as part of the larger 'Year of the Air Force Family' effort."

This is an opportunity for Airmen to express through their T-shirt design, what living the Air Force life means to them, their family, and their friends.

To find details on the contest and to enter, Airmen and eligible patrons of Air Force MWR programs can log on to www.myairforcelife.com.

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PPP Launch Logo Design Competition In Re-Branding Exercise

Deadline : December 7, 2009

SHAH ALAM, Nov 28 (Bernama) -- The People's Progressive Party (PPP) will launch a nationwide logo design competition next month as part of its re-branding exercise to rejuvenate and promote a prominent identity for the party.

Party president, Datuk M. Kayveas, said the aim of the contest, which will be opened to all Malaysians, was to make PPP, a component party of Barisan Nasional, to be attractive and acceptable to the Malaysian community, especially youngsters.

"The logo design competition was the first of its kind being implemented in a political party in the country, including PPP. The details of the contest, rules and regulations, will be posted at PPP's website at www.ppp.org.my by Dec 7. Party information chief A. Chandrakumanan will announce the opening and closing dates for the competition," he told Bernama.

The first prize for the competition is RM5,000, second prize (RM3,000), third prize (RM1,000) and consolation prizes worth RM500 each would be given to three contestants.

Kayveas said contestants are only required to use colours which are stated in the Malaysian flag, excluding yellow, in the design pieces.

"We want contestants to avoid using yellow in the design since it is a royal colour," he said, adding the last time PPP changed its logo was in 1996.

Kayveas also said that the current logo has too many colours, costing the party a substantial amount for printing costs.

Meanwhile, the former deputy minister in the prime minister's department said the party was ready to go online to recruit members and to form party branches by next January.

Kayveas added that the party plans to increase its membership to about 700,000 through online recruitment, before the next general election.

The PPP now has about 547,000 members.

He also said that PPP will form a 12-member panel, state assembly committee, in each of its 155 divisions nationwide.


Source : --BERNAMA--

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Award : AUBURN SOROPTIMIST SEEK APPLICANTS FOR WOMEN'S OPPORTUNITY AWARDS

AUBURN SOROPTIMIST SEEK APPLICANTS FOR WOMEN'S OPPORTUNITY AWARDS

(Recipients to receive cash grants for educational expenses)

Women who serve as the primary wage earners for their families and seek financial assistance to go back to school can now obtain applications for the Women’s Opportunity Awards, Soroptimist International of Auburn’s major service project. Applications are available by contacting Bobby Brown, 530-277-0493or by e-mail bobbie@musictalk.org - completed applications must be returned to Soroptimist International of Auburn by December 15, 2009.

Since 1972, the Soroptimist Women’s Opportunity Awards program has provided women who serve as the primary wage earners for their families with the financial resources to offset costs associated with their efforts to attain higher education or additional skills and training. The award can be used for tuition, books, childcare, carfare or any other education-related expense. The Auburn club will provide a $1,000 cash grant to its award recipient, who will then advance to the Soroptimist Sierra Nevada Region level, where one recipient will receive an additional grant.

Soroptimist International of Auburn is a volunteer organization for women dedicated to improving the lives of women and girls, in local communities and throughout the world. For more information about how Soroptimist improves the lives of women and girls, or to become a member call Merrill Kagan-Weston 530-885-9674.

Source : my.auburnjournal.com

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Open Heart 4 Poetry Competition

The Ontario Poetry Society (TOPS) - Open heart 4 poetry competition

Deadline : Christmas Day, Dec. 25, 2009

Open to Canadian Residents Only

Grand Prize :
$100 for the best poem, plus $100 to be donated to the favorite charity of the Grand Prize winner
18 Honourable Mention Awards
All winning poems will receive a fancy certificate and will be published in a chapbook. Each winner will receive one free chapbook.

Poems must include at least one of the following Heart themes:
Love won, Love lost, Love of family, Love of animals, Love of humanity, Valentine poems, Bonding, Charity, Generosity, Compassion, Courage,Heart health problems, Heart wood, Broken heart, Heartach, Hard hearted,Emotions carried in the heart.

Poems not to exceed 36 lines - stanza breaks count as lines.
All styles welcome

Deadline: Christmas Day, Dec. 25, 2009

Submssion details : http://www.theontariopoetrysociety.ca/Openheartpcomp.html
The Ontario Poetry Society (TOPS) home page : http://www.theontariopoetrysociety.ca/

Note : For information about all the annual writing contests in Canada, order The Canadian Writers' Contest Calendar. Details here.
For information about Brian Henry's writing workshops and creative writing courses, see here.

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Photography Competition : “The Inquirer Award 2009” competition to journalists

Deadline : 17 Dec 2009

“The Inquirer Award 2009” now includes a separate category for photojournalism in Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Palestine and Jordan.

The deadline for journalists to submit their entries for the competition is 17 December 2009.

The Award competition is part of a media initiative managed by The Thomson Foundation – a non-profit organisation, based in Cardiff Wales, that provides practical training to journalists, technicians and production staff in television, radio and the press. The project is funded by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in London.

For more information about the competition and the rules you can go to www.inquireraward.com

Competition Rules

1. Entrant must be a professional photojournalist or student of photography and a national of Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, Palestine or Iraq.
2. Entrant may be working for a newspaper, magazine, news agency or as a freelancer (including students of photography) based in Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, Palestine or Iraq. The competition is NOT open to foreign nationals working in these countries.
3. The theme of the competition is “FOOD” and all issues related to it. Subjects within this theme could be: malnutrition; farming; café society; obesity; life in the kitchen of a top hotel or restaurants; food for weddings; Ramadan and Eid; food manufacturing; street vendors; organizations for weight watchers; bakeries; chocolate; or any other food topic.
4. Each entrant may submit up to six photographs, on the condition that all the photos are of the same subject and taken in Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, Palestine or Iraq.
5. Photographs entered for the competition must have been taken during the year 2009. Photos taken before January 2009 are not eligible to enter the competition.
6. Entries must be submitted on a CD at a suitable resolution for enlargement to be used in an exhibition.
7. Each photograph submitted must be captioned in English and Arabic.
8. All photographs submitted to the competition will be considered for an exhibition that will take place during the Awards ceremony, and will also tour the participating countries.
9. Entrants must not be related to any staff member of the British Embassy or the Thomson Foundation.
10. The work presented must not be the subject of any legal action.
11. The judging panel’s decision will be final.

As well as receiving the prestigious Inquirer Award 2009 the first prize winner will enjoy an all-expense paid study tour for one week in the UK.

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Photography Competition : CB Richard Ellis’ 2009 Urban Photographer of the Year

CB Richard Ellis’ 2009 Urban Photographer of the Year
Deadline : 4th December 2009
Entry Fee : Free
Prize : Photo Safari for Two to Jordan

Contest Description
CB Richard Ellis’ 2009 Urban Photographer of the Year Competition – Cities as Work

The 2009 CBRE Urban Photographer of the Year Award is designed to capture the life of the built environment. Now in its second year, the competition sets a brief for photographers to explore life in towns and cities during any single hour of a 24 hour day.

As the world’s largest commercial property advisor, CBRE lives and breathes buildings and their surrounding environment.
Understanding what makes a town or a city work is essential to our thinking and we are constantly looking for fresh perspectives. That’s why we have created the Urban Photographer of the Year Award – to capture a fresh, visual interpretation of 24 hours in the working life of towns and cities.

Anyone can enter, from amateur to professional photographers, of 16 years and over. and entries taken in any urban setting within Europe, the Middle East or Africa are eligible to win.

The Urban Photographer of the Year will be the person who, in the eyes of the judges, has best captured the brief to portray the life of a town or city at a given point in time.

There will be 24 prizes, one awarded for each hour and three major winners and three major prizes – first place and two runners up.

You can choose to photograph any town or city at work within Europe, The Middle East or Africa. For example a photograph could capture London at work at 10am, Lisbon at 2am, Dubai at 9pm and so on. You can enter up to 24 separate photographs but only one for each hour.

Contest Prize & TERMS

Prize Details: The First Prize for the 2009 CB Richard Ellis Urban Photographer of the Year Award is a Photo Safari for Two to the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan (including accommodation and flights). Jordan encompasses some of the great locations of ancient and modern history.The safari has been arranged with the most prestigious tour organizers in Jordan and last for 7 nights
2nd placeTrevor & Faye are 2 of the UK’s top Fine Art photographers and, uniquely, Trevor is the 4th generation of his family to run the business.Trevor has been Kodak UK Portrait Photographer of the Year for which he was awarded a gold plated Hasselblad camera. He has also twice been Kodak UK Wedding Photographer of the Year and the Master Photographers Association Photographer of the Year.In 2005, Trevor was runner up UK Photographer of the Year with the SWPP. Faye has on three ocassions been Kodak UK Child Photographer of the Year. In 2008 Faye was Awarded the SWPP Bridal Portrait Awards, Glamour Award and the 2009 Open Catagory Award.
3rd place: Lastolite have developed the Lumen8 range of studio flash to meet the demands of the most discerning photographer. The 400w lighting head incorporates a high level of specification.

Eligibility : 16+ resident, in Europe, Middle East or Africa

Copyright: At no stage in this competition, nor subsequent to it shall CB Richard Ellis, or any of the sponsors, lay any claim whatsoever to the ownership of copyright or other intellectual property rights in the images entered into the competition. Where images are used, [other than in the usage agreement in the conditions of entry,] CB Richard Ellis will print a credit to the photographer. You shall indemnify CB Richard Ellis, its employees, contractors and agents and keep them indemnified against all losses, costs, claims, demands, damages and expenses (each whether direct or indirect) arising from any claim that any materials or information you submit infringe the rights of any third party. By entering, competitors agree to their images to be held on CB Richard Ellis databases.

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Source : http://www.photographycompetitions.net/2009/11/cb-richard-ellis-2009-urban-photographer-of-the-year-competition/

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Photography Competition Hellophoto D-Photo Competition - Fauna

Deadline : 9 December 2009
Entry Fee : Free
Prize : Canon 8×32WP binoculars – waterproof

Description

For this month’s competition we’ve found a prize that will be perfect for all those who love shooting nature.

It’s a pair of awesome Canon 8×32 WP binoculars – they’re totally waterproof (not just water-resistant), so dropping them into a rock pool won’t damage them.


They’re worth the best part of $300, and you could have them in your hands by Christmas if you win our D-Photo/Hellophoto competition.

The category this time is fauna (animals, birds, fish and insects).
Any shot type (including macro, underwater, HDR, etc) is eligible as long as you adhere to the following rules:

Extra consideration will be given if you post up how you took the picture (camera settings, time of day, location, etc) so that we can all learn from your skills.

The rules:
It’s only open to forum members residing in New Zealand
Up to two picture submissions are allowed per person – any picture taken at any time is fine as long as it hasn’t won another competition on this forum.
Moderators/admins can enter
D-Photo / The Photographer’s Mail Editor Tim Grey is judging and his word is final. The winner will win the aforementioned binoculars.
Link your photos to the threads in a sensible size (pref no bigger than 1024×768 pixels)

Contest Prize & TERMS
Prize Details : Canon 8×32WP binoculars – waterproof

Eligibility : New Zealand

Copyright : Photographer gives D-Photo the right to publish any entry for promotional purposes. Photographer owns all other rights

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Website Source : http://www.photographycompetitions.net/2009/11/novdec-hellophotod-photo-competition-fauna/

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