The Photo Contest Is Back and Better Than Ever!
Project Background
Bigger and better than ever, EWB-USA’s photo contest is back! The 2022 contest has three new categories to highlight our 20th anniversary, our amazing volunteers, chapters, and country offices, as well as volunteers returning to the field.
Prizes include drones, iPads, and $500 gift cards for each category! The 2022 EWB-USA photo contest is generously sponsored by Bentley Systems.
So dig out those old photos that you never submitted and prepare your camera for all the new moments you will capture!
Photo contest categories
1. Looking Back: Photos from our 20 Years
Celebrate EWB-USA’s 20th Anniversary by submitting pictures of the last 20 years of impact.
2. Friends and Family: Photos from Staff and Volunteers with Our EWB Family
Celebrate you – our volunteers, chapters and country offices – with your favorite photos of you and your chapter at meetings, fundraisers, and prepping for project trips. Could include on-site meetings, staff celebrations, etc.
3. Back into the Field: Photos from 2022
Travel is back and we want to see you out there!
SUBMIT YOUR PHOTOS HERE
Photo Contest Information and Rules
Engineers Without Borders USA (EWB-USA) is looking for striking EWB-USA project photographs that show people working, reveal personality and character, challenge stereotypes, capture empowerment and embody our mission and vision. The contest has three categories:
1. Looking Back: Photos from our last 20 years
2. Friends and Family: Photos from staff and volunteers with our EWB family
3. Back into the Field: Photos from 2022
How to Enter
Upload your photos to the 2022 Photo Contest submission form via the Woobox link. Contestants can submit multiple entries to all three categories. Each photo must have complete information attached, including the date taken, location, subject names (if available) and a brief description of the photo. Submissions should have a minimum resolution of 240 dpi.
Contest Entry Period / Deadlines
The EWB-USA 2022 Photo Contest opens at 12:01 a.m. MDT on May 11, 2022, and the following categories close on the following dates:
1. Looking Back: Photos from our last 20 years- July 11, 2022
2. Friends and Family: Photos from staff and volunteers with our EWB family- August 11, 2022
3. Back into the Field: Photos from 2022- September 11, 2022
Eligible Photos
Any photo taken by a staff member or volunteer on an approved domestic or international EWB-USA project is eligible for submission.
Prizes
- 1st place: Drone + training and operating software by Bentley Systems
- 2nd place: $500 gift card
- 3rd place: New iPad tablet
EWB-USA HQ will choose the first, second and third-place winners. We’ll look for photos that are high quality and accurately represent our mission. Winners will be announced on:
1. Looking Back: Photos from our last 20 years- July 15, 2022
2. Friends and Family: Photos from staff and volunteers with our EWB family- August 15, 2022
3. Back into the Field: Photos from 2022- September 15, 2022
Consent
EWB-USA volunteers must acquire explicit permission before photographing or videoing community members, and communicate that these photos may be used in marketing materials to share the EWB-USA story with wider audiences. By submitting a photo to this contest, participants confirm that photo subjects have given their informed consent.
License / Release
Through their submission, contestants grant EWB-USA an unrestricted, irrevocable, worldwide, royalty-free license to reproduce, display, distribute, and otherwise use for any purpose and in all forms of media any photographs created in connection with the volunteer’s activities within the scope of EWB-USA’s mission. By entering this contest, contestants agree to all of the terms and conditions.
Questions?
Contact Jessica Janson at Jessica.janson@ewb-usa.org.