News > “Golden Autumn” photo contest.

The world around us is beautiful any time of the year. But the golden autumn is a time unlike any other… Orange, yellow and crimson leaves covering the ground with a speckled carper. A harvest of fresh fruits and vegetables, bright autumn bouquets… a brief sunny old wives’ summer and rainy grey days… first morning chills and the timid first snow… These warm and lovely moments are to be remembered and recalled again and again during the frosty snowy winter. We invite all enthusiastic about the art of photography to take part in the new contest, “Golden Autumn”. Share the way this autumn feels like for you.

Contest participants: anyone willing interested in photography (professionals and amateurs) and registered on the website of the International Association VATIKAM.

Contest start date: October 10^th 2014.

Contest work application end date: November 21^st 2014.

Voting end date: November 21^st 2014.

Result announcement date: November 24^th 2014.

Contest nominations:

- Artistic photography;
- Documentary photography;
- Photo-fantasies and photo-paintings.

To participate in the contest, one has to:

- be a participant of the VATIKAM project registered on the project website;
- have completely filled profile details;
- create a new separate portfolio for the “Golden Autumn” contest;;
- host samples of one’s works in the portfolio;
- be sure to tick the box titled “Participating in the “Golden Autumn” contest”.

The contest takes one portfolio from each participant which can contain three to ten works.

Winners of the first three prizes in each nomination are participants whose portfolios get the most votes during the whole voting period.

Votes for works can be given both by participants themselves and registered visitors and guests. To maintain voting objectivity, a rule is set that each registered participant or user may vote only once for one portfolio.

Contest awards: Winners will receive special 1st, 2nd and 3rd diplomas of the International Association VATIKAM. Authors whose works take the first three places as per the voting results in each nomination will be rewarded with their portfolios hosted on the main website page. From November 25^th to December 25^th 2014, their portfolios will be displayed on the main page of the VATIKAM website.