THE 33RD KOREA TOURISM PHOTO CONTEST
Have you been on a trip recently to Korea or know someone that has? Then join our 33rd Annual Korea Tourism Photo Contest for a chance to win great cash prizes!
The Grand Prize in the film photo division is five million Korean won (approx $4492 USD) with this prize being awarded by the President of Korea! There are a total of one hundred other prizes offered in the contest!
Grand Prize: 5,000,000 Won
Gold Prize: 3,000,000 Won
Silver Prize: 2,000,000 Won
Bronze Prize: 1,000,000 Won
..... and much much more!
There are two divisions in the Korea Tourism Photo Contest one being for film photos and the other for digital photos. For the Film Photo Division each entrant may submit up to thirty entries of colour print film measuring 5"x7" (12.5x17.5cm) and only slide film photos, no negatives are accepted. Entrants should provide on a separate sheet of paper (not on the back of photos) their name, address, telephone number, email address, nationality, photo title and name of the place where it was taken. Entries in the Film Photo Division should be submitted between June 27-30, 2005 to:
Photo Library, Publications Team, KNTO Bldg., Cheonggyecheonno 40, Jung-gu. Seoul 100-180 Korea.
For the Digital Photo Division, all entries must be taken with a digital camera and not be a scanned photo. Each entry should be submitted by JPG file and no larger than 1600x1200 pixels. Entries should be submitted between June 13th and June 30th, 2005. Visit www.photoleague.co.kr during the above period to upload your entries.
Themes for photographs can be either of two categories - general or special theme. The general theme includes photographs of cultural assets, scenic beauty, traditional culture, aspects of modern Korea, traditional food, Korean Wave phenomenon and foreign visitors participating in festivals, events, temple-stay etc. Special themes include Dokdo Island and representative images of Korea (free theme).
If you have any questions please e-mail dianora@kntoamerica.com or call 1-800-TOUR-KOREA.