Deadline: October 3, 2023
Applications are invited for the European Environment Agency “ZeroWaste PIX” Photo Competition 2023. The European Environment Agency (EEA) invites you to capture the unsustainable consumption and production patterns that threaten our well-being as well as the promising sustainable alternatives that are being explored.
Every year, the EEA organises a photo competition to raise awareness on an environmental theme and invites Europeans to share their takes on it. This year’s photo competition “ZeroWaste PIX” is a call to reflect on the state of modern human civilization. Every photograph will raise awareness and inspire change, whether it is an image of factories spewing toxins, overflowing landfills, or a community garden bringing people together around a shared sense of purpose.
Categories
Showcase your creativity as a photographer in one of the 4 competition categories:
- Circular and Smart
- Eco-lifestyles
- Wasteful Production
- Consumption Mania
Prizes
- 4 X 1000 EUR: Best photo in each category
- 500 EUR: Public Choice award
- 500 EUR: Youth Prize (18 – 24 years)
Eligibility
- Open to the citizens of the EU 27 Member States, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, Switzerland and Türkiye; under the stabilisation and association agreements: North Macedonia, Albania, Kosovo, Montenegro, Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina.
- The photos must be taken in the countries mentioned above.
- All participants must be 18 or older.
- You must have full copyrights to the submitted material.
- You may submit maximum 5 entries in the competition. Each entry will be handled separately so you need to fill out a new submission form for each entry.
Selection Process
- The best photographs in each category will be selected by a pre-selection committee consisting of communication and environment experts appointed by the EEA.
- Finalist photos will then be submitted to an external jury composed of environmental communication experts from across Europe. The jury will determine the winners of all prizes except for the Public Choice Award.
- For the Public Choice Award, the finalist entries put forward by the pre-selection committee will be open to a public vote from October 24 to November 7, 2023.
- The winners of all prizes will be announced on November 10, 2023.
Application
- Take or create an original photo in electronic format (e.g.: .jpeg, .png, .tiff) with minimum resolution of 2000 pixels – preferably more than 4960 pixels – on the long side of the photo.
- Support your photo with a title and an optional short description (maximum 1000 characters in English).
For more information, visit EEA Photo Competition.
