Deadline: Jan 31st, 2024 

Guidelines​

• Subject matter in films must be 'appropriate for a school environment’ and be free of derogatory situations and stereotypes based on race, religion, gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation, etc.

• SFX makeup is allowed, but gore must be kept to a minimum. Photos containing images or references to drugs, weapons, or other paraphernalia will be disqualified.

• Photographs must have been shot by the entrant within the past 12 months.

• We do not accept extreme digitally or otherwise enhanced or altered photos. Minor adjustments, including spotting, dodging and burning, sharpening, contrast and slight color adjustment or the digital equivalents, are acceptable for all categories. This is a photography contest, not a photoshopping contest.

• Do not submit downloaded, scanned or stolen images. If our judges see that a photographer has obviously altered his or her photo, they reserve the right to disqualify it.

• For a photo in which a person is recognizable, you must fill out this release from the subject or, in the case of a minor, the subject’s parent or guardian and provide it to Freedom4U upon request.

• Photos that violate or infringe upon another person’s rights, including copyright, are not eligible.

• If your photo is disqualified for any reason, we will email you detailing what needs to be fixed, and an opportunity to re-edit or submit a new photograph, as long as it is edited and re-submitted a week prior to the deadline.

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Judging:

Your photograph(s) will be judged by our panel of judges. The images will be primarily judged on the overall beauty, power, creativity, skill, and originality of the images. All judges will be appointed by Freedom4U. The Winners and Finalists will be determined by the judges and Freedom4U in accordance with the competition rules, their decision is final. 

The students who score as winners will be notified and invited to the virtual reception. The top three winners in each category will receive certificates, money and prizes. One or more honorable mention awards also may be awarded, but there will be no prizes for photographs awarded honorable mention.

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Questions:

Call: 310-897-5043 or email kyle@freedomcommunity.com

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By entering the contest, entrants grant Freedom4U a royalty-free, perpetual, non-exclusive license to display, distribute, reproduce, and create derivative works of the entries, in whole or in part, in any media, for any educational, promotional, publicity, exhibition, archival, scholarly, and all other standard purposes. Freedom4U will not be required to pay any additional consideration or seek any additional approval in connection with such uses.