Photo Contest
ENTRIES FROM MAY 15 UNTIL DECEMBER 31
ONLINE EXHIBITIONS
SPORT PHOTOGRAPHY
The PCU Photo Contest is a yearly contest where students, athletes, university professionals, hobby photographers and even professional photographers are invited to make photos related to fair play in university sport. Photos can be submitted by filling out the registration form on this website or by posting your picture on Facebook or Instagram with the hashtag #PCUpic. The winning photographers will be honored with PCU Photo Contest Awards. An updated format of the PCU Photo Contest will be presented on 15 May 2023 on this website, together with the 2022 contest winners, and the registration deadline will be 31 December 2023.
CONTEST REGULATIONS
CONTEST REGULATIONS
§1. Eligibility
Entering the contest is free and open for students, athlets, university professionals, hobby photographers and professional photographers.
§2. Photo
All techniques are permitted and entries from any digital cameras, including smartphones, are accepted. There is no limit to the number of individual images each artist may submit. The image needs to be taken in the contest year.
§3. Theme
The theme of the Contest is: “Fair Play in University Sports”. Photography should be artistic and related to the theme of the Contest.
§4. Photo file requirements
The photo cannot contain watermarks, copyrights or added logos. Winning entrants must be able to provide a high resolution digital file (the photo resolution should allow printing in a format of at least 30×40 cm).
§5. Application
You can submit your photo by filling out the registration form on this website or by posting your picture on Facebook or Instagram with the hashtag #PCUpic.
§6. Entry Deadline
The final entry deadline is December 31.
§7. Compliance
All Applications must be in compliance with the Photo Contest Regulations at all times. The Selection Commission may, at any time, and based on its own appreciation, exclude any Application or any Candidate, if the Selection Commission considers in its reasonable discretion that such Candidate committed a breach of the Rules. Submission of an entry signifies acceptance of all our conditions and privacy policy.
§8. Author Copyright
Author copyright. All entries must be an original work of the entrant and must not infringe the rights of any other party. Each entrant retain the copyright of the submitted images. The entrant certifies the work as his own. By entering the Contest you grant the PCU Committee and its media partners the right for unlimited non-exclusive use for any material you submit, post, upload, email or otherwise transmit for promotional purposes and for reproducing free of charge.
§9. Data Protection
By entering this Contest, you are explicitly consenting to the personal details you have supplied, including email addresses, being held, processed and used by the Contest organizers for purposes associated with this Contest and exhibitions. You acknowledge and accept that entering this Contest means that the status and results of your entry may be made public. The participant guarantees that the submitted photo does not violate the intellectual rights of third parties. In the case of a claim by a third party, the participant is fully responsible for the photo. Photos of people should not violate their general personality rights.
SELECTION & AWARDS
SELECTION
The PCU Committee selects the best 10 photos which are exhibited online. The Photo Contest Selection Commission appoints within these 10 photos the best, second best and third best photo. Decisions within the Selection Commission are taken by majority. In case no decision can be taken, the vote of the President of the Selection Commission is decisive.
AWARDS
An updated format of the PCU Photo Contest will be presented on 15 May 2023 on this website, together with the 2022 contest winners who will be granted the financial awards as announced in the 2022 contest format.
RESULTS GALLERY (2019-2021)
Please scroll down for former editions.
2021
Photo Contest 2021
The finalists of the 2021 Photo Contest are exhibited during the 2022 expositions.
1st place, Iris Ligtenberg (Antwerp, Belgium) | 2nd place, Mattia Daniele (Padua, Italy) | 3rd place, Camila Campostrini (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
2020
2019
EXPOSITIONS (2020-2022)
2022
EXPOSITIONS 2022
The 2022 expositions exhibit the 15 finalists of the 2021 Photo Contest.
3D virtual exhibition
1 April 2022 – 1 March 2023 | KUNSTMATRIX | Start Virtual Tour
Antwerp (Belgium)
21 March 2022 | Selection Commission | University of Antwerp Campus Middelheim
22-24 April & 27-29 April 2022 | University of Antwerp City Campus
Lausanne (Switzerland)
10-11 June 2022 | 50th General Ordinary Meeting Panathlon International
Rome (Italy)
28-30 October 2022 | CUS Roma Tor Vergata, University of Rome Tor Vergata
Antwerp (Belgium)
25-27 November 2022 | University of Antwerp Hof van Liere
2021
2020
CONTACT & REGISTRATION
CONTACT PHOTO CONTEST
Email
contest@pcucommittee.com
Telephone
+32 470 34 48 15
REGISTRATION FORM
Submit your photo in the registration form below or post your photo on Facebook or Instagram with the hashtag #PCUpic. When using the registration form, you will receive an automatic email as confirmation.
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