Participants can choose to send in their entries for any of the seven categories; Daya Foundation Culture and Tourism, Naturally Nepal Wildlife and Nature, Samsung Galaxy S4 Daily Life, Shikhar Shoe News Photo, RJ Sports, PLO Lubricants Nepal Smile and Photo Story. An expert team of senior photojournalists led by Gopal Chitrakar will be judging the entries. The jury members include Indian senior photojournalist Raghu Rai, senior photographer Mani Lama, Editor of Kantipur Daily Sudhir Sharma, Assistant Professor of Kathmandu University, School of Arts Sujan Chitrakar and Chairman of PJ Club Prakash Mathema.[break]
The event also holds a total cash prize of Rs 5, 20,000. Each category will award the top three photographs with cash prizes of Rs 30,000, Rs 20,000 and Rs 10,000 respectively. The winner of the ‘IME Global IME Bank Photo of the Year’ will be decided by the jury members from the entire submissions and will win Rs 100,000.
The best 150 photographs will be picked for the five day exhibition in Kathmandu, and will also be exhibited in Pokhara, Biratnagar, Nepalgunj and Dhangadi.
Interested candidates should submit their photograph for the competition by June 15. Participants should be Nepali citizens and only those photographs taken in Nepal will be eligible for the competition. A participant can participate in all categories, and three entries per category are accepted with the exclusion of Photo Story where the participant may send two stories. The category demands at least two photos and not more than twelve.
For information on the terms of the competition, log on to www.pjclub.com.np
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