Photo and video contest
About the contest
The annual Go Global photo and video contest showcases the inspiring learning experiences of Go Global students.
This is your opportunity to reveal your experience abroad and show what learning abroad means to you, and win fantastic prizes by doing so!
Key dates
Submission deadline: April 2, 2012*
Announcement of Critic’s Choice Award: Mid-April 2012*
People’s Choice: Fall 2012
*These dates are for Exchange and Research Abroad. Separate deadlines will be determined for International Service Learning and Group Study Programs.
Eligibility
Returned and current Go Global Exchange and/or Research Abroad participants.
Guidelines
International learning is more than just travel - it's an opportunity to gain a new perspective, experience international ideas and issues first-hand, and connect meaningfully with people in your host country. Your images should reflect this.
Specifically, the winning images and videos will illustrate what is unique about learning on exchange and the different types of learning that happens.
- These are images and videos of people, not places. You may want to look at some of the traditional spaces where learning happens like a classroom but we are challenging you to think beyond the obvious and find those instances that have been meaningful to you as important learning moments.
- Think about what learning looks and feel likes. How do you represent this in an image or video? How do you highlight what has been most unique in learning abroad.
- Is there a "decisive moment" of your experience or a moment that represents one of the most significant and transformative learning experiences?
We are not looking for images or videos:
- Of you and/or your friends posing in front of monuments
- Of landscape shots that don't show the difference between international learning and being a tourist
- That you would not show a future employer, or your mom
For your inspiration, here are some examples of images that students have sent us:
And here is last year's winner of the video contest:
Awards and Prizes
Critic's Choice Award
Our panel of judges will choose one winner for each - the photo entries and video entries - which will be judged according to the criteria above. The winners will receive a $100 gift certificate for the UBC Bookstore. Winning entries may also be featured on the Go Global website and promotional material.
People's Choice Award
In the fall of 2012 we will upload photo entries from all Go Global Learning Abroad programs (Exchange, Research Abroad, International Service Learning, Group Study Programs) on to our Facebook page — the photo with the most “likes” wins! The winner will receive a $50 gift certificate for the UBC Bookstore.
Contest rules and submissions
- Send up to three photos to photo.contest@ubc.ca
- Upload your video to YouTube and forward the URL link to photo.contest@ubc.ca
- Provide a short statement accompanying each photo/video that speaks to your learning abroad and how this is represented in the image.
- Photos should be named in the following format: FirstInitialLastname_number.jpg (e.g., MSmith_1.jpg, MSmith_2.jpg, MSmith_3.jpg)
- You must be the one who took the photo or video footage
- You cannot include copyrighted music or images in your submission. If you would like to include music in your video, there are a number of websites that offer non-copyrighted music you can use. Entries that infringe copyright law will be disqualified.
- Only digital submissions will be accepted.
- Ideally, photos should be high-resolution (at least 300 dpi – or a 1- 8 MB file).
Provide the following personal information in your email:
- Last name, first name
- Student number
- Type of program (exchange or research abroad)
- Name of your host country and university
- Dates (month, year) you were/are away (e.g.: September 2011 – May 2012)
- In the body of your email, include a statement of up to 200 words highlighting what you think you (have) learned during your international learning experience
By submitting your photos and statements to the Go Global Photo Contest, you authorize Go Global and UBC to use the photos and/or statements on UBC and international student websites and for other material produced for promotional and informational purposes; you certify that you have the right to distribute these photos. Where possible, you will be credited for your submissions.
