Shoot Nations 2008
1st May – 31st July

Winners will be announced on-line on Tuesday 12th August 2008, International Youth Day 2008.

Shoot Nations is an exciting opportunity for you to express yourself and make your voice heard.

• Winners will receive fabulous prizes - see prize list below.
• Timesonline readers have been following the progress of Shoot Nations 2008 and will vote for their favourite photo from a shortlist of UK entries. The chosen photographer will win a trip to Quebec to present their photo, along with the light-box, at the World Youth Congress on International Youth Day.
• 48 chosen photos will be collated into a huge "Light-Box" - a photographic collage - which will be presented at the World Youth Congress in Quebec on International Youth Day.
• ALL photos/drawings will be exhibited online at shootnations.org for the rest of the time...
• Selected photos will be displayed on Plan UK's development education website: plan-ed.org

PRIZES...

OLYMPUS UK		OLYMPUS UK Olympus UK are providing top of the range digital cameras for the Overall winners prizes. The Best Overall Photo Worldwide winner will receive a Digital SLR camera worth over €1,000 while the Best Overall Photo UK and Best Drawing winners will each receive a compact digital camera. www.olympus.co.uk
WORLD YOUTH CONGRESS QUEBEC		WORLD YOUTH CONGRESS QUEBEC The timesonline Best Overall UK winner will win a trip to Quebec to present their photo, along with the light-box, at the World Youth Congress on International Youth day, 12th August 2008. The winner will accompany the Plan UK team on this all expenses paid trip and will be fully chaperoned throughout. www.wyc2008.qc.ca
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC		NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC National Geographic will be providing 1 year subscriptions to the magazine for each of the Brief winners in the 17 - 24 age category. www.nationalgeographic.com
THE FUTURE MAPPING COMPANY		THE FUTURE MAPPING COMPANY The Future Mapping Company are offering beautiful maps as prizes for the Brief winners in the 11 - 16 age category - cartographic design for the twenty first century www.futuremaps.co.uk

WHAT IT TAKES TO BE A WINNER
Winning photos usually represent something unique, over and above all other photos. The winners will present a special and interesting idea, often original and generally positive. You do NOT need to be a professional or experienced photographer to win but you DO need to take photographs that portray emotion and that has the ability to positively affect a room of judges.

See Shoot Nations 2007 winning photos.

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Prizes will be awarded in the following categories.

All ages:

1. Best Overall Photo Worldwide
2. Best Overall Photo UK
3. Best Drawing

• The judge's decision is final.
• Winners will be required to appear in press photos and provide quotes for press use.