Joining the contest is FREE, no registration is required and open to locals or visiting, amateur and professional photographers. Check out the contest guidelines below:
Kalilangan 2014 Online Photography Contest
Categories
Gensan Destinations Category (Open)
- Participant must only submit pictures of the following attractions/destinations in General Santos City:
- Nopol Hills/ Sanchez Peak
- MSU Museum
- K'laja Karst
- Queen Tuna Park
- Plaza Heneral Santos
- Sansapan Cave Falls
- Japanese Bunkers
- General Paulino Santos Museum
- Tuna Fish Landings at the Fishport
- Zip Line @ Brgy. Olympog
- Amsikong Falls
- Entries for this category must have been taken not earlier than January 1, 2014.
Prizes:
First Prize: P5,000.00 and certificate
Second Prize: P3,000.00 and certificate
Third Prize: P2,000.00 and certificate
Consolation prizes: Two (2) winners of P1,000.00 each
Kalilangan Festival Category (Open)
- Photos in this category must be taken in any activities of Kalilangan Festival 2014. Schedule of Activities HERE.
Prizes:
First Prize: P5,000.00 and certificate
Second Prize: P3,000.00 and certificate
Third Prize: P2,000.00 and certificate
Consolation prizes: Two (2) winners of P1,000.00 each
GENERAL GUIDELINES
- This contest is open to the public (residents and non-residents of General Santos City)
- Both amateur and professional photographers may join.
- NO registration is required in joining this contest.
- A participant may submit 3 (minimum) to 5 (maximum) photos in each category.
- Nudity, vulgar, obscene, scandalous, gruesome, and violent photos are automatically disqualified.
- Only basic enhancements like cropping, resizing, and minor adjustments in brightness and contrast will be allowed.
- Photos should not include watermarks, frames, or other markings on the photo, such as the date and time of the entry.
- All entries must be the original work and owned by the participant and must not have been used or published in any media or posted online for whatever purpose.
- Submission should be in .jpg or .png format and should be at the highest possible resolution and quality.
- Photo Entries should be submitted through email -- nanardxz@gmail.com not later than 12 MN of March 3, 2014. Include a title and a brief description of each photo.
- All submitted entries will be posted at the following web pages: www.facebook.com/12thParadise & www.southcotabato.org
- All submitted photo entries will be judged based on the following criteria: Visual Impact & Effectiveness – 40 % Creativity & Originality – 30% Photographic Quality - 30%
- Winners of the contest will be announced at www.southcotabato.org on March 16, 2014, Sunday.
- The organizer reserves the right to cancel the contest in the event that an insufficient number of entries of suitable quality are submitted.
- All submitted entries, winning or non-winning, shall become property of Department of Tourism XII and maybe published or used for promotional purposes by the organizer and DOT-12 with due acknowledgement of the original owner.
- The decision of the Board of Judges is FINAL.
Contest Proper: Kalilangan Festival - February 14 - 27, 2014
Deadline of Submission of entries: March 3, 2014 11:59 PM
Announcement of Winners: March 16, 2014
