1. Eligibility

- Entrants must currently be registered on a photographic or other image-based degree course or have finished a degree in the field within the last two years.
Entrants will be asked to name their institute, course and course
director/tutor on their application

– Entries are welcome from FE and HE institutions

– Entries are welcome from students in their first, second or third year of study and those who have graduated within the last two years

– Only one submission per student/recent graduate is allowed per year of the award

– Submissions are not accepted from groups of students

2. Submissions and Requirements

– War on Want has the right to discount entries that do not fulfil the entry requirements

– Applications sent to the War on Want head office will not be accepted and cannot be returned

– Entrants will be given the option to give their submission a title and a short
introduction of up to 50 words. The introduction will be for the submission
as a whole. There is not the opportunity to provide an introduction or description for each individual image

– Images may be supplied in colour or black and white and may be portrait or landscape
If you have any questions about the award, please email document@waronwant.org

– The deadline for all submissions is midnight on 3rd May 2011

– There is a £10 administration fee to enter the competition

3. Exhibition Selection

– An exhibition at the HOST gallery in London will open in May. Submissions
will be selected to take part in the exhibition based on their quality and how they work in combination with other entries. No minimum or maximum number has been set for the quantity of images to be shown in the exhibition

– By entering the competition, you are agreeing to us using the image in the exhibition (if selected)

– War on Want will print and mount the images and has the rights to auction the images to raise funds for its work

– Selection for the exhibition does not constitute nomination for the award

– Entrants selected for the exhibition will be notified by email

4. Judging and Private View

– The judges decision will be final. Unfortunately, feedback on the decisions made will not be possible for individual entrants

– Five entries will be nominated for the Document Award 2011

– We expect the five nominated students to attend the private view of the Document exhibition in London at which the winner will be announced in May 2011

– Nominated students will be notified by email

5. Use of Images

– War on Want retains the right to use the successful images in connection with the promotion of the Document Award and War on Want’s regular publications. The images will not be used in external campaigns without prior agreement.

– By ‘successful images’, we mean: images selected for use in the exhibition,
nominated images and the winning image

(venues and dates to be decided)

5. The Commission

-The timing and location of the commission will be decided by War on Want.

-The commision will take place within one year of the prize being awarded.

-If the expenses incurred are prohibitive, War on Want can not guarantee to cover all travel costs of the award recipient.