2015 The Spirit of Taipei Photo Essay Contest
Intro:
Wandering in Taipei City, you will see the passion and spirit of its
residents are shown in every corner of this beloved City. There is always a
group of hard-working people holding up to their beliefs of making their home
a better place. These people are truly the soul of this City. It is because
of them, every corner of the City carries a unique feature. Through the 2015
The Spirit of Taipei Photo Essay Contest, we encourage you, the Souls of the
City, to speak out your very own Spirit of Taipei.
Organizer: Department of Information and Tourism, Taipei City Government
Submission Deadline: April 12th, 2015. Postal submission must be postmarked
by April 12th, 2015.
Eligibility: The Contest is open to all regardless of nationality. Each
individual can submit a maximum of one entry, in MANDARIN or ENGLISH.
Registration Guidelines
i. Online Submission: Visit the official website
(http://spirit.travel.taipei/ ) and click “Registration”, complete the
online registration form and upload your entry, including subject sentence,
essay, and ONE photo.
ii. Postal Submission:
Download the registration form on the official website (see Appendix 1), or
use your own A4 paper, write the subject sentence and essay on the front
page, attach your photo to the bottom left. At the back of the page, please
specify your basic information and contact information. Please seal your
entry in an envelope and mail it to Central wing, 4F, No.1, Shifu Rd., Xinyi
Dist., Taipei City 11008. Team of the Spirit of Taipei, Department of
Information and Tourism, Taipei City Government by REGISTERED MAIL. Please
specify the following on the cover: Entry for 2015 the Spirit of Taipei Photo
Essay Contest.
Submission Guidelines:
Use one subject sentence to express your opinion on “The Spirit of Taipei”,
in addition to a picture and an essay up to 300 words to
help demonstrate your ideas. Please find submission details below.
i. Subject Sentence: Submit your essay beginning with: “The Spirit
of Taipei is……” (Sentence is limited to a maximum of 20 words, both
English word and number are counted as 1 word.)
ii. 300-word Essay: Write an essay to help explain your thoughts
underlying the subject sentence. Essay can include a person, a view, an
object, a piece of history, an attitude, or a story, etc.
iii. Picture: It can be either a photograph or a picture, drawing, etc.
There is no specific limitation as to what theme the entry should be about,
however, it should be using Taipei City as the main topic or background. For
the pictures using online registration, the size of the pictures should not
exceed 2MB; and as for the postal submission pictures, the size of the
pictures should not be smaller than 4x6 (10x15cm).
Scoring criteria:
(1) Accuracy of representing the spirit of Taipei: 50%
(2) Fluency and inspirations: 30%
(3) Artistic and narrative photography: 20%
Award and Prize Details
First Place: NTD 30,000
Second Place: NTD 8,000
Third Place: NTD 5,000
Note 1: Winner of the First Place will be working with professional design
team to help design the logo of the Spirit of Taipei.
Note 2: All 30 nominated entries will be included in the Collection of the
Spirit of Taipei.
Public Voting Raffle
i. Raffle Regulation: Each individual will get one raffle to vote
for nominated entries, and is limited to winning a maximum of one prize per
winner. Prizes and winners will be declared on the official website, and in
the meantime, winners will be given information about award-claiming by
E-mail or phone call.
ii. Raffle Prizes:
iPad mini 3 (Wi-Fi version 16G, color: random)X1
Portable battery pack charger X1
NTD1,000 gift cards X16
Taipei City cultural and creative products X20
iii. Raffle Dates: The drawing for the raffle would be held at the
Exhibition at the afternoon of May 28th, 2015.
For more information, please visit the
official website (http://spirit.travel.taipei/).