Seoul City invites foreigners to enter the 12th Seoul Photo Essay Contest on photo essays on Seoul. All foreigners are welcome to participate in the contest and share their stories.
1. Qualification: all foreigners
2. Genre: Photo essay
3. Topic: "A clean and attractive global city, Seoul"
- Scenery of Seoul you would like to introduce: stories based on parks in Seoul, Hangang (river), Royal palaces, and so on.
- Festivals in Seoul: Episodes related to festivals in Seoul including "Hi Seoul Festival"
- Everyday experience or memories in Seoul
- Attractions in Seoul you would like to visit and walk
- What attracts you to live in Seoul?
- Beautiful yet disappearing traditions in Seoul, Stories behind
- Any topic on food, entertainment, and eyecatchings in Seoul
4. Language: English, Chinese, or Japanese
5. Guidelines: essays with related photos
- Essay : up to 3 pages (A4-size, 12 point, up to 3,000 words)
- Photo : JPG or JPEG format, up to 3 photos (1024× 768 or smaller) per essay
- File size : smaller than 4MB
* All essays and photos entered should be original and unpublished. No limit on entries per person
* The photos accompanying the essay should be clearly identified with the relevant part of the essay. Otherwise, they will be reorganized at random.
6. Entry period : Oct. 13 (Mon.) ~ Nov. 14 (Fri.), 2008
7. Entry Submission : online, visit in person, or by mail ( A CD containing files of essay and photos should be included. Mail should be postmarked by Nov. 14)
* Online submission or submission in person is due 18:00 on Nov. 14.
- Address: Global Marketing Division, Seoul Metropolitan Government, #1 Seoul City Seosomun Annex Building, 11th Fl., 15 Deoksugung-gil, Jung-gu, Seoul ,100-739, Korea
- Online submission: Seoul City homepage in foreign languages (http://www.seoul.go.kr)
* For more information, please call Seoul Dasan Call Center (02-120)
8. Awards
- No. of winners: 14 in total
(1 Grand Prize, 1 Gold Prize, 2 Silver Prize, 10 Honorable Mention)
- Prize: A certificate signed by the Mayor of Seoul and cash prize
 ※ The number of prizes awarded is subject to change depending on the quality of the entries.
Announcement of winners: Winners will be announced through the Web Site and notified individually in Dec., 2008.
Please note :
- Seoul city has the copyright to all winning essays. All submitted entries are not returned.
- All entries should include name, nationality, address, age, and phone numbers (home and office phone numbers, cell phone number), and email address.
- The following entries are disqualified and, if selected, the selection will be cancelled and its prize money will be withdrawn.
1) Any entry that has already won a prize in a similar contest by other organizations
2) Any clearly plagiarized entry or the entry that is considered plagiarized.
- The winning essays will be published as an "e-book" and can be seen at Seoul City’s official website, Webzine, and blog sites run by Seoul City.
- All winners are invited to cultural events and city tour programs and supported to post the collection of winning essays (e-book) on personal blogs.
Contact: Seoul Global Marketing Division, 02-3707-8452
To read winning essays in previous contests, please click below.
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