Photography competition! #GapMedicsHotShots
August 28, 2014
Article by Global Pre-Meds
Hospital doctor shadowing & global health experience programs.
Show your creative side: enter the best photo you have from your Gap Medics placement into our #GapMedicsHotShots photography competition. Whether it’s a picture of the hospital, the house or your travels, we would love to see your favourite moment caught on camera. There’s only one rule – all pictures must include at least one Gap Medics student! What are you waiting for? Get uploading and win a free Gap Medics placement in Tanzania!
Categories
We are looking for outstanding, candid photos from your Gap Medics trip, across four categories:
Hospital
Any photo of yourself and/ or other Gap Medics students on placement at one of our partner hospitals.
House
Photo submissions for this category could include photos of yourself and/ or your fellow housemates and/ or staff enjoying the house, garden or food.
Travel
Photos in this category can include any activities that you participated in, or sites you visited in outside of the house and hospital.
Video
Videos should be two-three minutes, long, and should focus on life in the hospital, the house and travel in the local area.
You can enter as many categories as you like – and as many photos per category as you like.
Prizes
The winner of each category will win a Gap Medics hoody, and the overall winner will receive a free, two-week placement in Tanzania.
How to enter
Enter your high quality photos into the competition by posting on the wall of our Facebook page (www.facebook.com/gapmedics.com) or using the #gapmedicshotshots hashtag on Twitter (www.twitter.com/gapmedics). Make sure you tell us which category/ categories you are entering your pictures into!
Closing date
The closing date for this competition is 30th October 2014. Winners will be announced within a week of the closing date.
Terms and conditions
1.1 By entering the competition you are accepting the terms and conditions of this competition.
1.2.1 The competition is free to enter
1.2.2 The competition is open to all former Gap Medics students
1.2.3 Entries must be submitted by 30th October 2014 at 11.59pm.
1.2.4 To enter, you must submit your photos by posting them on our Facebook page, or use the #gapmedicshotshots hashtag on our Twitter page.
1.2.5 Entries must be based on the categories outlined above.
1.2.6 All entrants must be able to supply a high resolution image suitable for printing for marketing materials, should the image be required.
1.2.7 Each entrant can submit as many images as they wish. The images entered can be in different categories, or all images can be entered into a single category. Judging will be based on the single image, and not the series.
1.3.1 Gap Medics staff will judge each category and the overall winner. We will notify the winners by Facebook and Twitter.
1.3.2 Gap Medics’ decision on the winners is final, and no negotiation will be entered into with respect to any such decision.
1.3.3 Gap Medics reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to disqualify and remove any entry that does not comply with all requirements laid out in the terms and conditions.
1.3.4 Each entry must not contain any infringing, threatening, false, misleading, abusive, harassing, libelous, defamatory, obscene, scandalous, inflammatory or profane content.
1.3.5 Each entry must not contain any material that could constitute or encourage conduct that would be a criminal offence, or violate any law.
1.3.6 You must confirm that each person depicted in the entry has granted permission to be portrayed as shown.
1.4.1 All entrants understand that any image submitted to the competition may be used by Gap Medics for marketing and promotional purposes.
1.4.2 You agree to participate in related publicity and to the use of your name and likeness for the purposes of advertising, promotion and publicity, without additional compensation.
1.5.1 The overall winner will receive a two-week placement in Tanzania to the maximum value of £1290 ($2290).
1.5.2 The overall prizewinner must meet the cost of flights, visas, permits, as well as any other additional expenses.
1.5.3 The overall prizewinner must take their trip to Tanzania within a year of the competition closing date.
1.5.4 Category winners will receive a Gap Medics hoody within one month of the closing date of the competition.
1.5.5 There is no cash alternative for any prizes.
Terms and conditions
1.1 By entering the competition you are accepting the terms and conditions of this competition.
1.2.1 The competition is free to enter
1.2.2 The competition is open to all former Gap Medics students
1.2.3 Entries must be submitted by 30th October 2014 at 11.59pm.
1.2.4 To enter, you must submit your photos by posting them on our Facebook page, or use the #gapmedicshotshots hashtag on our Twitter page.
1.2.5 Entries must be based on the categories outlined above.
1.2.6 All entrants must be able to supply a high resolution image suitable for printing for marketing materials, should the image be required.
1.2.7 Each entrant can submit as many images as they wish. The images entered can be in different categories, or all images can be entered into a single category. Judging will be based on the single image, and not the series.
1.3.1 Gap Medics staff will judge each category and the overall winner. We will notify the winners by Facebook and Twitter.
1.3.2 Gap Medics’ decision on the winners is final, and no negotiation will be entered into with respect to any such decision.
1.3.3 Gap Medics reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to disqualify and remove any entry that does not comply with all requirements laid out in the terms and conditions.
1.3.4 Each entry must not contain any infringing, threatening, false, misleading, abusive, harassing, libelous, defamatory, obscene, scandalous, inflammatory or profane content.
1.3.5 Each entry must not contain any material that could constitute or encourage conduct that would be a criminal offence, or violate any law.
1.3.6 You must confirm that each person depicted in the entry has granted permission to be portrayed as shown.
1.4.1 All entrants understand that any image submitted to the competition may be used by Gap Medics for marketing and promotional purposes.
1.4.2 You agree to participate in related publicity and to the use of your name and likeness for the purposes of advertising, promotion and publicity, without additional compensation.
1.5.1 The overall winner will receive a two-week placement in Tanzania to the maximum value of £1290 ($2290).
1.5.2 The overall prizewinner must meet the cost of flights, visas, permits, as well as any other additional expenses.
1.5.3 The overall prizewinner must take their trip to Tanzania within a year of the competition closing date.
1.5.4 Category winners will receive a Gap Medics hoody within one month of the closing date of the competition.
1.5.5 There is no cash alternative for any prizes.