APEC Photo Contest 2023

Photo submission is open through our Instagram account (@apec), encouraging both amateur and professional photo enthusiasts to take part in the contest. Here are the entry requirements for Instagram submission:

• Follow APEC Instagram account: @apec
• Must include hashtags #APECPhotoContest2023 and #USAPEC2023 in caption
• Must include a hashtag indicating the APEC priority that the photo represents 

• Must include title and location of the photo in caption
• Make sure the photo follows the general guidelines of APEC Photo Contest 2023. Please read the section on General Guidelines of APEC Photo Contest 2023.
• Maximum submission is 3 photos per account. More than 3 entries submitted will not be accepted.

Those who participate in the contest through Instagram stand a chance to win the APEC Influencer Award on top of the chance to win the main prize.

For those who do not have access to Instagram and wish to participate in the contest, you can submit your photos through APEC Photo Contest 2023 online form. You can access the form here.

Fill in all the details required in the form accurately

1. Include title and location of the photo
2. Submit maximum 3 photos
3. Make sure photos follow the general guideline of APEC Photo Contest 2023.

GENERAL GUIDELINES:

1. The APEC Photo Contest 2023 is open to all amateur and professional photographers.
2. Participants must be citizens or permanent residents of the APEC member economies: Australia; Brunei Darussalam; Canada; Chile; People’s Republic of China; Hong Kong, China; Indonesia; Japan; Republic of Korea; Malaysia; Mexico; New Zealand; Papua New Guinea; Peru; the Philippines; Russia; Singapore; Chinese Taipei; Thailand; United States; and Viet Nam.
3. The photo can be taken using any kind of camera, including mobile phone.
4. The photo must be taken in one or more APEC member economy(s). Participants need to include or tag the location of the photo in the online form and Instagram caption.
5. Photo format can be square, portrait, or landscape.
6. All photos submitted through online form must be a high-resolution digital image file in JPEG format with minimum compression. Each image should not exceed 10 MB in file size.
7. Minor digital manipulation (i.e., color enhancement, cropping) is allowed. Excessively manipulated photos are grounds for disqualification.
8. Collage or photomontage will not be accepted.
9. The photo must be an original work by the participant and was not submitted in other similar photo contests including previous editions of the APEC Photo Contest.
10. The photo must not contain material that violates or infringes on another’s rights, including publicity and intellectual property rights.
11. Each participant is allowed to submit a maximum of three photos.
12. Staff  of the APEC Secretariat and their immediate family members, host economy organizing committee and its affiliates are not eligible to participate in the contest
13. The decisions of APEC’s Judging Panel are final.
14. All prizes shall be paid in Singapore dollars.
15. All deadline submissions and timelines are based in Singapore time GMT +08:00.
16. The Secretariat reserves the right to disqualify any photo submission that does not conform to the rules and guidelines

Read the full Terms and Conditions below:

I. Copyright

1. The participant must be the author and sole owner of the copyright of each photograph submitted.
2. All images submitted must be original work of the individual submitting them.
3. The participant shall retain the copyright of the photos submitted in the competition.
4. The winners shall also grant the right to the APEC Secretariat to publish, display and exhibit their submitted photographs in its publications, brochures, and other materials as well as on its website and other online platforms. The photos will be used for non-commercial purposes without payment or fee to the participant. The APEC Secretariat will make every effort to credit photographers, but we cannot guarantee that every use of the photographs will contain the photographers' names. 

II. Lost entries

The Secretariat will not be held responsible for any photos lost or not received. 

III. Privacy

By submitting photos, participants agree that if they win, the APEC Secretariat may use the personal information on their entry forms for publicity purposes, with the exception of street address, email address and telephone number.

The finalists and winners' consent to the use of their personal information and photos by the APEC Secretariat in publicity in all media, such as online, newspaper, television, and radio. 

IV. Liabilities

1. By submitting photos, participants agree that no claim relating to any damage, loss, injury or inconvenience shall be asserted against the APEC Secretariat, and the directors, officers, employees and assignees from any and all losses, damages, rights, claims and actions of any kind resulting from the project.
2. The participants hereby indemnify and hold the APEC Secretariat harmless from any claims, actions, proceedings costs and expenses arising because of any allegation that the relevant participants did not own or are not wholly entitled and authorized to allow publication and reproduction of the work by the APEC Secretariat.
3. The APEC Secretariat reserves the right to disqualify any entries if the contents are deemed inappropriate or against the public interest.
4. The terms and conditions above are subject to change and/or supplement by the APEC Secretariat at any time during the submission period as and when it deems fit. The APEC Secretariat assumes no liability whatsoever for any outcome because of such action.