Fleming College

How would you describe your college experience? Colleges Ontario wants to highlight the creativity and ingenuity found throughout the province’s college system. That is why we have launched You Are Here: A College Experience Photo Contest. The contest is open to all students currently enrolled in a college. We are inviting you to share photographs of the college experience, however you best wish to capture it in your photograph. A jury of visual arts professionals will select the top 12 photographs and those photos will be included in Colleges Ontario’s 2010 desk calendar. The calendar will also include a brief biography of the student who took the photo. The winners will each receive an iPod Touch and their photos will be featured in the Colleges Ontario 2010 calendar, on the Colleges Ontario website, and exhibited at the 2009 Colleges Ontario Annual Conference. The top 12 photographs will also be exhibited at the 2009 Colleges Ontario Annual Conference in Toronto this February, where more than 800 conference attendees will have the opportunity to vote for their favourite image. The image that is voted the favourite will be used as the December photo in the calendar and will be reproduced into a holiday card that Colleges Ontario will send out to business partners across the province. In addition to the iPod Touch, the person who shot the favourite photo will also receive a $100 iTunes gift certificate. The deadline for entries is Dec. 15, 2008. Visit www.CO-youarehere.org for more details.

How do I participate?

1. Photos must relate to the theme You Are Here: A College Experience. Photos must depict an aspect of the college experience (life in the classroom, in residence, in student common areas). Images can be a literal interpretation (students in a study group) or an abstract interpretation (a book falling through the air or feet going up the steps in a lecture hall) of the theme.

2. All entries must be accompanied by a completed submission form.

3. The photograph must be an original work created by the student.

4. In order to be eligible, photos must be submitted electronically as a high-resolution jpg or tiff (300 dpi) and must be no smaller than 8” by 10”.

5. Colleges Ontario is not responsible for any files it is unable to open and view.6. Entries will reviewed and shortlisted by a panel.  A jury will select the winners from the shortlist on the basis of how well the image reflects the theme, originality and technical merit.

All qualifying photographs will be shortlisted by a screening panel.  A jury of visual arts professionals will select the top 12 photographs that will be included in Colleges Ontario’s 2010 desk calendar. The 12 winning photographers will each receive an iPod Touch and will be featured in the Colleges Ontario 2010 calendar, on the Colleges Ontario website, and exhibited at the 2009 Colleges Ontario Annual Conference in Toronto in February, where more than 800 conference attendees will have an opportunity to vote for their favourite image. The image that is voted the favourite will be the photo that is used as December’s image in the calendar and will be reproduced into a holiday card that Colleges Ontario will send out to business partners across the province. The photographer whose work is selected for December and the holiday card will receive, in addition to an iPod Touch, a $100 iTunes gift certificate. Winners will be notified and prizes will be awards by March 2. Prizes will be delivered to the college and presented by the president’s office at the college. Deadline for entries is Dec. 15, 2008.  Limit of one entry per person. Visit www.CO-youarehere.org for more information.