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Glimpse Student Travel Photo Contest

Student travelers' photos win publication, travel prizes

By Kathleen Crislip, About.com

Glimpse Calendar - Student Travelers' Winning Photos

Glimpse Calendar - Student Travelers' Winning Photos

Courtesy Glimpsefoundation.org
Bookmark the student travel photo contest site at GlimpseFoundation.org for spring entry -- one very good reason to take photos when you travel. Enter to win $500 in travel from student travel agency Travelosophy as an added bonus for a job well done, which will earn publication for your best student travel photo in Glimpse's annual calendar. Entries are due each spring; 2007's theme was "Market Day," and the wonderful winning photos are published now in the 2008 calendar. Deadline for the current Glimpse student travel photo contest is April 14, 2008; the them is "Performers" (as in street musicians, jugglers) and the contest will be judged by National Geographic photographers and photo editors.

The non-profit Glimpse Foundation promotes itself as providing cross-cultural understanding through the experiences of college-age travelers living and studying abroad; photo contest entries, Glimpse’s Editor in Chief, Kerala Goodkin, says, will “move beyond your standard images of tourist hotspots and attractions, and really offer a flavor for the daily realities of life in other countries."

The winner's photo is featured on the Glimpse calendar cover (pictured at right); eleven runners-up take home a Rough Guide travel guide and will see their photos headline one month in the calendar, which will be sold in bookstores and at Glimpse Online.

Glimpse says of its contest this year: "Whether juggling, singing or strumming a guitar, performers roam the streets the world over, braving the elements to bring a smile to your face... While the bulk of Glimpse content is contributed by study abroad students, anyone who has traveled or is traveling abroad is eligible to participate."

Opportunities like these are a part of the reason you take photos when you travel. Not only do you want to remember your trip, but chances exist, like this one, to share what you saw with fellow and future student travelers.

The Glimpse Foundation also sponsors an annual student travel writing contest with a November deadline offering literary reknown in the publication, "Glimpse Quarterly," the bulk of which is written by students studying abroad, and a $250 travel voucher from STA as the winner's fame and fortune. Regular or periodic contributors are always welcome at Glimpse -- join the database and start writing. You'll be notified of contribution possibilities, including writing and photography contests.

Good luck!

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