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IFAJ Contest Deadlines June 15

Chuck Zimmerman

International Federation of Agricultural JournalistsThe International Federation of Agricultural Journalists conducts two annual contests, one for writing and one for photography.

IFAJ Star PrizeThe writing contest is called the Star Prize. Here’s some information about how to enter.
Who is eligible to enter?

National agricultural journalist associations that are members in good standing in IFAJ will decide on eligibility to their contests for selecting one entry to enter in the IFAJ Star Prize contest.

To be eligible for entry, the article must:

Be on an on-farm production subject.
Article may be written by an individual or by more than one individual.
Have been published as editorial material between January 1, 2004 and December 31, 2004, in a publication or online.
Be written in English, German or French. Articles published in a language other than these three should be translated into one of these three languages.

IFAJ 2005 Photo ContestThe other IFAJ contest is their annual photo contest called the IFAJ Photo Star Prize. Here’s some information about it.

Who is eligible to enter?

Any journalist who is a member in good standing of a national association or guild that is a member of IFAJ may enter one published photograph. National agricultural journalist associations and guilds that are members of IFAJ may each enter up to three photos each. A national association may enter a photo taken by a journalist who is not a member of their association, however there is a fee for such entries (see Entry Fee). Under no circumstance may one person have more than one photograph entered in the contest.

To be eligible for entry, a photograph must:

Be on an on-farm production subject.
Photographs in this contest should enhance the editorial message of the technical copy. A photograph that was part of a photo story may also be entered, but only one photo from the photo story may be entered.
Have been published as editorial material between 1 January 2004 and 31 December 2004.
May be either color or black & white.

For more information or to enter visit the IFAJ website.

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