WASHINGTON (July 11, 2008) - Readers of National Geographic Kids magazines around the world are invited to take part in the 2008 National Geographic International Photography Contest for Kids this fall. The contest is being conducted in partnership with the U.S. edition, the Afghan children's magazine Parvaz and 16 local-language editions of National Geographic Kids in Bulgaria, Croatia, Egypt, Greece, Hungary, Israel, Latin America, Montenegro, Netherlands, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovenia, South Africa, Turkey and the United Kingdom.
National Geographic Kids, geared toward children ages 6-14, is an interactive, multitopic magazine covering animals, entertainment, science, technology, current events and cultures from around the world. It is now published in 19 editions. The U.S. edition also is available in Canada. Parvaz, the only children's magazine in Afghanistan, is for kids ages 6-14. It was started by famed journalist Reza and is published by Afghan Media Center.
Contestants ages 6-14 may enter the contest by submitting photos in any or all of three categories: People, Animals and Scenery. Each participating local-language edition of the magazine will hold a contest between Aug. 1 and Nov. 3 and will send the winning photographs from each category to National Geographic headquarters for final judging from Dec. 30 to Jan. 6. The local-language-edition winning photographs will be judged alongside the winning English-language-edition photographs at this time. The judges, who will select a grand-prize winner, are National Geographic Kids Editor in Chief Melina Bellows, National Geographic photographer Annie Griffiths Belt and National Geographic Kids photo director Jay Sumner.
Winning entries from each territory will be featured in local editions of National Geographic Kids magazine. The grand-prize winner will receive a trip to National Geographic headquarters. Details and official contest rules can be found at kids.nationalgeographic.com/contests/Photos.
The National Geographic Society is one of the world's largest nonprofit scientific and educational organizations. Founded in 1888 to increase and diffuse geographic knowledge, the Society works to inspire people to care about the planet. It reaches more than 300 million people worldwide each month through its official journal, National Geographic, and other magazines; National Geographic Channel; television documentaries; radio programs; films; books; DVDs; maps; school publishing programs; interactive media; and merchandise. National Geographic has funded more than 9.000 scientific research projects and supports an education program combating geographic illiteracy. For more information, visit nationalgeographic.com.
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