Creativity for a cause

Grab a camera and use your creativity for a cause. If the judges think you’ve snapped the perfect shot, you win a number of prizes including the opportunity to exhibit and sell your work with printing and framing costs covered!

“Show us your neighbourhood’s personality”

Regent Park Focus uses a variety of media practices to encourage youth to engage with their communities. The Spotlight Project is asking One Thousand Words participants to do the same.

Neighbourhoods are like people. Each one has its own unique character, sound, smell, taste, pace and feel. The Spotlight Project is challenging you to capture the many facets of your neighbourhood using only the visual medium of photography.

Think creatively. Think abstractly. Our judges will be looking for a powerful photo with a unique approach to the Challenge Statement.

Here’s what you need to do…

1. Take a photo that responds to the Challenge Statement “Show us your neighbourhood’s personality.”
2. Visit www.thespotlightproject.ca and donate $5 to submit your photo into the competition.
3. Increase your chances of winning by submitting three photos for a $10 donation.
4. Submit your photo through our Contest Entry Form along with your name, email address, phone number, the title of your photo and the neighbourhood or area you are photographing.
5. Spread the word! Get your friends and family to support Regent Park Focus! Ask them to submit their own photos or to Like your photo on our Online Gallery

If you are a youth participant at Regent’s Park Focus Youth Media Arts Centre, you enter for free! Please email your photo and information directly to info@thespotlightproject.ca

A little more about where you’re money is going…

The Spotlight Project sees the arts as a great tool to raise awareness and promote social change. That’s why we fell in love with the work of Regent Park Focus Youth Media Arts Centre.

View Regent Park Focus Charity Profile

And the winner is…

One photo will be selected as the winner by a panel of judges. Our judges’ panel is made up of professionals from a cross-section of creative industries. The judges include:

• Russell Brohier: Fine Art Photographer/Executive Director Artists' Network
  www.russellbrohier.com / www.artistsnetwork.ca
• Melissa LaVallee: Sales Manager, Stephen Bulger Gallery
  www.bulgergallery.com
• Juliana Schiavinatto: Stylist/Editor-In-Chief, PULP Magazine
  http://www.pulp-magazine.com
• Tanya WattArt Director, FLARE Magazine
  http://www.flare.com
• Elise Windsor: Photographer
  http://wecanphotograph.blogspot.com

And the winner gets…

• Five 16” x 20” framed prints of your photos provided by LePix and The Framing Depot (est. retail value $450).
• One month of exhibit space to showcase and sell your photos at The Mad Bean.
• An opening reception organized by The Spotlight Project.
• A free membership to The Artist Network of Toronto (value $169.50).
• Your winning photo and bio on the Spotlight Project website for two months.

Forget the judges, here’s another way to win...

Competition Terms & Conditions
The Spotlight Project reserves the right to limit entries if they are deemed inappropriate or offensive

Competition is open to anyone and everyone – not just Toronto.

To submit your photo to the One Thousand Words Competition, you must pay a minimum of $5 via our PayPal service online. Donations are subject to PayPal’s user fee (2.9% + $0.30). This fee will be deducted from your $5 payment. If you wish to participate in the Competition but do not wish to pay online, please contact info@thespotlightproject.ca.

Submissions will be posted on a daily basis.

10% of the total revenue generated through The Spotlight Project fundraisers, including One Thousand Words, goes towards The Spotlight Project. This funding allows us to continue our work helping charities like The Regent Park Focus Youth Media Arts Centre.

Net proceeds from the competition will be donated to the Regent Park Focus Youth Media Arts Centre.

The winner of the Competition has the opportunity to showcase and sell their work at The Mad Bean located at 519 Eglinton Avenue W. for the month of July 2011. Winner receives the printing and framing five (5) 16”x 20” photos generously donated by The Framing Depot and LePix. A small reception for the opening of the winner’s exhibit will be organized by The Spotlight Project however The Spotlight Project.

The Competition winner and runner-up are provided with the opportunity to have the winning photo and bio featured on www.thespotlightproject.ca. Photo and bio will remain posted for a minimum of two months after the One Thousand Words winners are announced.

By submitting your photo to the One Thousand Words Competition you agree to let The Spotlight Project use your image and name for marketing and promotional use.

If you have any more questions about the competition, please contact info@thespotlightproject.ca.