General
All work must be submitted by individuals, group work is not allowed.

One participant may only submit one work per category. However, one participant may (but doesn’t have to, of course) submit work in all three categories, that is: one essay, one video and one photo.

All submissions must be made online via the Essay Competition website. Videos are submitted via YouTube.

Submissions can be made in English, French or Spanish.

Essay
Your essay may not be longer than 4000 words (about 10 pages of standard text). 

Essays are accepted in the following formats: .doc or .pdf.

You are also required to provide a summary of no more than 250 words. The summary will be used by the jury to make a pre-selection.

Video
Your video may not be longer than 2 minutes.

To submit a video, you must create a YouTube account and upload your work on the YouTube website. Additionally, you are required to submit a form via the Essay Competition website, which will allow us to identify your work. Details of the submission process

Photo
Photos are accepted in the .jpg format.

A photo must be accompanied by a short description or commentary explaining what the photo presents and how it is relevant to the topic of the Competition. The description must be of no more than 150 words.

The maximum size for the photos is 2.5 MB.