1. The schedule of the Awards: Entry submission will begin on February 29, 2024. The deadline of submission is at 11:59 PM on June 30, 2024 (UTC+8) (description of time hereinafter refers to Beijing local time UTC+8). The list of winners will be posted on the official website, and the announcement period will be 10 working days. (Please refer to the “Rules of OnePlus Photography Awards 2024” on Awards page to see entry requirements and methods.)..
2. The cutoff date for submission is 11:59 PM on June 30, 2024 (UTC+8). After the cutoff date, for the sake of the fairness of the Awards, you will be unable to upload the works and will not be allowed to alter the works you have uploaded.
3. How can I participate in the Awards? You can submit your works through the official website of the OnePlus Photography Awards 2024 at www.oneplus.com/photography-awards-2024.The submission via email will not be accepted. When submitting your works through the website, you need to register and log on the website with your own registered account and authorize the sponsor of the Awards to use the account as your only identity so that you can upload, check and manage your works. To this end, the sponsor will collect your account ID and user profile information. Your information will not be used for any other purposes than the purpose of the Awards.
4. Judging rules: The works that every candidate uploaded will be reviewed by the working staff of the Awards and then qualified for the appraisal and jury voting once they pass the review. After the deadline for submission, the organizing committee and the preliminary judging panel will select the photos to enter the final review based on the composition beauty, the creativity of the angle, the theme meaning, the relevance to the themes and etc. The selected works will be for public summons on the official website before the expert panel selects the excellent works according to the same criteria. In the event that any work violates relevant rules and regulations or infringes on others’ rights and interests, or violates the Terms and Conditions of the Awards, or that any candidate is disqualified from the Awards or the appraisal and selection, and the next immediate work or candidate will fill in the vacancy left by the disqualified one.
5. The works for the public summons: the winning works selected by the expert panel will be released for the public summons on the official website of the OnePlus Photography Awards 2024, during which any organization or individual has the right to raise any objection to the works that infringe legitimate rights of any third party, and to contact the sponsor by https://www.oneplus.com/support?from=head.After the tip-off information proves to be true and justifiable, and the works prove to have the infringement act like copycatting or stealing, the works in question will be disqualified for the contest and the awards, and the corresponding candidate shall bear the liabilities therefor.
6. Nombre de gagnants et de récompenses :
(1) OnePlus Group: Winners in Main Categories
Gold Prize: 5,000 USD * 1 (per category)
Silver Prize: 2,000 USD * 1 (per category)
Bronze Prize: 1,000 USD * 1 (per category)
All winners will win a 2024 OnePlus device and the title of "OnePlus Photography Expert" and have the opportunity to work with OnePlus in the future.
(2) Pulic Group: Winners in Main Categories
Gold Prize: 5,000 USD * 1 (per category)
Silver Prize: 2,000 USD * 1 (per category)
Bronze Prize: 1,000 USD * 1 (per category)
All winners will win a 2024 OnePlus device and the title of "OnePlus Photography Expert" and have the opportunity to work with OnePlus in the future.
(3) « Photo de l'année » :
10,000 USD *1
The winner will win a 2024 OnePlus device and the title of "OnePlus Photography Ambassador" and have the opportunity to work with OnePlus in the future.
* Tous les prix en argent sont TTC, les taxes applicables étant à la charge du gagnant.
* Les certificats de récompense seront délivrés conjointement par OnePlus et l'IPA.
*The Entrant agrees that OnePlus may publish, display and show the works of the "OnePlus Photography Expert" and "OnePlus Photography Ambassador" across digital and print platforms, including not limited to, on OnePlus’s websites, by mail, by email, by a worldwide press release, and in other OnePlus Publications. Such works may also be presented at exhibitions around the world, be featured in OnePlus advertising, marketing and promotions.
*The "OnePlus Photography Expert" or "OnePlus Photography Ambassador" is entitled to freely market him or herself as a "OnePlus Photography Expert" or "OnePlus Photography Ambassador".
7. Your entries should be shot by smartphones. Specifically, entries in the "OnePlus Group" should be shot by OnePlus smartphones, with no requirement for the model. Entries in the "Public Group" have no requirement for the smartphones brand or model. There is no requirement for the time when the photos were taken, but each entry should not have been previously submitted to other mobile photography competitions or publicly published.
You shall make sure that your entries possess the independent, complete, precise and uncontroversial copyright, that your entries do not infringe on any legal rights of any third parties, including the copyright, trademark right, right of portrait, right of reputation and right of privacy.
Vos œuvres en compétition ne doivent pas contenir de contenu qui viole ou enfreint les droits d'une autre partie, y compris, mais sans s'y limiter, le droit d'auteur, le droit de marque, le droit à la vie privée, le droit à l'image ou d'autres droits de propriété intellectuelle et droits civils ;
• Vos œuvres en compétition ne doivent en aucune façon dénigrer le promoteur ou tout autre individu ou partie ;
• Your entries shall not contain improper, crude, erotic or infringing content, or content that shows hatred, spreads rumors and convey libel.
• Your entries shall not contain content that propagates prejudice against any groups or individuals or discrimination against any races, or show hatred or injury; or the content that supports discrimination against any race, religion, nationalities, handicap, sexual orientation or age.
• Your entries shall not contain content that is illegal, breaks laws or violates rules and regulations or the social morality (if applicable) of any jurisdictions where the entry was created and submitted.
• Vos œuvres en compétition ne doivent pas faire la promotion de substances illicites et d'armes à feu (ou l'utilisation de l'un ou l'autre de ces deux éléments), ni d'activités qui semblent dangereuses ou peu sûres, ni d'informations qui portent des motifs politiques spécifiques. Parallèlement, vos œuvres en compétition doivent être conformes à l'image de marque et aux valeurs du promoteur et respecter les objectifs du concours.
8. All entries must be entirely shot and edited (only installed apps on the smartphone are acceptable) by the contestants themselves, and the use of any automated or AI tools to generate, edit, or enhance the content of the photos is strictly prohibited. The entries are only in JPG or PNG format. Photos’ short side should be no less than 1000 pixels, and the size of a single photo shall be no more than 20 megabytes
9. The candidate shall not use by any means the photos or videos that others shot as part or full entries of his or her own, otherwise the sponsor has the right to disqualify his or her participation and other rights. In case that any disputes arise from the breach of the aforesaid rule by any of the candidates, he or she shall undertake all liabilities by him or herself
10. Dans le cadre de ce concours, aucun frais ne sera perçu et aucune œuvre en compétition ne sera renvoyée, de même, les œuvres ne seront pas acceptées uniquement au format électronique. Le candidat supportera toutes les pertes et conséquences par lui-même si ses œuvres ne sont pas envoyées ou sont désapprouvées, ses œuvres ne seront par ailleurs pas retournés et de nouvelles œuvres ne seront pas acceptées.
11. Les candidats s'engagent à respecter les règles pertinentes de la législation et de la réglementation applicables dans le pays où ils vivent, et à ne pas publier ou transférer des œuvres à caractère politique, érotique, violent, terroriste, entre autres, et qui violent les lois et les règlements. Les œuvres qui violent les lois et règlements en vigueur, ou que le promoteur considère comme portant atteinte à l'ordre public et à la moralité sociale, seront disqualifiées pour les Prix. Les œuvres qui ne respectent pas les règles des Prix seront disqualifiées pour ces prix, et leurs prix seront également retirés s'ils sont sélectionnés comme œuvres gagnantes. Le promoteur a le droit de retirer le prix, la récompense, la médaille, le certificat et les autres honneurs, et de publier la non-conformité et le retrait sur le site officiel des Prix et d'autres médias.
12. You shall agree and admit that the personal information you offered is true, including your name, phone number, email address and postal address, so that the sponsor can contact you and present the awards to you. The sponsor shall collect and deal with your personal information only for the aforesaid purposes and in the scope that the relevant laws allow for. Please see “Privacy Policy” for more information. You are expected to ensure the completeness and accuracy of your provided personal information. After the awards are announced, the sponsor will contact the winners by email and verify their registration information. Where any untrue, inaccurate or incomplete personal information provided leads to the failure for the sponsor to contact the winner in 30 working days and consequently to present the awards to the winner, it will be deemed that the winners waive the awards. And the sponsor will not bear any liabilities or present later the awards. The winners shall confirm if the awards and prize are intact upon receipt. The winners shall inform the sponsor of the abnormalities if any within 30 days after the receipt of the awards and prize. The sponsor shall not bear any liabilities for any accidents caused by other factors than the quality problem of the awards or the sponsor’s intentional or serious irresponsible behaviors.
13. In case your entries are on the shortlist, the sponsor will contact you via the email address or phone number that you have offered. For this sake, you are required to submit the original copy of your entries, your own personal information, the copyright statement, the authorization statement about your entries, and other required documents. The duplicated versions of all the above documents shall be signed and then sent by express to the sponsor. In the event that the contact information you offered is incorrect so that the sponsor fails to contact you, or if you make it clear that you give up or fail to submit the above documents within the stipulated period, or if the documents you offered fail to comply with the rules by the sponsor, or for your personal reasons, this will be deemed as your waiver of the qualification for the shortlist, and the vacancy you left will be filled by the highest ranked of the non-shortlisted candidates.
14. Tous les prix en argent liés à un concours ne peuvent être payés que par virement bancaire ou télégraphique. Tout frais supplémentaire facturé par la banque de transfert sera à la charge du gagnant selon les lois applicables du pays où il réside.
15. L'impôt sur le revenu découlant du concours sera à la charge du gagnant, et le promoteur de OnePlus décidera si l'impôt est retenu conformément à la réglementation fiscale en vigueur.
16. From Feb 29 to Mar 30, 2024, users who submit their works on the official website of the OnePlus Photography Awards have the chance to win OnePlus 12 series discount coupons. The codes are limited, available while stocks last. Scope of Coupon Applicability: The coupon is only valid for use within the OnePlus sales region. Different regions have varying discounted products and amounts, as outlined below:
a. In India:
Discounted Product: OnePlus 12
Discount Amount: 1,000 Indian Rupees (INR)
b. In North America:
Discounted Products: OnePlus 12, OnePlus 12R
Discount Amount for OnePlus 12: $50 USD
Discount Amount for OnePlus 12R: $30 USD
c. In Europe:
Discounted Products: OnePlus 12, OnePlus 12R
Discount Amount for OnePlus 12: €50 Euros (EUR)
Discount Amount for OnePlus 12R: €30 Euros (EUR)