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Johns Hopkins International Injury Research Unit Photo Contest for the Fourth United Nations Global Road Safety Week

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GET INVOLVED IN THE FOURTH UNITED NATIONS GLOBAL ROAD SAFETY WEEK

The Fourth UN Global Road Safety Week will be held from May 8-14, 2017. The Week will focus on speed and what can be done to address this key risk factor for road traffic deaths and injuries. Speed contributes to around one-third of all fatal road traffic crashes in high-income countries, and up to half in low- and middle-income countries.

You can get involved in UN Global Road Safety Week by helping the Johns Hopkins International Injury Research Unit (JH-IIRU) draw attention to speed. To bring awareness to this key risk factor, JH-IIRU will launch a photo contest between April 12-May 3, 2017. For this contest, we want you to send us photos that capture speed enforcement initiatives. Photos could depict features that reduce speed, speed enforcement or education about the dangers of speeding.

Prizes:

First prize: Apple iPad

Second prize: $100 Amazon gift card

How to Enter:

Submit no more than three photographs owned or taken by you between April 12 -May 3, 2017. We will not accept entries after May 3. To enter, first email your original photos (image size must be at least 1600x1200 pixels, JPEG format) to JHSPH.iiru@jhu.edu. Please include your name, where the photo was taken and a breif caption. Next, tweet your photos, tag @HopkinsINJURIES and use "#JHIIRUSpeed." Specify where the photo was taken and provide a brief caption. You can enter all three photos in one tweet, or post the photos in separate tweets.

Eligibility:

Open to all with the exception of faculty, staff and students associated with JH-IIRU.

Please note that prizes will only be awarded if there are at least three photographs submitted by at least two individuals.

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Official Rules:

These rules govern your participation in the Johns Hopkins International Injury Research Unit photo contest. Participation in the contest constitutes your full and unconditional agreement to and acceptance of these rules:

Contest Information:

The contest is sponsored and run by the Johns Hopkins International Injury Research Unit at the Department of International Health of Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.

All entries must be received by May 3, 2017 to qualify for consideration. Entries must be submitted via email and Twitter. The tweet must tag @HopkinsInjuries and use "#JHIIRUSpeed."

Photos below the minimum resolution, collages, digitally altered photos, and/or photos without completed captions are not eligible for consideration.

Photos will be judged on the basis of content (relevance to category) and quality (e.g. lighting, composition, focus) by an independent panel of judges for prizes. All voting decisions are final. JH-IIRU reserves the right to disqualify any entry that is, in JH-IIRU discretion, inappropriate, offensive or demeaning to the Unit’s reputation or goodwill, or contrary to the Unit’s mission or these rules. JH-IIRU reserves the right to not select a winner if all submitted photo entries do not meet the overall expectations of the contest. Entries that violate copyright or the laws of the country in which they were taken are not acceptable.

The two winning photos will be announced at a JH-IIRU live seminar on May 8, 2017. The winners will also be notified via email. Make sure to follow @HopkinsInjuries on Twitter for contest updates!

Use of Photos:

By submitting a photo as part of the contest, you agree to grant a non-exclusive, irrevocable, royalty-free license for full and unrestricted use of that photo to JH-IIRU. JH-IIRU reserves the right to evaluate each entry’s eligibility under the rules as well as for compliance with the US Copyright Act and any and all other applicable laws. By submitting an entry, you are representing and warranting that the subject in your entry is authorized to be photographed and included on the JH-IIRU website and in publications promoting the Unit and its mission.

Contest participants understand that when the contest is over, their entries may be selected for inclusion in the JH-IIRU photograph collection and may be used for educational or promotional purposes. JH-IIRU reserves the right to crop your photograph for editorial purposes.

By entering the contest, the participant grants JH-IIRU a non-exclusive, worldwide, perpetual, royalty-free license to use such photographs on its website, publicity and other works as may be necessary to meet the requirements of JH-IIRU, and to do so without requiring JH-IIRU to notify the participant, seek the participant’s permission, or owe any form of compensation to the participant. This agreement will apply to all photographs and other submissions supplied to JH-IIRU by the participant and shall remain in effect until cancelled in writing by either party or superseded by a subsequent agreement. The participant understands that these images will provide useful information related to people, their living conditions, and their health, and that requests to use the photos will be carefully screened for appropriate and respectful objectives.

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