Onewater is currently accepting applications for its Walk of Water Photostory Contest 2026: Out of Sight. Interested applicants are encouraged to click here to learn more about this opportunity and apply for it.
About Onewater - Walk of Water Photostory Contest
This sixth version’s theme, “Out of Sight,” spans the complete breadth of water and well being, how water shapes well being, longevity and nicely-being, and shines its brightest mild on the part no one images: wastewater.
Dignified bathrooms, clear rivers, and the injury untreated sewage causes to folks and ecosystems. It additionally consists of the largely unseen work of wastewater surveillance: gathering samples, analyzing what communities flush away and what’s circulating in the neighborhood, detecting rising well being and ecosystem threats, and turning proof into early motion for animal, folks and environmental safety. These are tales that nearly by no means get photographed, as a result of no one commissions them. That’s the guts of Out of Sight, and the place this version’s principal prize is aimed.
Benefits of Onewater - Walk of Water Photostory Contest
- Beyond the prize cash: the strongest tales of the version, wastewater or not, are proven within the 2027 Walk of Water exhibitions and printed with our media companions worldwide.
- Total prize pool is US$9,000
Onewater - Walk of Water Photostory Contest Requirements
- Open to people and organisations of all ages and nationalities. Entrants below 18 want a dad or mum or guardian to co-signal the photograph licence. Employees of the organisers and sponsors, jury members, and their instant households usually are not eligible for prizes.
- Entries have to be the unique work of the participant and should not plagiarise or infringe any mental-property rights. Where identifiable folks seem — particularly kids — the participant confirms they’ve obtained the mandatory consent.
- This is a pictures contest: photos created or altered with generative AI will likely be disqualified. Standard changes (publicity, shade, cropping, mud elimination) are permitted; including or eradicating image content material isn’t.
- Up to a few photograph tales per participant; no a couple of prize per participant.
Application Date and Process
Each submission should embody:
- Photos: 5–10 images that inform a narrative (.jpg, at the very least 10 megapixels — lengthy aspect 3,872 px or extra; sRGB really helpful).
- Story: a story (2500–8000 characters) that tells the story behind the pictures.
- Captions: quantity every photograph and add a brief caption (30–300 characters). Example: 1 – The Po River supplies consuming water, irrigation, and habitat for wildlife. 2 – A heron stands on the riverbank. 3 – …
- Signed photograph license: Entrants below 18: have a dad or mum or guardian co-signal.
Application Deadline
20 November, 2026
Opportunity Application
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