Extreme Heat Photo Contest

While organization rules prohibit monetary prizes, we are offering educational, networking and publication opportunities to contest winners and finalists, who will have their work reach real decision-makers working to address the rising risks of heat to our health. The overall winner and winners for each category will receive: Winners will receive:

• Photojournalism masterclass: Contest winners will be invited to a virtual Photojournalism Masterclass with Nicola Vigilanti, a Lyon-based documentary photographer with over 20 years of experience. Blending practical skills with a thoughtful, ethical perspective on capturing human stories, participants will dive into the craft and ethics of documentary photography, covering storytelling, aesthetics, technique, editing, and caption writing in the session. Nicola will introduce his intentional approach to visual storytelling: one that sharpens observation, strengthens narrative structure, and develops a critical eye for building a photographic series or portfolio.
• Internews’ Earth Journalism Network feature: Finalists will have their images featured in a photo essay on heat risk and action around the world, to be produced by GHHIN in partnership with EJN.
• Digital exhibit: Your photo and information will be included in a digital exhibit to be displayed at various UN climate and health conferences.
• Certificate: A personalized certificate of recognition from the Global Heat Health Information Network
• Online promotion: You will be credited for your work in features on www.ghhin.org and Network social media, with possible placement on global UN, health, and climate communications channels.

By entering the Global Heat Health Information Network (GHHIN) Extreme Heat Photography Contest, entrants agree to be bound by the following terms and conditions:  

• All photographs must be original, unaltered (beyond basic editing), and submitted in JPEG or PNG format, with minimal compression.
• AI-generated images are not permitted.
• Image size must be at least 4000 x 3000 pixels.
• Submissions must include a title, date, and location, and be accompanied by an photographer’s caption describing what is happening in the photograph and/or providing some context.
• Multiple entries are allowed, but each person may only win in one category.
• Photographs that have previously won awards or been published in online or print publications (excluding personal social media) are not eligible.
• Photos used on personal platforms such as blogs, Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, or Flickr are permitted.

• Entrants must be 18 years or older at the time of submission.
• The contest is open to individuals and groups globally, except employees or direct contractors of GHHIN or the WMO Secretariat.

• By entering, participants grant GHHIN and its collaborators a non-exclusive, royalty-free, worldwide license to:
  • Display, distribute, reproduce, and create derivative works of their entries, in whole or in part, in any media (including websites, reports, exhibitions, and social media), for educational, promotional, and outreach purposes. Entries will not be used for commercial purposes.
• Credit will be given to the photographer wherever feasible.
• Participants warrant that they are the sole creators and copyright holders of submitted content and that their submissions do not infringe on any third-party rights.
• Submissions must comply with all applicable copyright and trademark laws. If a submission contains a trademark, the participant must have full rights to use and license it.

• If a photograph contains any identifiable person(s), the participant must confirm that they have obtained consent to use their image for this contest.
• If the image includes an identifiable minor (under 18), consent must be obtained by the photographer from a parent or guardian.
• GHHIN reserves the right to request consent confirmation for verification at any point.

• GHHIN and its partners cannot be held responsible for entries that do not arrive due to:
  • Any network, communication, or system errors or interruptions during entry submission.
  • Technical issues, including deletion, defect, site failure, or unauthorized access to entries.
  • Any issue or damage resulting from an entrant’s participation in the contest.
• GHHIN reserves the right to cancel, modify, suspend, or delay the contest in the event of unforeseen circumstances beyond its reasonable control.
• GHHIN reserves the right to change, amend, delete, or add to these contest terms and conditions at any time without prior notice, and entrants will be bound by such changes.
• Entrants of all photos selected as winners will be notified via e‐mail.