Qatar Happening Photo Contest

Have Your Photograph Featured on the Cover of Qatar Happening!

The competition has ended. Thank you to all who participated in this competition – we received a lot of great photographs! The winner will be announced soon, and the photograph will be featured on the September issue of Qatar Happening. We will keep you posted.

Want to have your photograph featured on the cover of Qatar’s leading events magazine? Creative Commons Qatar and Qatar Happening are excited to announce a photo competition for the cover of QH’s September edition. Qatar Happening reaches more than 40,000 readers each month – most of whom are the movers and shakers in the country.

To enter, professional and amateur photographers can submit their photos to Creative Commons Qatar using the Entry Form. The deadline for submissions is July 25, 2011.

All photos entered in the contest will be made available through the CC Qatar Flickr page under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, which will put the photographs in the public realm, but require attribution of the works to the photographer and require any use of the photography to be reported back.

Photographs must be taken in Qatar, be color and should be culturally appropriate. QH also prefers photographs that are not explicitly of people – think artsy – and also can not publish photographs with clear or recognizable brands in them.  Full photo requirements are below.

Qatar Happening and Creative Commons Qatar will choose the winning photograph. Additional photographs entered in the contest may be displayed within the pages of Qatar Happening.

Show us your creativity!

If you have any questions about the contest, email creativecommonsqatar@gmail.com


  • gulam

    hai i am gulam working in pro my hobby is photography i get 3 award
    how is send photos

  • http://www.flickr.com/photos/29775115@N07/5785085497/in/photostream/ gulam

    plz chek photos how is send my photos

  • Aju George Chris

    Great stuff. Was there yeaterday for the launch and I’ll be entering the competition too. Neat work, guys. Keep it coming!

  • http://www.karlmoretophotography.tk Karli

    What is the price for this competition to compensate the effort of the photographer aside from Qatar Happening having the copy right of the photo entered into this competition? Is watermark permitted to protect the ownership of the photograph submitted to QH and do you allow post processing and enhancement or do you prefer SOOC images?

    • ccqatar

      All photos entered in the contest will be made available through the CC Qatar Flickr page under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. They will be attributed to the photographer. QH may alter the photo to meet specific cover specifications.

      The rights of the photo remain with the creator, but to enter the contest, the photographer must agree to have that photo shared under the specified CC license, not copyrighted.

  • http://www.karlmoretophotography.tk Karli

    So, there will be no price that awaits the lucky winner for this photography competition? Photography is a talent enhance by an individual thru dedicated work and research and cannot be achieve overnight to be given only for free. Somehow it deserves to get a reward or price to
    compensate the photographers effort. You may view samples of my work at http://www.karlmoretophotography.tk and see what you have to say with my dedication for photography
    if ever I decide to join this competition.

    • Boniqua

      I do believe that having the photograph as the cover for a magazine is already the prize in itself. Besides, the rules and regulations for the competition has been set. It’s up to those who want to participate if they agree to the said parameters or not and participate. I, for one, am excited to see the photo that’ll be chosen as the cover. :)

  • http://www.karlmoretophotography.tk Karli

    Good Luck to you and your world of FREE PHOTOGRAPHY…You are one of a kind!

  • http://nyan.cat/ Nyan Cat

    I think someone should finish secondary school first because someone totally missed the whole point of the contest.

    You can never win against an angry teenager.

    Anyway, I’d like to share my portfolio here too. FREE PUBLICITY!
    CHECK IT OUT YO! http://nyan.cat/

  • http://www.karlmoretophotography.tk Karl Moreto

    Heres the real link for everyone to enjoy & appreciate the beauty of Photography – FTW on September!

    Yeaaaaaaaaah! \m/ made it to the finals! Edited Category! Thanks for the support guys! :D http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=155394701195827&set=a.155392381196059.37048.109367172465247&type=1&theater
    Nominees for Jmorph Greatest Click Challenge Contest
    Nominee In The Edited Category

    Title: “Gun, Cigarettes and Lipstick”
    Theme: Elizab…eth Taylor – Vintage Fashion

    Name: Karlii Moreto
    Email: karli_008@yahoo.com.phSee More
    The Nominees selected have gone through a selection criteria of Theme, Lighting, Composition, Angle & Likes. Winners will be awarded on the Mega final Day of the Fresh Face Contest ;) Expecting support & patience and active participation with all your trust !!Cheerz!!
    By: Jmorph Events in association with Al Jaffer Real estates & services, Qatar..

  • Saloom

    What if i dont have the 4256×2832 pixels, 300 dpi. In NEF, DNG or TIFF format reolution as per your conditions?

    i have jpeg image of some of the pics.but its in high quality ..your views please

    • brian

      That should be fine – go ahead and submit!

  • Salim Abdulla

    I have send the pic in accordance with your rules,,,,i dont know why you have not received my pics..

    i received a mail from you stating that you have not received..any update on that ?

    how can i send to you the pics again ?

  • http://www.webdesignseoqatar.com/ Web Design Qatar

    Looking forward for the next photo contest like this where you can find very creative shots taken in Doha