Travel Snaps
Tell us the story of the best trip you've taken using original photos and words.
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Prizes
- Grand Prize:
- $500
- Second Place:
- $200
- 10 Runners-up:
- $20
Status
5 days leftTimeline
Submissions open
May 06, 2024
Submissions close
May 25, 2024 3:59 AM CUT
Results
Jun 06, 2024
Already have a Vocal account? Log in
Prizes
- Grand Prize:
- $500
- Second Place:
- $200
- 10 Runners-up:
- $20
Status
5 days leftTimeline
Submissions open
May 06, 2024
Submissions close
May 25, 2024 3:59 AM CUT
Results
Jun 06, 2024
About this challenge
The Prompt
Tell us the story of the best trip you've taken using original photos and words.
They say a picture is worth 1,000 words; now we are challenging you to use a combination of original photography AND words to tell the story of your best trip ever. Whether you captured the moment using a high-end digital camera, a 35 millimeter Kodak, or your trusty iPhone, we want to see what made the trip unforgettable. The judges will be looking for a combination of evocative photographs and vivid storytelling in winning entries. Your story only needs to contain one embedded original photograph to be eligible. Time to dig through those photo archives!
In order for your submission to qualify, it must:
The Prizes
How to enter
For your piece to be eligible, it should follow the rules above and adhere to our Community Guidelines. Stories published on Vocal and submitted to the contest up until 11:59 PM ET on May 24, 2024 will be entered for consideration. Official Rules for the Challenge can be found here.
The Travel Snaps Challenge is exclusive to Vocal+ members. To learn more and upgrade to Vocal+, visit https://vocal.media/vocal-plus.
To be eligible to win the grand prize, second place, or runners-up prizes, you must be over the age of 13 and residing in a country where Stripe is available at the time of entry. A complete list of countries where Stripe is available can be found here—winners will need to have a Stripe account created and connected in order to receive the prizes. For this reason, entrants located outside of any of these countries will not be eligible to win.
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