PRIZE DETAILS: There will be seven prizes awarded: First place, Public Choice, Nonprofit Honoree, Caring and Connection, and three Honorable Mentions.

The Public Choice prize is earned by popular (public) choice. You promote your entries and the world gets to pick their 10 favorites as finalists in the category, and then our panel of judges will choose the winner from those finalists.

The Nonprofit Honoree prize will be awarded to the photo that most powerfully tells the story of a nonprofit (charity) or NGO and their community impact. 50% of the prize will be awarded to the photographer, 50% of the prize will be awarded to the featured nonprofit.

The Caring and Connection prize will recognize an image that has shows these qualities in a healthcare or caretaking setting.

First Place: $1000

Public Choice Award: $500

Non-profit Honoree: $500

Caring and Connection: $250

Honorable Mention (3 chosen): $200 each Not eligible to enter? - Find contest where you are.

COPYRIGHT: Participants retain the copyright to their Content.

Participant warrants that they are the owner of the copyright to all Content submitted to Envision Kindness or have permission of the copyright holder to submit the Content and that the Content does not violate any laws or the rights of any individuals or business entities including copyrights, trade secrets, privacy rights, and right to privacy.

If there are co-creators of the submitted Content, then Participant warrants that the co-creators have all given approval for submission of the Content to this contest and for its potential use as described above. USAGE RIGHTS: I, the Participant, retain the copyright and grant Envision Kindness a limited, non-exclusive license to use Content as consistent with its mission.

Pursuant to this agreement, Participant and any co-creators grant a limited, non-exclusive license for the following usage of the Content:
Display on the Envision Kindness website or Envision Kindness related websites (such as a future contest website);
Circulation via e-mail and similar messaging services (e. g., Twitter, Facebook, or an app) to Envision Kindness followers and the general public;
Display on monitors/screens (in video format) to promote the mission of Envision Kindness as in EnSpire;
Promoting Envision Kindness and Envision Kindness-sponsored events (including events for which Envision Kindness is not the sole sponsor);
Testing in social science research that Envision Kindness and its collaborators undertake to understand how these images affect people;
Images may be displayed in physical exhibits in venues such as galleries or museums or theaters.

Envision Kindness will not sell or license a submitted image to a third party without prior permission of the photographer/copyright owner
Envision Kindness will not sell prints of submitted images either alone or in other forms (such as books, calendars, etc.) without prior permission of the photographer/copyright owner.

If published, the Content will be identified (credited) as work of Participant (and co-creators, as indicated).