PRIZE DETAILS: First prize – the global winner of the competition will be awarded a voucher with a value of €1000 from Amazon (or equivalent in their country, to be agreed with GWEC/EWEA).
Furthermore the winning picture will become part of the Hard Rain Picture Library and be submitted for consideration to display at stillpictures.com. 50% of all sales via these platforms will go the copyright holder (the photographer)..
- Second prizes – There will be five runners up; one per continent. (Europe, Asia, America, Africa and Australasia: in case of geographical dispute, EWEA and GWEC’s decision is final). Each continental winner will get a voucher with a value of €250 from Amazon (or equivalent in their country, to be agreed with GWEC/EWEA).
Runners up pictures will be considered for display at the Hard Rain Picture Library and on stillpictures.com. 50% of sales via these platforms will go the copyright holder (the photographer). ELIGIBILITY: Worldwide / 18+ Not eligible to enter? - Find contest where you are.

COPYRIGHT: Entrants must be the photographer and owner of the copyright for any image entered. USAGE RIGHTS: By entering the contest participants grant GWEC and EWEA a worldwide non-exclusive license to publish, reproduce, distribute and display the photos in their publications, on the website and through social media channels. Photos will not be used for commercial gain. The photos may be also used in marketing materials relating to the competition. - By entering the contest participants grant all Global Wind Day partners (see website http://www.globalwindday.org/) a non-exclusive license to reproduce, display and distribute the photos in their publications, on the website and through social media channels in connection only with Global Wind Day and clearly labeled as an entry to the 2012 Global Wind day Photo Competition.
- Photographers will always be credited alongside their image