Dear Photographers,

It is a pleasure to present the 10th Annual Photoshare Photo Contest! The 2014 contest has a top prize of $1,000 USD as well as many other awards—it continues to be an exciting opportunity to highlight important health and development initiatives and support nonprofit photo sharing. Read more about the contest here:

www.photoshare.org/2014-photoshare-photo-contest.

Photoshare is a product of the Knowledge for Health (K4Health) Project, based at the Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs (CCP)—a center within the Department of Health, Behavior and Society (HBS). Photoshare encourages those who are interested in Photoshare’s mission to participate in the contest. The contest is a great incentive for those who would otherwise share photos year-round but have trouble finding the time. Participating in the contest is a fun and rewarding way to support Photoshare’s global efforts in health and development photography and to help build the Photoshare collection. Contest entries are accepted through Photoshare's website submission form.

Deadline for Entries: February 28, 2015.

We have partnered again this year with Healthcare Information For All –HIFA, to focus attention on the critical role of health care providers with the HIFA Photography Award. HIFA is a key partner in Photoshare's efforts to document and connect with health professionals working to improve the availability and use of health care information in low- and middle-income countries.

In addition to cash prizes awarded to 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place winners–participants submitting entries to the featured Healthcare Providers category are also eligible for an additional cash prize, the HIFA Photography Award, sponsored by Healthcare Information For All. A separate cash prize will also be awarded for the Global Families -Fathers series. Best of Show images are selected based on topic relevancy and technical execution by a panel of independent judges.
Contest winners and finalists will be showcased on Photoshare and hosted on a number of other medium-to-high impact virtual venues.

*New this Year: This year also features a new topic category, mHealth and Communications Technology–building on last year's featured award. In addition, we have also launched a new Photoshare award series for Global Families. The award will focus attention each year on an important component of healthy, prosperous families in low- and middle-income countries. The year's focus will be on Fathers–images of families and fathers that highlight important initiatives to increase men's roles in healthy families and local development.

Contest categories include:
• Healthcare Providers (Featured Category: HIFA Photography Award)
• Family Planning and Reproductive Health
• HIV/AIDS
• Malaria
• Environment
• Agriculture and Economic Development
• Democracy and Governance
• Humanitarian and Disaster Relief
• mHealth and Communications Technology*
• Global Health and Human Interest (open subject)
New Photoshare Award Series: Global Families
• Global Families -Fathers*
Category Examples: www.photoshare.org/2014-photoshare-photo-contest#examples

The 10th Annual Photoshare Photo Contest is brought to you by the Knowledge for Health (K4Health) Project; www.k4health.org/, a USAID-funded project at Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs (CCP) ccp.jhu.edu/, in partnership with: FHI 360, IntraHealth International, Management Sciences for Health (MSH) and HIFA (Healthcare Information For All), a global campaign administered by the Global Healthcare Information Network, www.hifa2015.org/.