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Final call for the Andrei Stenin International Press Photo Contest

sputniknews.com | Updated: 2017-03-21 13:48

Only three days are left for entries to be submitted for the Andrei Stenin International Press Photo Contest organized by Rossiya Segodnya under the patronage of the Commission of the Russian Federation for UNESCO.

The Entries can be sent using the contest website stenincontest.com. All entries must be received before or by March 22 at 11:59 pm Moscow time.

This year, among contestants are young photojournalists from Russia, Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom, India, Spain, Italy, Poland, Switzerland, Kazakhstan, Australia, France, Syria and many other countries.

The contest has received over 2,000 entries. The Andrei Stenin photo contest is the only Russian competition where young photo correspondents from anywhere in the world can get a real chance to push ahead with their careers.

This year the prizes will amount to over $15,000 (according to the Bank of Russia exchange rate on March 20). Winners will have their works displayed during an international photography tour.