Competition deadline is announced
A WEALTH of prizes is promised this month for professional and amateur photographers over the age of 15 at the 10th International Öztan Özatay Photo Competition Exhibition, with a deadline of five weeks for submission of entries to Özatay Photography in Kermiya.
Cash prizes, medals and Nikon or Canon lenses are on offer this year for Open Colour, Open Monochrome and Nature categories, with additional Best Author and Best Cypriot Author awards for the most exhibited photographers.
An Open Colour category offers the Öztan Özatay top award of a Nikon D5600 1855mm lens, Atakom Ltd McVities award of 2,000TL and Kemal Saraçoğlu prize of 1,500TL.
Open Monochrome category prizes offer the Denktaş Foundation Award of 2,500TL and the Türkiye İş Bank award of 1,500TL.
Nature photographers can look forward to a top Özatay prize of a Canon EOS 1300D 18-55mm lens, Türkiye İş Bank cash prize of 1,000TL or the Arkın Award promising a twoperson, two-night stay at the Arkın Palm Beach Hotel. All three categories will also see gold, silver and bronze medals for runners-up.
New categories include the Tangul Çağıner Children’s Award which offers a three-night stay for two people at the Acapulco Resort Hotel.
MAR Construction Ltd promise the Best Author cash prize of 1,000TL while the Best Cypriot Author will scoop a two-night stay for two at Girne’s The Arkın Colony hotel.
North Cyprus’s most prestigious photography event honours awardwinning photographer Buket Özatay and her family’s photojournalist father whom they lost to cancer in 2008, and has raised thousands for the Kemal Saraçoğlu Foundation for Children with Leukaemia and the Fight against Cancer.
Entrance is priced at 65TL with an additional 20TL donation to the foundation, which will also receive 50 per cent of the proceeds of sales. The deadline for entries closes on Monday, February 12.
Winners will be notified five days after the jury views submissions from February 17 to 28 and selected works go on show at the capital’s Atatürk Cultural Centre from April 3 to 14.
Details may be obtained by phoning Özatay Photography on (0392) 223 8969, by visiting the shop at Haci Ali Apartment, Öğretmenler Caddesi, Kermiya, Lefkoşa, or via email to oztanozatay@gmail.com.