As part of the jokaydia Mini Unconference today, I will be launching our first community project for the year – the 2009 jokaydia Photocomp, which invites you to share your jokaydia images with us via Flickr or Koinup for inclusion in our annual community exhibition.
Visit the Islands of jokaydia and create a snapshot, upload and tag it, and you could win!
So how does it work?
The competition is all about about taking interesting, artistic, crazy and/or creative images using the camera tools in Second Life and sharing them via online photosharing spaces.
There’s only one catch – we’ve picked the location! Your images MUST be taken within the jokaydia Estate.
After the success of the 2008 Photocomp, I’m really excited that this is becoming an annual event, and I urge you to join in on the fun!
How to Enter?
- Create a really interesting image using the Second Life camera tools – the only limitations are your creativity and sim boundaries! Your image must be taken somewhere within the Islands of jokaydia Estate in Second Life (SLurl).
- Upload your photograph to submit it to the competition. This year we will be using Flickr and KoinUp for photo submissions
- To submit via Flickr, upload and tag your image with and tag it with ‘jokaydiaphotocomp09‘. You also need to add your image to the jokaydia Photo Pool. You’ll find instructions on how to join the group and add your image here.
- To submit via Koinup, upload your image and tag it with ‘jokaydiaphotocomp09‘. You also need to add your image to the Islands of jokaydia Group on Koinup. You’ll find instructions on how to join the group and add your image on Koinup here.
- Wait with baited breath for the winners announcements at jokaydia’s May Day Festival.
The Categories:
There will be 5 Cagetories in the competition:
- Best Image – a panel of judges will select an overall winning image
- Most Models - The image which includes the highest number of avatars
- Best Portrait – create a portrait of your best pals in SL or make a lovely self-portrait
- Best Landscape – capture the Islands of jokaydia with a landscape image
- Community Award – jokaydian Community Members will be invited to vote inworld to award a prize
Community Caption Competition
Additional to the inworld photocomp activities, we will also be holding a Captioning Competition using Flickr and Koinup, and it’s sooo easy to take part!
Simply keep an eye on the jokaydia Flickr Group and the jokaydia Koinup Group and contribute your image captions in the comments sections.
We will select the best comments and captions for inclusion with the images at the exhibition, and contributors will be awarded $500L each!
Submissions and Deadlines
Submissions are open today – Sunday 8 March 2009 and will close at 7pm SLT on Sunday 5 April 2009. Unfortunately no submissions will be accepted after that date.
The Community Captioning competition will also run between Sunday 8 March and Sunday 5 April 2009.
The Exhibitions
Works submitted in the jokaydia 2009 Photocomp will be displayed on the Islands of jokaydia in April/May 2009. This will include a number of smaller installations of images around the Islands which will allow time for the community to vote in the Community Award category.
The grand exhibition will be opened at the jokaydia Gallery (SLurl) during jokaydia’s May Day Festival on the 2nd May 2009 and will include all the winnners and highly commended entries.
The Prizes
- The winner in the BEST IMAGE category will receive $10,000L and free rental of one of the jokaydia Waters Mini Islands for 2mths. Their work will be prominently displayed in the jokaydia Gallery as part of our launch exhibition.
- Each winner in the Most Models, Best Portrait, Best Landscape and Community Award Categories will receive $5,000L and their work will be prominently displayed in the jokaydia Gallery as part of our launch exhibition.
- Caption Contributors whose comments are included in the exhibition will receive $500L.
- All prizes sponsored by the Islands of jokaydia.
Conditions, Details and Fine Print
- All images include some part of the Islands of jokaydia in Second Life as the location.
- Only images uploaded to Flickr or Koinup, which are tagged correctly with ‘jokaydiaphotocomp09‘ and added to the jokaydia Flickr Group or the jokaydia Koinup Group can be considered in the competition.
- By submitting your image to the competition, you are acknowledging that you are the owner of the works submitted, and that you give permission for you artwork to be displayed on the jokaydia Estate (in Second Life) and on the jokay.com.au and jokaydia.com websites.
- Participants are welcome to use envrionment editor tools and image editing tools to create their image.
- Image captions which are deemed offensive or inappropriate by may be deleted by the image owners and will not be considered as part of the competition.
- The judges decision is final.
For further information, please contact jokay Wollongong inworld or email joannamkay@gmail.com.
Jo Kay aka jokay Wollongong is a freelance digital designer and facilitator working in virtual worlds and educational technology. She helps educators and organisations to use new and innovative technologies for learning. Jo is the owner and facilitator of the Islands of jokaydia Project – a space for a vibrant community of educators to explore the use of virtual worlds in education. 
