2nd VOUBS International Photography Awards

VIPA 2017 ceremony is canceled
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ARCHIVE VIPA : 2016 | 2017

Architectural Photography VIPA 2016
Adrian Ioan Ciulea

Attractive Photographs from Bulgaria
Krasi St M

People Photography VIPA 2016
Danny Wong

Reportage Photography VIPA 2016
K M Asad

CAN YOU TAKE GREAT PHOTOS LIKE THESE?

JOIN US IN VIPA 2017

If you're skilled photographer, you can take part in the second
VOUBS international Photography Awards - VIPA 2017.

We want to find and award the best photographers from around the world,
in six main categories.

Join us now, to win cash prizes within a category or get the highest overall
score in our contests.

JOIN AND WIN!
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Calendar

Of the most important events during VIPA 2017

Registration periods

Start date

01 Sep 2017

End date

15 Feb 2018

Voting periods

User voting

14 Sep 2017 - 15 Mar 2018

Jury voting

01 Jan – 01 Mar 2018

Final results, ceremony & exhibitions

Announcement of final results

23 Mar 2018

Official ceremony

Apr 2018

Start of the exhibition tour

May 2018 – Feb 2019

How to join VIPA 2017?

VOUBS is a startup that has to cover serious maintenance and prizes costs. That's why we have our own virtual currency - WINGS. They are added to your virtual wallet and you can use them to submit photos and to buy other services in the platform.

To take part in VIPA 2017, you need at least 20 WINGS (9.60 Euro) in your virtual wallet per each photo you want to submit for the contest.

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Your Reasons to join VIPA 2017

up to 10 international exhibitions

Exposure to 100 000 voubsters

Professional jury panel

Stimulating cash prizes

EXPLORE CONTESTS

Entry fee

Per 1 media for VIPA 2017

20 v

* Please read the Payment Terms of usage before you decide to purchase WINGS.

Get WINGS by one of the following ways

1

Join and win a contest with WINGS awards for the winners. See all the active contests for photographers here.

Contests
2

You can save 10% if you buy first 1 month Gold Membership to receive a special 10% discount on all your WINGS purchases through that period.

BECOME A GM
3

Buy WINGS with PayPal account.
You can buy WINGS at a rate of 0.48 EUR. Click the button to buy WINGS.

BUY WINGS

If you participate in all 6 VIPA categories, your chance to be crowned as the world Photographer of the Year is much bigger.

The winner will receive an additional payment of 5000 Euro, Golden VOUBS and Certificate.

Our Contests

You are only 3 steps away from joining VIPA 2017

1

Choose a contest and click to enter the page

2

Click "Join the Contest" button

3

Accept the terms, pay your fee and upload your photo

PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR 2016

Gencho Petkov

And the award for the

PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR

The Golden Voubs statue

+ 5000 euros in cash!

24 x 500 Euro

10 x EU exhibitions for the best 30 photographers

6 x return flights for the official ceremony

6 x 1000 Euro

1 x Golden VOUBS statuette

Popularity

1 x 5000 Euro

24 X 1st place certificates

Interviews

Total 23 000 Euro cash awards

10 x EU exhibitions for the best 30 photographers

Media exposure

Voting

The maximum total score for a medium is

100%


2% max for most views

4% max for most number of user votes

4% max for most average user rating

10% max for most WINGS received

All the 24 contests will be held
in 1 round

Blind judging until
01.03.2018

Jury members will vote until
01.03.2018

The current rankings and user profiles will be visible during the
final 14 days of 1st round voting

Your highest ranked photo in each contest brings you points for the “Photographer of the year” award.
The more contests you enter, the better chance to win more points.

The photographer who has the highest total score from all 24 contests, will become the new VOUBS “Photographer of the Year 2017”.

The photographer who has the highest total score in 4 contests from 1 category will become a Category winner.