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Regardless of age or nationality, all non-professional photographers are welcome to participate and showcase their talents and creativity.

Submitted photos must illustrate at least one of the following themes. Participants can submit one photo per theme, for a total of four photos.

• Rugby for all genders, to highlight diversity and gender equality.
• Rugby to foster inclusion of people with disabilities
• Rugby to tackle discrimination, to fight against racism and LGBTI-phobia.
• Our differences make us stronger, to celebrate physical, social, cultural and generational differences.

Any person willing to highlight the values of rugby can participate, in one of the three following categories:

• Under 18 years old;
• From 18 to 30 years old
• Over 30 years old.

Professional photographers are not allowed to participate in the contest.

• Dimensions can either be portrait or landscape.
• Photos should be high-resolution (minimum 2480 x 3720 - 300 dpi).
• Photo must be sent in digital format, as a JPEG file, including RAW file (if applicable).
• The photos can be in colour or black and white.
• Cropping is allowed without obligation to respect the original ratio.
• Retouching is allowed in a very moderate way without distorting the scenes or subjects photographed (brightness, contrast, straightening, correction of minor defects, localized retouching).

• Photo montages
• Signatures on the photos
• Photos created with the help of artificial intelligence.

UNESCO will select a total of 16 winners, distributed in three winners per theme (one winner per category) and one “Coup de cœur Canon” per theme chosen from all the categories.

The winners will:

• Have their photo exhibited at UNESCO Headquarters in the summer of 2023 and in the host cities of the World Cup. The photos will also be published online on the websites and social media platforms of UNESCO and France 2023.
• Receive one UNESCO photobook, one Canon camera, and one voucher for the France 2023 official store.

• The photos must have been taken in 2022 or 2023: the month, the year, and the theme of the photo must be specified by the participants.
• The photos must be exclusive and not have previously been promoted in other contests or circumstances.
• Participation is strictly personal.
• The photographer must hold the rights to the content submitted.
• Any photo that offends the dignity of persons or is defamatory, violent, sexual, racist or insulting will be automatically eliminated and its author will be prohibited from participating in the contest.
• The photos must not promote any commercial brand, except for the equipment manufacturers of the persons represented.
• No member of UNESCO, France 2023 (except Campus apprentices) or having family ties with a member of the jury is allowed to participate in the contest.
• For the photos to be considered, participants will have to sign the following documents and send them by email with the photo(s):
• Certificate of acceptance of the elements of the rules.
• Free transfer of copyright and certificate of image rights.

• By encouraging values such as teamwork, discipline, mutual respect, and solidarity, sport can be the basis for fostering peace and sustainable development. Through the Fit for Life sports initiative, UNESCO promotes grassroots sports participation to strengthen these values and drive outcomes in education, gender equality, youth empowerment, and sustainability.