contest
Luca Memorial Contest is a permanent annual contest for CAVING & CANYONING in memory of Luca Chiarabini (1970-2017). Organized, hosted and administered by the Luca Chiarabini Memorial Association, a non-profit 
Swiss organization.
Luca Memorial
Contest is OPEN WORLDWIDE for Caving & Canyoning photos.
Luca Memorial
CONTEST 2022
LATEST NEWS
💥2021 CONTEST IS OPEN💥
Round Jan-Apr 2021
We have maintained our CONCEPT but we adapted to the current COVID situation, simplified the contest and made it more social and distributive.
▫️ Almost no MEETINGs being held! Round Winners will vote and elect a MEETING to be sponsored in its next edition, whenever it will take place.
▫️ EXPLORATIONS are much more than a photo. Created separated annual contest for Exploration/Explorer of the year.
▫️ Added dedicated prizes for AMATEUR photographers
▫️ Added rule to avoid repetitive winners (round winner can not win another round during year, year winner can not win next year)
▫️ Simplified categories: 1. CAVING, 2. CANYONING, 3.VIDEOS
▫️ Round duration is now 4 months, to ensure reaching minimum quorum of photos and participants in each category.
▫️ New contest platform for submitting from SOCIALs: Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, Pinterest, Youtube.
ROUND Jan-April 2021
closes 30 April 11:59pm CET
ANNOUNCEMENT IN PROGRESS
untill 19 May
FINALE 2021 winners to be announced end of January
Click this link for updated status.
2022 Photo Contest will welcome new amazing photos taken in 2022 starting 1st February 2022.
LATEST NEWS
LATEST NEWS
IT IS FINALLY HERE!
FINAL Round 2020
“Photo of the year”” elected by Jury: 5000 USD
Online Voters , chances to win 
500 USD -> REPLACED by SOCIAL👍🏻CONTEST on INSTGRAM
https://lucamemorial.org/socialfinal2020/
“Guess the Photo of the Year”
SOCIAL
CONTEST on INSTAGRAM
voters/likers opt to win 500 USD
now
OPEN, ends 5th February 202.
ENTER instructions post
https://www.instagram.com/p/CKBc4Saqraa/ 
“Photo of the year”
elected by Jury (click here): 5000 USD award
to be announced 5th February 2021.
FINALISTS’ GALLERY
https://www.instagram.com/lucamemorial.gallery/
COMING SOON
2021 Contest rules and NEW FORMAT
to be announced before 1st Feb 2021
The contests&sweepstakes hosted by Luca Chiarabini Memorial Association are in no way sponsored, endorsed, administered by, or associated with Facebook&Instagram. No purchase to Luca Memorial is necessary to enter or win. A purchase to Luca Memorial does not increase the chances of winning. Participants explicitly release Facebook&Instagram of any implied responsibility.
Round Oct-Dec 2020 🏁CONCLUDED
Winners and photos here.
ROUND OCT-DEC2020
PRIZES:
- Best photo in each category elected by Jury: 500 USD
- 15 finalists in each category pass to Final Round 2020, chances to win “Photo of the year” award of 5000 USD
- Winning voter in each category: 200 USD (raffle among voters of winning photo)
500 USD
5000 USDPHOTOS accepted: taken in 2020, about Caving* and Canyoning*, 5 categories.
- Click on buttons SUBMIT to send photos, button VOTE to vote photos.
- You can also submit photos from FACEBOOK or INSTAGRAM with Messenger / DM: send your photo to @lucamemorial.contest
- Or send an email with your photo to contest@lucamemorial.org
* explicitly included and accepted: CANYONS: Icy, wet and dry canyons CAVES: Rock, ice/glacier, and underwater natural/coral caves or man-made abandoned underground structures and mines, as well as urban caving.
PRESENTATION
Luca Chiarabini
MEMORIAL
Photo Contest
2024
Worldwide Edition
(Free participation)
Follow us on INSTAGRAM! click here @lucamemorial.contest
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click here
@lucamemorial.contest
Luca Memorial Contest is a permanent continuous annual contest for CAVING & CANYONING in memory of Luca Chiarabini (1970-2017). Organized, hosted and administered by the Luca Chiarabini Memorial Association, a non-profit Swiss organization.
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Contest Concept
READ
PRESENTATION VIDEO
at 2:02 : Contest & Prizes explanation
at 4:06 : How to submit photos explanation
Video slides here
· Participation is FREE of CHARGE, and everybody can submit and vote CAVING and CANYONING photos.
· Every 4 months winners & finalists are picked in each category by A JURY
.
· There are prizes for :
a) PHOTOGRAPHERS who took the winning photos (learn more here)
b) VOTERS/LIKERS who like the winning photos on INSTAGRAM (learn more here)
c) MEETING ORGANIZATIONS (learn more here)
d) EXPLORERS of new caves and canyon routes (learn more here)
· Local Special Editions can be organized in cooperation with partners at events (meetings, congresses, …), acting as Extra Round within the frame of the worldwide contest.
· Winners in all rounds and finalists in Standard Rounds will have golden pass to FINAL ROUND.
· In the annual Final Round the “Photo of the year” is awarded for amateur photographers with up to a maximum of: 5000 USD· (See ‘2021 Prizes Table‘ below for full details).
· Beginner photographers and mobile photography are welcome.
⚠️We are setting up the 2023 CONTEST RULES 🙏🏻please come back after 10th February 2023
· In 2020, more than 32 countries have participated in Luca Memorial Contest Worldwide Edition.
Algeria, Australia, Austria, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, France, Georgia, Germany, India, Indonesia, Iran, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Lebanon, Mexico, Morocco, Panama, Puerto Rico, Russia, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, Taiwan, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, Venezuela
2021 PARTICIPATION
(concluded)
40 Countries
Andorra, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia & Herzegovina., Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iran, Italy, Japan, Lebanon, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Mexico, Morocco, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Panama, Poland, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, Taiwan, UK, USA,
(Instagram)
2020 CONTEST PARTICIPATION
(concluded):
32 Countries
Algeria, Australia, Austria, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, France, Georgia, Germany, India, Indonesia, Iran, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Lebanon, Mexico, Morocco, Panama, Puerto Rico, Russia, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, Taiwan, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, Venezuela
HOW TO PARTICIPATE:
(stated above maximum annual possible prize per winner type, in USD)
for full prizes overview click here
The contest runs in rounds of 4 months
+
with an additional annual final round.
(golden pass to final for winners of local special editions)
ANNOUNCEMENT IN PROGRESS
untill 19 May
FINALE 2021 winners to be announced end of January
Click this link for updated status.
2022 Photo Contest will welcome new amazing photos taken in 2022 starting 1st February 2022.
Submitting Photos
Anyone worldwide can submit Caving and Canyoning photos taken in 2021 in TWO categories, for the chances to win:
EXPLICITLY INCLUDED:
CANYONING: Icy, wet and dry canyons
CAVING: Rock, ice/glacier, and underwater natural/coral caves or man-made abandoned underground structures and mines, as well as urban caving.
SOCIAL CONTEST
NEXT EDITION STARTS: 15th January 2022
remaining time to close
VOTING Photos
INSTAGRAM & FACEBOOK user can join the parallel
'SOCIALCONTEST'
"Guess the Winner
Photo" that starts at the end of each round.
contest starts at the end of each round.
NEW photos every day!
FANS of caving and canyoning worldwide are invited to PARTICIPATE in the Luca Memorial ‘SOCIALCONTEST’: “Guess the WinnerPhoto”. With chances to win …
$100 STORE VOUCHER
For purchasing caving/canyoning equipment at one of the Friend Stores .
Raffled among all submitted comments on the SOCIAL CONTEST POST guessing correctly the elected ROUND winner photos to be announced at the end of the Round.
Free participation, open worldwide, random certified.
(+) 15 FINALISTS in each of the PHOTO categories pass to FINAL ROUND opting to win $5000 (learn more here)
(#) #1 Winners in the 3 categories opt to agree for a MEETING to be SPONSORED with $3000 for next edition. (learn more here)
(*) In each category a random winner is picked to be awarded at his choice with a:
$50 amazon card
OR
$100 voucher for caving /canyoning partner stores
(learn more here)
for full prizes overview click here
2021 PRIZES TABLE
click table to enlarge, prizes in USD. X’000 = X thousand
Round
Jul-Sep 2020🏁
Winner & Finalists
click here for FULL publication of WINNERS and FINALISTS for Round Jul-Sep 2020
2021 CONTEST
ROUND JAN-MAR 2021
start: 1st February 2020 00:01
end: 31 March 2020 23:59
remaining time to start
ENTER CONTEST
INSTAGRAM!
SUBMIT PHOTOS DIRECTLY FROM INSTAGRAM:
mentioning in post @lucamemorial.contest
& hashtag #LucaMemorialContest2020
(must write both).
SUBMIT PHOTOS DIRECTLY FROM INSTAGRAM:FACEBOOK!
SUBMIT PHOTOS DIRECTLY FROM FACEBOOK:
mentioning in post @lucamemorial
& hashtag #LucaMemorialContest2020
(must write both).
The contests&sweepstakes hosted by Luca Chiarabini Memorial Association are in no way sponsored, endorsed, administered by, or associated with Facebook&Instagram. No purchase to Luca Memorial is necessary to enter or win. A purchase to Luca Memorial does not increase the chances of winning. Participants explicitly release Facebook&Instagram of any implied responsibility.
PARTNERS
We thank our Partners for their great support and cooperation.
( click on logo to learn more about each Partner )
