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Luca Chiarabini Memorial Contest 2023, Round is OPEN, You can submit CAVING or CANYONING photos
Luca Chiarabini
MEMORIAL
Photo Contest
2023
Worldwide Edition
(Free participation)
Luca Chiarabini
MEMORIAL
Photo Contest
2023
Worldwide Edition
(Free participation)
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.
ROUND Jan-April 2021
closes 30 April 11:59pm CET
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.
HOW TO PARTICIPATE
2023 Contest opens 1st February 2023
2022 Contest closed on 31 December 2022 23:59 CET
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.
(To submit within INSTAGRAM⏩DIRECTLY clickℹ️here)
PRESENTATION VIDEO
is under update
to be released 20 Feb 22
is under updateat 0:55 : Contest & Prizes explanation
at 3:00 : How to submit photos explanation
at 04:40 : Participant registration explanation
Video slides here
Submitting Photos
Anyone worldwide can submit Caving and Canyoning photos taken in 2023 in TWO categories, for the chances to win:
English
Arabic
Catalan
Chinese (Simplified)
French
German
Greek
Italian
Japanese
Portuguese
Russian
Spanish
Swahili
Turkish
FRE
JAP
Elected by Jury at the end of each Round:
(every 4 months)
CAVING
$300 #1 Best* 
$300 #1 Amateur*
$200 #2 Best*
$200 voucher 
Random Round Finalist
CANYONING
$300 #1 Best
$300 #1 Amateur
$200 voucher Random Round Finalist
prizes are NOT accumulative! If #1Best is an amateur, next ranked amateur will be awarded. Random raffle made among remaining non-winning Finalists. * Only one Cave Diving winner photo per Round. The $200 voucher is for purchase caving canyoning equipment at our friend stores (learn more here)
15 FINALISTS in photo categories pass to FINAL ROUND opting to win up to a maximum of $3000
+
‘MOST LIKED’ 1xCaving + 1xCanyoning Featured photos in each month are also entitled FINALIST.
most liked = higher sum of likes in Instagram + Facebook + TikTok during each calendar month, observed at Round Judging end.
Elected by Jury at the end of each Round:
(every 4 months) CAVING
$300 #1 Best*
$300 #1 Amateur*
$200 voucher Random Round Finalist
CANYONING
$300 #1 Best
$300 #1 Amateur
$200 voucher Random Round Finalist
prizes are NOT accumulative! If #1Best is an amateur, next ranked amateur will be awarded. (*) Only one Cave Diving winner photo per Round.
15 FINALISTS in photo categories pass to FINAL ROUND opting to win up to a maximum of $3000 (learn more here)
‘MOST LIKED’ 1xCaving + 1xCanyoning Featured photos in each month are also entitled FINALIST.
most liked = higher sum of likes in Instagram + Facebook + TikTok during each calendar month, observed at Round Judging end.
(MONTHLY) Random picked winner among all submissions of the month:
$100 voucher for purchase caving/canyoning equipment at our friend stores (learn more here)
In 2022 we have amazing projects starting: exhibitions, photo books, and more!
We have revised our prizes according to the annual budget limitations.
Photos must be taken in 2023 to win.
We are setting up the 2023 CONTEST RULES 
please come back after 10th February 2023
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.
We are here to help! Please contact us if you have any QUESTION, DOUBT, PROBLEM or SUGGESTION.
NON-REPEAT RULE FOR WINNERS
These complex rules are intended to distribute the prize among more winners, as well as to ensure that awarded photographers can confidently submit more amazing photos without ‘hogging it all’.
Any WINNER of equal or more than 250USD ( cash+products) during one year, is ineligible to win in the following year any cash / product prize.
HOWEVER:
• he/she can still present entries during the year and opt to access the FINAL ROUND, if his entries classify as finalists.
The WINNER of a ROUND of a cash prize/award is ineligible to win again a round during the same year. HOWEVER:
• he/she can still present entries during the year and opt to access the FINAL ROUND, if his entries classify as finalists.
The WINNER of a previous FINALE is ineligible to win again another ROUND or FINALE in the following TWO years.
HOWEVER:
• he can still present entries during the year and opt to win a BRAND AWARD.
The RANDOM WIN must go to a participant that has not had any win yet during the last TWO years. Therefore are ineligible to win previous cash/product winners: any ROUND winners, SOCIALCONTEST winners and previous RANDOM/RAFFLE winners.
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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 )
English
Arabic
Bulgarian
Catalan
Chinese (Simplified)
Dutch
Filipino
French
Georgian
German
Greek
Hebrew
Hindi
Hungarian
Indonesian
Italian
Japanese
Korean
Malagasy
Malay
Persian
Polish
Portuguese
Romanian
Russian
Spanish
Swahili
Tajik
Tamil
Thai
Turkish
Ukrainian
Vietnamese