If you teach Japanese at the high school level or are a high school student learning Japanese, you may be interested in the Yomiuri Photo Grand Prix. The Japanese newspaper Yomiuri Shimbun runs this yearly photo and essay contest and allows applications from high school students around the world. Winners will have their entry published in the newspaper and receive a free roundtrip ticket to Japan!

Entries can be made in either Japanese or English so get your cameras ready and start shooting! This year’s deadline is November 20th.

Check out the official website and details below for more information on how to apply as well as samples from past competitions.

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よみうり写真大賞高校生部門「フォト＆エッセーの部」
Yomiuri Photo Grand Prix
海外からも作品募集中！
Entries also invited from overseas!

高校生が、身近な同年代の人物の生き生きとした様子、夢や希望、悩みや迷いなど、ありのままの姿を撮影するなかで、その人物への理解を深め、さらに自分自身を振り返って感じたことや考えたことを、5枚までの組写真と文章（英語150ワードまたは日本語200字程度）で表現した作品を募集しています。

High school students are invited to submit entries consisting of up to 5 photographs and a message (150 words in English or 200 characters in Japanese).

The photographs should present a lively portrait of a subject the photographer knows well and who is close in age, portraying the subject’s dreams, hopes, worries or uncertainties in a realistic and candid manner. The message should express how creating the entry helped the photographer deepen understanding of both the subject and him- or herself.
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大賞は日本への往復航空券!
First prize is a round-trip ticked to Japan!
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受賞作品は読売新聞紙上に掲載されます。受賞作品以外にも、TJFが選んだ作品をHPに掲載します。昨年はオーストラリアの高校生の作品が入選しました。また、惜しくも入賞できなかった場合も、できるだけ多くの応募者に、講評のコメントをお伝えします。

The prize-winning entries will be published in the Yomiuri Shimbun, one of Japan’s leading national newspapers. TJF will post the photographs of the prize-winning works and other selected entries on its website. In 2010, an Australian high school student won a prize.

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締め切り: 2011年11月20日
Deadline: November 20, 2011

必着。間に合うよう早めに郵送してください。
The deadline must be strictly observed. Be sure to mail your entry with time in advance.

募集要項・応募用紙
For guidelines and application form, go to: http://www.tjf.or.jp/thewayweare2/en/index.html

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ぜひ、生徒さんやお知り合いの高校生に応募をお勧めください。
We hope you will encourage your students and their friends to consider submitting an entry to the contest.

国際文化フォーラム(TJF)は、1997年から「高校生のフォトメッセージコンテスト」を10年にわたり開催し、日本の高校生のありのままの姿を、写真とメッセージで、日本および世界の同世代に届けてきました。2006年に本コンテストは終了しましたが、TJFは、その趣旨を引き継ぎ2008年より開催されている「よみうり写真大賞・高校生部門 フォト＆エッセーの部」（読売新聞社主催）を後援しています。

This competition has its beginnings in the “Lives of Japanese High School Students: Photo and Message Contest,” which was held under the auspices of the Japan Forum (TJF) from 1997 to 2006. Since 2008, TJF has supported a continuation of these contests under the “Photo and Essay Division” for high school students of the Yomiuri Photo Grand Prix.