10TH ANNUAL PHOTO CONTEST!

The 2025 Photo Contest is now open! 

Entry Requirements:

  • Photos must be taken during a Drexel Study Abroad experience from Spring 2024 through Spring 2025* (including Intensive Course Abroad participants; excludes co-op abroad and NCEA participants)

*Spring 2025 ICA participants are eligible to submit photos. Students currently abroad now for the full Spring term must wait until next year's contest. 

 

Submission Requirements:

  • Limit of 2 photo submissions per person*
  • You must be present in at least one photo
  • At least one photo must be from the country where you studied abroad
  • Your first choice photo will be prioritized in the event that we receive too many submissions to include both of your photos in the voting. 
  • Photo must be saved as “LastName_FirstName_Country_City_3-word-title”**
  • Each student can only win once (e.g. 1st place cannot also win 2nd place)

*Reminder to students on ethical photography: we ask that students do not submit photos containing images of alcohol, high-risk recreational activities, and/or minors (persons under-18). We reserve the right to reject a photo submission that does not adhere to these requirements.

**All submitted photos are property of Drexel Global. By submitting a photo to the photo contest, you consent to your photo being used in future marketing materials for Drexel Global.

Timeline:

  • April 11th, 2025: Submissions open
  • April 23th, 2025: Submissions close
  • April 28th, 2025: Voting begins on Instagram stories (@drexelstudyabroad)

Voting: 

  • Voting will take place on Instagram stories @drexelstudyabroad
  • It will be designed like a bracket, taking place in rounds, and the winners of each round will continue onto the next, and so forth!
  • All photos will be randomly put head-to-head with another photo(s). 

Prizes:

  • First Place: $100 in Dragon Dollars
  • Second Place: $75 in Dragon Dollars
  • Third Place: $50 in Dragon Dollars
  • Honorable Mentions: 2 swag bags of Drexel Global merch

Note: Even for students who do not receive a prize, we want to display all of your photos! We have bulletin board space outside of our office, and we would love to print out first choice photos for students who do not rank in the Top Three or Honorable Mentions and place them alongside our program promo. 

Submit Your Photos Here!

2024 Photo Contest Winners 

1st Place

Tiguida Kaba, "Peaceful Moments", Tanzania

2nd Place

Kaylin Laghaei, "Hiking Up Solheimajokull Glacier", Iceland 

3rd Place

Nicole Childs, "Eternal Lovers" Japan 

Honorable Mentions

Amallia Rascoe, "Sagrada Famila Wonders", Spain

 

Bailey Michalak, Rome

2023 Photo Contest Winners

1st Place

Jiseon Lee, "Views of Vusan," South Korea

 

2nd Place

Karaan Kothari, ""The view at the beginning of the Charles Bridge," Czech Republic

3rd Place

Meghan O'Meara, "Looking into Mt. Ijen's active sulfur mine and acid lake," Indonesia

 

2022 Photo Contest Winner

1st Place

Prathamesh Mantri, "Documenting the Rathyatra (Festival of Chariots)", London, UK

2nd Place

Najifa Zaman, "Walking with kings and queens," Seoul, South Korea 

3rd Place

Steven Kearns, "Il Duomo against the sunset," Milan, Italy