IKEA’s Photo Competition for Daddies and Kids in Malaysia | Oct 16-29

With a focus on fathers and the importance of their presence during the early years, IKEA Malaysia and the Embassy of Sweden in Malaysia are teaming up to launch a photo contest that celebrates local dads.

Ten selected dads in Malaysia will win a session with a professional photographer and see their portraits go on public display alongside a Swedish Dads exhibition at the National Art Gallery as well as the MyTOWN Shopping Centre. The top three winners will share in RM4,500 worth of IKEA gift cards.

TERMS & CONDITIONS OF CONTEST

Who can enter?

• Any dad who resides full-time in Malaysia.
• Willing to have a professional family photo displayed at National Art Gallery & MyTOWN.
• Available for a photo shoot between November 3 -11.
• Willing to grant the Embassy of Sweden and IKEA Southeast Asia the right to use the photographs free of charge.
• Not employed by either IKEA Malaysia or MyTOWN Shopping Centre.

What kind of photo?

• Any photo that shows us your life at home.
• With kids 5 years and under.
• Using any camera, any quality.
• No content that may be regarded as offensive.

How do I enter?

• Visit the Embassy’s Malaysian Dads Photo Contest Facebook page between 16 – 29 October
• Post one picture per family only.
• Include a caption of less than 50 words on how you view your role as a parent.

What are the prizes?

• 10 finalists receive a professional photo shoot with their child or children.
• Photos to be framed and displayed alongside the exhibition of Swedish Dads photos.  Dads may have the photo to keep when the exhibition ends.
• All finalists will be invited to the exhibition’s official opening at the National Art Gallery on 20 November 2017.
• Top three winners to be announced that night (must be in attendance to collect prize.) Dads win IKEA gift cards (1^st Place: RM 2,000, 2^nd Place: RM 1,500 and 3^rd: RM 1,000)

How will ten finalists be selected and announced?

• A team from the Embassy of Sweden in Malaysia and IKEA Malaysia, led by the Ambassador of Sweden to Malaysia, will judge all entries.
• All finalists will be contacted through private message on their Facebook pages to make arrangements for a session with a professional photographer.
• If contact cannot be made, another finalist will be selected.
• Finalists to be announced on the Facebook page by November 3.

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