Verge Magazine, North America’s premier magazine for exploring opportunities to study, work and volunteer abroad, is inviting photographers worldwide to enter the magazine’s latest photo challenge. Verge Magazine’s 2012 Travel Photo Challenge is open for travel photography in three different categories. Verge wants to see through your lens and is after the fun times, the hard times, the once-in-a-lifetimes of your travels. We invite you to enter for a chance to win a grand prize of $1,000 and lots of other goodies!

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Elithis is inviting students worldwide to imagine housing in 2050. Well Building 2050 is an international contest that challenges students to place quality of life and energy efficiency at the heart of urban housing in 2050. This is a team-based two phase competition in which each team may offer only one project. Well Building 2050 is offering a huge prize of $30,000 for the winning team plus one study trip in France and one training period in Elithis.

Read more about Well Building 2050 – Design Housing in 2050 on Contest Watchers.