About the competition The Royal Surrey Charity Digital Photography Competition is owned and run by Royal Surrey Charity. Expand 1. The Royal Surrey Charity Digital Photography Competition is owned and run by Royal Surrey Charity. 2. The competition is a multi-category competition comprising of the following categories only: Seasons Celebrations Wildlife (this does not include domestic pets) Natural World Black and White – open category 3. The cost of entry for up to five digital photographs is £5.00. Entry payment must be made before submission of photographs.
Rules for entry Entrants are permitted to enter up to five digital photographs, this can be across all categories or multiple entries in selected categories, but must not exceed five images in total. Expand 4. Entrants are permitted to enter up to five digital photographs, this can be across all categories or multiple entries in selected categories, but must not exceed five images in total. 5. Each entry must be accompanied by a completed Royal Surrey Charity Digital Photograpy Competition 2021 registration form. 6. Previously taken photographs taken before the commencement date of the competition will be accepted. 7. No single image maybe entered into more than one category. For example you cannot enter the same image for Natural World and Black and White. 8. No entry can contain people. 9. Digital adjustments that maintain the integrity of the image are allowed. 10. It is not permitted to make any major physical change to the image. You may not, for example add or remove plants, objects, animals, landscapes or any parts of animals, plants or landscape. 11. Images submitted need to be 300dpi 12. All entries must be submitted digitally via a file sharing website, such as WeTransfer to [email protected]. Photographs received by post will not be accepted.
Dates The competition opens for entries on Monday 22 February 2021. Expand 13. The competition opens for entries on Monday 22 February 2021. 14. The deadline for submission of entries is midnight on Friday 30 July 2021. 15. Entries received after 30 July 2021 will not be entered in the competition.
Eligibility The Royal Surrey Charity Digital Photography Competition is open to all except employees of Royal Surrey Charity, their partners or immediate family. Expand 16. The Royal Surrey Charity Digital Photography Competition is open to all except employees of Royal Surrey Charity, their partners or immediate family.
Judging Judges will be independently selected by Royal Surrey Charity. Expand 17. Judges will be independently selected by Royal Surrey Charity. 18. The judges will select 12 winning photographs from across the 5 categories and from those 12 winners, 1 will be selected as the overall winner of the competition. 19. The decision of the judges is final and no correspondence will be entered into. 20. The winners will be announced on Tuesday 31 August 2021.
Winners and prizes The winners will be notified and prizes will be awarded. Expand 21. The winners will be notified and prizes will be awarded. 22. Each winner will receive a prestigious place in the Royal Surrey Charity Calendar 2022 as well as a £20 gift voucher. 23. The overall winner of the competition will have their photograph printed as the front cover of the Royal Surrey Charity Calendar 2022, as well as a designated month inside, and they will also receive a photographic session with Zoe Patman, professional photographer and owner of Photography by Zoe. 24. The prizes are non-transferable.
Copyright and usage Entrants remain the copyright holder to any images they submit. Expand 25. Entrants remain the copyright holder to any images they submit. 26. Winning entrants agree to grant the Royal Surrey Charity permission to reproduce, enlarge, publish and exhibit the images for any purpose in any medium, including print and digital. 27. This includes, but is not restricted to; exhibiting, competition calendar, competition book, for use in press and on websites. The Royal Surrey Charity Digital Photography Competition will not use awarded entries outside the scope of the photographic competition. 28. The entrants agree to Royal Surrey Charity having free usage sublicensing of the winning entries. 29. The winners will receive no payment for use of the winning entries. 30. After the winners have been announced all non-winning submitted entries will be deleted. 31. The entrant is responsible for any claim made by a third party against the submission.
Disclaimer The information given in these Terms and Conditions is correct, but Royal Surrey Charity reserves the right to change any of it without prior notice. By entering the competition, entrants will be deemed to have agreed to be bound by these Terms and Conditions. Any breach of these Terms by an entrant will void their entry. Expand 32. The information given in these Terms and Conditions is correct, but Royal Surrey Charity reserves the right to change any of it without prior notice. By entering the competition, entrants will be deemed to have agreed to be bound by these Terms and Conditions. Any breach of these Terms by an entrant will void their entry.
Data protection In entering the Royal Surrey Charity Digital Photography Competition you agree to the Royal Surrey Charity using your details to process your application, only. Expand 33. In entering the Royal Surrey Charity Digital Photography Competition you agree to the Royal Surrey Charity using your details to process your application, only. 34. By entering, you also agree that if selected as a winner of any prize the Royal Surrey Charity may share your details for the purpose of publishing the details of winners (including the winning images) only. 35. The Royal Surrey Charity will not keep details of any of the entrants unless agreed in writing. 36. The Royal Surrey Charity respects your privacy and will never sell your data to any third party.