Competition
Rules
The Scottish Nature Photography Awards is an annual photographic
competition open to professional and amateur photographers.
The Scottish
Nature Photography Awards website is provided by Perspectives (Partners N &
J Irvine) www.perspectivesnet.com Canach Cottage, Slains, Ellon, Aberdeenshire
AB41 8JZ
Eligibility
Entrants
must be at least 18 years of age with the exception of entrants to the Junior
section.
Entrants to the Student section must be full or part-time students
undertaking a further or higher education course with a Photography element.
Entrants
to the Junior section must be under 18 years of age on the closing date of 30th
November 2011. Entry to the Junior category must be with the permission of a Parent
or Guardian and the Parent or Guardian must assume responsibility for the Junior
entrant’s compliance with the rules.
Entries are welcome from around
the world, but all images entered must have been photographed in Scotland.
Images
can be of native, resident or migrant wild species. Wildlife subjects photographed
in a studio setting or a captive environment are not eligible. Specific eligibility
requirements may be detailed in individual category
descriptions, so please check these carefully.
Images that have won an
award, or have been shortlisted/commended, in a nationally promoted competition,
or that have been entered in such a competition where the results are still pending,
are not eligible for entry.
Entry format
Entries
to be submitted online or by post using the forms provided on the website. Images
must be in the format specified in “Competition
FAQs”
Opening and closing dates
The competition will open for entries on 30th April 2011. The closing date is
the 30th November 2011.
Entries
Main
categories (Scottish Nature Photographer of the Year section):
You can
enter any, or all, of the 5 categories. Each category entry automatically includes
1 image entry. You can then enter up to a further 25 images, which you can enter
into one category or spread over any of the other categories you have entered.
Therefore, if you enter all 5 categories and select the 25 extra images option,
you can submit a total of 30 images to the competition.
Student Scottish
Nature Photographer of the Year section:
Entry to this category is limited
to the portfolio of 3 images. Extra images cannot be entered to this category.
Students who would prefer to enter the main categories may do so, but only entrants
to the Student category will compete for the title of "Student Scottish Nature
Photographer of the Year 2011".
Junior Scottish Nature Photographer
of the Year section:
Junior entrants may submit up to 5 images, each of
which may be on any Scottish nature subject.
Scottish Nature Photography
Awards reserves the right to remove any entries from the Competition that it feels
may breach or contravene laws of copyright, public decency or may bring the Competition
or the Competition’s organisers into disrepute. Such entries will be deemed
as void and no refund will be given.
Payments
and refunds
All entries must be accompanied by full payment (debit
or credit card processing via Paypal for online entries, cheque for postal entries)
as detailed in the “Competition FAQs”.
You have the right to cancel within seven days of payment. If you cancel
your entry, your payment will be returned in full and your image(s) deleted. To
request a refund, please complete the contact form, selecting “refund”.
Images
cannot be withdrawn after the closing date unless the organizers are notified
of a permissions problem, in which case the images will be withdrawn on request
of the copyright holder. No refund will be payable on images withdrawn, except
within the seven day period from payment under your right to cancel.
If
you submit fewer images than originally paid for then you will not be entitled
to a refund.
If you feel you are entitled to a refund (other than by invoking
your right to cancel within 7 days), you may request this by contacting us. We
review all refund requests on a case-by-case basis and reserve the right to decline
any refund for any reason.
Judging
A
panel of judges will assess all entries and a shortlist will be drawn up in January
2012. All those on the shortlist will be contacted by email to supply a high-resolution
file (minimum A3 300dpi, or minimum A4 300dpi for the Junior section) for final
judging, along with detailed caption information. Failure to produce a high-resolution
file of the correct size within the designated time period will eliminate an entrant
from the shortlist. The organisers cannot be held responsible for emails that
do not arrive e.g. due to the entrant’s email security settings or restrictions
placed by their Internet service provider. In the event that the high-resolution
file submitted for a shortlisted image does not meet the technical standard required
by the judges, the image may be eliminated from the shortlist. All winners will
be notified in writing. A list of the winners will be published on the Scottish
Nature Photography Awards website.
The Judging Panel’s decision will
be final and no correspondence will be entered into.
Prizes
/ Awards
Prizes will be awarded as follows:
In each of the
5 main categories there will be a Category winner, 2nd place and 3rd place. All
5 category winners will then be judged to select the overall winner, “Scottish
Nature Photographer of the Year”.
In the Student category, there
will be a Category winner - “Student Scottish Nature Photographer of the
Year”, 2nd place and 3rd place.
In the Junior category, there
will be a Category winner - “Junior Scottish Nature Photographer of the
Year”, 2nd place and 3rd place.
Prize information can be found
here and will be updated. We reserve the right
to offer alternative prizes of comparable value. Prizes are not transferable and
no cash equivalent will be available for non-cash prizes. Prizes supplied by 3rd
party sponsors are the responsibility of the sponsors and are subject to their
terms and conditions. The competition organisers cannot be held liable for the
failure of the sponsors to provide a prize.
Copyright
and permissions
The Scottish Nature Photography Awards aims to promote
its Photographic Competition and to provide a platform for promoting the Photographers
who take part. Therefore, we have made provision for license to use images submitted
to the competition for that purpose as detailed below.
By
submitting images to the Scottish Nature Photography Awards, each entrant confirms
that:
· they are the photographer of each entry and that it
is their original work;
· they own the copyright and any rights of
each image;
· they have the permission of anyone pictured in the image
(or, where the image shows any persons under 18, the consent of their parent/guardian)
for the usage rights required by Scottish Nature Photography Awards and will indemnify
Scottish Nature Photography Awards against any claims made by any third parties
in respect of such usage;
· they have not licensed or disposed of any
rights in the image that would conflict with uses to be made by Scottish Nature
Photography Awards;
· they have received any necessary permission from
the owner(s) of buildings included in submitted images for the usage rights required
by Scottish Nature Photography Awards and will indemnify Scottish Nature Photography
Awards against any claims made by any third parties in respect of such usage.
By entering the competition, you grant Scottish Nature Photography
Awards free, non-exclusive usage of the images for the following purposes directly
connected with the competition, until judging is completed.
· on
a secure web browser for judging purposes;
· on the Scottish Nature
Photography Awards website;
· for use in press coverage giving information
about or promoting the competition, exhibition etc.;
By
entering the competition, you grant Scottish Nature Photography Awards a free,
non-exclusive, irrevocable international licence to reproduce, enlarge, publish
or exhibit, on any media, the shortlisted and winning images for any purpose directly
connected with the competition. This may include, but is not limited to:
·
inclusion in a book featuring images;
· display at any exhibitions;
· on the Scottish Nature Photography Awards website;
· for
use in press coverage giving information about or promoting the competition, exhibition
etc.;
· for use as part of the Scottish Nature Photography Awards “Winners
Archive” to promote the competition/exhibition in perpetuity.
·
for use by sponsors and partners in acknowledging/publicising their support of
the competition/exhibition. This usage will be limited to 2 years after the winners
are announced.
Scottish Nature Photography Awards will make
every effort to ensure that name credits are included with images.
Free
usage of any photograph outside of the scope of the competition and exhibition
will not be permitted by Scottish Nature Photography Awards, or any of its partners
or sponsors.
For any use that falls outside the scope of promotion of the
competition, exhibition etc. (as detailed above) royalties will be discussed &
negotiated with the photographer concerned.
Entrants retain the copyright
to images submitted.
Entrants agree to take part in competition and exhibition
publicity if required.
PRIVACY
You
will be asked for personal data if you choose to submit entries to the Competition.
Please see our Privacy Policy for further information
on how this information will be protected.
GOVERNING
LAW
These Terms and the relationship between you and us shall be
governed by the law in Scotland. Any dispute may be decided by the Scottish courts
or those of any other part of the United Kingdom.
LIABILITY
& WEBSITE TERMS
Our full website terms and conditions can be
viewed here
Entry to the competition constitutes
acceptance of the website Terms & Conditions and Rules of the competition.
By
entering the competition, you indemnify the Scottish Nature Photography Awards,
partners and sponsors against any third party claim in respect of your entry.
Scottish Nature Photography Awards bears no responsibility for any loss
or damage, however arising, as a result of your entry to the competition.
Any
breach of the competition Rules by you will invalidate your entry. If a breach
has occurred that is discovered after the award of a prize, we might require the
return of that prize.
We reserve the right to amend the Rules and in that
event, to detail the amendments on the website. If you do not agree to any changes
to the Rules, you may withdraw from the Competition.
FURTHER
INFORMATION
If you have any queries or complaints please contact
us at the postal or email address given in the
Contact
Us page on the Site.
Thank you,
scottishnaturephotographyawards.com
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