Photography Competition Terms and Conditions
Competition entry
By entering the competition, you agree to the provisions of these terms and conditions and to comply fully with them.
The competition is open to anyone except those directly involved with the competition and judging.
If you are under the age of 18 you must have permission to enter from your parent or guardian. By submitting an entry for the competition, your parent/carer/guardian is deemed to have given such consent and to agree to the use of the entry as described in these terms and conditions.
The closing date for submissions is midnight 31 May 2021. All submissions received after this time will not be eligible. Please note that sending is not proof of receipt.
The Organisers cannot be held responsible for emails that do not arrive due to the entrant’s email security settings or restrictions placed by their Internet service provider.
Your entry must be submitted digitally by filling in the form on the Dever Society website and emailing your photos to competition@deversociety.org. No other forms of entry will be accepted.
By submitting images to The Dever Society Photography Competition, each entrant confirms and warrants that:
they are the sole author of their entry and that it is their original work;
the image has originated from a location in Hampshire;
they own the copyright and any other intellectual property 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 The Dever Society and will indemnify The Dever Society against any claims made by any third parties in respect of such infringement;
they have not licensed or disposed of any rights in the image that would conflict with uses to be made by The Dever Society; and
they have received any necessary permissions from the owner(s) of objects including buildings included in submitted images for the usage rights required by The Dever Society and will indemnify The Dever Society against any claims made by any third parties in respect of such infringement.
What to enter
Photographs must be jpegs a minimum of 1500 x pixels wide. Entries must not have been a ‘winner’ in any other photographic competition.
Photographs must originate from a location based in Hampshire. One entry in a single category may be entered per applicant. No single image may be entered into more than one of the categories.
An image will be rejected if it appears to have been taken in such a way that wildlife law or animal welfare requirements may have been breached or it has been otherwise taken in an irresponsible way.
All plants must be non-cultivated.
Domestic pets, native or exotic wildlife photographed in zoos, sanctuaries, shows and fairs or similar locations are not eligible for the wildlife category.
The Dever Society reserves the right to remove or refuse any entries from the competition for any reason.
Judging
A panel of Judges will select images based upon technical skill, diversity, originality and creativity of composition. Judging will be made up of selected Dever Society committee members and volunteers. Judges will assess entries to establish category winners, and collectively agree on the overall competition winner from one of the categories. The organisers will select judges from a wide interest pool to ensure objectivity is maintained from year to year.
Digital adjustments are acceptable; however, the way in which any digital enhancement or editing has been used will be taken into account when judging the entry. Cropping is allowed.
The decision of the organisers is final and no correspondence will be entered into concerning the competition’s judging and organisation.
Announcement of winners
Judges will choose the winner and commended photographers from each category. The overall competition winner will have their photograph displayed on The Dever Society’s website, in local publications and on Social Media.
The overall winner and three runners up will be announced in June 2021.
Usage Rights
By entering the competition, you grant The Dever Society a non-exclusive, irrevocable licence to reproduce, enlarge, publish or exhibit, on any media, the images for any purpose to further its aims and objectives. More specifically to use:
· at presentation events;
· on The Dever Society’s website, social media and email communications;
· in local publications and the wider press for the purposes of publicising any photography competition and the promotion of The Dever Society; and
· in conjunction with the sponsors to further promote any photography competition.
The organisers will make every reasonable effort to ensure that name credits are given to any photograph published in any medium.
Data Protection
We will keep your details on our secure database to enable us to use your images (see usage rights) send you information about any of our photography competitions and other information about The Dever Society. We value your support and do not pass on information about you to any group or individual outside The Dever Society.
Indemnity and Limitation of Liability
To the maximum extent permitted by law, The Dever Society excludes its liability for any loss, damage, injury, cost or expense suffered by you, whether directly or indirectly and howsoever caused, in connection with the competition and use of any prize. Nothing in these terms and conditions shall exclude The Dever Society’s liability for death or personal injury arising from The Dever Society’s own negligence or any other liability that cannot, as a matter of law, be excluded.
You agree to indemnify The Dever Society and keep The Dever Society indemnified against any loss, damage, injury, cost or expense suffered by The Dever Society as a result of your entry in the competition, including (but not limited to) any claim of infringement of intellectual property rights made by any third party.
General
The information given in these Terms & Conditions is correct, but The Dever Society 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 & Conditions. Any breach of these Terms by an entrant will void their entry. If a breach has occurred but is discovered after the award of a prize, then the organisers may require the return of that prize.
The Dever Society’s Web Privacy Policy applies to the competition and use of The Dever Society’s Photography Competition website.
You agree that if you are a winner or commended photographer you will take part in and cooperate fully with reasonable publicity and to the use of your name and photograph in such publicity, for example, the publication of photograph(s) with your name in local publications or press coverage.
These Terms and Conditions shall be governed and construed in accordance with English Law and will be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English courts.
Prize Terms and Conditions
Guided Walk and cream tea for four at Blackwood Forest, Forest Holidays.
1. There will be one overall winner, who will be announced by The Dever Society alongside the winners of each category.
2. The prize will be presented in the form of a voucher to the overall winner. The voucher can only be redeemed at Blackwood Forest against a ranger walk and cream tea experience only for a maximum of four spaces. Additional spaces may be booked separately through the forest retreat.
3. No guarantee can be made as to availability of the products on any particular day, booking in advance is essential by calling the Forest Retreat on 01962 774754. Please give at least 2 weeks’ notice, bookings are available on Wednesdays and Sundays only.
4. The equivalent value of the voucher is not transferable to any other activities or food available from the Forest Retreat, Blackwood Forest Cabins.
5. Photocopies or reproductions of the presented voucher will not be accepted.
6. No cash alternative, exchange or refund.
7. The voucher must be redeemed by 8 October 2021. Forest Holidays are unable to extend the voucher date if it has expired.