Heritage Lincolnshire Photography Competition
Terms and Conditions:
- THE COMPETITION
1.1 The Heritage Lincolnshire Photo Competition (the Competition) is being run by Heritage Lincolnshire (we/us), a registered charity, whose registered office is The Old School, Cameron Street, Heckington, Lincolnshire, NG34 9RW.
1.2 The Competition is open to everyone (you). If a child under the age of 18 on the closing date wishes to enter they must have the consent of a parent or guardian above the age of 18. 1.3 All entries (Your Image) must be emailed to photocomp@heritagelincolnshire.org and accompanied by an entry form.
1.4 You can use any type of camera to create Your Image and the minimum size required is 3000 x 2000 pixels. It is recommended that you use the highest image quality setting your camera can achieve. Images must be in jpg format.
1.5 Only one image per person will be accepted and only 1 prize awarded per person.
1.6 The closing date for entries is 23:59 on 30th September. Entries received after this date will not be included in the competition.
1.7 If you are aged under 18 on the closing date, you must have your parent’s permission to enter this competition. By entering this competition we will assume your parent’s permission has been given.
1.8 We reserve the right to verify the eligibility of all entrants.
- ENTRY FEES
2.1 Entry to the competition is free
- ENTRY THEME
3.1 Your entry should feature a historic site, building or landscape in the ceremonial county of Lincolnshire alongside the year’s theme.
- WINNING AND RUNNER UP ENTRIES
The entries to the competition will be judged as follows:
4.1 The ‘overall winner’ will be the person whose image is judged as the best submitted image.
4.2 The ‘runners up’ of the competition will be the persons whose images are judged as the best runner up images after the overall winner.
- JUDGING
5.1 The overall winner and runners up will be selected by a panel of judges after the closing date. All winners and runners up will be notified by email after the judging panel has made its decision and awarded their prize.
5.2 The decision of the judging panel is final and correspondence will be entered into. We reserve the right to not consider an entry for whatever reason and remove it from the competition.
- COPIES
6.1 Please ensure that you keep copies of submitted images. We cannot be held responsible for the safe storage and backup of entries you submit to the competition, including Acts of God which may cause the images to be destroyed or damaged.
- PRIZES
7.1 The overall winner will receive:
An A3 foam board of your photo
Photo featured on the front cover and month page in Heritage Lincolnshire's 2020 calendar
Prizes are subject to change and extra prizes may be added.
7.2 The runners up will receive:
Photo featured in Heritage Lincolnshire's 2020 calendar
A copy of the 2020 calendar
Prizes are subject to change and extra prizes may be added.
7.3 We reserve the right to substitute a prize with something of equal value as necessary. There is no cash alternative and none of the prizes are transferable.
- COPYRIGHT LICENCE, USAGE AND PERMISSIONS
By entering the competition you agree:
8.1 To grant Heritage Lincolnshire free of any charge, an unrestricted and unlimited non-exclusive licence to display, use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, create derivative works from, distribute, sub-licence and/or sell the image.
8.2 Heritage Lincolnshire can make the image available to Heritage Lincolnshire staff, including volunteers or contracted staff, the public, corporate partners, funders and/or third party organisations working with Heritage Lincolnshire in whole or any part via an electronic storage or retrieval system such as a photo library or archive now in existence or invented after this date or by means of electronic or data transmission (i.e. email).
8.3 Heritage Lincolnshire can use the image in connection with Heritage Lincolnshire’s various activities such as but not limited to Heritage Lincolnshire publications, presentations, talk/event material, websites or marketing materials, products, national/local press for publicity, promotion and/or campaign purposes.
8.4 The image is your own original work, that you have the right to give Heritage Lincolnshire a licence to use it in the ways set out above and that you have the permission of people who feature in the image you submit to this competition. If those people are under 18 you have the permission of their parent or guardian.
8.5 Not to hold Heritage Lincolnshire liable for any damage caused by the use or inability to use the image and from any claims concerning the use of the image that have been breached by you.
8.6 The image does not contain computer damaged material, such as virus and the like and understand that Heritage Lincolnshire cannot provide insurance or financial cover in any event for loss or damage of the image. Heritage Lincolnshire:
8.7 Agrees that it will not use the image without appropriate acknowledgement to you, the photographer.
8.8 Will not accept an image that infringes on any trademark, copyright, trade secret, right of privacy, patents, right to publicity or any other applicable law or right.
- DELETION OF IMAGES
9.1 You can withdraw your image from the competition at any time up to the closing date. After that date, should you want to withdraw your entry you must contact us by email at photocomp@heritagelincolnshire.org, using the email address you used to register, providing your full name and quoting the image title and ID number of the image you wish to withdraw.
- PUBLICITY
10.1 The winners and runners up agree to take part in post-competition publicity with Heritage Lincolnshire and we reserve the right to use their names in any publicity.
- CHANGES TO THE RULES
11.1 We reserve the right at our absolute discretion to change the rules of the competition while it is running if it appears to us that it would be equitable or desirable to do so. We will publish the amended version with a last updated date on the document and/or the website. It is your responsibility to check regularly to make sure you are aware of any updated information. If you do not agree to any changes to these rules, then your only remedy is to withdraw from the competition.
- BREACH OF THE RULES
12.1 Any breach of these rules by you will void your entry if a breach has occurred, but is discovered after the award of a prize, we may require the return of that prize.
- GOVERNING LAW
13.1 This contract shall be construed according to and governed by English Law and the parties hereby submit to the jurisdiction of the English courts.
Last amended November 2021
