Photo Competition Rules

 

SOUTH PENNINES RAIL PARTNERSHIP’S

 

COMMUNITY RAIL WEEKEND PHOTOGRAPHIC COMPETITION

 

RULES AND CONDITIONS OF ENTRY

 

Eligibility to enter

 

The competition is open to professional and amateur photographers without distinction. Any photographs entered must be the entrant’s own work and must not have been manipulated electronically other than for cropping, resizing, colour, brightness and contrast. Any persons wishing to enter the first two categories must still be within the age range of the category at the closing date of the competition. It is the responsibility of each entrant to ensure that any images they submit have been taken with the permission of the subject and do not infringe the copyright of any third party or any laws.

 

Closing date

 

The closing date for the competition is Friday 30^th May 2008. Any entries received after this date will not be considered for the competition.

 

Cost of entry

 

Entry to the competition is free, excepting for cost of submission, and for this reason the South Pennines Rail Partnership (The Partnership) will not be able to return any photographs.

 

Number of entries permitted

 

Each entrant can submit up to a maximum of five photographs.

 

Copyright and other intellectual property rights

 

At no stage in this competition, nor subsequent to it shall The Partnership, or any sponsor, lay claim

 

whatsoever to the ownership of copyright or other intellectual property rights in the images entered into the

 

competition. The Partnership does however reserve the right to use the images and where images are used and will print a credit to the photographer.

 

Submission of entries

 

The preferred method of submission is by email attachment in jpeg format to the following address

 

Rowena@southpenninesrail.co.uk. However entries may be made by post enclosing either a CD ROM with

 

burned images, or printed versions of the photograph(s). Negatives, transparencies or any other format, that require further development will not be considered. Postal entries should be sent to: Rowena Chantler, Community Rail Partnership Officer, South Pennines Rail Partnership, The Rail and River Centre, 15a

New Street

, Slaithwaite, Huddersfield HD7 5AB. Images can be in colour or black & white and all will be given equal consideration. Due to the possible small file size of images recorded on mobile telephones it is preferable that submissions are not made using this format.

 

The judging

 

All the judges are appointed by The Partnership, which reserves the right to change any judge without notice.

 

The decision of the judges will be final and no correspondence will be entered into. Any entrant seeking to communicate directly with a judge on any matter whatsoever concerning the competition will be disqualified from the competition.

 

Image rights and reproduction

 

By entering the competition, the short-listed, runner up and winners of each category authorises the use without additional compensation, of the images for promotional and/or advertising purposes in any manner and in any medium (without limitation) which The Partnership deems appropriate, not withstanding the copyright and other intellectual property rights as mentioned above.