ARTPORT Photography Competition 2023 | Full Terms and Conditions
The competition
1. The theme is “BS20”.
2. You can submit up to three photographs.
3. Only residents of the BS20 postcode area are eligible to enter;
4. The competition is open to amateur photographers only (defined as those who do not sell their photographs as part of a business or for personal gain). Persons involved with the organisation of the festival are NOT eligible to enter.
5. The pictures must have been taken within the BS20 area and must be your own work.
6. Entries can be submitted from Tuesday 1st August
7. The closing date for submissions is 5pm on Thursday 14th September with the results to be displayed at the festival.
8. There are two categories: adult and under 18.
9. Prizes and certificates will be awarded for both categories. Details are published on the Portishead Arts Festival website.
Entry details
10. Entries should be sent as an e-mail attachment in jpeg format to pafphotocomp@gmail.com. (Printed submissions cannot be accepted).
11. Your name, contact details and postcode must be included in the e-mail.
12. Label or rename your photograph file(s) with your name and the number of the entry i.e. Jo Bloggs01, Jo Bloggs02 etc;
13. For those entering the under 18 competition please specify your age together with your name and contact details (you should be under 18 as at 23th September 2023 to be eligible for this category).
In the under 18 category, there will be free entry for the first 10 photographs entered after that the fee will be £1 per photograph (these will be printed to A4 size on ink jet printers).
14. An entry fee of £2.50 per photograph (£6.00 for an entry of 3 photographs), to cover the professional photographic printing costs, will be charged. This can be paid either: (i) at Nortech Computers, 10 High Street, Portishead, Bristol. BS20 6EW – the entry form can be downloaded from www.portisheadartsfestival.org Forms will also be available at Nortech Computers; or (ii) or by using PayPal. On the PayPal Home page, press the SEND button and type in alan.harrison@bristol.ac.uk and then put your name and pafphotocomp in the “What’s this payment for” box. The online entry form also needs to be completed.
Further Information
15. Submissions can be in colour or black and white.
16. The theme “BS20” can be broadly interpreted.
17. Your files will be printed to 12x8 inch size for display and will therefore need to be at least 1.5MB in size (3500 x 2400 pixels or larger). To ensure standardisation of the entries, the photographs will be professionally printed using the Kodak Express system at Nortech Computers (Portishead).
18. As this is a photography competition all entries should be photographs that have been taken with a conventional digital camera or phone. The use of AI (Artificial Intelligence) or “Generative Fill” features of websites or software to create or modify images is not allowed. It is however acceptable to edit photos using image editing software (such as photoshop) for editing to remove distractions, or for the adjustment of exposure, colour, tone, etc. Note that if it is suspected that any entries make use of AI the person entering the picture may at the discretion of the judges be given the opportunity to prove otherwise (for example by sharing a RAW file).
19. Entrants will be able to collect their printed photographs from Somerset Hall by arrangement after the conclusion of the festival.
20. It would be preferred that photographs do not contain any images of under 18’s unless the entry is accompanied with a written statement, by the parents/guardians/carers, giving permission to publish and publicly display the photograph.
21. Photographs that are not deemed suitable for public display will not be printed or displayed at the festival. Entry fees are non-refundable so it is your own responsibility to ensure that they do not portray anything unsuitable for public display. This includes, but is not exclusively limited to, explicit, obscene, racist, homophobic or violent images.
22. There are no cash substitutes for the prizes/certificates that will be awarded.
23. By entering the competition, you are accepting that ARTPORT 23 may use any of the photographs that have been submitted either online or in printed publications or for marketing purposes. You retain all copyright. The images used in this way will be credited/attributed to the photographer(s).
24. No discussion or correspondence will be entered into regarding the competition or any of the entries with/by any of the organisers/administrators/judges of the Festival.
1. The theme is “BS20”.
2. You can submit up to three photographs.
3. Only residents of the BS20 postcode area are eligible to enter;
4. The competition is open to amateur photographers only (defined as those who do not sell their photographs as part of a business or for personal gain). Persons involved with the organisation of the festival are NOT eligible to enter.
5. The pictures must have been taken within the BS20 area and must be your own work.
6. Entries can be submitted from Tuesday 1st August
7. The closing date for submissions is 5pm on Thursday 14th September with the results to be displayed at the festival.
8. There are two categories: adult and under 18.
9. Prizes and certificates will be awarded for both categories. Details are published on the Portishead Arts Festival website.
Entry details
10. Entries should be sent as an e-mail attachment in jpeg format to pafphotocomp@gmail.com. (Printed submissions cannot be accepted).
11. Your name, contact details and postcode must be included in the e-mail.
12. Label or rename your photograph file(s) with your name and the number of the entry i.e. Jo Bloggs01, Jo Bloggs02 etc;
13. For those entering the under 18 competition please specify your age together with your name and contact details (you should be under 18 as at 23th September 2023 to be eligible for this category).
In the under 18 category, there will be free entry for the first 10 photographs entered after that the fee will be £1 per photograph (these will be printed to A4 size on ink jet printers).
14. An entry fee of £2.50 per photograph (£6.00 for an entry of 3 photographs), to cover the professional photographic printing costs, will be charged. This can be paid either: (i) at Nortech Computers, 10 High Street, Portishead, Bristol. BS20 6EW – the entry form can be downloaded from www.portisheadartsfestival.org Forms will also be available at Nortech Computers; or (ii) or by using PayPal. On the PayPal Home page, press the SEND button and type in alan.harrison@bristol.ac.uk and then put your name and pafphotocomp in the “What’s this payment for” box. The online entry form also needs to be completed.
Further Information
15. Submissions can be in colour or black and white.
16. The theme “BS20” can be broadly interpreted.
17. Your files will be printed to 12x8 inch size for display and will therefore need to be at least 1.5MB in size (3500 x 2400 pixels or larger). To ensure standardisation of the entries, the photographs will be professionally printed using the Kodak Express system at Nortech Computers (Portishead).
18. As this is a photography competition all entries should be photographs that have been taken with a conventional digital camera or phone. The use of AI (Artificial Intelligence) or “Generative Fill” features of websites or software to create or modify images is not allowed. It is however acceptable to edit photos using image editing software (such as photoshop) for editing to remove distractions, or for the adjustment of exposure, colour, tone, etc. Note that if it is suspected that any entries make use of AI the person entering the picture may at the discretion of the judges be given the opportunity to prove otherwise (for example by sharing a RAW file).
19. Entrants will be able to collect their printed photographs from Somerset Hall by arrangement after the conclusion of the festival.
20. It would be preferred that photographs do not contain any images of under 18’s unless the entry is accompanied with a written statement, by the parents/guardians/carers, giving permission to publish and publicly display the photograph.
21. Photographs that are not deemed suitable for public display will not be printed or displayed at the festival. Entry fees are non-refundable so it is your own responsibility to ensure that they do not portray anything unsuitable for public display. This includes, but is not exclusively limited to, explicit, obscene, racist, homophobic or violent images.
22. There are no cash substitutes for the prizes/certificates that will be awarded.
23. By entering the competition, you are accepting that ARTPORT 23 may use any of the photographs that have been submitted either online or in printed publications or for marketing purposes. You retain all copyright. The images used in this way will be credited/attributed to the photographer(s).
24. No discussion or correspondence will be entered into regarding the competition or any of the entries with/by any of the organisers/administrators/judges of the Festival.
