Photography Competition | Full Terms and Conditions
The competition
1. The theme is “Why I enjoy living in 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 in North Somerset and must be your own work.
6. Entries can be submitted from Monday 1st August
7. The closing date for submissions is 5pm on Friday 9th 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 ARTPORT 22Portishead Arts festival website.
Entry details
10. Entries should be sent as an e-mail attachment in jpeg format to pafphotocomp@gmail.com. (Printedsubmissions 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 24th September 2022 to be eligible for this category).
14. An entry fee of £2.50 per photograph (£6.00 for an entry of 3 photographs), to cover administration and photographic printing costs, will be charged. This can be paid at Nortech Computers, 10 High Street, Portishead, Bristol. BS20 6EW – the entry form can be downloaded from www.portisheadartsfestival.orgForms will also be available at Nortech Computers.
Further Information
15. Submissions can be in colour or black and white.
16. The theme “Why I enjoy living in 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. Entrants will be able to collect their printed photographs from Somerset Hall by arrangement after the conclusion of the festival.
19. 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.
20. 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.
21. There are no cash substitutes for the prizes/certificates that will be awarded.
22. By entering the competition, you are accepting that ARTPORT 22 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).
23. 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 “Why I enjoy living in 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 in North Somerset and must be your own work.
6. Entries can be submitted from Monday 1st August
7. The closing date for submissions is 5pm on Friday 9th 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 ARTPORT 22Portishead Arts festival website.
Entry details
10. Entries should be sent as an e-mail attachment in jpeg format to pafphotocomp@gmail.com. (Printedsubmissions 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 24th September 2022 to be eligible for this category).
14. An entry fee of £2.50 per photograph (£6.00 for an entry of 3 photographs), to cover administration and photographic printing costs, will be charged. This can be paid at Nortech Computers, 10 High Street, Portishead, Bristol. BS20 6EW – the entry form can be downloaded from www.portisheadartsfestival.orgForms will also be available at Nortech Computers.
Further Information
15. Submissions can be in colour or black and white.
16. The theme “Why I enjoy living in 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. Entrants will be able to collect their printed photographs from Somerset Hall by arrangement after the conclusion of the festival.
19. 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.
20. 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.
21. There are no cash substitutes for the prizes/certificates that will be awarded.
22. By entering the competition, you are accepting that ARTPORT 22 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).
23. 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.
