Competition entry

IMPORTANT

Entry deadlines: The deadline for each competition round is stated next to it, typically midnight the Sunday before the competition night.  These deadlines are final and you will not be able to submit your images after the stated deadline.

Image size:  Please make sure your image is no bigger than 1600px X 1200px (WxH), a full article can be found here on resizing your image.  The site will restrict the size of the file you can upload so if it returns an error please look at the size of your image as a possible cause.

Image Age:  Check that your images are within the correct dates for the competition. If you are not sure then ask the Competitions Secretary.  If an image is ‘out of date’ it will be removed although you will be offered the chance to replace it.

RULES

Club Challenge

1. A maximum of three images can be entered in any single competition with a maximum of two images in either the theme or open category
2. In the event of more than 75 images being submitted in a single competition, only the first two images from any entrant will be judged and scored; the third image not presented may be used by the author in another competition; the third images will be deleted from the section where the member has entered two images’
3. All entries for the OPEN sections of the Challenge Cup rounds must be no older than two years from the 1st September of the relevant year.  For example, images entered in the season 2020-2021 must not be older than 1st September 2018.
4. All entries for the THEMED sections of the Challenge Cup rounds must be no older than the date from which they were announced. For example, entries for the themes for 2020-2021 must not be older than 1st March 2020.
5. The age rule does not apply to any parts of composite images.

Winner on the Night

1. All entries for the OPEN section of these competitions rounds must not be older than two years from the 1st September of the relevant season. For example, images entered in the season 2020-2021 must not be older than 1st September 2018.
2. All entries for any Themed sections of the Winner on the Night must be no older than the date on which they were announced. So, entries for the themes for 2020-2021 must not be older than 1st March 2020.
3. A maximum of three images can be entered in any competition night. Where the event has 2 categories, a maximum of two images can be entered in each category (still 3 entries in total, so you can enter 2 images to one category and 1 image to the other one).

Please note: These competitions are for the clubs members, and therefore only members who have paid their annual membership subscriptions are allowed to enter images in the club competitions.