The Competition
The prestigious competition is open to everyone, amateurs and professionals alike. Closing date is 30 November 2010. Entries are welcome from any country in the world. There are no restrictions on the type of camera you use, or the techniques you use to produce your final image. The competition accepts entries for the following categories-
- Plant Portraits
- Garden Views
- Wildlife in the Garden
- People in the Garden
- The Edible garden
- Trees
There are also four seasonal competiton which all feed into the main competition. Seasonal competitions are based on specific themes.
Deadlines for these are as follows:
Winter Beauty: until 28 February
Spring into Life: 1 March - 31 May
Insect Beauties: 1 June - 31 August
Autumn Shapes: 1 September - 30 November
Uniquely among major photographic competitions, all entrants can receive professional feedback on their entries - after the judging of the competition is completed and on request.
For further information please visit the competition website.
Complies with the Bill of Rights
This competition meets all the standards set out in
the Bill of Rights For Artists
Competitions which comply with the conditions set out in the Bill of Rights For Artists do not -
- claim copyright
- seek waiving of moral rights
- fail to give a credit for all free usage
- add, alter, or remove metadata from digital images
- seek usage rights other than for solely and exclusively promoting the contest. Note that a book, posters, cards, or a calendar are seen as legitimate ways of promoting the contest and defraying costs
- seek free usage rights in excess of 3 years
- use the images commercially without the photographers agreement, and such commercial usage is to be rights managed and limited to 3 years.
- make it a condition of winning that an entrant must sign a commercial usage agreement
- fail to publish all documents on the competition website that an entrant may have to sign
- fail to name the judges for this or last year's competition
- fail to explicitly state all the organisations who will acquire rights to the images
- set a closing date more than 18 months after the contest launch date
- fail to make clear statements of rights claimed and how images are used
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