Just submit your photos at bpoty to get a chance to win one of three fantastic Fujifilm cameras!
Prize
FIRST PRIZE: FUJIFILM X-Pro2 PLUS THREE LENSES
SECOND PRIZE: FUJIFILM X100F
THIRD PRIZE: FUJIFILM X-T20 PLUS LENS
How to Win
- Visit the link below
- First create an account by clicking Enter or Login. Next choose the category or categories you want to enter from the list.
Once you’ve chosen and paid for your categories, simply go to My Account and upload your photos. You can enter as many categories as you like.
Duration and More Details
Contest ends: 30 October 2017
Terms and Conditions
1. Who Can Enter
1.1 The Black+White Photographer of the Year Competition (“The Competition”) is open to both UK and overseas readers of Black+White Photography and members of the general public.
1.2 Employees of GMC Publications Ltd (“Promoters”) and their families and the Competition sponsors and their families are not eligible to enter.
1.3 Amateur, student and professional photographers, resident in the UK or abroad, of any age, are eligible to enter.
1.4 Entrants aged under 18 on the closing date must obtain the permission of their parent/guardian to enter. The Promoter reserves the right to request proof of this permission.
2. The Categories
2.1 The three competition categories are: The World Around Us, The World of People and The Creative World.
2.2 The winner of the Black+White Photographer of the Year will be selected from the three category winners.
3. How To Enter
3.1 Entries to all categories must be sent as JPEG files only, and uploaded on the competition website: www.bpoty.com.
3.2 JPEG attachments must be saved at quality level 8 to 10, 300ppi, RGB, and the image must be a maximum of 2100 pixels on the longest side, and a minimum of 1500 pixels on the longest side.
3.3 Ensure you use an easily identifiable file name for each image. Include your first and second name in each file name before you upload the pictures to the website. If submitting multiple images, include numbers accordingly – for example: Joe Blogs 1, Joe Blogs 2 and Joe Blogs 3.
3.4 Go to the competition website, www.bpoty.com, pay the fees for the categories you wish to enter and then upload the images. By uploading images you are agreeing to the terms and conditions of the competition.
3.5 The closing date for entries is midnight on Monday 30th October 2017.
3.6 Entries on behalf of another person will not be accepted and joint submissions are not allowed.
3.7 No responsibility is taken for lost, delayed, misdirected or incomplete entries. Proof of delivery of the entry is not proof of receipt.
4. Entry Fee
4.1 The fee for entry to any category of the competition is £10 for five images. Multiple entries are acceptable, upon payment of relevant entry fees.
4.2 The entry fee is payable on the BPOTY website via PayPal. You do not need to have a PayPal account to use their service; you can simply pay by credit card or debit card on the PayPal site.
5. Copyright and Reproduction
5.1 All images submitted must be the entrant’s own work, must not be copied, must not contain any third party materials including third party trademarks or trade names and/or content that you do not have permission to use. All images submitted must not otherwise be obscene, defamatory or in breach of any applicable UK legislation or regulations. If the Promoter has reason to believe your entry is not the entrant’s own work or otherwise breaches these terms and conditions, then the entrant’s image will not be considered. Images must not previously have won any national or international-level photography competitions. Copyright of all entries remains with the photographer at all times, but the Promoter and the sponsors of the Competition and their associated group companies reserve the right to use, publish and republish entries in connection with the Competition, without payment.
5.2 By entering this Competition the entrant grants permission to the Promoter and sponsors and their associated group companies to reproduce the entrants’ photos in any media (including without limitation on the BPOTY website and in Black+White Photography magazine) whether or not the image is selected as a winning entry of any of the categories, but only in connection with this competition.
5.3 The entrant of a winning entry grants the Promoter and sponsors the right to use their name and town or city of residence for the sole purpose of identifying them as the author of the winning image(s).
5.4 The entrant must be the sole author and owner of copyright.
5.5 It is the responsibility of the entrant to ensure they comply with ownership and copyright requirements.
5.6 It is the responsibility of the entrant to ensure they have the relevant model releases and licences, where required.
5.7 The organisers and sponsors of the Black+White Photographer of the Year Competition reserve the right to free reproduction and publication of entered images, but only in connection with this competition.
6. Judging and Prizes
6.1 Entries will be judged on style, creativity, originality, technical execution and presentation.
6.2 The winners of the Black+White Photographer of the Year Competition will be determined by the judges in accordance with the competition rules.
6.3 The judges’ decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into.
6.4 Judging will take place in November 2017 and the winners will be announced in the February 2018 issue of Black+White Photography magazine (issue 212), which is published on 18 January 2018.
6.5 No correspondence will be entered into prior to notifying the winners and publishing the winning entries.
6.6 The judges reserve the right not to award a prize if the required standard is deemed not to have been reached.
6.7 The prizes are as stated, and where non-cash prizes are offered no alternative is available.
6.8 Prize value is correct at time of going to press. Prizes in the form of products or services are subject to availability. The sponsors of each category have the right to substitute the prize for a similar item of equal or higher value if the stated prize is not available.
6.9 Prizes are subject to the sponsors’ or suppliers’ standard terms and conditions.
7. General
7.1 The Promoter or sponsors or their associated group companies shall not be liable for any loss, damage or injury of any nature howsoever caused, sustained by any entrant under this Competition. However, nothing in these terms and conditions shall have the effect of excluding or restricting liability for personal injury, death, fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation caused by the proven negligence of employees or agents of the Promoter or sponsors or their associated group companies.
7.2 The sponsors or suppliers shall not be liable for any failure to supply the prizes where such failure is caused by any supervening circumstances outside their control which amount to force majeure and which without the fault of either party renders performance impossible or incapable of satisfactory execution.
7.3 The Promoter reserves the right to void, amend, and/or change the rules of the Competition or these terms and conditions at any time without incurring any liability whatsoever.
7.4 Where applicable, any data captured during the course of the promotion will be collated, accessed, processed and stored wholly in accordance with applicable UK Data Protection Laws and Regulations. The Promoter will use reasonable endeavours to ensure no data will be transmitted to, or processed or stored by third party organisations (other than the sponsors or their associated companies in connection with this Competition) or transmitted outside the EEA.
7.5 If entrants do not wish for their contact information to be used for marketing purposes or to enable the Promoter or sponsors to contact them in future regarding similar competitions or sponsors’ promotions, they should contact the Promoter via the contact details on the Competition website.
7.6 Submitting entries to the Black+White Photographer of the Year Competition constitutes acceptance of these terms and conditions.
7.7 Entries that do not comply with these terms and conditions will be rejected.
7.8 These terms and conditions are governed by English law and any dispute in relation to them shall be subject to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the English courts.
More details at bpoty.com
