Photography competition

**UPDATE – COMPETITION NOW CLOSED: Winners announced here.**

As part of our ongoing efforts to raise the publicity of the pool project, we’d like to invite local photographers to submit photos that capture ‘The Spirit of Tynemouth’, with the winning images to be used in our 2016 calendar. What’s more, we’ll also reproduce the winning images in a special set of postcards that will be used to celebrate and support the redevelopment of Tynemouth Outdoor Pool.

Your brief…

Your brief is to shoot either people or places in the Tynemouth region, and we’ll be looking for the most interesting and original images that really capture the spirit of this unique place.

The final images will be selected by internationally renowned photographer Sirkka-Liisa Konttinen.

Winners will receive full credit on both the calendar and cards, which will be sold via the online shop and tourist information offices as part of the pool’s ongoing fundraising programme. The images will also be featured on the Friends of Tynemouth Pool website and on other publicity and marketing materials.

It’s a fantastic opportunity for local photographers to showcase their work, but remember – you need to submit your images by 30th April 2015.

The email address to submit your images to is: pennyhenryvicenza@hotmail.com

Winners will be announced at the end of May.

And now for the boring bits: Terms & Conditions…

1. This competition is open to residents of the UK, Channel Islands, Isle of Man and Republic of Ireland aged 18 years or over.
2. Entries should be submitted by via email pennyhenryvicenza@hotmail.com
3. Entries must be labeled with the entrant’s name and image files must be at least 300 dpi and large enough to reproduce up to A4 size. Entrants should include their own name, address and telephone number. We regret that we are unable to accept postal entries.
4. All entries must be received by the advertised closing time and date.
5. All images submitted must be the work of the individual submitting them and must not have been published elsewhere or have won a prize in any other photographic competition. It is the responsibility of each entrant to ensure that any images they submit have been taken with the permission of the subject and do not infringe the copyright of any third party or any laws. Entrants must warrant that the photograph they are submitting is their own work and that they own the copyright for it.
6. Copyright in all images submitted for this competition remains with the respective entrants. However, in consideration of their providing the Competition, each entrant grants a worldwide, irrevocable, perpetual license to Friends of Tynemouth Pool to feature any or all of the submitted images in any of their publications, their websites and/or in any promotional material connected to this competition and the ongoing campaign to fundraise for the redevelopment of the swimming pool.
7. Only one entry per person. Late, illegible, incomplete, defaced or corrupt entries will not be accepted. No responsibility can be accepted for lost entries and proof of transmission will not be accepted as proof of receipt. Entries must not be sent through agencies or third parties.
8. The winning entries will be those that are judged to be the most visually appealing, original and self-explanatory. One image will be selected to be featured on the front of the calendar. The winners will be notified by the end of May. (The closing date for the competition is 30 April 2015.)
9. The winners may be required to take part in publicity.
10. The Friends of Tynemouth Pool organisation is responsible for this promotion, which is the publication and adjudication of the competition and reproduction of images in publicity materials.
11. All information detailing how to enter this competition forms part of these terms and conditions. It is a condition of entry that all rules are accepted as final and that the competitor agrees to abide by these rules. The decision of the judges is final and no correspondence will be entered into. Submission of an entry will be taken to mean acceptance of these terms and conditions.