Rules of Entry
- You may only enter one photograph (“Your Entry”) into the competition.
- You are the sole author of the entry and it is your original work.
- Your Entry must be in landscape format, no smaller than 3032x2008 pixels.
- Your Entry must be received before midnight on 28 February 2025 (“the Closing Date”).
- You confirm that you will not submit Your Entry into any other photographic competition for at least 2 years after the Closing Date.
- You confirm that Your Entry has not been published elsewhere (excluding social media) or have won a prize in any other photographic competition previously.
- You confirm that Your Entry does not infringe the rights of any other person.
- Entries generated by Artificial Intelligence will not be considered. The use of Artificial Intelligence in manipulating photos is also disallowed.
- All Entrants retain full responsibility for obtaining any permissions needed to display the content of their Entry in the Competition. This includes abiding by national law, seeking permissions for accessing land on which the photograph was taken and the rights to any and all faces or persons featured in the Entry. The Admin accepts no responsibility for those Entrants that fail to comply with this section [9]
- Your Entry should not contain anything that is defamatory, obscene, unlawful, offensive or otherwise unsuitable
- The Entrant must obtain the permission of any person featured as subjects in the entries, who are clearly identifiable in the image, for the image to be used in accordance with these terms and will indemnify Trinity House against any claims made by any third parties in respect of such infringemen
- You confirm that you have sole and exclusive ownership of Your Entry and the Entry does not infringe on the copyright of any other entry.
- Trinity House acknowledges that you will remain owner of the copyright in Your Entry and will endeavour to give you credit. You agree that failure to give credit due to error or oversight shall not constitute a breach of this condition or right of any action or recompense against Trinity House.
- If Your Entry is one of the selected winning photographs you agree to grant Trinity House a perpetual non-exclusive, royalty free licence to reproduce, publish and exhibit Your Entry in the Trinity House Lighthouse Calendar 2026 and on the Trinity House website and in official literature and publications.
- Trinity House will appoint a panel of judges to select the 12 winning photographs. The decision of the judges will be final.
- Trinity House will arrange a public vote via its website to choose the overall winning photograph (“the Overall Winner”) from the 12 chosen by the panel of judges.
- If Your Entry is the Overall Winner your prize will be a £100 Amazon voucher*. No cash equivalent will be offered.
- Trinity House regrets that it is not possible for persons under the age of 16 years to accept the prize.
- With regret, it will not be possible to return Your Entry once submitted.
- Trinity House reserves the right to amend, suspend, curtail or cancel this competition at any time at its absolute discretion.
- Trinity House takes your privacy seriously. For further information as to how Trinity House processes your personal data in connection with this competition please see Trinity House’s Data Protection Privacy Notice at https://www.trinityhouse.co.uk/asset/3751
- By completing the entry form and submitting Your Entry you are confirming that you have understood and agree to be bound by the rules of this competition.
- Trinity House reserves the right not to publish any or all of the 12 winning photographs at all.
- No correspondence will be entered into in this regard.
- The rules of this competition are subject to the laws of England and Wales.
Further details concerning the competition can be found by contacting:
The Corporation of Trinity House, Commercial Department, Trinity House, The Quay, Harwich, Essex, CO12 3JW
Tel: 01255 245156, E‐Mail: commercial@trinityhouse.co.uk
* Amazon E-Gift cards are subject to their own terms and conditions (available on www.amazon.co.uk/gc-legal).
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