2008 Independent on Sunday/Insight Guide photography competition: Terms and conditions

1st prize: Commission from the publisher of the Insight Guides to photograph a travel destination selected by the publisher, worth approximately £3,000. The resulting photographs may be selected for inclusion in an Insight Guide but the selection and inclusion shall be at the sole discretion of the publisher.

2nd prize: £1,000 of photographic equipment or vouchers.

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3rd prize: Photographic equipment or vouchers worth £500. No cash alternative to be made. Independent News and Media Limited will not be liable in any way should circumstances beyond its reasonable control prevent a prize from being taken up by a winner or interfere with a winner's enjoyment of the prize. The theme of the 2008 competition is, broadly, "water".

Entry and eligibility: a) the competition is open to amateur and professional photographers alike apart from employees of APA Publications and INM, their agents or members of their families. Entrants must be aged 18 or over at the date entries are submitted and must be normally resident in the UK, the Isle of Man or the Channel Islands; b) by entering the competition, entrants agree to these terms and conditions: i) all photographs submitted must have been taken since 1 January 2008; ii) all entries must be received by Friday 12 September 2008; iii) all entries must be sent to Photography Prize, APA Publications, 58 Borough High Street, London SE1 1XF or emailed to photocontest@insightguides.co.uk; iv) postal entries must bear the correct postage. They are invalid if they arrive any later than the first post on the closing date, emails must arrive by midnight on the closing date; v) proof of posting or emailing will not constitute proof of delivery and no responsibility will be accepted for lost, damaged, illegible, delayed or mislaid entries; vi) each entrant should submit three different images on the nominated theme; the prints must be colour, size 10x8 inches maximum, emailed images must be colour, high-resolution jpegs of a minimum 3MB at 300dpi and a maximum of 15MB at 300dpi. Only unmanipulated prints and images will be accepted. Each print or digital entry must be clearly labelled with the entrant's name, address, phone number, email address and date of birth; vii) images submitted should not be entered for any other photography competition; viii) prints submitted for the competition will not be returned, so no original prints or irreplaceable images should be sent in; ix) entrants must own the copyright in all entries and by entering this competition entrants warrant that their entries do not infringe the rights of any third party; x) no purchase is necessary; xi) INM's competition rules apply, see independent.co.uk/legal.

Use of materials: a) All entries, however submitted, shall become the property of INM and will not be returned. By entering this competition entrants agree that should they win or be a runner-up they are deemed to have agreed to grant to INM a non-exclusive licence to publish the winning entries online and in print.

b) For the avoidance of doubt, entrants agree that the publisher, and INM as the copyright owner, shall have the right, but not the obligation, to exhibit and reproduce, and authorise others to reproduce, the winning entries for all publicity and promotional purposes connected to the competition, including exhibitions and calendars.

c) The publisher and INM shall try to ensure that all material used is credited with the entrant's name.

Adjudication: a) The winner will be chosen by the panel of judges led by Peter Noble, a former trustee of The Royal Photographic Society.

b) The prizewinners will be notified by post, email or telephone after the closing date, not later than 10 October 2008. The publisher and INM reserve the right to publish the names of the winners.

c) The final placings will be announced in the travel section of 'The Independent on Sunday' and prizes will be presented at an event held on 29 October 2008 at Stanfords bookshop in London.

d) No correspondence will be entered into. No purchase is necessary. No cash or other alternative to the prizes will be available. The decision of the judges shall be final. INM's competition rules apply, see independent.co.uk/legal.

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