https://www.eianz.org/events/event/nsw-2023-photo-competition NSW | 2023 Photo Competition
AddThis Sharing Buttons
Share to LinkedIn
Share to FacebookShare to Twitter
We are thrilled to announce our first-ever photo competition, which will honour talented photographers in the EIANZ membership, and beyond, in capturing the beauty and fragility of our environment and of the important role of the environment profession in NSW.
The competition seeks original photographs in any of four environmental categories:
Stunning natural beauty of NSW
Important cultural places/places of significance in NSW
Mitigation/remediation/restoration (e.g. before and after) in NSW
Unsung heroes of the NSW environment profession
Prizes
We are offering prizes for each category winner, as well as a grand prize of $500 for the overall winner. Here’s what you can win:
Overall winner: $500
Category winners (remaining 3 categories): $200 each
Prizes will be paid as pre-paid VISA gift vouchers
Submission Dates
Submissions will be accepted between Monday 1 May and Friday 30 June 2023. Please note that there is a limit of two entries per person overall for any categories, and each photograph must be in JPEG or PNG format and less than 10MB in size. All photographs must be taken in NSW.
Judging
Our panel of judges consists of environmental experts and professional photographers who will evaluate each entry based on uniqueness, creativity, and adherence to the category theme. The winners will be announced at the Annual General Meeting of the EIANZ NSW Division and on social media channels in August 2023.
The competition is open to everyone, especially EIANZ members. We encourage both photographers of any kind (whether amateur or professional) to submit their entries and share their unique perspectives with us.
Submissions will open on Monday 1 May 2023, and will be announced on the EIANZ website, newsletters and social media channels. We're eager to see the stunning entries! Stay tuned and good luck!
Terms and conditions apply. Click here →
NSW Division 2023 Photo Competition | Terms and Conditions
Eligibility
To be eligible, entries must be submitted through the EIANZ website.
The EIANZ NSW Photo Competition is open to any persons, including full members, associate
members, student members, as well as honorary life members and honorary fellow members.
EIANZ employees, members of the judging panel, and their immediate families are ineligible
to enter. EIANZ NSW Committee members can submit images but will not be eligible for a
prize.
There is no age limit on entering. Participants who are under 18 years of age will require
parent or guardian consent.
By entering the Competition, the entrant agrees to be bound by these Terms and Conditions.
EIANZ NSW (“The Promoter”) may disqualify entries and refuse to award prizes to any entrant
that fails to comply with these Terms and Conditions.
Entries must comply with all laws when taking the photograph, and ensure people, animals,
vegetation, property, or land are not harmed or damaged, or enter any area that is closed
to the public.
Entry guidelines
Entries for the 2023 EIANZ NSW Division Photo Competition are open between 1 May 2023
and 5:00pm on 30 June 2023.
Entries must be submitted online by 5:00pm on 30 June 2023. Late entries will not be
accepted. All entries are deemed to be received at the time of receipt by the Promoter,
and not the time of submission by the entrant. The Promoter accepts no responsibility for late,
incomplete, lost, misdirected or incorrectly submitted entries, including delays or entries not
received due to technical disruptions or for any other reasons.
Entries must be made through the online submission form here →
An acknowledgement email will be sent on receipt of each entry to the provided email
address at submission.
Entrants may enter the competition across 4 categories:
• Stunning natural beauty of NSW
• Important cultural places / places of significance of NSW
• Mitigation/remediation/restoration (e.g., before and after) in NSW
• Unsung heroes of the NSW environment profession
There is a limit of 2 entries an individual can submit.
A brief statement of up to 500 characters is required to accompany the submitted imagery,
and could include a title for the artwork, location where it was taken, technical
specifications of the image, inspiration for the image and background/story of the individual
in relation to the location.
Each image must be submitted separately, and individually meet the technical
specifications as follows:
• Each entry must contain one image (a limit of 2 entries per individual)
• Entries must be submitted in high-resolution JPG or PNG file format.
• Entry files should not exceed 10MB. The Promoter reserves the right to request for a
higher original resolution file if the submitted file does not meet the quality
requirements.
• Images must be at least 12 megapixels.
• Entries may be digital images or high-quality scans of print images
• Post-processing of images is permitted (e.g. Photoshop and similar software)
• Only digital files will be accepted as entries into the Competition.
There is no entry fee for this competition.
Each entry must be an original photograph produced entirely by the entrant.
All images entered must have been taken during the 2 years prior to the competition closing
date.
Images submitted must not have been used in any other competition or media.
Images must not plagiarise the work of any other person, or contain any intellectual property,
trademark or copyright material owned whole or in part by a third party or violate any
persons’ right of privacy.
Entries must be taken in accordance will all relevant laws.
The Promoter reserves the right to disqualify any entrants who EIANZ NSW has reason to
believe has breached any of the conditions or engaged in unlawful or other improper
conduct that would jeopardise the fair and proper conduct of the competition.
The Promoter will determine the entry eligibility in its sole and absolute discretion.
Judging and prizes
A panel will be appointed by EIANZ to judge all entries. The judging panel will determine the
winning entries.
An overall winning entry selected from a category winner will receive a prize valued at
AUD$500. The winning entry in the remaining categories will be awarded a prize valued at
AUD$200.
Prizes will be provided as virtual gift vouchers.
Winners will be notified by email within 5 business days of the prize announcement at the
NSW Branch Annual General Meeting in October 2023. Winning entries will be publicized in
the October 2023 edition of the EIANZ NSW newsletter and social media accounts.
Prizes will be sent to the winners electronically within 10 business days of email addresses for
receiving the prizes being confirmed with the winning entrants.
In the event the prize remains unclaimed within two months of the judging date, the
Promoter may award the prize to the next best valid entry.
EIANZ NSW branch committee members are ineligible for monetary prizes, which will be
awarded to the runner up in the relevant category.
All entries will be anonymized before consideration by the judging panel.
Decisions by the judges is deemed final, and no appeals will be considered.
There will be no correspondence between the judges and the entrants throughout this
process.
Copyright and use consent
Entrants must warrant that the images they submit is their own work, that they own the
copyright to the images and do not infringe the copyright of any third party or law.
Entrants must warrant that the consent of persons appearing in the image, including the
consent of parent/guardian for minors, has been obtained.
Entrants are responsible for protecting the images from third parties. The Promoter will not be
liable for any misuse of images.
In submitting entries to the EIANZ NSW Photo Competition, the entrant grants the Promoter
the right to:
• Maintain a copy of the image in its archive.
• Reproduce, resize, adapt and manipulate the image for promotional purpose (the
Promoter will endeavour to ensure the integrity of the original artwork in all
circumstances, but acknowledges that variations to the image may result when
reproducing, adapting or enlarging the image for exhibitions and use as online
material)
• Use, broadcast, distribute, exhibit, publish and disseminate the image as
communication collateral or for promotional and publicity purposes in any form,
including but not limited to newsletters, print and electronic media, television, social
media platforms and the internet, whether in whole or in part.
• Use of the image can be by EIANZ, other organisations in partnership or association
with EIANZ or the media, in relation to activities that promotes the environment
profession
• Display the image in public spaces.
The consent is perpetual, worldwide, non-exclusive, transferrable, sublicensable, irrevocable,
and royalty-free.
The Promoter recognises that the ownership of the image remains with the competition
entrant, and that consent to the use of the image for the purposes in these Terms and
Conditions does not transfer ownership.
The Promoter shall not compensate the entrant or any individual for giving consent or for the
use of the entrant/individual's name, image, or work.
Consent duration
Consent continues unless revoked to the President of EIANZ NSW Division. A consent
revocation does not affect the contractual obligations with the Promoter prior to consent
being revoked.
The revocation of consent will not impact the contractual obligations between the Promoter
and the entrant prior to the revocation of consent.
Force majeure
In the event that circumstances arise which are beyond the control of the Promoter and may
interfere with the proper functioning, security, integrity or fairness of the competition,
including but not limited to computer viruses, tampering, unauthorized intervention, fraud,
technical failures or any other causes, the Promoter reserves the right to cancel, terminate,
modify or suspend the competition at its sole discretion.
The Promoter also reserves the right to disqualify any entry, or individual responsible for
tampering or benefiting from such tampering, which may corrupt or affect the
administration, security, fairness, integrity or proper conduct of the competition.
Data collection and privacy statement
The entrant grants consent to EIANZ to use and retain:
• The entrant’s name
• The entrant’s contact information
• The submitted image and submitted text description
Personal contact information provided during entry to the EIANZ NSW Photo Competition will
only be used for the purposes related to the competition, such as contacting the winners in
this competition. The Promoter will not share the information with other entities, except with
express consent or as required by law.
For more on EIANZ’s general privacy policy, visit
https://www.eianz.org/privacypolicyThe entrant will be credited when the image is used for any of these purposes. Images will be
credit as follows: “Entrant’s name / EIANZ”. Entrants consent to the use of their images in this
way.
The entrant can revoke this consent by notifying EIANZ NSW in writing at
nsw@eianz.orgThe Promoter takes no responsibility for circumstances where it is given misleading
information about the identity or authority of a person to provide consent.
Indemnity and release
Entry into the competition deems acceptance of these terms and conditions.
In the event of any conflict between these Terms and Conditions and any other reference of
this competition, these Terms and Conditions shall take precedence.
EIANZ reserves the right to modify these terms and conditions at any time and to cancel or
amend the competition and/or judging process at any time without notice or further
recourse to the entrants.
Each entrant releases the Promoter, their employees, representatives, contractors from any
liability and indemnifies them to the full extent allowable by law against any personal injury
suffered or sustained in connection with this competition, liability, loss, expenses, and costs
that may arise or be incurred in association with the entrant's entry and participation in the
competition, prize-related activities, and/or use of a prize.
The EIANZ NSW 2023 Photo Competition is conducted, presented and promoted by the
Environment Institute of Australia and New Zealand (ABN 39 364 288 752).
Australian Competitions Club
