This is your opportunity to showcase your work and be in the running for...
$ 3,500 in Prize Money!
Entry is open to all amateur and semi-professional photographers. (A semi-professional is deemed to be one who earns less than 1/3 of their total income from photography.)
So get cracking. Set yourself a challenge and take some photos, or go and find up to four of your greatest images:
- Register using the online blue button above or download a Registration form and
- Read the Details of the Competition carefully.
Details of the Rotary Photo Competition
Important Dates
March 1st 2021 - Entries will OPEN
April 30th 2021 - Entries will CLOSE and all photos delivered to Wollundry Rotary
May 7th 2021 - Photos displayed to the Public in a gala cocktail party with winners announced
Who is eligible to enter
- Entry is available to all amateur and semi-professional photographers. A semi -professional is deemed to be one who earns less than 1/3 of their total income from photography.
- All entries must be your own work
Entry Fees
- Entry fees are $10 per photo with a maximum of 4...one in each of the 4 categories (Landscape, Portrait, Creative or General).
- You may wish to sell your photo during the exhibition. If you do, please provide a (1) category and (2)sell price…as outlined below under the heading “Mounting, Identifying and Mailing your Photos”
- Wollundry Rotary will retain 20% of all sales to be distributed to local charities.
- Unsold entries will be returned by mail after the contest if $5.00 postage per photo is paid with registration.
- If photos are sold, the $5.00 per photo will be refunded. If you live locally, photos can be claimed during the last hour of the exhibition by registered owners who provide valid photo identification. (drivers licence)
Types of Registrations and Payments
Registrations can be submitted on either:
- The Electronic online form with payments made with Credit cards
- The Downloaded manual registration form with payments made by Direct deposit.
Entry Categories
The Categories are:
- Landscape: a photo of any of the following scenes: outdoors, rural, city, mountains or ocean. We are not referring to the (Landscape/Portrait) orientation setting on a printer.
- Portrait: a photo of a person or a pet. Again, we are not referring to the “Portrait/Landscape” orientation setting on a printer.
- Creative: a photo by someone thinking outside the box with their camera.
- General: any photo not falling into the above categories
- Limit of four (4) entries per entrant (1 in each category)
PRIZE MONEY IN EACH CATEGORY
1st Prize - $500
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2nd Prize - $200
3rd Prize - $50
Best in Show...$ 500
Proudly supported by
Wagga Caravan Centre and your local NRMA
MOUNTING, IDENTIFYING AND MAILING YOUR PHOTOS
- All entries to be firmly fixed to a hard card 8 inches by 12 inches or A4. Anything outside this size will be disqualified and not shown. You may show an image of any smaller size, but it must be
mounted on the above sized card. - All entries are required to attach identification to the back of each photo. This is the Registration form emailed to online registrants, (a blue line on top) …(see example at right).
- Or a photocopy of the completed downloaded registration form if you registered off line.
- In addition, please handprint (in the upper right hand corner of the registration form) (1) category, and if you wish to sell your photo, (2)sell price … with a circle drawn around the two items.
- You may Post your photos to: Rotary Photo Competition, PO Box 229, Wagga Wagga 2650
- You may Deliver your photos to: David Benn Insurance Agency, 33 Fitzmaurice Street, Wagga Wagga 2650
