By submitting your photo's to the competition, you agree to be bound by the following rules:
  1. Photos submitted for the ISO Class Photo Competition 2010 must have the ISO high performance dinghy as it's theme.
  2. Photographs entered can be taken anywhere.
  3. Entrants can submit as many electronic images as they wish.
  4. The file size of the photo's is unlimited, but please note if too small then they will not be easily printable and therefore would lose marks in the voting process.
  5. Images may be digitally enhanced to remove spots or scratches, but not manipulated. Entrants can enhance the picture to make it brighter, clearer etc, but not manipulate the content.
  6. The competition is open to all people - sailors of the ISO or not.
  7. Each entry should be marked with entrants name, address, contact telephone number (both daytime and evening), email address, where & when the photo was taken, and the photographer.
  8. Entries should be sent to: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
  9. The competition closes at midnight on 1st February 2011. Entries received after this date will not be considered.
  10. All photographs will be judged on the following criteria:
    • Composition
    • Technical ability
    • Originality
    • Commercial appeal and usability
  11. The photographs will be judged by the committee members.
  12. The winners will be notified by the 28th February 2011.
  13. The prizes will consist of:
    1st - 2 x RYA 2011 Dinghy Show tickets + Rooster Aquafleece
    2nd - 2 x RYA 2011 Dinghy Show tickets + Rooster Bouyancy Aid
    3rd - 2 x RYA 2011 Dinghy Show tickets + Rooster Beanie & Neck Gaiter

    The prizes are as stated and cannot be deferred or transferred. There will be no cash alternatives.
  14. The winners will be contacted to discuss the handing over of the tickets. The other prizes will need to be collected from the ISO Stand at the Dinghy Show.
  15. The top three photo's will be exhibited at the dinghy show, along with some of the runners up photo's.
  16. If the voting results in a tie, the ISO Class chairman shall have the casting vote. The chairmans' decisions will be final and no correspondence can be entered into.
  17. All entries must be the original work of the entrant and must not infringe the rights of any other party. The entrants must be the sole owner of copyright in all photographs entered and must have obtained permission of any people featured in the entries, or their parents/guardians if children under 16 are featured. Further, entrants must not have breached any laws when taking their photographs.
  18. Prior to submission, entrants must not have offered any of their entries for sale, been paid for any publication of any of their entries, or won or been a runner- up in any other photographic competition with any of their entries.
  19. Entrants will retain copyright in the photographs that they submit to the ISO Class Association. By entering the competition, all entrants grant to the ISO Class Association  the right to publish and exhibit their photographs by use of any media the ISO Class Association deems appropriate. Entrants whose photographs are one of the finalists grant to the ISO Class Association the further rights to publish and exhibit their photographs in print, on their respective websites or in any other media. No fees will be payable for any of the above uses. Entrants whose photographs are one of the finalists also agree to take part in any post-competition publicity. While we make every effort to credit photographers, including in printed reproductions of their work, we cannot guarantee that every broadcast use of the photographs will include the photographers' names.
  20. By entering, entrants will be deemed to have agreed to be bound by these rules and the ISO Class Association reserves the right to exclude any entry from the competition at any time and in its absolute discretion if the ISO Class Association has reason to believe that an entrant has breached these rules.
  21. The ISO Class Association reserves the right to cancel this competition or alter any of the rules at any stage, if deemed necessary in its opinion, and if circumstances arise outside of its control.
  22. If the winner is unable to be contacted after reasonable attempts have been made, the ISO Class Association reserves the right to either offer the prize to a runner-up or to re-offer the prize in any future competition.
  23. This competition is administered by the ISO Class Association.

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