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Abingdon4Education Photographic Competition




Entries are invited that express the theme in its widest sense through, for example, images of summer term activities or family holidays, from landscapes to still-life; through a figurative response or one that focuses on a more abstract interpretation. Whatever the subject, the judges will be looking for visually engaging images that portray the essential characteristics of summer through the eyes of young people.

Theme:   ‘Here comes summer’

 Rules:

1. Entry to this competition is free and open to all pupils of:


  • Abingdon School      
    Contact: James Nairne      
    E-mail: james.nairne@abingdon.org.uk

  • Abingdon Preparatory School      
    Contact: Jaany Ravenscroft    
    E-mail: jaany.ravenscroft@abingdonprep.org.uk

  • The Manor Preparatory School      
    Contact: Karen Copson      
    E-mail: kcopson@manorprep.org

  • St Helen and St Katharine      
    Contact: Paul Burnett      
    E-mail: pburnett@shsk.org.uk 

2. The competition will be judged in four age groups:

School Years 1 – 4;      School Years 5 – 7;      School Years 8 –10;      School Years 11 -13

Entry to an age group will be based on the school year of the entrant on 1st May 2008

3. No more than 3 photographs per entrant may be submitted.
Photographs must be the original work of the entrant and must have been taken between 1st May and 31st August 2008.

4. Entries may be in colour or monochrome and must be submitted as JPEG files. Film based images should be printed and scanned to a high resolution JPEG file.

5. Entries must be submitted to the contact shown above at the pupil’s school, from where they will be collated and sent to the organiser for judging.
The closing date for submission is Friday 26th September 2008.

6. All entries into the competition must be suitable for publication on websites and in exhibitions and therefore appropriate for a general audience. The organiser reserves the right to reject any photograph(s) on the grounds of illegality, infringement of any third party rights, the subject matter being offensive or contrary to standards of taste and decency, or on any other ground that it may from time to time consider appropriate.

7. All entries must be accompanied by an entry form, which in the case of entrants under the age of 16 must also be signed by a parent, guardian or teacher.

8. All photographs must be legally obtained with permission if appropriate. If photographs feature identifiable children under the age of 16, it is the responsibility of the entrant to gain permission to submit the photographs to the competition from the parents/guardians of the children concerned.

9. Images may be optimised using software, for example, cropping, adjusting levels, contrast and sharpness etc. but the judges reserve the right to exclude any image they believe may have been excessively manipulated.

10. The judges' decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into.  


A printable copy of the rules and an entry form may be downloaded here