Free Entry for Members! Cash Prizes!
Alwyn Ogborn, our competition organiser, writes:
Welcome to the 2008 Huddersfield Canal Society Photographic Competition.
Open to everyone, with free entry for HCS members, the top prize is £50, with other cash prizes for the various categories.
From the entries, we will select 12, suitably seasonal, prints of the Huddersfield Narrow Canal for publication as a 2010 calendar.
Please encourage all junior members of your family and friends to take an interest in our waterways and submit entries; and remember, the Narrow can look great whatever the time of year!
Don't forget the closing date! now extended to 7th November 2008!
The Rules
The competition is open to everyone - members and non-members alike.
There is no entry fee for memners, but a flat fee of £5 is payable for non-members, irrespective of the number of prints entered.
(Cheques payable to "Huddersfield Canal Society")
Enter prints only, B&W or colour, sized between 6"x4" to 8"x6" max.
Entrants agree their pictures may be used by the Society for promotional purposes.
The Categories
A - Huddersfield Narrow - Senior
B - Huddersfield Narrow - Junior
C - Other UK Waterways - Senior
D - Other UK Waterways - Junior
(Junior is 16 or under)
The Judge
Vincent Brown
Chief Photographer, Oldham Chronicle
The Cash Prizes
Overall Winner - £50
Category Winners - £30
Category Runners-up - £15
The closing Date
Friday 7th November 2007
Send Your Entries To....
(max. 5 prints per category)
Photographic Competition,
Huddersfield Canal Society,
Transhipment Warehouse,
Wool Road, Dobcross,
Oldham. OL3 5QR
Please put your name and address on the back of each photo AND the category for which it is being entered.
Enclose a stamped SAE if you wish the return of your entry.