Entry Guidelines

• Entries and the persons depicted therein are restricted to works for which the entrant holds the copyright or for which the entrant has received the prior usage permission of the right holder.
• The entrants are allowed to submit up to two photographs
• The submitted images have to be in compliance with the requirements and conditions of the Theme Description.
  
• Photos that have previously won a competition at the time of submission to our competition are ineligible for entry.
• Before submitting a work, the entrant is responsible for taking all steps necessary to protect the right of publicity and other rights of persons depicted in the work, to avoid any problems related to the infringement of these rights.
• Entries including content as follows may be disqualified at the organiser’s discretion:
  • Content that infringes on any laws, or is defamatory or libelous
  • Content that constitutes or encourages criminal behavior, leads to civil liability, or that otherwise violates laws
  • Commercial content that promotes products or services
  • Content in which animals were harmed or manipulated in the making of said content
  • Content that infringes on the copyrights, trademarks, contract rights, or other intellectual property rights of a third person or entity (whether individuals or companies), or violates rights of privacy or publicity, including: – recognizable trademarks owned by third parties (examples: billboards or signs on a street) – materials protected by third-party copyrights – names, likenesses, or other characteristics identifying celebrities or other public figures – entries containing screen credits (no watermarks, logos etc.)

• Winners, who agree on their photo(s) to be shown in the exhibition, must bear the participation fee for competition/exhibition expenses plus own cost of printing and shipping of their work.
• The participation fee depends on the size of the passe partout(s) and a share of general cost for, material purchasing and shipping and other competition and exhibition related costs. The fee can be expected approximately 30 EUR.
• The organisation of printing of the images in sufficient quality in the given size has to be carried out solely by the winner. Costs of printing and shipping (if applicable) of the prints have to be paid on the winners’ own expenses and are not included in the participation fee.

• The entrant must be the sole author and owner of the copyright of all images entered. It is the legal responsibility of the entrant, and not the organisers, to ensure that they comply with these ownership and copyright requirements, and own the rights to reproduction of their images. The motifs must not contradict the legal provisions of the country of origin, legal provisions of the European Union or the personal rights of persons depicted.
• Please note that the organiser may elect to suspend or postpone receipt of any or all entries if in its judgment the contest cannot be run smoothly, securely, or without affecting the fairness of the judging due to circumstances beyond its control, including but not limited to network failure, computer viruses, or unauthorised access to its servers.
• Entrants are required to obtain the prior permission of the persons who are portrayed in their works or who hold the copyright or other intellectual property rights to the works or the items portrayed therein. Entrants also agree to fully indemnify the organiser and bear all responsibility for any complaints or objections that arise in relation to the above.
• Entries that in the judgment of the organiser do not conform to the Entry Guidelines will be disqualified. Entrants will not be notified in this event.

• Notification of results to the winners
• Informing matters related to the contest or exhibition
• Contacting entrants regarding their entry
• Announcement of winning works

• Notifying winners that they have won or telling them about the award ceremony (venue opening)
• Announcing winning works
• Publishing winning works as a form of archive