INTRODUCTION

  1. The Competition is the The SOIL AWARDS Photography contest.  It is an international competition that is hosted on by the Soil Magazine.
  2. The Competition is governed by these Terms and Conditions and, by entering the Competition, each entrant agrees to be bound by them.  Any instructions relating to the Competition on the Website also form part of these Terms and Conditions.
  3. In these Terms and Conditions, defined words have the meaning given in paragraph DEFINITIONS

 

ENTRY

 

  • Each entry must only include original material created by the person named as the entrant.
  • An entry must not contain:
    1. the name or any other identifying information of the entrant (excluding their image);
    2. any identifiable information (including the image) of any other person unless a Model Release is first obtained and is provided to the SOIL AWARDS on request.  Where a child’s information appears in an entry, a Model Release must be obtained from their parent or guardian;
    3. any infringing, threatening, false, misleading, abusive, harassing, defamatory, vulgar, obscene, scandalous, inflammatory, pornographic or profane content;
    4. any material that could constitute or encourage conduct which would be considered a criminal offence, give rise to civil liability or otherwise violate any law either of the Jurisdiction or any other country whose laws may apply to the entry;
    5. trademarks or copyrighted material owned (in whole or in part) by third parties;
    6. names, likenesses or other characteristics identifying celebrities or other public figures (living or dead);
    7. any elements that are non-photographic in origin, including computer generated graphics;
    8. any screen credits; or
    9. any commercial content that promotes any product or service.
  • An entry must not infringe upon the copyright, trademark or any other intellectual property rights of any third person or violate any person’s rights of privacy.
  • Entries will be accepted from AUG 1st 2018 to SEP 31st 2018, although there is no restriction on when entries may be created.  The Promoter may, in its absolute discretion, accept late entries at an additional fee (USD 10).
  • Entries must be submitted in accordance with the instructions set out on the Website.
  • Entrants must choose the most appropriate Category for which their entry is submitted and clearly nominate that Category.  Only one Category per entry may be nominated, but entrants may enter the Competition as many times as they wish (including multiple entries per Category).
  • Entries must be submitted separately and each entry must individually meet the Technical Specifications as follows:
    1. Saved as JPEG or JPG with a quality setting of 10;
    2. 1500px on the longest side at 72 DPI;
    3. Saved as 8 bit;
    4. Converted to an sRGB color space;
    5. Must not exceed 2.5mb
  • An entry fee must be paid for each entry submitted, as follows:
    1. 1 entry: USD30;
    2. 2 entries (submitted at the same time): USD25 per entry;
    3. 3 or more entries (submitted at the same time): USD20 per entry; and
    4. 4 or more entries (submitted at the same time) USD15 per entry
  • The Categories are:
    1. ADVERTISING
    2. EDITORIAL/CELEBRITY
    3. STILL LIFE/ACCESSORIES
    4. PERSONAL WORK
    5. FINE ART
    6. RUNWAY
    7. BEAUTY

 

judge

  • Only Compliant Entries will be judged and considered eligible for Prizes.
  • Each Category will be judged by the individuals described as such on the Website (the Judges).  There will be no fewer than 3 Judges (including the editor who may be a Judge).
  • The judging will work as follows:
    1. each Judge will score each entry out of 10.
    2. all scores given to an entry will be averaged and multiplied by 10 to give a final score out of 100.
  • Judging will be “blind”.  No names or other information will be provided to the Judges that enable the entrant to be identified.
  • Entrants are referred to suggestions on the Website as to what factors may be taken into account by the Judges for each Category.
  • All entrants will be notified via email of the score given to each Compliant Entry they have submitted.
  • Prizes will be as follows:
    1. USD3000 for the highest scoring entry across all Categories;
    2. USD1000 for the second highest scoring entry across all Categories;
    3. USD500 for the third highest scoring entry across all Categories; 
    4. Awards for the highest scoring entry in each Category.
  • In the event of a tie, the entries which have tied will be re-submitted to the Judges for their final judgement.
  • Non-financial merit awards will also be issued as follows:
    1. Bronze for entries achieving a score between 70-80;
    2. Silver for entries achieving a score between 81-90; and
    3. Gold for entries achieving a score of 91 and above.
  • Prize winners and awardees will be published on the prints [SEP 2018].  The Promoter reserves the right to deal with all unclaimed prizes in any manner deemed fit.
  • Chance plays no part in determining the Prize winners or awardees.
  • All decisions (including scores) of the Judges and, where relevant, the Soil are final and will be binding on each entrant.  No correspondence will be entered into.