In association with Wentworth Woodhouse Preservation Trust (WWPT)

This free-to-enter special award 'The Wonders of Wentworth Woodhouse' is open to everyone (adults only) and is the first IGPOTY run photo competition to be dedicated to images captured at Wentworth Woodhouse; a Grade I listed stately home in South Yorkshire, with the longest façade of any country house in England.

Selected winners will form part of an exclusive exhibition at the IGPOTY exhibition at Wentworth Woodhouse in 2022. There will also be special prizes on offer as listed below.

Prizes

First prize:

Your image goes on display at the IGPOTY Wentworth Woodhouse exhibition in 2022 and a signed individual certificate.

Breakfast and VIP tour with Head Gardener, plus dry hire of garden cabin (RRP £150).

Applies to all winning places - by entering, Wentworth Woodhouse (WWPT) will be allowed to contact winning entrants to arrange the prizes. You are giving consent.

Second prize:

Your image goes on display at the IGPOTY Wentworth Woodhouse exhibition in 2022 and a signed individual certificate.

Sparkling Afternoon Tea in Long Gallery for 4 persons (RRP £100).

Third prize:

Your image goes on display at the IGPOTY Wentworth Woodhouse exhibition in 2022 and a signed individual certificate.

Two tickets for a tour of your choice – 'Wentworth' or 'Black Diamonds' (RRP £50).

General rules:

• You may not submit watermarked images with your name or website visible on the photo. Please do not frame your images with borders.
• Entrants may submit a maximum of 4 images per single entry token and a maximum of 6 images per portfolio entry token.
• For free-to-enter competitions you should enter 1 image per token given, up to a maximum of 8 images (8 tokens).
• Entrants' images must be .jpg or .jpeg format and of high enough quality.
• We recommend all images are output to 1920px on their longest side at 72 ppi (ideally with an sRGB colour profile). Any larger than this and you are supplying images bigger than they will be seen or used by IGPOTY judges; your files will take longer to upload and/or download to judges and viewers’ screens.
• The absolute maximum for each image must not be more than 7MB in file size and no more than 3000px on their longest side.
• All entrants must be able to supply a high-res image (300 ppi) suitable for printing/exhibiting should the image be shortlisted. You may be asked for this when the time comes.

N.B.

• High-res source file/s need to be at least 3780 pixels (longest side) @ 300 ppi, ideally larger (and ideally with an Adobe RGB (1998) colour profile).

Full competition rules:

Please see the IGPOTY competition rules, which always prevail:
https://igpoty.com/igpoty-rules/

Category rules:

IGPOTY is a juried competition based on skill.

Free-to-enter Special Award entries are not eligible for the Overall IGPOTY prize and cannot win more than one award using the same image(s).

Only photography captured in the gardens and grounds of Wentworth Woodhouse are permitted. Photos must have been captured after 2017.

Adults over 18 years old may enter only. Staff of Wentworth Woodhouse are excluded from entry. Any images captured for this competition may not be sold and are only for your personal use. Prizes must be collected in person at Wentworth Woodhouse, no cash alternatives. Wentworth Woodhouse will contact winners to arrange any prizes, as necessary.

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