General rules for all competitions
1. Prints and transparencies entered into any Benfleet Camera Club competition prior to 6 September 2004 are not eligible for the current competition format.
2. All prints to be a minimum size 10 inches x 8 inches up to a maximum of 20 inches x 16 inches including the mount.
3. All prints to be mounted.
4. Only a title may appear on the front of the mount.
5. Name of the photographer, section and class to be on the back plus any title.
6. Transparencies may be either 50mm x 50mm or 60mm x 60mm.
7. Transparencies must be correctly spotted and have the name of the photographer, section and class on the mount plus any title.
8. Transparencies must be in a suitable mount for projection (i.e. not cardboard).
9. Digitally produced work may be entered in both print and slide competitions. Images and digital manipulation must be the work of the photographer.
10. All entries must be suitably packaged.
11. All entries to be handed in at least one week in advance of the competition. This may be altered at the discretion of the Competition Secretaries.
12. Prints and transparencies may only be entered once in the Annual Competition, once in any League Competition and once in any one of the Trophy Competitions (not a second league competition). No time limit will apply to the span of the three entries. Any print or transparency previously entered as above, or so similar as to be taken from a previous entry, will be ineligible.
13. An image may only be submitted three times, regardless of format.
14. All reasonable care will be taken, but the Club and its Officers cannot accept responsibility for any loss or damage to any entry in any competition.
15. Promotion from the Entry-level to the Advanced in the Print and Transparency sections will be at the discretion of the Committee and based on performance.
16. Projection and hanging of any entry is at the discretion of the Committee.
17. The Committee will decide the appropriate league for new competitors and may base this on a sample of work.
Note: There are no restrictions on the number of times a photograph can be used by the Club in inter-club competitions, but a photograph can be used only once in any particular competion, e.g. The Basildon Rose Bowl