Photography
Competition

The annual Friends of Foots Cray Meadows (FFCM) Photography Competition returns for 2027.

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We're keen to see your photos that celebrate the beauty of the meadows​ - all you need is a camera (phone cameras allowed!) and you could be in with a chance of winning from a range of prizes including a framed copy of your photograph, a £50 Amazon voucher and a year's free FFCM membership.

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This year, we are opening the competition up to everyone, not just existing FFCM members. Plus, the prize range has expanded so now the top three winning photographs will each win a prize.

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To submit, email your entry to ffcm06@gmail.com with the subject line of "Photography Competition 2027". You can have a maximum of five entries; however, please only send one entry per email.

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Full Terms and Conditions can be found below.

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Although you do not have to be an FFCM member to enter, if you wish you can become a member for just £5 a year per household! 

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Submission deadline: Midnight on 31 May 2027

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Terms and Conditions

 

Please note​ the terms have been updated for the 2027 competition.

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1. The Photography competition will be open to all.

2. Photographs must be submitted by emailing them to the ffcm06@gmail.com email address.

3. The email subject title must clearly state ‘Entry for FFCM Photographic Competition 2027’.

4. The photograph must relate to an aspect of Foots Cray Meadows or life on it. It must not contain an image of a recognisable person, child, brand, or logo.

5. As the FFCM have no means of monitoring compliance with the Drone and Model Aircraft Code (Civil Aviation Authority) or the Air Traffic Management and Unmanned Aircraft Act 2021, photographs taken using drones are not permitted in this year’s competition (2027).

6. Each competitor may submit up to a maximum of five photographs, but each one must be submitted via a separate email entry.

7. The email submission must include the following:

   • a) Name of competitor

   • b) Title of the photograph

   • c) Date the photograph was taken

   • d) Contact details, email address & mobile number

   • e) Age of competitor, if under 18 otherwise specify Adult.

     • ​​Photographs submitted by those under the age of 18 on 1st June 2027, must be submitted by their parent/guardian. 

   • f) If there are sufficient entries, the entries from those under 18 years of age will be judged in a separate category. ​

8. The closing time and date for receipt of entries is 12pm, midnight (London time) Monday 31 May 2027. Entries received after that time or which, in the opinion of the FFCM Photographic Competition Judges, do not comply with the terms and conditions will be rejected.

9. Members on the FFCM Photography Competition Judging Panel are not eligible to compete. 

10. The winning photograph will be chosen by the FFCM Photography Competition Judging Panel, formed from members and committee members of FFCM and Richard Winston (an accomplished wild-life Photographer). Their decision will be final. 

11. Photographs will be judged in relation to the following criteria:

    1. Composition

    2. Creativity

    3. Originality

    4. The visual attraction of an image which, in and of itself, clearly relates to some distinctive aspect of Foots Cray Meadows.

12. The winning photographers (Adult & under 18 categories, should number of entries permit) will receive:

    1. First Prize:  a framed and mounted copy of their winning photograph and a £50 Amazon Voucher

    2. Second Prize: a printed copy of their second-place photograph

    3. Third Prize: a year’s free membership of Friends of Foots Cray Meadows

13. The results will be announced at the FFCM AGM in Summer 2027 (date TBC). 

14. Copyright in each photograph submitted must be vested exclusively in the competitor submitting it. The copyright will remain vested in that competitor and will not pass to FFCM. 

15. The photographs submitted by competitors will be stored electronically by the FFCM Photography Competition Judging Panel. Shortlisted and winning photographs will be displayed on the footscraymeadows.org website, FFCM press releases, social media channels, marketing materials (e.g. calendars) and newsletter, so by submitting a photograph each competitor consents to this. When photographs are used in this way the photographer will be credited.