Month two of our Olympus UK sponsored Olympian £8,000 photographic competition
This month's competition is now closed.
Click
here to see how to enter the April 2004 stage of our competition click below to see the winning entries and runners up for:
September 2003
October 2003
November 2003
December 2003
January 2004
February 2004
November's Greek god theme is Artemis, who was a daughter of Zeus and a magical huntress who used silver arrows and protector of the young. Full details of November's competition, plus some examples of October's entries will be posted on Monday. We'll also reveal October's winning photographer and the runners up as soon as the judges have made their selection.**
Twelve monthly prizes worth £500 each and an ultimate prize of a £2,000 luxury holiday for two in Greece
All you need to do to have a chance of winning is send us a great photo and name your nearest Olympus Photo Imaging Expert (PIX) dealer. And here's what might be awaiting you...
So what were last month's entries like?
September's entries are in and below is a random sample of just some those entries. September's £500 winner and a selection of runners up will be revealed shortly.
Could you do any better?
How do I enter?
Click
here for information on how to enter this month!
To find out more about Olympus PIX dealers and to locate your nearest store, click
here or look out for Olympus PIX banners on this site.
(some images © 2003 www.clipart.com)
Digital Photography Now and Olympus UK Greek Gods Photographic Competition Rules
(See September's winner and runners up
here.)
September, 2003
The competition is comprised of twelve monthly contests. The winning entry each month will be entered into a grand finale at the end of August, 2004.
The competition is only open to residents of the UK and Ireland.
Each monthly winner's prize is a voucher worth £500 that can be used in full or part payment of Olympus brand goods at any of the 170 Olympus Digital Experts stores throughout the UK and Ireland. An equivalent voucher to the face value of Euro/€750 will be provided if the winner chooses to use it in Ireland.
The overall winner of winners will be awarded a holiday in Greece, for two people, including, flights, transfers and accommodation, valued at £2,000. No cash alternatives for any prizes offered are permitted. All prizes must be used within one year of issue.
To enter the monthly heats, entrants must submit their entry by midnight, GMT, on the last day of the calendar month in which the heat is being held, unless otherwise stated.
An entry must be a photographic image supplied in digital form. Along with the image entrants must write a brief, one-sentence, description of how the image relates to the theme of the ancient greek god featured in that month. Entrants must also name an Olympus Digital Experts (PIX) dealer (your nearest dealer can be found at http://www.digital-experts.co.uk).
To enter your image you must use the official email address: [email protected], attaching your image in JPEG format no larger than 1MB in size. All entries will be automatically acknowledged. If no acknowledgment is received, try again.
Copyright remains with the photographer, but a condition of entry is that permission is granted to Digital Photography Now and Olympus UK for use of the entered image, if required, for promotion of the competition only.
The prize winner or winners for each heat will be informed by email within one week after the closing date. The overall winner will be informed via email before the end of September, 2004.
The winner must acknowledge his or her win within three weeks of being notified via email or the prize may be re-allocated to a runner-up.
The name of the winner may be published on Digital Photography Now after he or she has acknowledged their win.
Only one entry per person, per month is permitted. However, if you have not won a previous month's heat, you can enter again during a subsequent month.
Winning entries will be selected by a panel of judges. The decision of the panel is final and no correspondence regarding the result will be entered into.
Direct and indirect employees, staff and their relatives, of Olympus UK, or the publishers of Digital Photography Now, or advertisers or sponsors of Digital Photography Now, are not eligible for entry into the competition.
We reserve the right to disqualify any entries for any reason.
We reserve the right to modify these rules without notice.
How do I enter the competition?
(See September's winner and runners up
here.)
Just follow these 3 simple steps:
(This month'd competition is now closed)
1. Find the location of your nearest Olympus Photo Imaging Expert (PIX) dealer. This is easy - just click
here to get to the PIX site which has a national dealer guide.
2. Choose or create a picture to submit. The competition is very loosely themed on ancient Greek Gods. This month's featured mythological deity is Hermes.
Hermes was the son of Zeus and Maia. One of his jobs was to be Zeus' messenger. To do this he had to be the fastest of the gods. To achieve his legendary speed, Hermes wore magical winged sandals, a winged hat, and carried a mystical wand.
Oddly enough, Hermes is regarded as the god of thieves as well as the god of business and commerce. In his spare time he was regarded as a protector of the all-important olive tree. He is also associated with the dead on their way to the underworld.
On a lighter note, Hermes is credited with the invention of various musical instruments, including the lyre and the pipes. Other things that are associated with Hermes include, the musical scale, astronomy, weights and measures, plus sports, such as gymnastics and boxing.
So what themes can you base the choice of your picture on. From the description above, you could choose from:
•SPEED •WINGS •COMMERCE •OLIVES •TREES
•DEATH •ASTRONOMY •MUSIC •SPORTS •MAGIC
•CRIME •MESSAGES •HATS •WANDS •PIPES
But don't feel tied to these themes - if you can think of an even better one relating to Hermes, no matter how loosely, go for it!
3. Send us your entry! You can do this via
[email protected]
Your picture can be either a JPEG or TIFF image up to 1MB in file size. If you aren't sure how to format your picture for email, contact us via the same address for some advice.
Don't forget to include the name of your nearest PIX dealer, plus a simple sentence about how your picture relates to Hermes.
And that's it!
If you win one of the £500 monthly competitions being run until September 2004, your entry will go head to head with the other 11 monthly winners to compete for the grand prize of that £2,000 holiday in Greece.
To double check the competition rules, click
here.
GOOD LUCK!
