Photography Competition

Competition Rules

1. All photos must be original work, taken by the entrants. No third party may own or control any materials the photo contains, and the photo must not infringe upon the trademark, copyright, moral rights, intellectual rights, or rights of privacy of any entity or person. Any image that has been generated by a computer or created by artificial intelligence is not eligible.

2. The Riverfly Partnership reserves the right to exclude an entry from the competition at any time if it has reason to believe that an entrant has breached these rules.

3. Photographs must have been taken in the United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland, the Channel Islands or the Isle of Man.

4. The competition is open to both amateur and professional photographers with a UK address to which the prize can be delivered.

5. Entrants retain copyright in all photographs submitted to the Riverfly Partnership as part of this competition. However, by submitting an entry, each entrant grants to the Riverfly Partnership the right to reproduce, enlarge, publish and exhibit, on any media, the images for any purpose directly connected with the work of the organisation (e.g. for social media, website content, and Riverfly monitoring training materials), with appropriate acknowledgement to the photographer. No fees will be paid for the above uses. The Riverfly Partnership will make every effort to credit photographers in every reproduction of their work, although it cannot guarantee that individuals/organisations will not reproduce images from our website etc. and re-use them without credit.

6. Submitted photos may also be used, with credit, in a future calendar that will be sold by the Riverfly Partnership. All profits from the sale of this calendar will go towards the Riverfly Partnership, but photographers whose photos are included will be offered a free copy.

7. Entrants under the age of 18 must receive permission from a parent/guardian and by submitting an entry, they are confirming that they have permission.

8. Submitted photos must not have been previously published or have won prizes elsewhere.

9. Watermarks, names or other information identifying the image creator or copyright holder, their representative, or any institutional affiliations or publications, must not be visible in the images themselves.

10. Submissions will not be accepted after 23:59 on 30th June 2025.

11. The winner will be announced in the August 2025 Riverfly Newsletter, and also notified by e-mail using the e-mail address used at submission. If no response is received after thirty business days, a new winner will be selected and the previous winner will forfeit all rights to the prize.

12. Entries will be judged by the Freshwater Biological Association Executive Director Simon Johnson, and the Riverfly Partnership co-chairs Steve Brooks and Louise Lavictoire. All photos will be anonymised before being passed to the judging panel. All decisions are final.

13. There is no limit on the number of photos any individual may submit.

14. The competition winner will receive a pair of waders from Ollyskins (to be ordered in the correct size following the winner announcement), a year’s digital subscription to British Wildlife Magazine, a bundle of WildID Guides from the Field Studies Council, a £25 voucher for NHBS, and a Riverfly Partnership notebook and sticker from our Teemill Store. There will be two runners-up, who will each receive a bundle of WildID Guides from the Field Studies Council, and a Riverfly Partnership notebook and sticker from our Teemill Store. The winner, runners-up and any other photographers whose photographs get chosen for a Riverfly calendar will get a free copy of said calendar.

15. If the winner is unable to be contacted after reasonable attempts have been made, the Riverfly Partnership reserves the right to either offer the prize to a runner-up or to re-offer the prize in any future competition.