The FishPal Photo Competition 2024

Simply use the hashtag #FishPalPhotoComp in your post description on Instagram or Facebook, or upload your photo here.

📅 Timeline: Submissions accepted until midnight 13th December 2024.

📸 Capture: Freeze moments that encapsulate the heart and soul of fishing.

🌍 Location: Anywhere across the incredible landscapes of the UK and Ireland.

And for the winners…

There will be six winners in total with 3 main prizes for 1st, 2nd and 3rd. The first place winner will choose from the three main prizes (just in case you have the top prize already 🎣), 2nd place will choose after that, and 3rd prize will be what is left. The 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th prizes will all be awarded FishPal vouchers.

How Your Shots Will Shine

Your photographs will become the beacon of our community. FishPal intends to share the best entries across our platforms, celebrating your talents and the mesmerising beauty of UK and Ireland’s fishing scenes. With your permission, granted by submitting an image into the competition, these shots could even feature in our future marketing materials, reaching an even wider audience.

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FishPal Photo Competition Rules

We will check that all of the rules have been adhered to before making the winning selection.

• You must be the person that took the photo.
• Participants must be 18 years or older.
• Submissions must be original and taken in UK and Ireland.
• All entries must be images taken in the 2023 fishing season.
• All entries must be made via the hashtag on social media as explained below, or the uploader provided.
• Participants can submit multiple photographs.
• Photos should be high-resolution and not digitally altered to manipulate the content significantly.
• Participants must have permission from any identifiable individuals in the photographs to submit their images.
• All entries must be submitted within the specified timeline to be considered.
• The photographer gives FishPal the right to publish the image and use it in marketing materials indefinitely. Credit will be given to the photographer.

If the image is submitted by adding the competition hashtag #FishpalPhotoComp then:

• the hashtag must be in the post description, not in the comments. This makes the author of the post the person that submits the image in line with the competition rules;
• the hashtag must be spelled correctly;
• the hashtag can be typed in lower of uppercase formats ie. #FishPalPhoto, and #fishpalphoto will be accepted.

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The Judging Journey

A panel of expert judges, a blend of seasoned anglers and photography aficionados, will evaluate your submissions. They seek creativity, composition, alignment with the theme, and the unique emotions your photos evoke, and most importantly fish welfare and best practice must be adhered to.

Once the judges have created a shortlist of winners, the selected images will be published on social media and an online poll for FishPal followers to vote for their favourite images by using the like button. The most ‘likes’, wins.

The FishPal Photo Competition Judges

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The Judging Timeline

Closing date for submissions: 13th December

Judging process (the judges deliberate): Begins 14th December

Community vote on Social media (and online poll): 20th Dec – 5th January

Announcement of winners: 15th January River Tay opening

Winner Announcement and Follow-up

Once the judging process is complete, the winners names will be announced on the FishPal website and social media platforms, celebrating their exceptional fishing photography and awarding the prizes.

FishPal will not follow up with the winners and other participants, winners must reach out through any of our means of communication. We will not seek permission to use their photographs and stories in future marketing materials, this is by default in the rules stated above.

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“Ready, Set and Cast” Your Entry Today

Capture the pulse of fishing and stand a chance to win big. Join us in immortalising the magic of our waters, sharing your passion with the world. Get ready, set your lens, and cast your entry now.

Simply use the hashtag #FishPalPhotoComp in your post description on Instagram or Facebook, OR upload your photo here.