| Copyright | Copyright in all images submitted for this competition remains with the respective entrants. Each entrant grants a worldwide, irrevocable, perpetual licence to Visits Unlimited to feature any or all of the submitted images in any of their publications, their websites and/or in any promotional material connected to this competition. |
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| Eligibility | open to residents of the UK, Channel Islands, Isle of Man and Republic of Ireland aged 18 years or over |
| Finish | 25 January 2015 |
| Entry fee | Free |
FinishedEnter images taken with family and friends, or on your own, at a place you are visiting for the first time. Your photo can be at a visitor attraction, a park, shopping centre, café, restaurant – in fact, anywhere that you plan to go over the weekend of 17th January 2015.
Categories:
- Outdoors (e.g. natural environments, parks, farms, walks)
- Indoors (e.g. restaurants, hotels, shopping centres)
- Fun days out
- PrizeMuseums and the Heritage Sector
Prize:
- First Prize: Panasonic Lumix LZ40 Camera worth over £200
Winners will be notified by Monday 9th February 2015.
Entries are limited to one photo per person by email.
Image requirements: 72 dpi and between 1MB and 3MB.
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