June’s photography competition - Landscapes

[Peter_S.]

("2014 World Photography Awards", Helga Ruben, Hungary)

How time flies. It feels like only yesterday that we wrapped up our last photography competition, but after double-checking and then triple-checking our calendars, we can confirm that it really has been over four months since we called time on our last series of Sony World Photography Awards competitions. 

Without wasting any more time, we're thrilled to announce a brand new series of competitions and masterclasses with some brand new themes, and we're kicking off this month focusing on landscapes.

Whether you're a super-serious snapper or a budding beginner, we want you to show off the best landscape photographs that you have to offer. 

The winner of this month's competition will receive a fantastic Sony a77 II camera, the perfect tool to upgrade your landscape snaps, with a 24.3MP Exmor APS HD CMOS sensor, a high-contrast OLED Tru-Finder and the ability to change lenses to suit any occasion.

If you've ever felt as though your photography sometimes goes underappreciated, now is your time to share your talent with the world. To enter, simply upload your photographs to the competition gallery and tag them with your country label. Just remember, you're only one shot away from being crowned our winner!

Join our competition now >

Terms and Conditions

1. This promotion is open to residents of the UK, France, Germany, Austria, Portugal, Switzerland, Ireland, Nordics, Poland, Belgium, Netherlands, Spain, Russia and Romania only and entrants must be aged 18 or over.
2. Entrants will need to select the correct label for their country of residence. Entrants who select the wrong country will not be eligible to win.
3. No purchase is necessary to participate in the competition.
4. In order to be eligible to enter the competition you must have a Community profile.  If you do not have one, you can register on the site for free (at http://community.sony.co.uk).
5. Members of Sony and their supporting agencies are not allowed to join the competition.
6. Please be aware that taking pictures of random people on the street is prohibited by law without their consent. Please always make sure to ask their approval upfront.
7. The winner will receive an A77 MKII camera. Three winners per participating country will each win a year's free subscription to the World Photography Organisation.
8. The competition runs from 12:00 (noon) CET on Monday 9th June 2014 and will close on Sunday 29th June at 23:59 CET. No entries will be accepted after 23:59 CET on that date.
9. All submissions must be the user's own work. Please make sure that you’re the image owner and have full rights on the picture. If you take pictures of people please make sure that you have a signed model contract.
10. Pictures will be judged by independent jurors. The winning picture selection will take place on Tuesday 1st July 2014.  The judge’s decision is final. (Votes are only a reference and are not the deciding factor.)
11. The winner will be notified by email within 2 days of the selection having taken place.
12. If no response to the notification is received from the winner within 72 hours, the Promoter reserves the right to award the prize to an alternative winner.
13. The prize will be delivered to the winner within 6 weeks after the date of response from the winner.
14. Any taxes payable in relation to the prize will be for the winner to bear.
15. No maximum number of competition entries.
16. The prize is not transferable or exchangeable. No cash or credit alternative is available.
17. Should the prize become unavailable for any reason, the Promoter reserves the right to provide a substitute, similar prize of approximately equivalent or greater value.
18. By entering the prize draw, participants will be deemed to have accepted and agree to be bound by these terms and conditions.

Promoter: Sony Consumer Marketing Europe, a division of Sony Europe Limited, The Heights, Brooklands, Weybridge, Surrey KT13 0XW, United Kingdom.