Liabilities

1.1 The World Sports Photography Awards bears no responsibility for loss, damage or injury incurred as a result of participation and/or involvement in the awards.

Disclaimer

1.2 The information given in these Terms and Conditions is correct, but the World Sports Photography Awards reserve the right to change any of it without prior notice.

1.3 By entering the awards, entrants will be deemed to have agreed to be bound by these Terms & Conditions.

1.4 Any breach of these Terms by an entrant will void their entry.

1.5 If a breach has occurred, but is discovered after the award of a prize, then the organisers may require the return of that prize.

1.6 These Terms & Conditions shall be governed by the laws of England and Wales whose courts shall have exclusive jurisdiction in the event of any disputes in connection with their subject matter.

Permissions & Copyright

1.7 By submitting images to the World Sports Photography Awards, each entrant confirms and warrants that:

‍1.7.1 They are the sole author of each entry and that it is their original work; 1.7.2 They own the entire copyright and any other intellectual property rights throughout the world in each image; 1.7.3 They have not licensed or disposed of any rights in the image that could or would conflict with uses authorised under these Terms and Conditions to be made by World Sports Photography Awards; and

‍1.8 By entering the competition, you grant World Sports Photography Awards, its sponsors, partners and media licensees a non-exclusive, irrevocable licence to reproduce, enlarge, publish or exhibit all submitted images in any media throughout the world at any time hereafter for any purpose directly connected with the awards.

1.9 This may include, but is not limited to: inclusion in a book of winning and commended images; display at exhibitions; display on a web browser for judging purposes; on the World Sports Photography Awards website and on the websites of sponsors and supporters; on free and paid social media used by World Sports Photography Awards, its sponsors and partners; for use in releases to be distributed to international, national, regional and specialist press and other media reporting, giving information about or promoting the awards

1.10 Entrants agree that the organisers can sub-license images to the media for reproduction in connection with the awards only, including in editorial content and in advertising or promotional content funded by World Sports Photography Awards or its partners or sponsors. Organisers may also sub-license the images, in connection with the awards only, for editorial use in books and films, in any sponsor funded video content and in advertising in all media including without limitation print, television and Out of Home media.

1.11 World Sports Photography Awards will make every reasonable effort to ensure that name credits are given to any photograph published in any medium.

1.12 No payment shall be due to entrants in respect of any use of their images authorised by these Terms and Conditions.

1.13 World Sports Photography Awards may retain all images in its own internal archive(s) for possible future use solely for purposes authorised by these Terms and Conditions.

1.14 Entrants retain the copyright to images submitted.

1.15 Images to be used in any other manner including on any merchandise commissioned by the organisers will be discussed individually with the photographer concerned and a separate agreement made.

1.16 Finalists may be invited to take part in post awards publicity.

1.17 Employees, officers, directors, agents, and representatives of Canon, its subsidiaries and affiliates are not eligible to enter in the World Sports Photography Awards.