All information detailing how to enter this competition forms part of these terms and conditions. It is a condition of entry that all rules are accepted as final and that the competitor agrees to abide by these rules.

The decision of the judge is final and no correspondence will be entered into. Submission of an entry will be taken to mean acceptance of these terms and conditions.

Photographers retain ownership of all copyrights. However, by submitting an image for entry in this contest, you automatically give NQ Dry Tropics permission and rights to store, display, and use the image, its thumbnails, and your name as the photographer, indefinitely in any non-commercial media without notification or compensation.

All entries must be received by the advertised closing time and date.

We value your privacy. All personal collected information through entry to this competition will be only used for the purposes of this competition and will not be disclosed, sold or transferred to any third party or company. All collected personal information will be deleted from our servers at the end of the competition and not used for any further purposes excepting those outlined in these terms and conditions. Please view our Privacy Policy here.

This competition is open to everybody except NQ Dry Tropics employees, board members, and Landholders Driving Change project panel members, and the immediate families of such employees, board members and project panel members.

Entries from any digital camera, including smartphones, will be accepted for all competition categories.

All images must be single capture images (no stacking or stitching of images is permitted).

Colour and monochrome photographs will be accepted. Photos are to be submitted as a JPEG file, minimum 2Mb  and a maximum of 6Mb in size. The number of entries per category is limited to five.

Images with embedded signatures, watermarks or symbols will not be accepted.

Only minor burning, dodging, levels and curves adjustments, and colour correction is acceptable, as is minor cropping and the conversion to black and white.

Post-production that attempts to misconstrue the authenticity of the scene presented to the photographer is not permitted.

Entry into either of the junior sections requires parent or guardian permission.

The photographer will retain copyright of the image but grants NQ Dry Tropics the right to use the image in any future publications without limitation. NQ Dry Tropics will acknowledge the photographer of the image in any publication.

To submit an entry the entrant needs to provide full Name (Christian and Surname), address, contact phone number, and the photo category they are entering. Entries received without complete names or valid contact details will not be judged. The entrant also agrees to being photographed with the winning image for promotional purposes.

Before submitting a photo, the entrant is responsible for taking all steps necessary to protect the right of publicity and other rights of people depicted in the work, including, but not limited to, obtaining their permission, to avoid problems related to infringement of their rights.

Winners will be announced at the 20 January 2024 function at Flagstaff Hill, Bowen. Winners will also be announced on the NQ Dry Tropics and Landholder Driving Change websites and in the February edition of Prime Cuts.

Prizewinners must be present at the awards function to receive their prize.