Habitat Conservation Trust Foundation’s Photo Contest in Canada

If you have a fantastic image of wildlife, freshwater fish, or landscapes from anywhere in BC you could win Visa Gift Cards.

Prize Information

• Karen Wipond Award – Conservation Lands 1st Prize: $1,000 CAD Visa Gift Card
• Karen Wipond Award – Conservation Lands 2nd Prize: $250 CAD Visa Gift Card
• Wildlife or Freshwater Fish 1st Prize: $500 CAD Visa Gift Card
• Wildlife or Freshwater Fish 2nd Prize: $250 CAD Visa Gift Card
• Landscape 1st Prize: $500 CAD Visa Gift Card
• Landscape 2nd Prize: $250 CAD Visa Gift Card

Eligibility Criteria

• The contest is open to Canadian citizens, permanent residents of Canada, or protected persons designated by the immigration and refugee board of immigration, refugees and citizenship Canada (excluding residents of Quebec) who have captured a photo of British Columbia’s wildlife, freshwater fish, and/or habitats (which may include people engaged in activities that connect them to nature) in British Columbia.
• All entrants must be at least 19 years of age or have the permission of their legal guardian.
• Affiliates of HCTF and their immediate family members (spouse, parent, child, sibling, and their respective spouses, regardless of where they live) or persons living in the same households of such, whether or not related, are not eligible to enter the Contest Affiliates may include but are not limited to, HCTF employees, members of HCTF’s Board of Directors, or grantees currently receiving funding from HCTF. HCTF reserves the right to request verification of these eligibility criteria from the entrants at any time.

Guidelines

• Photographs can be colour or black and white and should be taken on a high-resolution camera. Images should be no larger than 50 megabytes and without watermarks or other markings that identify the photographer.
• Entries will be declared invalid if they are late, illegible, irregular, forged, garbled, or reproduced;
• Entries will be declared invalid if they negatively depict another person, country, ethnicity, race, religion, age, sex, gender, sexual orientation, or disability;
• HCTF reserves the right to exclude from its photo gallery page any photo or post that does not comply with these rules and regulations or for any reason that HCTF determines in its sole discretion without notice at any time;
• The content of an entered photograph must be acceptable for all viewing audiences. HCTF will automatically disqualify any entrant that submits a photograph that contains any obscene or indecent content that HCTF, in its sole and absolute discretion, finds vulgar, offensive, or inappropriate for public viewing, or that presents HCTF in a negative light; and
• Entrants will be deemed to have understood the above rules and agree to be bound by them when entering this competition.

For more information, visit Habitat Conservation Trust Foundation.