YORKSHIRE DALES AMATEUR PHOTOGRAPHY COMPETITION 2026

APPLICATION FORM

The Garden Rooms at Tennants and charity Yorkshire Dales Millennium Trust are delighted

to announce the launch of their 2026 Yorkshire Dales Photography Competition – and are

now inviting entries from talented amateur photographers.

The Yorkshire Dales has a unique charm and beauty - a landscape and people like no other.

Windswept moors, verdant dales crisscrossed with drystone walls, traditional farming

communities and bustling market towns. The Dales have inspired countless artists over the

centuries, and we are now inviting you to pick up your camera and capture what the

Yorkshire Dales means to you, be it the people, the landscape, or the wildlife.

Seek out a new perspective on the Dales – find a new angle on a classic scene, head off the

beaten path, or tell a fresh story with your photographs.

Thirty-five finalists will be selected from the entries, whose work will be included in our

gallery exhibition, which will run from 16th

– 28th June.

Visitors to the exhibition will be invited to vote for their favourite. The overall winning

entry, as voted for by the public, will receive a prize of a £100 photographic voucher and a

Yorkshire Hamper. Twelve images from the final 35 will be selected by the Yorkshire Dales

Millennium Trust for their 2027 Calendar.KEY DATES

Entries to be submitted by 5pm on 26th April.

The 35 finalists who have been selected to exhibit will be notified by 8th May.

The finalists’ framed photographs must be delivered to The Garden Rooms at Tennants

Reception by 5pm on 7th June.

Public voting during the exhibition closes on 28th June, and the winner will be announced on

29th June.

HOW TO ENTER

To enter the competition, please complete the entry form below, and submit it along with a

digital image file (jpeg) via email to info@tennantsgardenrooms.com or bring a copy of your

completed form and a digital file on a memory stick to The Garden Rooms at Tennants,

Leyburn, DL8 5SG. Please mark the envelope ‘Photography Competition’.

All image files must be of a resolution of 1MB or higher and must be re-named with the

photographer’s name. ALL PHOTOGRAPHS MUST BE IN LANDSCAPE ORIENTATION.

FINALISTS

Finalists chosen to be part of the exhibition must provide a framed and mounted, high

quality photographic print of their work, clearly labelled at the reverse with the

photographer’s name and the title of the work.

Photographs should be framed in a black frame with white mount and ring/string hanging

fixtures.

Prints must be a minimum of 8 x 10 inches.

The framed photographs in the exhibition can be for sale, with 10% of the gross sale price

being donated to Yorkshire Dales Millennium Trust and 20% of the gross sale price plus VAT

commission will be retained by The Garden Rooms at Tennants.

Suggested pricing for the photographs:

Small (approx. 8 x 10 inches): £40

Medium (approx. 10 x 15 inches): £60

Large (approx. 16 x 20 inches): £80

Please note, these prices are a guide only.ENTRY FORM

Name:

Address:

Email Address:

Telephone Number:

Image Title:

Location image was taken:

Please provide some brief background information to the image and what it means to you:

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Email address:TERMS & CONDITIONS

1. The Promotion is a Photography Competition, and the Prize is a £100 photographic voucher and a Yorkshire

Hamper

2. 3. 4. The Prize is non-transferable, and no cash alternative is available.

To enter you must submit your photograph/s along with a completed entry form.

Your submitted photographs must be in JPEG format, with a minimum size of 1MB. For inclusion in the

Yorkshire Dales Millennium Trust Calendar, we may request a higher resolution version of the photograph

submitted, that can be reproduced at A4 size (210x297mm) at 300dpi.

5. 6. 7. The competition is open to all UK residents aged 18 years or over.

Entries MUST NOT have been published previously or been submitted to other competitions.

The competition is open to amateur photographers only. For the purposes of this competition, an amateur

photographer is defined as not earning more than 50% of their annual income through their photography.

8. All images submitted must have been taken with The Yorkshire Dales and nearby areas. Please refer to the

map provided for areas included.

9. A maximum of three entries per photographer is permitted.

10. The Competition is open for entries until 5pm on 26th April 2025. Any entries received after this time will not

be accepted.

11. All images submitted must be your own work. You are responsible for making sure that any images you

submit have been taken with the permission of the subject and do not infringe the copyright of any third

party or any laws.

12. If the photograph included anyone under the age of 18, it is your responsibility to obtain necessary written

permission from a parent or guardian to take their photograph and submit it for competition/exhibition. This

must be available on request by the Promoters.

13. The Finalists and Calendar Winners will be selected by representatives from The Garden Rooms at Tennants

and Yorkshire Dales Millennium Trust. Judges will be selecting photographs anonymously – they will not be

supplied with the photographers’ name.

14. The Finalists will be notified by email by 8th May.

15. Any incomplete, offensive or illegible entries will be considered void and not counted. Proof of sending is not

proof of receiving.

16. The Promoters reserve the right to withdraw or extend or amend the Competition at any time without

notice.

17. By entering the Competition, the entrants grant the Promoters permission to use their name and photograph

for advertising and future promotional purposes without additional compensation. This includes being used

on The Garden Rooms at Tennants and Yorkshire Dales Millennium Trust’s websites, on social media, in the

exhibition as a finalist or on our digital display, printed in our calendar and used in advertising and press both

during and after the competition. Copyright in all images submitted for this Competition remains with the

respective entrants.

18. The Competition is governed by English law and the English courts shall have exclusive jurisdiction over any

dispute arising in connection with it.

19. The Promoters’ decision is final, and correspondence will not be entered into.

20. Entry to the Competition confirms that you have read, understood and agree to be bound by these terms

and conditions.

21. By entering the competition, you agree that the personal data you provide with be used by the Promoters to

contact you regarding the Competition. Your data will be treated in confidence and will not be disclosed to

third parties.