Terms & Conditions
Photographic rights
By submitting an image to The World’s Rarest Birds photo competition (The Competition), you grant TheWorldsRarest.com and BirdLife International non-exclusive unlimited world rights to publish it in printed or electronic form for any purpose linked to the production and marketing of the book The World’s Rarest Birds. You have the option to grant TheWorldsRarest.com and BirdLife International additional rights to publish on their respective websites or in other BirdLife publications any image submitted for The Competition; such usage will be solely for the purpose of furthering the conservation of the species and not for use in commercial publications.
Copyright, fees, accreditation and confidentiality
Copyright in any photographs submitted for The Competition remains with the photographer.
No fees will be paid.
All photographs that are published in The World’s Rarest Birds will be credited with the photographer’s name and website link if requested.
Neither TheWorldsRarest.com nor BirdLife International will pass on any image submitted for The Competition to any third party without the express permission of the photographer.
Neither TheWorldsRarest.com nor BirdLife International will forward to any third party the address (email or otherwise) of individuals who submit images for The Competition.
Submitting images
You may enter as many pictures as you wish to The Competition, with a limit of five images per species, but neither TheWorldsRarest.com nor BirdLife International are required to publish all submitted entries.
Images showing birds at their nest are not eligible to be entered into The Competition.
Images submitted for the 2008 and 2009 Rare Birds Yearbook photo competitions are not eligible to be entered into The Competition.
Images should be submitted electronically as JPG (highest quality) or TIFF. Images should be as large as possible and ideally 3500 x 2500 pixels, but should not exceed 25MB. To upload an image, please select the name of the species from one of the drop-down menus and complete all the required fields on the The World's Rarest Birds Entry Form screen.
Scans of transparencies are eligible to be entered into The Competition. However, the original transparency may be requested if the image is selected for publication. If you are unable to obtain a scan of a transparency, please contact the editor at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it for details of where and how to send the transparency by regular mail.
By submitting a photograph into The Competition, the entrant:
- Guarantees that he/she owns the copyright to the work or any part of the submitted work.
- Indemnifies TheWorldsRarest.com, BirdLife International and the publisher WILDGuides against any claims, actions, proceedings, costs and expenses that may arise from allegations that the copyright or ownership of the entered work does not belong to the entrant.
- Agrees to cropping, reversal or minor alterations to their work and, if necessary, fades into the text for the purpose of including it in the book The World’s Rarest Birds.
The judging panel's decision on all matters relating to The Competition is final and no correspondence will be entered into concerning The Competition's judging or organization.
The closing date for The Competition is 31st August 2010.
