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Featherbed 2025 Photo Contest

Visual storytelling is the heart of good photography! 

Tell the Knysna and Featherbed stories in your images and stand a chance to win one of our great prizes!

Entry Fees and Deadlines

An entry fee of R50 is payable for each image entered.

Closing date is 24:00 on 10 July 2025.

Winners will be announced at 12:00 on 12 July 2025 at Cruise Café.

Prizes

  1. Winner wins a "Working with Light" Photographic Workshop to the value of R7 000, hosted at Featherbed Nature Reserve. The content of the workshop will be adapted to match the winners photographic skills level and learning requirements and scheduled for a date (with in one year from 12 July 2025) to suit all parties involved. Prize cannot be exchanged for cash. 

  2. The runner-up will receive R1000 cash.

General Rules

  1. By entering your images into the Featherbed Co. competition, you are deemed to have accepted the rules. Please do not submit a photo to the competition unless you are prepared to agree to these terms.

  2. The competition is open to everyone.

  3. Images may be produced uaing a cell phone, DSLR or mirrorless camera.

  4. The entrant must not have breached any laws when taking their photographs.

  5. Submitted photos must be the work of the participant and must have no identifying marks or keywords allocated to them. No borders, watermarks or signatures should be included on the image. Contetants may be asked to produce the original unprocessed images to prove ownership.

  6. Post-production and digital manipulation is allowed (the integrity and subject matter must be kept).

  7. AI images are NOT allowed.

  8. The decisions of the judges and editorial team are final.

  9. All judges will be appointed by Featherbed Co. 

  10. Entries will be judged anonymously. 

  11. Participant retains copyright of all submitted images and descriptions, but by entering the competition, you grant Featherbed Co. and its partners a non-exclusive, royalty-free, irrevocable licence to publish images for any purpose directly connected with the competition. This includes: display on the Featherbed Co. website and on the websites of partners; on social media used by Featherbed Co. and its supporters; for use in marketing and communication purposes.

  12. All rewarded photos (Winner and Honourable Mentions) will be published on the Featherbed Co. website.

  13. All photos not awarded will be removed from the website after the winners have been announced.

  14. Featherbed Co. reserves the right to modify the Competition rules at any time.

  15. Featherbed Co. reserves the right to remove or refuse any Entries from the competition for any reason. Entries will be refused or removed if, in the sole judgement of the Featherbed Co. they could reasonably be expected to breach into disrepute.

HOW TO ENTER

  1. Visit Cruise Cafe to pay your entry fee and receive your unique Photo ID number.

  2. Email your image to featherbedcompany@gmail.com, using your Photo ID number as reference.

  3. Images must be submitted in JPEG format at 1200 pixels along the longest side via e-mail or digital upload to featherbedcompany@gmail.com. 

Privacy

  1. Featherbed Co. will always mention the entrant’s full name in connection with the publication of the submitted images. We will use your first and last name as supplied during the entry process.

  2. Cookies are small text files placed automatically on your computer, tablet or mobile phone when visiting the Featherbed Co. website. Cookies are managed by your browser. When visiting the Featherbed Co. website functional cookies are set for the duration of your browser session. You may prevent the use of cookies by changing the privacy settings of your browser.

  3. Featherbed Co. collects your contact details such as name, address and e-mail address with the sole purpose of administering the competition. By providing this information, you are consenting to letting Featherbed Co. contact you. 

Entries Received

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