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Category Instagram Competition for Youngsters

Any images of nature are eligible in this category. The image can be captured either with a phone or a camera. There is no limit to the number of competition photos. The upper age limit is 16 years.

Entries to this category are submitted via the social media service Instagram. To participate in the competition, participants must publish their photo as a public post with the hashtags #kuusamonaturephoto24 and @kuusamotalo.

This category is open during 20 May–18 August 2024.

You are free to choose the topic of your image. We encourage you to showcase your own ideas and bold interpretations – whether it’s a small detail or a vast landscape, each photo tells a story.

The competition in this category is organised by Kuusamo Town Cultural Services.

  • This category is open during 20 May–18 August 2024.

    Participants can enter the series through the Instagram app.

    The competition is open to individuals under 16 years old (Instagram’s age limit is 13 years). The competition organizer reserves the right to modify the competition period due to compelling reasons. If the competition needs to be canceled during the event, the prize will be drawn among all participants who entered before the cancellation.

    In this category, 3 (three) best images will be awarded. The series winners will be chosen by a representative from Kuusamo Town Cultural Services and two rotating judges. The jury will make their selection after the participation period ends on August 18, 2024. Winners will be contacted via private messages on Instagram. If a winner cannot be reached within seven (7) days of contact, a new winner will be selected.

    Participating in this category does not prevent you from taking part in other categories of Kuusamo Nature Photo Competition.

  • The participant is responsible for having the legal right to use and share the images he/she enters to the competition, and for having the consent of all persons who may appear in the videos/images to take part in the competition.

    The participant is also responsible for the appropriateness of the content of the submitted videos/images.

    The photographer retains full image rights to the competition image.

    The organiser of the competition has the right to publish the awarded participants’  names or nicknames in the communication and marketing channels of the organiser’s choice. In addition, the organiser has the right to share the images of the participants on the organiser’s channels in connection with the marketing of the competition. However, in such case, the photographer’s information must remain with the image.

    The organiser reserves the right to change the competition period for a justified reason. If the competition is prematurely terminated, the prize will be drawn among all participants who have submitted their entries by the date of the termination.

    The organiser is not responsible for entries that have failed to be submitted due to technical reasons. The organiser reserves the right to disqualify any individual who violates the rules of this competition, or who the organiser suspects of having used dishonest means in taking part in this competition, or who has violated the terms of use of Instagram.

    By participating in the competition, the participant accepts the rules of the competition and the decisions of the organiser of the competition. The organiser reserves the right to all changes concerning the competition.

    The organisers of the competition will not collect the participants’ contact information, nicknames, or other information, and they will not be used for direct marketing.

    The participants’ information will only be used for the implementation of the competition, and the winner’s contact information will only be used for delivering the prize.