Mobile Photography Contest

Terms & Conditions

1. Introduction


  • These terms are applicable to all the promotions, contests, giveaways and anything that is promoted or run via our website or social media platforms.
  • To enter this contest, you must follow as mentioned on our website or social media platforms.
  • Entry to our contests is FREE of cost, therefore no purchase required, unless otherwise specified.
  • The Promotions on social media platforms are not endorsed, administered, sponsored, or associated with - Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn or any other social media network.
  • You are providing your info to the company Fotolna Innovations (www.fotolna.com) and not to any other participant. The info you provide will be used in coordination and conjunction with our Privacy Policy mentioned ahead.

2. Entry and Eligibility Restrictions


  • To become eligible to gain access to this contest:
    • Participants must be a real person, at least of the age of 12 years or above and have a permanent resident in any country of the world. Address proof and age proof may be required if the participant is selected for the prize.
    • Participants must not be an employee, officer or agent, or anyone related to any person or associations involved in the operation of this contest including Fotolna and Holaray Messenger, and you must not be a family member or any in relation of any such person.
    • Contest participants for our promotions on social media platforms must have a genuine account and must ‘follow’ & ‘like’ the Fotolna Innovations” social media page (Twitter, Facebook, Instagram etc.) as part of the entry procedure.
  • The number of entries allowed per person is 1 in any contest.
  • The maximum number of entries in any contest shall be determined at our sole discretion but it won’t be less than 100 entries.

3. Contest Entry Process


  • The participant needs to use any Android or IOS based mobile phones for uploading the photographs (refer to the Contest for details)
  • Each participant can send a maximum of 5 photographs from one mobile phone.
  • Individuals having multiple mobile phones can send multiple entries but the same individual is not eligible for multiple prizes.
  • Once photographs are sent, they cannot be deleted or replaced from the contest.
  • The detailed description of uploading and posting of the images is described on the page www.fotolna.com/contest
  • The Contest is open from 1st June 2022 and closes on 31st August 2022.
  • The photographs uploaded should be in any image format like JPEG, etc with each photograph not exceeding 15 MB of Size.
  • The Uploaded photos should not be edited for any purpose or reason.
  • All submitted photographs will be published on Fotolna website along with the Photographer’s name, Profile picture, Title of the Photographs and Country.
  • The prize-winning photographs are also published along with the Photographer’s name, Profile picture, Title of the Photographs and Country.
  • The participants are grouped into General and Student Categories
  • Any individual who is above 12 years of Age is eligible to compete under General Category
  • Individuals who are above 12 years of age and not exceeding 25 years of age as on 30th July 2022 and currently studying in any School, College or University are eligible to compete under Student Category.
  • Every award-winning student should submit a Bonafide certificate from the respective School/College/University on demand.
  • The prizes in case are distributed through online transfer and certificate will be posted through international courier to the award winning individuals.
  • For minors who are below 18 years of age, the prize money is given to the Parents/Guardians.
  • Nudity, Semi Nudity, Vulgarity or Violence in photographs in any form is not acceptable
  • There is no specific theme for the Contest. Hence the participants can choose their own themes for their photography (Example – Nature, Sports, Cities, Cultures, Art, Machines, Faces etc.,)

4. Start and End dates


  • A contest shall open for entries on the date and time mentioned on the www.fotolna.com website and social media platforms, and in the same way, shall end to entries on the date and time mentioned on the www.fotolna.com website and social media platforms. Unless otherwise specified, these dates and times are set to those for UTC (Universal Time Co-ordinated).
  • Entries received before the opening or after the ending of the contest will be unacceptable and will not be entered into the contest.
  • No responsibility will be taken for entries not received or accepted for whatever reason may be.
  • We reserve the right to cancel or modify the contest and its terms and conditions without any prior notice in the event of a disaster, catastrophe, war, civil or military trouble, act of God or any actual or predicted breach of any applicable law or regulation or any other event external to our control. Any changes to the contest will be notified to entrants as soon as it will be possible by us.

5. Judging


  • Contest entries shall be judged or winners selected on the basis of those criteria specified on our website and/or social media channels in relation to the contest.
  • If a contest entrant does not meet the eligibility requirements or is subject to any entry restrictions, that entrant shall not be entitled to be adjudged a winner, and will not be entitled to a prize in any circumstances.
  • The Judges’ decision in respect of all matters to do with the contest will be final and no correspondence will be entered into.

6. Winners and prizes


  • Contest prizes for each contest shall be specified on our website along with other social media channels.
  • Contest prize winners will be notified of the contest result by email (if address is asked for/provided) or by direct message on social media (winners must therefore ‘like’ or ‘follow’ our social media accounts in order to be contacted about prizes) not more than 30 days following the ending date of the contest, and will receive their prizes not more than 60 days following that ending date.
  • Reasonable efforts will be made to contact the prize winner for 14 days but if the winner fails to respond to our notification attempts within this time or provide an address for delivery of the prize or fails to meet any of the eligibility requirements or is otherwise unable to comply with the contest terms and conditions, we reserve the right to disqualify that entrant and offer the prize to the next eligible entrant and thereafter until a winner is found.
  • The results of a contest will be announced on our website within 30 days following the ending date of the contest. The announcement may include the name and photograph, the town or region of residence, category you belong to and prize details of each prize winner.
  • Nothing alternative to the prizes will be offered. The prizes are not transferable. Prizes are subject to availability and we reserve the right to substitute any prize with another of equivalent value without giving notice.
  • Every effort will be made to transfer the prize money to the winners. However the transfer of the prize money will not be guaranteed in the event of a disaster, catastrophe, war, civil or military trouble, act of God or any actual or predicted breach of any applicable law or regulation or any other event external to our control.

7. Copyright and moral rights


  • You provide the warranty to us that you created your contest entries, that you own all of the copyright in those entries, and that our use of the entries in accordance with these rules will not infringe any person's intellectual property rights or other legal rights.
  • You grant to us an exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free, perpetual and irrevocable licence to copy, store, edit, distribute, transmit and publish your contest entries.
  • To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, you irrevocable and unconditionally waive your rights to be identified as the author of your contest entries and to object to any derogatory treatment of your contest entries.

8. What happens to your entry


  • All submitted Photographs meeting the guidelines of the contest will be published on the website of www.fotolna.com for perpetuity along with other social media websites of Fotolna.
  • Your contest entry will not be returned. Please, therefore, keep a copy of your contest entry.

9. Publicity

  • We may undertake publicity activities relating to contests and prize awards. The winner therefore agrees to the use of their name, photograph and disclosure of town or region of residence in any post-prize-winning publicity names, surnames, towns or regions of residence and prize details.
  • All other personal details collected as part of the contest will be used in conjunction with our Privacy Policy.

10. Our details


  • This prize contest is run by Fotolna Innovations
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11. Obligation


  • By participating in the International Photography Contest, the participant is admitting to adhere to all the above terms and Conditions