{"id":207828,"date":"2018-05-02T18:57:45","date_gmt":"2018-05-02T08:57:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=207828"},"modified":"2020-08-04T12:39:34","modified_gmt":"2020-08-04T02:39:34","slug":"photo-competition-offers-8000-in-prizes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2018\/05\/02\/photo-competition-offers-8000-in-prizes\/","title":{"rendered":"Photo Competition Offers $8000 In Prizes"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_207831\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-207831\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/20180502-eagle-hunter.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-207831\" src=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/20180502-eagle-hunter.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/20180502-eagle-hunter.jpg 620w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/20180502-eagle-hunter-300x186.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-207831\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u201cThe Eagle Hunter\u201d by Bilkana Jurukovsk won the Themed Category (Passion) in the 2017 Heritage Bank Photographic Awards<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>May 2, 2018<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Heritage Bank Photographic Awards is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year, and giving shutterbugs a shot at over $8,000 in prizes.<\/p>\n<p>Entries in the competition opened on Wednesday and Heritage Bank CEO Peter Lock is encouraging photographers of all ages, backgrounds and experience levels to submit their favourite images.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Over the past 30 years, the Heritage Bank Photographic Awards have shone a spotlight on the moments that have inspired us,&#8221; Mr Lock said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Whether you\u2019re a professional or simply enjoy taking photos in your spare time, the Awards provide a fantastic platform to showcase your photographic creativity locally, nationally and all over the world.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We even offer special youth categories for young photographers.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There are no entry fees and entrants simply jump online to upload their photo into the competition &#8211; it\u2019s easy to get involved.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Entries are being accepted in two categories again this year. <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The first is the Open Category, in which the choice of subject is totally up to the photographer.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>The second is the Themed Category \u2018Respect\u2019, which is open to the photographer\u2019s interpretation.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The competition is open to Australian residents with no background or experience restrictions in place.<\/p>\n<p>The winners of the Open and Themed categories will each receive $1500, while the CEO\u2019s Choice award winner will receive $500.<\/p>\n<p>The winner of the Bruce Mackenzie Memorial Award for young photographers will receive $1000, courtesy of the Mackenzie Family and the Toowoomba Chronicle.<\/p>\n<p>An Alwyn Kucks Memorial Award of $500 will go to an image from an entrant residing within a 50km radius of Toowoomba.<\/p>\n<p>There are also prizes on offer in three youth categories: 7-9 years; 10-13; and 14-17.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Entries in this year\u2019s awards close at 12pm AEST on June 29. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The winners will be advised in early August and the top 50 images will go on exhibition at the USQ Arts Gallery in Toowoomba from September 19.<\/p>\n<p>More details can be found on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.heritage.com.au\/about\/sponsorship\/photographic-awards\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>Heritage Bank&#8217;s website<\/b><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.heritage.com.au\/nanango\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full\" title=\"communitynews\" src=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/core\/communitynews3.jpg\" alt=\"Community News\" width=\"740\" height=\"232\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Heritage Bank Photographic Awards is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year, and giving shutterbugs a shot at over $8,000 in prizes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":207831,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[863,402,3],"tags":[23],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.11 - 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