The BSS Photo Competition is now open for entrants. All the entries will be displayed at the 2023 Conference in Exeter.

Previous entries and winners can be seen here. Good luck!

Please click Read More to see the full competition rules (or view, download or print them here and note that each entry must be accompanied by a completed Entry Form, available here.

Competition Rules

1 By entering the competition entrants agree to abide by the terms and conditions published here.

2 The Competition is open only to current Members of The British Sundial Society.

3 Each photograph must contain a sundial or other closely related object.

4 Competitors may submit up to three entries. Prints may be any size up to 10” x 8” and should be mounted on a thin sheet of card not larger than A4. A printed Title (not hand-written) must be applied below the picture.

5 A separate Entry Form should be used with each print. Please include the location of the dial with its BSS SRN if it is a recorded UK dial.

6 Copyright will belong to the entrant but they agree to the BSS using any or all of their submitted pictures and/or text for promotional purposes and the furtherance of the Society’s aims.

7 Announcement of the winners will be made at the BSS Conference.

8 The three highest placed entrants to the competition will each receive a certificate.

9 The British Sundial Society reserves the right to reproduce or otherwise use (without payment or further notice) any of the photographs for display and publicity purposes. Entrants agree to such use by signing the Entry Form.

10 Entries should be sent by ordinary letter post to the address shown on the Entry Form. Please place the sender’s name and address on the reverse of the mailing envelope.