These are the terms and conditions covering Farmers Weekly’s Harvest Photo Competition 2026, including Farmers Weekly’s use of photographs and videos submitted as part of the competition.
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Eligibility and entry
- The competition is open to anyone aged 18 or over, except full-time professional photographers.
- You do not have to be a professional photographer to enter. You may enter if you have previously won photography competitions, had your photography published, or earned money from the sale of photographs, provided you are not a full-time professional photographer.
- Every eligible photograph or video submitted to Farmers Weekly featuring harvest or harvest-related scenes will automatically be entered into the competition.
- In this context, “submitted” includes photographs or videos uploaded to the Harvest 2026 gallery at fwi.co.uk/harvest-2026.
- There is no limit to the number of photographs or videos that may be submitted.
- Entries must be submitted by 11.59pm on Tuesday 1 September 2026 to be eligible for the overall competition.
- Photographs or videos submitted after the closing date will not be eligible for the overall prize.
- You may submit photographs that have also been entered into other photography competitions, provided doing so does not contravene the terms and conditions of those competitions.
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Weekly prizes
In partnership with Hawkstone, three weekly winners will be selected during the competition.
Weekly winner 1 – 18 August 2026
Hawkstone will select one winning photograph from all eligible entries submitted up to and including 18 August 2026.
The winner will receive:
- One crate of Hawkstone beer; and
Weekly winner 2 – 25 August 2026
Hawkstone will select one winning photograph from eligible entries submitted between 18 August and 25 August 2026.
The winner will receive:
- One crate of Hawkstone beer; and
Weekly winner 3 – 1 September 2026
Hawkstone will select one winning photograph from eligible entries submitted between 25 August and 1 September 2026.
The winner will receive:
- One crate of Hawkstone beer; and
The weekly winners will be announced on Farmers Weekly’s digital and social media channels on or around the dates stated above.
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Overall prize
- Following the competition closing date, one overall winner will be selected from all eligible entries received by 11.59pm on 1 September 2026.
- The overall winner will be selected by the Farmers Weekly team and competition judges.
The overall winner will receive:
- The opportunity for their winning photograph to appear on the front cover of a future issue of Farmers Weekly; and
- Their weight in Hawkstone beer.
The date of publication of the winning photograph on the front cover will be determined by Farmers Weekly.
The overall winner will be announced in September 2026.
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Judging
- The three weekly winners will be selected by Hawkstone from the eligible entries received during each relevant weekly judging period.
- The overall winner will be selected by the Farmers Weekly team and competition judges from all eligible entries received by the closing date.
- The decision of the judges regarding the weekly winners, overall winner and any highly commended entries is final, and no correspondence will be entered into.
- Farmers Weekly and Hawkstone reserve the right to disqualify any entry that they consider does not comply with these terms and conditions.
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Use of submitted photographs and videos
- By submitting a photograph or video to Farmers Weekly, you confirm that you own the copyright to that media and that there are no fees attached to its use by Farmers Weekly or its affiliated businesses.
- Farmers Weekly and its affiliated companies and businesses reserve the right to use submitted photographs and videos more than once in the magazine, on the website, on social media or in any other medium or format, both in connection with harvest coverage and in any other context.
- People submitting photographs or videos to Farmers Weekly retain the right to use those photographs or videos themselves for personal and/or commercial purposes.
- The person who took the overall winning photograph will be credited in an article inside the issue of Farmers Weekly in which the photograph appears and on the website, where appropriate.
- By entering the competition, you agree that Farmers Weekly may publish your name and submitted photograph or video in connection with the competition.
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Prizes
- The weekly prizes consist of one crate of Hawkstone beer, subject to availability and any applicable event terms and conditions.
- The overall prize consists of the overall winner’s weight in Hawkstone beer.
- Winners must be aged 18 or over to receive any alcohol prize.
- No cash alternative is available for any prize.
- Prizes are non-transferable and cannot be substituted, except where Farmers Weekly or Hawkstone considers it necessary to substitute a prize with an alternative prize of equal or greater value.
- Farmers Weekly and Hawkstone reserve the right to verify the identity and age of winners before prizes are awarded.
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General
- By entering the competition, you agree to be bound by these terms and conditions and the applicable Farmers Weekly content submission terms.
- Farmers Weekly reserves the right to amend, suspend or withdraw the competition where reasonably necessary, including where circumstances outside its reasonable control make this necessary.
- Farmers Weekly and its affiliated businesses accept no responsibility for entries that are lost, delayed, incomplete or otherwise unable to be processed for technical or other reasons.
- The competition is not open to employees of Farmers Weekly, Hawkstone or their immediate families, or anyone directly involved in organising or judging the competition.
- If a winner cannot be contacted or does not comply with these terms and conditions, Farmers Weekly reserves the right to select an alternative winner.
- For the full terms and conditions relating to submitting content to Farmers Weekly, please see the Mark Allen Group content submission terms and conditions.
- If you have any queries about the competition, please email farmersweekly@markallengroup.com.