Historic Scotland

'My Place' Photography Competition

How to enter

Please ensure each entry is labelled with your name, address, telephone number and email and the name of the sculpture or street where the photograph was taken. You must be 8 or over to enter, and all entries under 16 should be marked accordingly.


Email your entries to:hs.listing@scotland.gsi.gov.uk or send images on CD to My Place – Glenrothes Art Photography Competition, Listing and Designed Landscapes Team, Historic Scotland, Longmore House, Salisbury Place, Edinburgh EH9 1SH.

The closing date for entries is 31 March 2012. Images will be judged by a panel made up of the Historic Scotland Listing and Designed Landscapes and Photography teams, as well as a member of the Fife Foto Group committee.


Junior Photographs taken in and around Glenrothes by children under the age of 16.

Senior Photographs taken in and around Glenrothes by people aged 16 and over.


Each category winner will receive a year’s membership to Historic Scotland and £50 in vouchers redeemable at the Kingdom Centre, Glenrothes. Second place winners in each category will receive £25 in vouchers redeemable at the Kingdom Centre and a free single entry to a Historic Scotland property.

Winners will be announced 1 June 2012 on our website.

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1. An entrant can submit a maximum of three photographs.
2. Entries must be taken in or around Glenrothes and feature Town Art.
3. All images must be submitted as digital files.
4. Digital images should be high resolution (you should use the highest setting possible on your camera) and submitted by email or on CD. Each image should not exceed 6MB in size.
5. Images may be enhanced only to remove spots or scratches.
6. All entries are sent at the photographer’s risk and Historic Scotland cannot accept liability for damage or loss. Entries will not be returned to entrants. All photos must be legally obtained, with permission if appropriate.
7. Entrants must be the sole author and owner of copyright for all images entered.
8. Copyright in all images submitted for this competition remains with the respective entrants. Where an image is used, the photographer will be credited. However, in consideration of entering the competition, each entrant grants Historic Scotland and Fife Council a licence to feature competition images in the publication, website and promotional material including social media connected to Historic Scotland or Fife Council.
9. Images from the competition will be used in an public exhibition to be held in the Rothes Hall, Glenrothes from 2 July to 9 August 2012, and may possibly be displayed in other public venues subsequently.
9. The competition is not open to employees of Historic Scotland or Fife Council.
10. Winners will be notified by 1 June 2012.
11. Historic Scotland reserves the right to cancel this competition or alter any of the rules, if necessary.
12. If the winners are unable to be contacted after reasonable attempts, Historic Scotland reserves the right to either offer the prize to a runner up or to re-offer the prize in any future competition.
13. The rules are governed by the laws of Scotland.
14. The decision of the judges are final.