The Orcadian is running a major photography competition to coincide with our 150th anniversary.

In conjunction with sponsors W. H. B Sutherland and Focus on Orkney, our photographic competition will run for the next six months. We are inviting entries from young and old, from happy snappers to experts behind the lens.

The competition subject is simply Orkney 2004.

We want to compile a snapshot of life in the county during this, The Orcadian’s 150th anniversary. There will be monthly prizes between now and the end of August for the top three photographs in two sections: 18 and under and over 18.

Digital images can be entered by e-mail to: competitions@orcadian.co.uk or by high quality print.

Entering the competition

Alternatively, photographic prints, slides and digital prints should be sent to:

Photography competition,
The Orcadian,
50 Albert Street,
Kirkwall,
KW15 1HQ.

You should include your name, address, telephone number, age and a description in no more than 150 words of how, when and where you took your entry and the type of camera you used.

Judging panel

A panel of three judges will cast a critical eye over the entries. They are:Torquil Clyde, from Focus on Orkney, Stuart Laundy, news editor, The Orcadian, and Frank Bradford, a former national newspaper photographer, who now lives in South Ronaldsay.

All monthly winners will go forward to a grand final at the beginning of September, with the champion receiving a state-of-the -art digital camera, courtesy of our sponsors.

The competition will culminate with a major exhibition at the Pickaquoy Centre throughout September and October.

Competition Rules

• Employees of The Orcadian and their immediate families are ineligible to enter competitions run in the newspaper or on the www.orcadian.co.uk website.
• No purchase necessary.
• The editor's decision is final.
• Entries will not be accepted after the closing date.
• No correspondence will be entered into.
• Unless otherwise specified, competition winners will be notified within 14 days of the closing date for entry, and the details published in The Orcadian.
• No cash alternative is offered to competition prizes.
• Unless otherwise stated, the promoter of the competition is The Orcadian, 50 Albert Street, Kirkwall, KW15 1HQ