GWR 2012 photographic competition in aid..

..of the Emergency Appeal!

Gloucestershire Warwickshire Steam Railway Plc (the GWR) and the charitable Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway Trust Ltd (the GWRT) are appealing for £1million in shares purchases/donations to help fund the repair of the embankment collapses at Gotherington (now complete) and Chicken Curve and associated preventative drainage works.

Morris Photo are proud to sponser this competition - it's wonderful to see our country's heritage and history open to the public, and we'd love to keep it that way!

Get snapping for a chance to win one of the attractive prizes on offer and help the Emergency Appeal fund.

During 2012 the GWR is running a photography competition in support of the Emergency Appeal. The winning photographs will receive one of the fantastic prizes on offer, the chance of being reproduced in railway publicity material and may even appear in a future GWR calendar.

The competition is open to all ages and all you need to do is take or have taken a photograph at the GWR or a similar railway location.

Budding photographers can interpret the themes as they see fit, with entries falling into any one of six categories.     

ENTRY CATEGORIES AND CORRESPONDING PRIZES:

Category number	The competition categories are:	The prizes are:
1	Best photo of the Gloucestershire and Warwickshire Railway	1 x Ricoh compact camera
2	Best photo of any heritage railway	1 x Manfrotto 190CX3 tripod
3	Best photo of a railway scene not containing a train	1 x Manfrotto Veloce VII camera bag
4	Best photo of a steam loco	1 x Lowepro Pro-Runner camera bag 300w
5	Best photo of a diesel loco	1 x Lowepro Slingshot camera bag 202aw
6	Best photo age 15 and under (any category)	1 x Lowepro Flipside camera bag 200

There will also be second and third place prizes making this a competition well worth winning.

The closing date for all entries is Sunday 30^th September 2012. To view full details of the prizes, entry criteria and an entry form click on the icon below.