DIVE’s Big Shot – Bright and Beautiful

DIVE’s BIG SHOT CAVES CAVERNS AND OVERHANGS Photography Competition Terms and Conditions

By entering this competition; entrants agree to be bound by these rules.

• The competition opens on 25 July 2024 at 11:00 am and closes on Wednesday, 4 September 2024 at 23:59 (BST)
• The best images will be selected by the judges for publication in the Autumn 2024 issue of DIVE. One image will be selected as the overall winner by the judges and the overall winner will receive an Aggressor Adventures liveaboard trip to The British Virgin Islands
• The judges’ decision is final; no correspondence will be entered into.
• The prize is a week’s trip for one person aboard the BVI Aggressor on dates to be agreed with Aggressor Adventures.
• Flights are not included; prize winners are responsible for their own transport to and from Tortola, British Virgin Islands.
• Local taxes, visas, health requirements and travel insurance are the responsibility of the prize winner.
• Included: accommodations in a shared deluxe stateroom (with person of same gender), diving and snorkeling, compressed air tanks, weights and weight belts, all onboard chef-prepared meals and snacks, non-alcoholic beverages and sodas, and local beer and wine
• Not Included: Airfare (international and domestic), insurance, equipment rentals, nitrox fills, certification or specialty courses, hotel stays, day rooms, dinner on last evening, staff gratuity, port/park fees, fuel surcharges, transfer, or taxes.
• All entrants submitting a photograph that is selected for publication will receive one year’s digital subscription to DIVE Magazine.
• Participating in this competition will subscribe the entrant to DIVE’s weekly newsletter. The newsletter, which contains a weekly digest of articles, plus news of special offers and competitions is completely free of charge, and can be unsubscribed from at any time without penalty. No data will be shared with any third party except Aggressor Adventures (see below)
• The name and e-mail address of all entrants to all of DIVE’s Big Shot competitions will be shared with Aggressor Adventures.
• Prizes are non-transferable, and there is no cash alternative.
• DIVE Magazine, and all partners involved cannot accept any responsibility for any damage, loss, injury or disappointment suffered by any entrant entering the competition or as a result of accepting any prize.
• Entrants agree on their behalf, and on behalf of their respective heirs, executors, administrators, legal representatives, successors and assigns (‘Released Parties’) to release, defend and hold harmless DIVE magazine and Aggressor Adventures, and any partner involved, as well as the employees, officers, directors and agents of each, from any and all actions, causes of action, suits, expenses, lost profits, indirect or direct damages, consequential damages, incidental damages, punitive or exemplary damages, judgments, claims and demands whatsoever against Released Parties arising out of or in connection with entrant’s participation, acceptance and use or misuse of any prize, including any travel-related activities.
• All the photography must be the work of the entrant and the entrants must have full rights for the use of any photograph. All images must be available in high resolution (300 dpi minimum) and must be supplied as a JPEG file on request.
• The entrants agree to give DIVE magazine non-exclusive rights to submissions of photographs for the purposes of promotion of the competition in print and online.
• The laws of England and Wales govern this agreement.