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Submit your entry
Submission guidelines
Tweet your photo entry to @HiPointIreland - this must be on the submission day specified above only. Entries submitted before or after the specified submission day will not qualify. No more than one entry per Twitter account is permitted. If you submit multiple entries on the day, only the first eligible one will qualify. As well as mentioning @HiPointIreland, the text in your tweet MUST also include the following 2 hashtags:
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To qualify as an eligible submission, your entry MUST comply with these submission guidelines and contain an image which meets the photo guidelines and diversity guidelines below. If your Twitter entry complies with ALL of these guidelines, it will be retweeted once and liked once by @HiPointIreland.
Promote your entry Copy and paste the link to your original tweet into a new blank tweet. Add text in the new tweet to let other Twitter users know that the link is to a competition entry and that they can vote for it by "liking" it. You can also paste the link into other online locations to encourage others to like it on Twitter. |
Vote for your favourite
"Like" it on Twitter
Go to our Twitter likes during the voting period. Vote for your favourite by "liking" its original tweet before midnight at the end of the final day of the voting period specified above. |
Promote your favourite
Retweet the original tweet to let other Twitter users know about it. You can also copy and paste the link to the original tweet into other online locations to encourage others to like it on Twitter. |
The prize
The winning photo in each competition will be displayed permanently in the previous winners section at the bottom of this page. In addition, all four winning photos selected during each calendar year will also be shortlisted for a final round of voting in December to determine the winner of the High Point Photo of the Year award.
Winner selection
At the end of the voting period, the number of Twitter "likes" given to each qualifying entry will be recorded. The winning photo will be the one receiving the largest number of Twitter likes. In the event of a draw, the entry in joint 1st position which receives the largest number of retweets will be the winner. If there is still no outright winner, voting will be extended one full day at a time for the joint 1st place entries only until there is an outright winner. Each competition must attract at least two qualifying entries on its submission day.
Photo guidelines
What we DO want to see
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What we DO NOT want to see
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Diversity guidelines
Every four consecutive winning photos must feature four different High Point locations. The winning photos from the four separate rounds which take place each calendar year between 1st January and 31st December must have been submitted by four different people. Please check this year's previous winners below before submitting.
Previous winners
Competition No.9: 2018 Round 4
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Submitted by: Anthony O'Donovan
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Competition No.8: 2018 Round 3
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Submitted by: Tommy McGibney
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Competition No.7: 2018 Round 2
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Submitted by: Mark O'Leary
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Competition No.6: 2018 Round 1
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Submitted by: Gillian Carolan
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Competition No.5: Autumn 2017
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Submitted by: Mark O'Leary
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Location: Moylussa (532m)
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Competition No.4: Summer 2017
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Submitted by: Dara Curran
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Location: Slieve Donard (850m)
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Competition No.3: Spring 2017
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Submitted by: Anthony O'Donovan
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Location: Carrauntoohil (1,039m)
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Competition No.2: Winter 2016/17
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Submitted by: Martin McAlinden
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Location: Benbaun (729m)
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Competition No.1: Autumn 2016
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Submitted by: Patrick O'Brien
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