Middleport Pottery holds 2026 Charity Calendar Competition | Re-form

14/02/2025

Middleport Pottery holds 2026 Charity Calendar Competition

Middleport Pottery is holding it’s first charity calendar competition. We are giving 12 lucky winners the chance to have their photograph featured in the calendar that will be sold in the Middleport Pottery Gift Shop from Autumn 2025. All monies raised from the sale of the Middleport Pottery calendar will be put towards the continuous maintenance of the site.

Regardless of age or ability everyone is invited to enter (even our staff, volunteers & tenants). One entry per person. High quality photos need to be emailed to comms@re-form.org in landscape format took with either a phone or a camera. Entries must be submitted between 14th February 2025 and 31st May 2025.

Please read the full terms & conditions below - Good Luck!

Terms & Conditions:

  1. This competition is hosted by Middleport Pottery / Re-Form Heritage, Port Street, Stoke-on-Trent, ST6 3PE
  2. The Middleport Pottery 2026 Calendar Competition opens on 14th February 2025 and closes 31st May 2025. Entries received after this date will automatically be disqualified.
  3. ONE entry per person. If multiple pictures are submitted only your first picture will be entered.
  4. All competition entries must be landscape and sent in a high-resolution (300 dpi) digital format or a high-quality photograph from your phone in order to qualify for consideration.
  5. All competition entries must show areas of the Middleport Pottery site – Site Entrance, Victorian Offices, Factory Tour, Placing House, Port Street Range, Bottle Oven, Mould Store, Canalside, Bath House, Bottle Oven Courtyard, Narrowboat Dane, Steam Engine, Canalside View or Harper Street. Admission charges apply to the Factory Tour and Heritage Trail areas.
  6. This is a FREE to enter competition and is open to everyone of all abilities including staff, tenants and volunteers. ONE entry per applicant only.
  7. Middleport Pottery/ Re-Form Heritage has the right to use any image submitted for use in future promotional and marketing material in both print format and on social media & digital platforms.
  8. Middleport Pottery / Re-Form Heritage is only accepting digital entries for this competition if this requirement is not followed and physical copies of the images are sent these will automatically be disqualified and unfortunately, we will not be responsible for loss, damage or the cost of returning them to yourself. The return of physical artwork is not something that will be done.
  9. Middleport Pottery / Re-Form Heritage will not be responsible for disqualified entries due to late receipt for the following reasons: hardware or software failure, issues with 3rd party image transfer systems. The specified close date of 31st May 2025 at 11.59pm is final.
  10. Middleport Pottery / Re-Form Heritage reserves the right to disqualify any entry that is in breach of the following: a) The work provided was not created by yourself, b) The work provided was AI generated and was not created fairly in the good nature of the competition
  11. Entry Requirements: All entries must be submitted as landscape High-Res images in Jpeg or PDF format or high-quality images direct from your phone (images from social media platforms cannot be used). Images cannot include signatures, watermarks or any business advertising for the entries from professionals.
  12. Judging: Judging of all entries will commence once the competition closes. The judging process will go through four stages. Stage One – A panel of judges will review all entries and select their final 100. Stage Two – A social media vote will take place on Facebook to find the top 37. Stage Three – Each business sponsoring the calendar competition will select the winner to represent each of their months. Stage Four – From the 12 monthly winners a “Cover Star” will be selected as the front cover image (front cover will be selected by Re-Form Heritage).
  13. Winners: The Twelve “Page Winners” will be notified by the email provided once judging is completed.
  14. Prizes: All prizes are final, no alternatives or a monitory value will be given. All Twelve page winners will receive ONE FREE COPY each of the finished calendar (additional copies of the calendar can be purchased from the Middleport Pottery shop) and receive a family heritage pass for four people, The “Cover Star” winner will receive a FREE individual 12 Month Membership (Individual membership to Middleport Pottery for 18+ and a Junior Explorer membership if it’s a person under 18).
  15. Judge’s Decision: The judge’s decision on finalists is final and winner’s names will be announced on our website, social media channels, third party social media channels and press releases.
  16. Ownership of Entries: a) All entries MUST be your original work and not infringe on the rights of third parties, b) If a person or persons are featured in your image written consent from the individual featured must be obtained. If the person featured is under the age of 18 or a vulnerable adult, then written consent must be given by both the individual featured and their parent/guardian, c) By entering this competition, the creator of the image used will retain full ownership of the image, however you give full consent; a) that Middleport Pottery/ Re-Form Heritage have full permission to use your image in the final Middleport Pottery Calendar,, d) In any future Middleport Pottery / Re-Form Heritage marketing purposes beyond the remit of the calendar competition such as POS, website, press and social media advertising of the Middleport Pottery / Harper Street sites free of charge, e) If you are selected as one of our 12 winners by entering you also give full consent that your photograph can be used for any Publicity, POS, social media, Press release and on our website as part of any communication that relates to the “Middleport Pottery 2026 Calendar Competition.”
  17. Personal Data: a) By entering this competition, you agree that your name, town / city of residence (ie Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent) and age (under 18’s only) can be mentioned alongside your entry on the final calendar produced and in any promotional material online or in print when we are announcing our winners. Professional entries by entering you consent that your business name & website address will not be promoted and no logos, email, social media accounts or telephone numbers will be advertised, b) Winners are required to allow the publication of their winning image, name, town or city and age (under 16’s only) as part of any publicity relating to this competition. By entering you consent to the inclusion of your fore-mentioned details.