The Inaugural NSIGC Minjerribah Photography Awards, with $2,250 cash prize money, will take place on 15 July - 16 September 2024.

The awards are an annual competition to create and spread awareness about the natural beauty and indigenous cultural heritage of Minjerribah, North Stradbroke Island. In particular, the awards will focus on the Island’s bush golf course adjacent to Minjerribah’s sacred Brown Lake (Bummiera) about four kilometres from Dunwich (Goompi).

The competition’s Open Section prize will honour Minjerribah elders and North Stradbroke Island Golf Club founding members, the late Aunty Margaret and Uncle Pat Iselin.

The major Open Section prize will be the ‘Aunty Margaret and Uncle Pat Iselin Photography Award ’. Margaret Iselin was a long-standing chairwoman of the Minjerribah Moorgumpin Elders in Council and she and her husband Pat were instrumental in opening people’s hearts and eyes to the depth of Aboriginal knowledge and culture in the Island community.

The theme of this year’s competition is FLOWERS. Wild, free, captivating, and spontaneous - a symbol of unity. Which wildling popping up on our island course, will you see?

There are 3 categories -

Aunty Margaret and Uncle Pat Iselin Photography Award (Open - all ages)

• Overall Winner  - $1000 cash prize
• Runner up – $500 dollars cash prize

High School Student Award (13 to 18 years of age) - $250 cash prize

Primary School Student Award (5 to 12 years of age) - $250 cash prize

People's Choice (PC) Award - $250 cash prize.
A selection of images will be on display at the NSI Golf Clubhouse during the arts trail and the PC Winner will be voted by the public.

Social Media Award - ( prize TBA) upload your photo on Instagram with the tag #treesofNSIgolf 

Enter as many times as you like!

Who can enter?
Open to Island residents and all visitors. The competition is open to anyone with a digital camera or camera-phone such as an iphone.

Image Elegibility
• One image per entry form

• Provide a title and brief description - when, where, how and what it means to you

• Taken on the NSI course during opening hours on or after 15 July 2024 and before 16 September 2024 4pm.

• Must be the work of the entrant

• Any persons in an image must provide entrant with written permission

• Social Media entries must include hashtags #flowersofNSIGolf #MinjerribahNSIGolf #NSIGC2024PhotoAwards

• Colour OR black and white

• Landscape OR portrait

• Photo editing is cool

• All photos remain copyright of owner, however participants agree for NSI Golf Club to have free use of all uploaded photos for 60 months from submission, for marketing purposes, with appropriate credit acknowledgement.

Deadlines
Entries open - Monday 15 July 2024

Entries close - Midnight Monday 16 September 2024

Theme
The theme of this year’s competition is FLOWERS. Wild, free, captivating, and spontaneous - a symbol of unity. Which wildling popping up on our island course, will you see?

To qualify for entry, photographs of the theme must be taken on the NSI Golf Course for the nine weeks’ competition and only during the club’s opening hours.

Visiting NSI Golf Club to take photos
Photographers are encouraged to book in advance to have access to the course. Competitors can make multiple visits to the course to take photographs.

For those photographers who have driving licences, golf-carts are available to book and hire to help you get around the course. Or you can simply follow our nature-paths to slowly enjoy the ever-changing beauty of our island course by walking.

Volunteer golf-club marshals can assist groups or individuals locate special trees for photographing and maps will be available from the clubhouse.

Students under 16 must be accompanied by an adult.

Please understand without a booking there may be some delays to ensure everyone’s safety.

Image Preparation
Image format - JPEG (.jpg or .jpeg), PNG (.png)

File size - 10MB maximum per image. 1MB minimum per image.

Watermarks - Do not include watermarks or other branding on your images.

Recognition
Winners will be announced 30 September 2024. The winning entries will be on display at the North Stradbroke Island Golf Clubhouse.

To enter you must fill out the official entry form below. Competitors can make multiple visits to the course to take photographs and can enter multiple times, but they must fill out official entry forms for each entry.

North Stradbroke Island Gold Club
Phone: (07) 3409 9999
Hours - 7 days a week from 7am
Address - Alfred Martin Way, North Stradbroke Island QLD 4183