Press Release

Race Day Competitions 

Olympus Photography Competition
Brighton Marathon is very pleased to announce Olympus as the sponsor of our competition for the best race day photos.

Whether you are a budding sports photographer or just manage to capture a really good shot on the day, we’d like to see the results. We have the following prize categories:

1. Open Competition – Best overall photograph of the Brighton Marathon 
2. Mobile Phone Competition – Best photograph taken by a mobile phone
3. Under 16 Competition – Best photograph taken by an Under 16 (on race day) 
How it works:
·        Competition publicised through our media partners, our website, and through mass emails to our runners.
·        Each entrant to submit a maximum of 5 photographs to photo@brightonmarathon.co.uk by 5pm on Friday 30th April.
·        Judges to be: A representative from Olympus, Gary Edwards from The Icon Design Partnership and Tim Hutchings, Race Director.
·        Guidelines for judging – photos to encapsulate any and all from the following elements: Sport, Fun, Elation, Crowds,
·        Determination, Athleticism, Brighton & Hove, Exhaustion, Blood-Sweat-and-Tears, Family.
·        “What Digital Camera” have agreed to cover the race (via the competition) – top shots in the magazine. 
·        Prizes: an Olympus Camera for each of the three categories.