Photography competition

Have you taken any winning pictures of our animals?

We know that many of our members love taking photographs of the animals at Edinburgh Zoo and Highland Wildlife Park. Now your beautiful images could win you a prize!

With help from our guest judge and professional photographer, Laurie Campbell, we will be selecting two overall winners; one in the adult category (aged 16 or over) and one in the junior category (aged 8 to 15) as well as a selection of runners-up. The 12 winning photographs will then be printed in the 2026 RZSS calendar!

Our adult competition winner will get to be an Edinburgh Zoo keeper for a day, while the young winner will win a junior keeper experience. 

All our winners and runners-up will receive free renewal of their RZSS membership and a copy of the calendar.

Terms and conditions

The Membership Magazine Photography Competition is organised by The Royal Zoological Society of Scotland (“RZSS”) and Think Publishing Limited (“Think Publishing”).

RZSS and Think Publishing will collect some personal data from you when you enter the competition. This will be restricted to the entrant’s full name and contact details and membership number so that we may contact the winner and send the winner their prize, as well as determine their eligibility to enter the competition. When contacting the winner, we will also request your postcode or county to allow RZSS to comply with its legal obligations set out in condition 6.5 and 6.6. You can see more about how we manage your personal data in our competition’s Privacy Notice.

When you enter this competition, you agree to the following terms and conditions.

1. The Promoters

The Promoters of this competition are:

(i) The Royal Zoological Society of Scotland (“RZSS”), a wildlife conservation charity, being a registered charity (Scottish Charity number SC004064) and having its principal office at Edinburgh Zoo, 134 Corstorphine Road, Edinburgh EH12 6TS; and

(ii) Think Publishing Limited, a limited company incorporated in England and Wales with company registration number 03817566 and whose registered office is at 20 Mortimer Street, London, W1T 3JW (“Think Publishing”);

together, RZSS and Think Publishing are “the Promoters”.

2. The Competition

2.1. These terms and conditions apply to the “RZSS Member Magazine Photography” competition running in the RZSS membership magazine and promoted on RZSS’s websites and social media channels, specifically Facebook, Twitter and Instagram (“the Competition”).

2.2. Entries must comply with the conditions set out in condition 4 and any entries that do not comply (in the sole opinion of RZSS) will be disqualified.

2.3. The Competition will close on 1 June at 5pm (“the Closing Date”). Entries must be received by RZSS in accordance with condition 2.4 no later than 5pm on the Closing Date. Entries received after the Closing Date will be automatically disqualified.

2.4. Entries must be submitted to RZSS by sending an email to rzss@thinkpublishing.co.uk. Any entries submitted to RZSS in any other manner or medium will be disqualified from the Competition. One entry per person is permitted, however that entry may have up to a maximum of three images.

2.5. The Promoters accept no responsibility for entries not successfully completed due to a technical fault, technical malfunction, computer hardware or software failure, satellite, network or server failure of any kind.

2.6. The entries will be judged by a panel of experts the week commencing 24 June and will be judged on their visual interest and impact. The judging panel shall be made up of one member of RZSS’s staff, one member of Think Publishing’s staff and Mr Lawrie Campbell, an independent wildlife photographer. 12 winners will be chosen and shall receive the Prize (as defined in condition 5 below), with two overall winners also winning the additional prize. The decision of the judges is final. 2.7. For help with entries please contact RZSS at marketing@rzss.org.uk.

2.8. By submitting a Competition entry, you are agreeing to be bound by these terms and conditions.

3. Eligible Entrants

3.1. An “Entrant” is a person submitting an entry – an image – to the Competition.

3.2. The Competition is not open to employees of the Promoters or their immediate family.

3.3. The Competition is only open to RZSS members.

3.4. In entering the Competition, the Entrant confirms that they are eligible to do so and eligible to claim a Prize (as defined in condition 5 below). RZSS may require the Entrant to provide proof that they are eligible to enter the Competition.

4. Entries

4.1. The Competition will have two categories – adult and child. Overall one overall winner will be chosen from each category, with 10 runners up.

4.2. To enter the Competition Entrants must submit a digital image - as a JPEG or PNG file – that captures an animal at Highland Wildlife Park or Edinburgh Zoo. The image must be high resolution and suitable for print. The Entrant should also provide a short description of the image, including where the photograph was taken in their email submission, together with their name and contact details and membership number.

4.3. Entries cannot be returned so please remember to retain a copy.

4.4. Entries should not include images of people, from which a person can be identified, unless the Entrant has obtained the permission of the person shown in the image prior to submitting the image as part of this Competition.

5. The Prizes

5.1. The winning Entrants will receive (i) one-year free RZSS membership; and (ii) a keeper for a day experience or junior keeper for a day experience at Edinburgh Zoo. The runners-up will each win one-year free RZSS membership.

5.2. No Prize is transferable or exchangeable and cannot be taken as cash.

5.3. All Prizes are supplied by the Promoters.

6. Notification of winning entry

6.1. The winning entry shall be selected by the judging panel in accordance with conditions 2.6.

6.2. The winner will be notified by email on by the end of June 2025 latest that they are a winner and will be advised of the procedure for receiving their Prize. The winner will also be advertised in the Autumn/Winter RZSS Members Magazine and on RZSS social media channels unless the winner advises RZSS that they do not wish their name to published in the RZSS Membership Magazine and on RZSS social media channels.

6.3. If the winner is unable to be contacted after reasonable attempts, RZSS will be entitled to select a new winning entry in accordance with condition 2.6.

6.4. The Prize may not be claimed by a third party on behalf of the winner.

6.5. The Promoters must either publish or make available information that indicates that a valid award took place. To comply with this obligation RZSS will send the surname and county of the winner to anyone who emails marketing@rzss.org.uk or writes to the address set out in condition 1

for RZSS (enclosing a self-addressed envelope) within one month after the Closing Date of the Competition.

6.6. If you object to either or both of your surname and county being published or made available, please contact the Marketing Team, Royal Zoological Society of Scotland, Edinburgh Zoo, 134 Corstorphine Road, Edinburgh, EH12 6TS, or email: membership@rzss.org.uk. In such circumstances, RZSS will not provide the information to members of the public, but must still provide the information and winning entry to the Advertising Standards Authority (“ASA”) on request by the ASA, to comply with our legal obligation to do so.

7. Data protection

7.1. As part of submitting an entry, Entrants are required to submit certain personal details, including their name, address and email address and membership number.

7.2. The Promoters will comply with the Data Protection Act 2018 and the UK General Data Protection Regulation when collecting and otherwise processing personal data in connection with this Competition. Any such personal data will be processed in accordance with the RZSS competition privacy notice.

8. Consents and copyright

8.1. The entry must be an original photograph by the Entrant. By entering this Competition, each Entrant, warrants and represents to the Promoters that they have obtained all necessary third-party consents or permissions relating to any entries submitted to the Competition.

8.2. Entrants must be the sole author and owner of copyright in all entries entered by them into the Competition. By entering this Competition, each Entrant warrants and represents to the Promoters that any entries submitted to the Competition do not infringe the rights of any third parties, including, without limitation, copyright.

8.3. Ownership of copyright in each entry will remain with the Entrant. In consideration of entering the Competition, each Entrant grants to RZSS a worldwide, non-exclusive, irrevocable and royalty-free licence for five years to distribute, communicate to the public and/or reproduce each entry (including but not limited to publishing entries on RZSS’s websites and/or social media channels and in the RZSS Membership Magazine and inclusion in the RZSS 2025 Calendar), all in connection with the Competition.

9. Publication of entries

9.1. A selection of entries may be featured in the RZSS Members Magazine and on RZSS’s websites and/or social media channels, specifically Facebook, X and Instagram, all in connection with the Competition. They will also be featured in the RZSS calendar

9.2. Where an entry is published by RZSS in accordance with condition 9.1, the Entrant of such entry will be credited unless they request not to be.

10. Removal or disqualification of entries

10.1. RZSS reserves the right to disqualify any Entrants that breach these Terms and Conditions or any entries that, in the sole opinion of RZSS, are in any way obscene, violent, abusive, discriminatory, defamatory, fraudulent or otherwise unlawful or would damage the reputation of the Promoters. 10.2. Where condition 11.1 applies, RZSS shall remove any affected entries from the Competition and shall remove such affected entries from RZSS’s websites or social media channels (where such entries have been published).

11. General

11.1. These Competition Terms and Conditions are governed by the laws of Scotland. By entering into this Competition, each Entrant agrees to submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Scottish courts.

11.2. RZSS reserves the right to cancel this Competition at any time. RZSS reserve the right to amend these terms and conditions without notice by posting changes to RZSS’s website. RZSS will only notify Entrants of changes if we are required to do so by law.

11.3. Insofar as is permitted by law, the Promoters will not in any circumstances be responsible or liable to compensate any Entrant or accept any liability for any loss, damage, personal injury or death occurring as a result of entering into the Competition or taking up a Prize except where it is caused by the negligence of the Promoters or that of its employees. Your statutory rights are not affected.