IWPOY organizers, in association with the Isle of Wight County Press, are very pleased to announce a new category for the 2008 competition. The IW County Press will be selecting 12 images of BEAUTIFUL ISLAND SCENES to be published in their 2009 calendar.

The judging of this competition category will be taking place in September 2008, before the close of the IWPOY, to allow printing the calendar in time for the new year.  The IW County Press will make the selection of the images for the calendar and each of the chosen photographers will receive a cash award of £50.

This is a great opportunity to have your work published and to show just what a beautiful place the Island is. A special thanks is due to the IW County Press for sponsoring this new addition to the IWPOY and we are very much looking forward to viewing your submissions for the 2009 calendar category.

Please read the Rules & Registration details carefully for both the IWPOY and IWCP Calendar categories, thank you.

Whilst every effort has been made by the organisers to ensure that the IWPOY is fair to all Island photographers, due to recent events, we now find it necessary to issue the following statement

conduct not in keeping with the spirit of this competition, multiple single-user registrations, the use of false names and/or addresses will result in disqualification from receiving an IWPOY award and taking part in all future Isle of Wight Photographer of the Year events

We have already received numerous enquiries about next year’s IWPOY and shortly after the awards ceremony we will be announcing the details of the 2008 competition and opening the new gallery for entries.