CATEGORIES Landmark Bag... For this category we are looking for pictures of the bag taken with famous monuments and landmarks across the globe. For example; you could take your bag to London and capture it on the lions in Trafalgar Square. The panel of judges will look for originality, photographic flair and landmark status. Highest Bag... In this category the panel of judges are looking for the bag to make it to the highest place. This could be a hill, tower, mountain or anything else you can think of! Photograph your bag in a lofty spot and enter this category. Don’t forget to record the height as accurately as possible. Out of Place Bag... This category has quite an open scope for your imagination. For this section the panel of judges will be looking for originality. They’ll be looking for pictures of bags in strange places where you might not normally see a bag. So you could snap your bag at a wedding or in the goals on a football field. Travel Bag... This category is for the bag that travels the most miles outside of the British Isles. The starting point for measuring miles is BBC Radio Lancashire and the bag must be pictured in each location to qualify for entry. This is a category you can build up over the year. Judges will calculate mileage using a mapping service. Events Bag... The Events Bag must be photographed at a public event. For example concerts, theatres, football matches etc. This category is not about the size of the event but how the bag is used and photographed. Showbiz Bag... This is the category that is looking for pictures of celebrities with your bag. The panel of judges will be looking for the best picture and the most famous celeb! Bravest Bag... This category is for the pluckiest bags. The judges are looking for bags of courage. We’re looking for bags that go the extra mile. You could photograph your bag abseiling down the Grand Canyon or it could be braving the elements at sea. Please do not mis-treat your bag and always use your bag safely. Blinged Up / Best Dressed Bag...
This award is for the best decorated bag. You can bling up your bag, dress it up, make it into someone famous, in fact you can do almost anything to it!! Just remember to stick to the Bag Rules!! Judges are looking for creativity in this category. Charity Bag... This award will go to the bag that raises the most money for charity. The bag could run the London Marathon, it could sit in a bath of beans, just make sure you photograph it and tell us how much it raised and which charity the money was raised for. Boring Bag... This category is looking for the bag without a personality. The judges will be looking for pictures of bags looking miserable in the most miserable places. Your creativity and imagination is needed for this one! Photographs can be entered into more than one category. There are two ways of entering your photograph….. Email entries... Please make sure you tell us your name and provide us with a contact number. You must also specify which category you wish to enter for. Please also provide us with some details of the photograph. Postal entries... Photographs can be entered via the postal system for this competition. Please include your name and a contact number with each photograph and we also need to know which category you wish your photo to be entered into and we’ll need some details about the photograph. Please note: WE CANNOT RETURN ANY PHOTOGRAPHS SENT VIA THE POST. Before you take part in BBC Radio Lancashire’s Bag Awards 2006 please read the following rules and regulations… • The BBC Radio Lancashire logo must be visible at all times. • Bags must not be forged. Any forgery (good or bad) will be disqualified from the competition. • Bags cannot be bought and sold. Any bag bought on the black market (for example; internet auction sites, newspapers ads, phone box ads, Post Office window ads, supermarket foyer ads, newsagents ads etc) will be automatically disqualified from the competition and confiscated. • Bags MUST NOT be mistreated. Please respect your bag at all times and consider its feelings when subjecting it to public photographing. • Please make sure you use your bag in a safe way. Do not put yourself at any risk while photographing your bag for this competition. • The Judges decision is final! The closing date for the Bag Awards has been extended to 11 December 2006 So now it's over to you! Get your bag and have a go, there'll be some fantastic prizes on offer to the winners! ****** STOP PRESS ****** The overall winner of the Ted Robbins bag competition will land the most fantastic star prize! Courtesy of Blackpool International Airport and Jet2.com they will collect a fabulous holiday in hot and sunny Tenerife and take up to four family members or friends along too.
You will fly from Blackpool International Airport on Jet2.com's daily scheduled service to Tenerife. You will have a say in choosing which of the island's resorts you'd like to spend your holiday at, and you can say which 4-star hotel you'd prefer to stay in - as long as it has accommodation available for your holiday week that's where you'll be booked in. To make sure your holiday gets off to a flying start Blackpool International Airport will give you £250 (in Euros) of spending money. The winner will be announced in December at the Bag Awards Ceremony. | 
