Entering and judging

MyGlazing.com’s Window with a View competition is back – and it couldn’t be easier to get involved. Simply take a photo of a window with a view on your phone, tablet or digital camera and then enter your details in the form on the right-hand side of this page and upload your picture.

The window with a view can be from any building or attraction that is open to the general public – so whether you love a view from a hotel, B&B, pub, restaurant, bar, museum, gallery, church, amusement park, zoo, library or castle window we want to know! Just be sure to include the window frame within your image.

Nominations are open from Monday 20^th February 2017 to Wednesday 31st May 2017. Once closed, expert judges will select the four best views from each region. Voting for the regional winners, which takes place online, will open in June 2017 and close in July 2017. The view which receives the most votes from each region will be crowned the Region’s Best Window with a View, and will then be put forward into the national final. In August 2017, voting will begin to decide the national winner. In October 2017, the view with the most votes will be crowned Britain’s Best Window with a View.

The judging panel, made up of industry experts, will be looking for creativity, imagination and a view that tells a story. They want to be wowed, so make sure your view is truly extraordinary – the more interesting, the better. For information on what must be included in your image, see our rules section.

As well as celebrating Britain’s best views, we hope this competition will encourage you to think about the benefits of modern, clear and energy efficient glazing. If your own windows with a view in your home need some TLC or updating, please see how the GGF Members can help.

Prizes

Here at MyGlazing we’re all about the taking part, having fun and getting creative. As well as celebrating and promoting all of our regional and national Window with a View winners, we also want to give a little thank you to those of you who get involved in this campaign.

For both the regional and national voting stages, we’ll randomly select one person who has voted to win a great prize. From a Go Pro kit to a Fuji Instax, Window with a View has some fantastic prizes lined up. You’ve got to be in it, to win it – so get involved!

And the prize for the location crowned the UK’s Best Window with a View? Pride, and a lot of glory.

Rules

The window must be framed: Whether it’s wood, steel, stone, bricks or plastic – the area surrounding the window must be included in the picture. By including the frame, your picture should be able to tell us something about the building – how old it is, where it’s located, or what it’s used for (or used to be used for!). Use the window frame to tell us a story. Photos taken through glass doors won’t be accepted.

There’s no need for glass: Believe it or not, a window doesn’t have to contain glass or Perspex to be classed as a window. ‘Window’ refers to an opening in a wall, roof or vehicle – so if your view isn’t through glass that doesn’t matter, as long as it’s framed.

The view must be spectacular: We’re looking for beautiful, unusual, interesting and surprising views which have the WOW factor. The more unique and eye-catching, the better. If there are people within your picture, they must be unidentifiable.

The building must be open to the public: When you take your picture, you must be in a location any member of the public could access. Whether it’s a pub in the middle of nowhere or the country’s busiest zoo – we want to share with the public the views they’re missing out on. (If you think the view from your house is pretty cool, follow us on Twitter [link to Twitter page] – we’ll be announcing details of another competition that’s right up your street soon!)

Multiple nominations: Think your favourite view deserves to win above any other in the country? Get your family and friends to nominate it too. If a view from an attraction receives multiple nominations it’s clearly very popular, so it’ll work in its favour! And remember, if you work at a building or attraction that is open to the public and want to nominate your own window with a view, you’re very welcome to!

Please don’t edit your photos: We want to see genuine images of windows with a view, so where possible refrain from entering images that have been filtered or edited. Your images can have people in them, but please try to make them non identifiable.

Judges

Check back here soon for a full list of judges for this year’s Window with a View competition!

Terms & Conditions

• Voting for the regional heat of the Window with a View competition closes at 9pm on 4th August July 2017
• Regional winners will be contacted during week commencing 7th August 2017. This information will be embargoed, and should not be shared with the public until national voting commences
• A prize draw will take place week commencing 7th August, to select a random voter from the regional heat who will be awarded a prize for their participation. There is no cash equivalent available for the value of the prize
• Announcement of regional winners and the start of national voting will commence on 9^th August 2016. The announcement will be made via MyGlazing’s website and social media channels, and media activity
• National voting will close on 15th September 2017
• The national winner and building crowned UK’s Best Window with a View will be informed on Monday 18^th September 2017. This information will be embargoed until MyGlazing.com announces the result of the competition to the public via its website and social media channels, and via media activity
• The title of UK’s Best Window with a View is registered to the building/attraction, and not the individual took the photo