The Concurs Contest, that is, the contest launched on social media for the 29th Concurs de Castells, aims to capture and showcase the heartbeat of castellers that do eventually burst into a million emotions: laughter, hugs, shouting, fists up in the sky, tears of emotion... Will you be able to capture those moments? Do you feel like capturing these heartbeats into images? We bet you will!
The aim of the Concurs Contest on TWITTER/X and INSTAGRAM is to collect the best photographs and videos from the 3 events ─which will be held in Torredembarra on the 29th of September; and at the Tarraco Arena Plaça (Tarragona) on the 5th and 6th of October─ that best portray these exciting moments. The selected hashtag will be #BatecConcurs.
The Concurs Contest is aimed at both the public and castellers and castelleres. It will begin on Sunday, the 29th of September, with the Torredembarra event, and will end on Monday, the 7th of October at midnight.
1.- ORGANIZATION AND AIM
The 29th Concurs de Castells organizes a photo and video contest on TWITTER/X and INSTAGRAM, the so-called Concurs Contest, within the framework of the 3 events that will be held in Torredembarra, on the 29th of September; and in the Tarraco Arena Plaça (Tarragona) on the 5th and 6th of October.
The Concurs Contest will therefore begin on the 29th of September and end on the 7th of October, at midnight.
Collaborators for the Contest are AGRUPACIÓ DE CÀMPINGS DE TARRAGONA CIUTAT, TARRAGONA APARTAMENTS, RESTAURANT BALANDRA, ITINERE TARRAGONA, EXCURSIONS MARÍTIMES TARRAGONA BLAU and MERCATS DE TARRAGONA in Tarragona. But also, AJUNTAMENT DE VALLS and MUSEU CASTELLER DE CATALUNYA, restaurants PORTAL 22, LICORERA VALLENCA and BARBAR; and, finally, the MAS VICENÇ winery, in Cabra del Camp.
The Concurs Contest is asking for photographs and videos that better reflect the heartbeat of the castellers and the public that burst into a sea of emotions and expressions.
2.- HOW TO ENTER THE CONTEST
Any person over 18 years old that meets the following 8 points is allowed to enter the contest:
Have an INSTAGRAM and/or TWITTER/X account.
Follow the Concurs de Castells TWITTER/X and/or INSTAGRAM official accounts.
Post photographs and/or videos on your own TWITTER/X and/or INSTAGRAM account. The photographs can be from any of the 3 events of Concurs de Castells, but they must capture exciting moments. The photographs must have a minimum quality (1MG).
Post tweets or posts with photographs or videos tagged as #BatecConcurs.
The TWITTER/X and/or INSTAGRAM profiles must be public, so that the participating photographs and/or videos are visible and accessible.
The photographs must be exclusive to the author, they must not have been published in print or digital media formats, or previously awarded.
There is no limit to the number of photographs anyone can post.
Only tweets/posts and images posted between the 29th of September and midnight on the 7th of October will enter the contest.
The organization of the contest will exclude any tweets/posts and/or photographs that do not fulfil the theme of the contest, as well as those that are offensive to the Concurs de Castells, the colles or the people taking part.
Were there any irregularities in the tagging system on TWITTER/X and a particular tweet/post was not present in the hashtag thread, this will be of no responsibility to the organization.
The verdict will be posted on the Concurs de Castells social media in the weeks following the ending of the 29th Concurs de Castells.
Entering the contest implies full acceptance of all the rules, as well as express submission to the interpretative decisions made by its organization.
3.- CONTEST CALENDAR
The contest will be opened Sunday, the 29th of September, until Monday, the 7th of October at midnight.
4.- TWITTER/X CONTEST
The TWITTER/X contest will award prizes to the best tweets/posts with images and/or videos of the most exciting moments using the hashtag #BatecConcurs. There will be 3 prizes for the 3 tweets/posts with the most likes, which will monitored via the official hashtag. The authors of the 3 tweets/posts with the most likes must be the actual authors of the photos or videos.
5.- INSTAGRAM COMPETITION
The INSTAGRAM contest will include photographs or videos (reels) –NOT STORIES–, and will award 6 prizes.
3 prizes will be for the 3 photos/videos tagged as #BatecConcurs with the most likes.
The remaining 3 prizes will be for the 3 posts picked by a jury made up of the co-directors of the Concurs de Castells, Xavier González and Ester Roca; the director of Communications of the Concurs, Ivan Rodon; the technician of the Concurs de Castells, Sílvia Ferreres; and the official photographer of the Concurs, David Oliete.
The jury's decision is final.
6.- PRIZES
INSTAGRAM: PRIZE OF THE JURY for the 3 selected photos
• 1st PRIZE:
3 nights in a bungalow of the AGRUPACIÓ DE CÀMPINGS DE TARRAGONA CIUTAT (with capacity for 4 people) available until spring 2025 (except from the 11th to the 20th of April) + a lunch or dinner for 2 people in RESTAURANT BALANDRA, prior reservation.
• 2nd PRIZE:
2 nights in the tourist apartment TGN CERVANTES 8, by TARRAGONA APARTAMENTS (with capacity for 4 people) to be agreed with the owner + WALK & WINE experience at the MAS VICENÇ winery + a €40 voucher to be redeemed at MERCAT CENTRAL DE TARRAGONA.
• 3rd PRIZE:
2 tickets for the MUSEU CASTELLER + 360º GLASSES EXPERIENCE + PARKING TICKETS + a lunch or dinner for 2 people at the LICORERA VALLENCA, prior reservation.
INSTAGRAM: PUBLIC PRIZE for the 3 photos with the most likes
• 1st PRIZE:
3 nights in a bungalow of the AGRUPACIÓ DE CÀMPINGS DE TARRAGONA CIUTAT (with capacity for 4 people) available until spring 2025 (except from the 11th to the 20th of April) + a lunch or dinner for 2 people at RESTAURANT BALANDRA, prior reservation.
• 2nd PRIZE:
2 nights in the tourist apartment TGNA REIAL 1, by TARRAGONA APARTAMENTS (with capacity for 4 people) to be agreed with the owner + an experience on the TARRAGONA BLAU motor launch round the Port of Tarragona + a €40 voucher to be redeemed at MERCAT CENTRAL DE TARRAGONA.
• 3rd PRIZE:
2 tickets for the MUSEU CASTELLER + 360º GLASSES EXPERIENCE + PARKING TICKETS + a lunch or dinner for 2 people at the PORTAL 22, prior reservation.
TWITTER: GOLDEN TWEET AWARD for the 3 tweets with photos/videos with the most likes
• 1st PRIZE:
3 nights in a bungalow of the AGRUPACIÓ DE CÀMPINGS DE TARRAGONA CIUTAT (with capacity for 4 people) available until spring 2025 (except from the 11th to the 20th of April) + a lunch or dinner for 2 people at RESTAURANT BALANDRA, prior reservation.
• 2nd PRIZE:
2 nights in the tourist apartment TGN RAMBLA 68, by TARRAGONA APARTAMENTS (with capacity for 4 people) to be agreed with the owner + a guided tour round the Roman Tarraco with ITINERE TARRAGONA + a €40 voucher to be redeemed at MERCAT CENTRAL DE TARRAGONA.
• 3rd PRIZE:
2 tickets for the MUSEU CASTELLER + 360º GLASSES EXPERIENCE + PARKING TICKETS + a lunch or dinner for 2 people at the BARBAR, prior reservation.
7.- CONDITIONS
Participation in the contests implies that the participant owns an account on TWITTER/X and/or INSTAGRAM and that he/she respects the conditions of these social media. In addition, their profiles must be public. Both TWITTER/X and INSTAGRAM are exempt from all responsibility in relation to the promotion and participation of users in this contest. They do not sponsor, endorse or administer this contest, nor are they associated with it.
The Tarragona City Council reserves the right to invalidate, expel, eliminate or not take into account those profiles that are considered suspicious of any fraudulent attempt, including, but not limited to, to register more than one user profile by a single person, the creation of false profiles or identity theft. Likewise, photographs that do not comply with the established guidelines or that, while complying with them, violate fundamental rights, are offensive or discriminatory will be disqualified.
8.- COPYRIGHT
Tarragona City Council reserves the right to reproduce any of the images participating in the Concurs Contest and may adapt them technologically to the ideal format for publication, without time limitation, holding the rights to exploit the intellectual property of the proposals that have been presented in the competition, in accordance with the current intellectual property law. These rights include, in particular, the right of total or partial reproduction, permanent or provisional, by any means and in any form; the right of distribution; the right of transformation, and the right of public communication in all types of present and future formats and media, both graphic and audio-visual and multimedia, by the means and channel considered most convenient, including online platforms, corporate websites and digital environments.
In the event that minors appear in the photographs, it is necessary for the author of the photograph to have the consent of the respective legal representatives.
Tarragona City Council is exempt from any liability for copyright, image or other rights that may correspond to third parties.