The Highlands

The Edinburgh Mountain Film Festival is seeking film and photo entries for the 2008 festival, which will run 17-19 October 2008. They are also running a new literary competition in association with the Mountaineering Council of Scotland.

The literary competition has prizes for both prose and poetry. There are cash prizes totalling almost £500 and the winners in each category will also receive a pair of weekend passes for this year’s EMFF. The closing date for entries is 31 August. Full details.

The categories for the 2008 photography competition are:

1. A Winter Adventure
2. Pushing My Limits

Open to everyone, professional or amatuer alike the prizes include cash, membership of the MCoS and a Harvey’s map of the Cairngorms. And, of course, there is the thrill of seeing your photo in a public exhibition! Closing date for entries is 31 July 2008. Full details.

The film competition will consider any film with a focus on adventure - be that climbing, kayaking, skiing, mountain biking or whatever. Short films and ‘mockumentaries’ will also be considered! Closing date for entries is 30 June 2008. Full details.

Bentley Beetham was a schoolmaster in the north of England in the 1920’s, as keen naturalist and rock climber his excursions to the Lake District brought him the friendship of Howard Somervell, with whom he became climbing partners. The reputation he earned would eventually lead to him being chosen as a member of the 1924 Mount Everest expedition.

Beetham’s legacy is his astounding collection of photographs that paint a portrait a moment in the history of mountaineering - these images can now be seen online at the Bentley Beetham Collection.

Amateur and professional photographers are invited to submit their mountain-themed photographs to the Banff Centre of Mountain Culture photography competition.

• Full details on the Banff Mountain Photography Competition

Entry deadline: April 30, 2008

Alpine Exposures are running a Mountain Landscape and climbing Photography competition, a chance for you to show off your best images and have a chance at winning a A3+ fine art print of it.

It’s open to all types of images as long as they are to do with the mountain environment. Every month we will pick our favorite top 5 images that have been submitted over that period and allow you to vote for them over the next week, with the winner receiving an A3+ print of their image through the post.

• 28 March-27 April Entries: Theme- Action

Every 6 months all the entries will be put into a draw with the winner receiving an A2 limited edition print.

With a growing portfolio of images of the Scottish mountains photographer Richard Cross has launched a new gallery to display the images at a larger size.

• Scottish Mountain Photography

New work and images from and the back catalogue will be added over the coming months.