Entry Guide - 2011


If you are interested in entering a scarecrow here is some information on how it works:

Build Your Scarecrow

  • Building your scarecrow is fun.
  • Have a look at our Gallery to see what people have created in the past.
  • The more imaginative your idea the better.
  • 2011 Awards Categories are:
    •Comical
    •Topical
    •Historical
    •Film & Theatre
    •plus a People's Choice Award

Enter

  • Pick up an entry form from the locations below or download it from this web site.
  • Complete the entry form along with the Entry Fee (Private / Schools - £2.50 , Retailers/Businesses or Organisations - £5.00) and hand it into one of the locations above.
  • You will then receive an information pack by post with your scarecrow number, certificate and additional instructions.
  • ENTRY FORMS MUST BE IN BY 4th July 2011
  • Your scarecrow will then be added to the Trail Sheet which will contain the location of all Registered Scarecrows. Completed Trail Sheets can be entered into a free Prize Draw.

Showtime

  • During the festival dates, put out your scarecrow in a prominent place for the world to see.
  • Your Scarecrow(s) and the Registered Number need to be visible from the public highway during daylight hours so they can be “spotted” by Visitors and Islanders following the Scarecrow Trail Sheet.
  • This year, your Scarecrow also needs to have a name, description or caption next to the official number so that people following the Scarecrow Trail using the Trail Sheets can correctly describe your Scarecrow and your Scarecrow can be judged for the best named or captioned Award.
  • If you are unable to make the Scarecrow(s) after Registration or it is damaged, removed or stolen during the Festival, please continue to display your Registered Number together with a sign saying “Withdrawn”.
  • Your Scarecrow will be photographed during Festival week. The photographs will not go onto the website until after the Festival has closed. This is to allow participants to follow the Scarecrow Trail using the Trail sheets rather than the website! The photos will then remain on the website for a year until the next Festival.

Judging

  • Judging takes place after the festival.
  • Independent Judges will consider all Registered entries. They will decide the winners in each Award Category including the Caption competition.

Prizegiving

  • Category prizes will be awarded on the Hayling Carnival stage on Saturday August 6th 2011.
  • The “People’s Choice” elected Scarecrow will be decided by public ballot.
  • “Votes” will be counted after the end of the Festival and the result declared in the Hayling Islander and other media shortly after.


Some suggestions which we hope will help entrants.

  • You can of course take your Scarecrow indoors at night if desired.
  • Whether you are displaying your own Scarecrow(s) … or acting as a Host, please keep your Scarecrow(s) on your own property or get any necessary permission from the owners or landlords to avoid the risk of you incurring any liability.
  • Please consider your own safety and the safety of others when deciding where to hang, tie, mount or otherwise display your Scarecrows! If you are in any doubt check your Public Liability insurance. The Hayling Scarecrow Festival Committee and Hayling MTI are a group of volunteers and are unable to advise on this.

Good luck!!

Hayling Scarecrow Festival Committee, A sub-committee of Hayling Market Town Initiative (MTI)