Volkswagen is inviting Instagram fans to express their creativity with a new, innovative competition in collaboration with The Snapys.

Volkswagen Snapshot is an Instagram-based competition which invites users to submit photographs across four available categories; 'Abstract', 'Roadtrip', 'Technology' and 'Volkswagen' using the hashtag #VWSnapshot with the relevant category hashtag.

Volkswagen Brand Ambassador and hugely successful Instagrammer Rosanna Davison was on hand to launch the competition, which boasts some incredible prizes including cameras and smartwatches and for the overall winner, a weekend trip to Berlin.

Twelve lucky entrants will also be selected as the 'Volkswagen Favourites' and their images will be collated to produce the 2018 Volkswagen Snapshot Calendar, with all proceeds from the sale of the calendar going to a Volkswagen Ireland 2018 charity partner. The twelve winners will be brought on a once-in-a-lifetime experience, visiting Wolfsburg, the home of Volkswagen.

Commenting on the launch of the Snapshot competition, Volkswagen Ireland Digital Marketing Manager Mark McGrath said, "Volkswagen Snapshot is first and foremost about photography. We've partnered with The Snapys, Ireland's premier Instagram competition, to engage with Ireland's photography and Volkswagen communities. We're especially looking forward to creating our 2018 Snapshot calendar using imagery produced by the Irish Volkswagen community."

Conor Lynch, CEO of Connector who created The Snapys said "We're thrilled to be partnering with Volkswagen and announcing this fantastic opportunity for the community of emerging Irish photographers to win great prizes and showcase their talent worldwide! Happy snapping!"

The Volkswagen Snapshot competition is now open with the closing date for entries June 30th 2017. To enter and find out more, visit www.vwsnapshot.ie.