Cottage Life 2008 Photo Contest Rules
NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. A PURCHASE WILL NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCE OF WINNING. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED.
Sponsor: Cottage Life magazine
HOW TO ENTER:
No purchase necessary. The contest begins on June 15, 2008 and ends on September 3, 2008 (the “Contest Period”). All entries must be post-marked by September 3, 2008 (“Submission Deadline”).
Obtain an official entry form from the June or Summer issue of Cottage Life magazine or download a copy here. Or write to us at 2008 Cottage Life Photo Contest, Cottage Life magazine, 54 St. Patrick St., Toronto ON M5T 1V1, to request an official entry form.
To enter, visit cottagelife.com/photocontest to upload your digital file. Or, if submitting a print photograph, complete the entry form and mail your entry form along with your colour or black-and-white unmounted photograph print or mounted transparency/slide (“Photo”) to 2008 Cottage Life Photo Contest, Cottage Life magazine, 54 St. Patrick St., Toronto ON M5T 1V1. Each Photo must have an original official entry form taped or otherwise attached to the back of each Photo and signed by the photographer.
Each Photo can be entered in one category only. Each entrant is limited to two entries per category.
CATEGORIES:
Each photo must be submitted under one of four categories:
(1) Life at the cottage—Where friends, family, pets, and the cottage itself are the stars of the
photo.
(2) Nature—Shots showcasing wild plants and animals in their natural environments.
(3) Landscapes—Any shots that predominantly feature the land, water, or sky.
(4) Kids only (for photographers 15 years of age or younger only) —Images of cottage life taken by
kids 15 years of age and younger.
Entries will be rejected if the entry form is not fully completed and entry form or Photo is not received by the Submission Deadline. Digital entries that do not meet technical requirements will be automatically rejected. Photos should be packed with appropriate cardboard stiffeners, and in the case of slides, in a plastic sleeve to protect them. Digital entries can be uploaded electronically as jpeg files at cottagelife.com/photocontest. Digital files should be at least 5 megapixels, or 2560 x 1950 pixels; image quality setting: high. If submitting a print from a digital file, the print must represent the quality and character of the original digital capture. Colour correction and tonal cast changes are acceptable; compositional changes will result in automatic disqualification.
Do not send negatives or CDs with your entry as no entries will be returned. However, if a Photo is chosen as a winner, all original material, including negatives or digital capture files, must be made available to Cottage Life magazine (“Sponsor”) as a condition of receiving a prize.
ELIGIBILITY:
Contest is open to legal residents of Canada and the U.S., except employees (and those with whom such employees are domiciled) or agents of the Sponsor or Quarto Communications, their respective advertising and promotion agencies, and the contest judges. Entrants 13 years of age or younger must have consent from their parent or legal guardian to enter this Contest. In the event it is discovered that you entered without consent from your parent or legal guardian, all entries will be void.
SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS:
You must have taken the Photo that you submit for the contest. You will require the consent of all individuals who are included in the Photo and consent from the individuals who own the personal property (i.e. the cottage) featured in the Photo. The submitted Photo must never have been previously published, exhibited publicly, or selected as a winner in any other contest and only amateur photographers are eligible (defined as a person who has never earned more than $1,000 in any year for photography). All Photos submitted become the property of the Sponsor. Entries not complying with these contest rules will be disqualified.
THE PRIZE AND APPROXIMATE RETAIL VALUE:
There is one Grand Prize available to be won consisting of a Nikon D60 Digital SLR package with an approximate retail value of $1,320 CDN/ $1,320 USD.
There are 4 First Prizes available to be won, one in each category. Each First Prize consists of a Nikon Coolpix S600 camera with an approximate retail value of $300 CDN/ $300 USD.
There are 4 Second Prizes available to be won, one in each category. Each Second Prize consists of a Nikon Coolpix S210 camera with an approximate retail value of $190 CDN/ $190 USD.
There are 3 Third Prizes available to be won, one in each category. Each Third Prize consists of a Nikon Travelite EX 8x25 CF compact binoculars with an approximate retail value of $170 CDN/ $170 USD.
Prizes must be accepted as awarded and are not transferable or convertible to cash. No substitutions except at the Sponsor’s option. Sponsor reserves the right to substitute a prize or a prize component with one of equal or greater value. Winners will be required to pick up their prizes from the Cottage Life magazine office at 54 St. Patrick St., Toronto. Taxes on prize may be the sole responsibility of the winners. If the winner is a minor in his/her province, territory, or state of residence, such winner’s parent or legal guardian must accept the prize on his/her behalf.
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WINNER SELECTION:
A panel of judges appointed by the Sponsor consisting of photo editors and/or professional photographers
will judge all Photos submitted on the basis of originality, creativity, technical proficiency, and
uniqueness appropriateness, and relevance to the category of submission.
All judging criteria will be weighed equally. In the event of a tie, the Photo with the highest score in
creativity will be selected as the winner. Photos which are illegal, defamatory or in any way obscene, all as
determined solely by the Sponsor will be disqualified. Judging will be completed and the winners contacted by
. If you have not been contacted by this date, you may assume that your entry is not a winner.
The Photo with the highest score in each individual category will be entitled to a First Prize; the Photo with the second highest score in each individual category will be entitled to a Second Prize; and the Photo with the third highest score in each individual category will be entitled to a Third Prize. In the category from which the Grand Prize winner is selected, the Photo with the second highest score in that category will be awarded the First Prize, the Photo with the third highest score in that category will be awarded the Second Prize and the Photo with the fourth highest score will be awarded the Third Prize (if applicable).
Odds of a Photo being selected by the contest judges as the winner of the Grand Prize depend on the number and calibre of entries received. Odds of a Photo being selected by the contest judges as the winner of a First, Second, or Third Prize depend on the number and calibre of entries received in each category.
By accepting a prize, winner agrees that their Photo becomes the property of the Sponsor and will not be returned. Winner grants the Sponsor the right in perpetuity to publish and use winner’s Photo, as is or as may be edited in Sponsor’s sole discretion, accompanied by winner’s full name and city of residence in any advertising and promotion by the Sponsor without further compensation, including but not limited to Sponsor's website, Cottage Life magazine, or Cottage Life brochures. Selected winners agree to assign all intellectual property rights including copyright, and waive all moral rights in and to the Photo in favour of the Sponsor.
GENERAL CONDITIONS:
No correspondence will be entered into except with the selected winners. This contest is subject to all applicable federal, provincial, and municipal laws. Void where prohibited by law. The decisions of the contest judges with respect to all aspects of this contest are final and binding on all entrants without right of appeal.
Selected winners (or winner’s parent or legal guardian if a minor) will be required to sign and return a standard Declaration, Liability and Publicity Release, releasing the Sponsor, Quarto Communications and Nikon their respective advertising and promotional agencies and the contest judges from any and all liability arising directly or indirectly from this contest, participation in contest related activities, the awarding of a prize and the use or misuse of any prize.
By entering the contest selected winners agree to comply with these official contest rules and agree to the publication, reproduction, and/or other use of his/her name, address, voice, statements about the contest, and/or personal photograph or other likeness without further compensation, in any publicity or advertisement carried out by the Sponsor in any manner whatsoever, including print, broadcast, or the Internet.
The Sponsor, its advertising and promotion agencies and the contest judges are not responsible for late, lost, misdirected, postage-due, delayed, or illegible entries. Without limitation, the Sponsor, its advertising and promotion agencies, and the contest judges will not be liable for the failure of any entry or Photo to be received.
The Sponsor reserves the right to withdraw or amend this contest in any way, in the event of an error, technical problem, tampering, unauthorized intervention, fraud, technical failure, or any other cause beyond the reasonable control of the Sponsor that interferes with the proper conduct of this contest as contemplated by these Rules. Any attempt to deliberately undermine the legitimate operation of this contest is a violation of criminal and civil laws and should such an attempt be made, the Sponsor reserves the right to seek remedies and damages to the fullest extent permitted by law, including criminal prosecution. The Sponsor, reserves the right to cancel or suspend this contest in the event of any accident, printing, administrative, or other error of any kind without prior notice or obligation.
By entering this contest, each entrant expressly consents to the Sponsor, its agents and/or representatives, storing, sharing, and using the personal information submitted with his/her entry only for the purpose of administering the contest and in accordance with Sponsor’s Privacy Policy found at www.cottagelife.com unless the entrant otherwise agrees.
For the name of the winners write to Cottage Life magazine, 54 St. Patrick St., Toronto ON M5T 1V1. Requests must be received by December 1, 2008.
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