NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO
ENTER OR WIN.
1. Entry
Conditions: Contest may only be entered from the United States.
This contest available only to those persons, 18 or older, who are legal
residents of the United States or the District of Columbia, and who
are the parent and/or legal guardian of any child/children portrayed
in submitted photographs, and may only be entered from one of those
locations. INTERNET ACCESS AND EMAIL ADDRESS REQUIRED TO ENTER. FREE
INTERNET ACCESS IS AVAILABLE AT MANY PUBLIC LIBRARIES.
Employees of Sponsor, any affiliate of Sponsor, any of their advertising
or promotional agencies, any Sponsor of any prize offered in this contest
or any business or entity involved in the development, production, implementation,
administration or fulfillment of this contest, and their immediate family
members (meaning spouses, parents, siblings and children living in the
same household) are not eligible to enter or win.
2. Entry Timeframe: Contest begins January 21, 2008 12:00:01
AM Eastern Time and ends March 15, 2008, 11:59:59 p.m. Eastern Time.
3. How to Enter: Navigate the Internet to www.nymetroparents.com/birthdaycontest
and click onto the enter link to be connected to the Contest Registration
Form. Complete all requested information. Following registration, (which
is free), you will be directed to submit your photo(s) in JPEG, JPG,
and GIF format.
All Entries must be G-Rated Only.
You may submit up to a total
of 3 photos, but there is a limit of one prize per household.
Each entry must be submitted separately. You must be the photographer
of each photo(s) you submit and have the permission of any person used
as a subject of the photo. Any editing/retouching/modifying of the photograph
shall be performed by the submitting party. Use of stock photos is not
allowed. Photo(s) can be taken by any type of camera, but must be
submitted digitally in JPEG, JPG, or GIF format and photo should be
a maximum of 600 pixels wide or high in size. You will be notified via
e-mail if and when your photo(s) have been posted on the site. Photos
must be submitted by 11:59:59 P.M. ET on 3/15/08, when the contest ends.
Entries without all of the required blanks completed will be disqualified.
All late, lost, or incomplete entries are not considered valid entries.
Any form of entry, other than as specified in these rules (including
but not limited to automated, copied, third-party or mechanically reproduced
entries) is prohibited and they will disqualified. Sponsor will be collecting
personal data about participants when they register and enter the contest.
By entering you agree to be bound by these official rules and the decisions
of the Sponsor which will be final and binding in all respects. The
official rules will be posted at the contest website throughout the
contest.
4. Sponsor: Davler Media
Group, LLC U.S.A., Inc., 1040 Avenue of the Americas, NY, NY 10018.
5. Prizes: One (1) Grand Prize (Grand Prize to be determined from
among all entries): A $500 check furnished by Davler Media Group,
LLC. Prizes may not be substituted or transferred, except if any prize
becomes unavailable, Sponsor reserves the right to substitute prize
of equal or greater value. Taxes and any other expenses not listed above
are responsibility of winners. Limit one prize per household. Allow
4-6 weeks after validation for receipt or arrangement of receipt of
prize. You are not a contest winner until validated and you receive
official notification from the judging organization.
6. Judging/Winner Selection: Winners will be selected based upon
average accumulated ratings for each photo as determined by reader participation
and voting. In the event of a tie, a panel of judges comprised
of Davler Media employees will break the tie using the following criteria:
creativity (25%) and originality of photo (25%); composition and arrangement
of photo (25%) and relevancy to category topic (25%). Judging will be
conducted between 3/15/08 � 3/20/08.
7. Prize Acceptance: Winner(s) must complete, execute and return
an affidavit confirming the winner's identification and eligibility,
and winner and any guests will be required to complete, execute and
return (if such requirement would not render this contest lawful) a
Liability and Publicity Release. If such documents are not returned
within ten (10) days of the date sent, or if any prize notification
is returned as non-deliverable or any winner if found to be ineligible
or not in compliance with these official rules, disqualification may
result. Failure to sign and return these forms when requested may result
in disqualification and the selection of an alternate winner. In the
event of a dispute as to identity of any online entrant, entrant will
be deemed the individual named on the online entry form.
Acceptance of a prize will constitute permission to use winner's name,
hometown, likeness, photograph, statements or prize information for
advertising and publicity purposes worldwide without limitation and
without additional compensation, except where prohibited. Sponsor, their
parent companies, affiliates, subsidiaries, advertising and promotion
agencies and their respective directors, officers, employees, representatives
and agents will not be responsible any and all liability for any injury,
loss or damage of any kind to or of any person or property (including
death of any person), arising in whole or in part, directly or indirectly,
from acceptance, possession, use or misuse of a prize, participation
in any contest related activity, or participation in this contest. This
contest is void where prohibited or restricted. All submissions become
property of Sponsor and will not be returned. No correspondence about
submissions will be answered. By entering, you grant permission to Sponsor
and its agents and agencies the right to publish, use, adapt, edit and/or
modify your entry photo(s) in any way, in any and all media worldwide,
without limitation, and also constitutes your irrevocable assignment
and transfer to Sponsor of all right, title and interest in the entry
photo(s), including without limitation, all copyrights, without further
consideration. By entering you warrant and represent that you are the
photographer of the submitted photo(s) and that you have obtained all
permission necessary for Sponsor to publish or use your photo(s) in
any media worldwide, including but not limited to permission from all
persons depicted in your photo(s) and from any holder of copyrights,
trademarks or other rights in materials or other items depicted in your
photo(s). By entering, you also agree that Sponsor may publish your
name and entry photo(s) on Sponsor's website or in such other media
or formats as Sponsor may elect without further compensation. By entering,
you also agree to confirm any of the above in writing.
8. Validations: By taking part in this promotion, you agree to
be bound by these rules and all decisions of the judges. Photo(s) must
be taken by entrant. Photo(s) must be original, non-professional, and
must not have been previously published or won any previous award, and
must not contain any material that would infringe upon third party rights
if used in advertising. Entries may be disqualified if photo(s) contain
materials trademarked, copyrighted, used or submitted elsewhere, or
any obscene, defamatory or other offensive or inappropriate material.
Sponsor reserves the right to disqualify any entries which Sponsor,
at its sole discretion, determines to be inconsistent with its corporate
standards, reputation or consumer expectations. No responsibility is
assumed for lost, late, stolen or misdirected mail or entries or any
failure or unavailability of hardware, software, electronic communications
or Internet uploading or other connections. If integrity of Contest
is compromised in any manner, Sponsor reserves the right to modify Contest
and judge entries received that are unaffected by the problem. Submissions
void if incomplete, not legible, or if they contain errors or do not
comply strictly with all requirements in these rules.
9. Prize Winners List: For names of Winners, visit www.nymetroparents.com
and click on the NY Metro Parents Birthday Photo Contest Winners after
2/21/08 or mail a self-addressed, stamped envelope to: NY Metro Parents
Birthday Photo Contest Winners, 1040 Avenue of the Americas, NY, NY
10018.
10. Official Rules: For copy of Official Rules, send a self-addressed
stamped envelope to: NY Metro Parents Halloween Photo Contest Winners,
1040 Avenue of the Americas, NY, NY 10018 by 3/15/08. Limit one rules
request per envelope. Requests received after the last day of Entry
Period will not be honored.