OFFICIAL CONTEST RULES
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1.) CONTEST PERIOD: The Eagle Industries Unlimited Inc. “Take the Shot” Photo Contest begins at 12:00:01 a.m. CST on March 1st 2009 and ends at 11:59:59 p.m. CST on February 28th 2010. Each month during the duration of the Contest a “First Prize Monthly Winner” and a “Second Prize Monthly Winner” will be selected from all eligible Entries received to that point in the Contest. The initial monthly winner will be chosen on April 15th 2009.
2.) TO ENTER: Internet access is required to enter. Create, compose and take an original photograph that you believe exemplifies the theme of the Contest, Eagle gear in action. Participants may not submit any photograph(s) taken by another person or third party. The photograph must be in one of the following formats: high-resolution jpg, tiff, eps, or raw. Then visit www.eagletaketheshot.com and fill out all of the required information and follow the directions to upload your photograph and promotion of Sponsor’s products, as follows: All photographs submitted for consideration must address the topic, must be original to the Entrant, belong solely to the Entrant, and may not have been submitted or entered in any other contest or promotion.
In order to be considered for a monthly prize, Entrants must comply with all registration instructions when submitting their photograph. The Entry may not contain obscene, lewd or inappropriate images or text including no nudity, acts of violence or acts that appear to cause harm, as determined in Sponsor’s sole discretion. Any photograph or portion thereof that depicts a classified or sensitive event, occasion, or subject, whether obvious or discernible, will not be considered and may disqualify the Entrant and the Entry. Any photograph or portion thereof that is, in the Sponsor’s sole discretion, not in conformity with the Official Rules or the instructions for Entries, or obscene, profane, lewd, defamatory, contains any third party materials, or otherwise violates or infringes (or may infringe) any copyright, trademark, logo, or mark that identifies a brand or other proprietary right of any person living or deceased (including but not limited to rights of privacy or publicity or portrayal in a false light) or entity, or is otherwise objectionable, will not be considered and may disqualify the Entrant and the Entry. Therefore, clothing worn in the photograph or props or objects shown in the photo should not contain any visible or identifiable logos, designs, cartoon, phrases, trademarks or other third party materials. Sponsor has the sole discretion to determine whether a photograph qualifies as an Entry. All Entries must be the sole, original work of the Entrant. All Entries become the property of the Sponsor and will not be acknowledged or returned. Entrants and winners acknowledge and agree that their Entries become the property of the Sponsor, which has the right to edit, adapt, modify, reproduce, promote and otherwise use the Entries in any way it sees fit.
The last day of the Contest is February 28th 2010 and all Entries must be received by 11:59:59 PM CST on February 28th 2010. All Entries received by 11:59:59 p.m. CST on the last day of each calendar month for the duration of the Contest will be considered for a monthly prize. Persons may enter as many photographs as they wish, all non-winning Entries will be carried over month to month and are eligible to be considered for and to win a prize in any subsequent month. All potential winners will be required, prior to receiving any prize, to attest to the originality and their ownership of the photograph submitted and, may be required to provide a Photo Contest Participant Release for any third parties, persons other than the Entrant, at the sole discretion of the Sponsor. Sponsor is the sole judge of eligibility of Entrants and Entries.
3.) JUDGING: Sponsor will select one potential winner from all Entries received at the end of each calendar month of the Contest to receive the Monthly First Prize and one potential second prize winner will be selected for the Monthly Second Prize based on the judging criteria below.
Sponsor will select the first and second potential two (2) winning monthly photographs from all Entries received based on the judging criteria below and will each month post the two (2) photographs on its website. Sponsor reserves the right to publish non-winning photographs at its website from time to time as well.
JUDGING CRITERIA: (100 possible points) “Execution of the theme” 50 points possible; “Tactical/Technical accuracy” 25 points possible; and “Overall appeal” 25 points possible. All decisions of the Sponsor and Sponsor’s judges will be final in all matters relating to this Contest.
4.) ELIGIBILITY: Contest is open to legal U.S. residents of all fifty (50) states, excluding residents of Puerto Rico, who are at least 21 years of age at the time of entry. Employees of Eagle Industries Unlimited, INC. its affiliates, subsidiaries, sales representatives, advertising and promotion agencies and their immediate families are not eligible to enter.
5.) PRIZE/ODDS: Each Monthly First Prize Winner will receive an Eagle gift certificate in the amount of $200. Each Monthly Second Prize Winner will receive an Eagle gift certificate in the amount of $100. Sponsor may substitute the prize(s) with a prize of comparable value at Sponsor’s sole discretion. Taxes on prizes are the winners’ sole responsibility. The total number of eligible Entries received will determine the odds of winning. Total value of the prizes will not exceed $3,600. No more than the advertised number of prizes will be awarded. There will be only monthly winners; there is no grand prize at the conclusion of the Contest. Sponsor reserves the right to terminate the Contest at any time.
6.) WINNER SELECTION: On or about the tenth day of each subsequent month, one (1) potential Monthly First Prize Winner and one (1) potential Monthly Second Prize Winner will be selected and notified by email, telephone or mail. Except where prohibited, the potential winner(s) must confirm his/her ability to accept their Prize and sign and return within ten (10) days of being notified, an affidavit of eligibility, a publicity release (unless prohibited) and a Photo Contest Participant Release if persons other than the Entrant/Potential Winner are visible in the photo. If the potential winner cannot be contacted within seven (7) days after the first attempt or if he/she fails to sign and return the affidavit and release(s) within the required time period, an alternate winner will be selected in his/her place. Upon receipt of the affidavit, prize winning photographs will be posted on the website. To view the prize winning photographs(s), log onto the Sponsor’s website at www.eagletaketheshot.com where the winning photographs will be posted. The identification of the Prize winners by name shall be at the sole discretion of the Sponsor.
Conditions: Potential winners will be required to assign all rights of copyright, publication, replication and use of their submitted photograph to Sponsor. By entering, all Entrants warrant that they have read and agree to abide by and be bound by the Official Rules and the judges’ or Sponsor's decisions. Sponsor reserves the right to modify the photographs for subsequent use. Sponsor may elect to use the winning photographs in advertising or other promotional materials, however, Sponsor shall not be obligated to publicize, publish or use the winning photographs as decisions with regard to such matters are entirely within the discretion of the Sponsor.
7.) DATA PRIVACY: Information Entrants provide to Sponsor will be used to communicate with participant(s) in relation to the Contest as well as to inform both previous customers and current customers of Sponsor information which Sponsor believes may be of interest to them. Entrants can view Sponsor's Privacy Policy at www.eagletaketheshot.com. Participants may choose not to receive such information at any time. Because Sponsor collects personal information from Entrants and participants entering the Contest, Sponsor encourages all participants to review its privacy policy, which can be viewed at www.eagletaketheshot.com.
8.) GENERAL: Sponsor is not responsible for any typographical or other errors in the printing, offering, or description of any prize or in any other materials produced in connection with the Contest. Sponsor is not responsible for lost, garbled, misrouted, damaged, distorted, late, stolen, or misdirected Entries, nor for electronic transmission errors resulting in omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in operations, transmission, theft, or destruction of entry forms or for technical, network, electronic, computer, hardware or software malfunctions or limitations of any kind, or inaccurate transmissions of entry forms on account of technical problems or traffic congestion on the Internet or at any website or any combination thereof. Sponsor reserves the right to terminate, cancel, suspend or modify the Contest or any part of the Contest in its sole discretion. In particular, Sponsor reserves the right to cancel or modify the Contest if fraud, misconduct or technical failures would destroy the integrity of the Contest; or, if a computer virus, bug or other technical problem corrupts the administration, security or proper administration of the Contest as determined by the Sponsor in its sole discretion. Uses of automated devices are not valid for entry or visitor voting and will subject the user to immediate disqualification.
In the case of dispute as to the identity of an Entrant, all electronic Entries will be deemed to have been submitted by the authorized account holder of the e-mail address submitted at the time of entry – “authorized account holder” is defined as the natural person who is assigned to an e-mail address by an Internet provider that is responsible for assigning e-mail addresses for the domain assigned with the submitted e-mail address. Sponsor may disqualify any person based upon fraud, dishonesty, and violation of rules or other misconduct. Contest is subject to all applicable federal and/or state rules and regulations and all aspects of the Contest are subject to the approval of the appropriate regulatory agencies and is void where prohibited.
Eagle Industries Unlimited, Inc., 1000 Biltmore Drive, Fenton, Missouri 63026, is the Sponsor of this Contest.