Photo Contest for San Francisco

ELIGIBILITY: The contest is open only to people who are 18 years of age or older at time of entry. You must be a legal resident of the 50 United States and the District of Columbia or Canada (excluding Quebec) to be eligible. All federal, state and local regulations and any other applicable laws apply. Void where prohibited.
CONTEST PERIOD: The contest begins 12:00:01 a.m. ET on May 1, 2009 and ends 11:59:59 p.m. ET on July 1, 2009.

HOW TO ENTER: To be eligible to win, entrants must submit one (1) to five (5) photographs of San Francisco or the Bay Area along with the title, caption and description of each photograph. Any other form of online entry and mail-in entries will not be accepted. Photographs may include landscape, locales, activities, people and/or animals, but must convey the allure of San Francisco. Photographs must be in color and must have been shot by entrant within the past five (5) years (since May 1, 2004). Photographs previously published or pending publication are not eligible. LIMIT ONE (1) ENTRY AND FIVE (5) PHOTOGRAPHS PER PERSON AND E-MAIL ADDRESS. Incomplete entries or entries that do not comply with the instructions will be rejected. Sponsor is not responsible for entries that are late, misdirected, lost, garbled, or unintelligible, including those due to computer or network malfunction or congestion (including at sponsor), and any such entries are not eligible. All entries should be emailed to sfphotocontest at gmail dot com (formatted for email).

JUDGING: Eligible entries will be judged by members of the sponsor's art department and publisher. Each photograph and accompanying description will be treated as a single work and will be judged as a whole. Entries will be judged on the following criteria: impact of visual and verbal expression conveying the essence of San Francisco (55%); overall quality of photograph (25%); creativity/originality (20%). The decision of the judges will be final.
WINNER NOTIFICATION: Winners will be selected on or about August 1, 2009 and will be notified by e-mail. Winners will be required to complete, execute and return an Affidavit of Eligibility and Release within seven (7) days of the date of notification. Failure to execute and return this Affidavit and Release by the deadline will result in disqualification, and sponsor reserves the right to select an alternate winner in such circumstance.

PRIZES: One (1) Grand Prize Winner will have his/her photograph prominently featured on sfTravel.com and receive $100.00 USD. Twenty-five (25) Runner-Up Winners will have their photographs featured in a slideshow on sfTravel.com and will win a commemorative souvenir of sfTravel.com. Winners may not substitute, assign or transfer prize or redeem prize for cash, but sponsor reserves the right to substitute prize with prize of equal or greater value.

LICENSE AND WARRANTIES: By entering this contest, entrants grant to sponsor and its licensees and assigns, a royalty-free, non-exclusive, worldwide right to copy, crop, edit, publish, display, distribute, sublicense or otherwise use their photographs for the full term of copyright thereof, in connection with the publication or display of sponsor's travel-related content, in all languages and all media, whether now known or hereinafter devised, including without limitation on the Internet, on mobile platforms and/or devices and on the cover or in the interior of sponsor's travel guides, and in the advertising, publicity and promotion thereof. Entrants warrant that their photographs are their original work and are not owned by any other person or entity; do not violate any law or regulation; and do not infringe the rights of any person or entity, including, but not limited to, any copyright or trademark rights and/or rights of privacy or publicity. Entrants understand and acknowledge that they will not have any right of approval over the use of the photographs and will not receive any compensation as a result of any use of the photographs by sponsor. Entrants also understand and agree that nothing in this agreement obligates sponsor to use their photographs.

Alcatraz at Night

Entry from Tom Pierce

PHOTOGRAPHY CREDIT: Any photographs used by sponsor pursuant to the license above shall be credited in the name used by entrant and submitted via email with photograph . Entrants should use the name that they wish to be credited by when submitting the photograph.
GENERAL CONDITIONS: By entering, entrants agree to abide by these Official Rules and the decision of the judges, which shall be final. In addition, entrants acknowledge that they have read and agree to the terms of sponsor's Privacy Policy. All entries and submissions (excluding any underlying copyright) become the sole property of the sponsor, and will not be returned or acknowledged. Entrants agree to release sponsor, its parent company, subsidiaries, affiliates, suppliers and agents from any and all liability for injuries, losses, or damages of any kind caused by participation in this contest or relating to the prizes.
WINNER'S LIST: For the name of the winners, available after August 5, 2009, send a stamped, self-addressed envelope to SFTRAVEL LLC 465 S Meadows, Ste 20-32 Reno, NV 89521 by September 1, 2009.
SPONSOR: SFTRAVEL LLC 465 S Meadows, Ste 20-32 Reno, NV 89521.

About sfTravel | Terms & Conditions