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1.To enter, contestants must submit a photograph of any style, subject, or topic you wish.
2. Entries must be uploaded through PopPhoto.com/galleries as RGB, JPEG files. Entries sent as prints, slides, CD/DVD or in other forms will not be accepted. All entries become the physical property of Popular Photography & Imaging and will not be returned.
3. To be eligible to enter, you must be 18 years of age or older and a resident of one of the 50 United States or Washington D.C.. Employees of Sponsor, Hachette Filipacchi Media U.S., Inc., publisher of Popular Photography & Imaging and American Photo magazines and popphoto.com and their immediate families are not eligible to enter or win.
4. All qualifying entries will be posted on www.popphoto.com with the photographer's first and last name when provided.
5. By entering and/or accepting a prize, contestants release and agree to hold harmless Hachette Filipacchi Media U.S., Inc. and its directors, officers, employees, representatives and agents from any and all liability for any injuries, loss or damage of any kind, including death, arising in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, from acceptance, possession, use or misuse of a prize or participation in this contest.
6. By entering this contest, you represent that your photographs are original and of your own creation, publication of the material will not violate the rights of any kind of any third party, and you have provided all necessary permissions and releases. You also represent that these photos are not obscene or offensive and that they do not violate community decency standards. Photos that are obscene, offensive or in violation of community decency standards, as determined by the staff of popphoto.com in its sole discretion, will not be eligible to enter or win.
7. By entering this Contest, you agree to allow popphoto.com and its affiliates to use your name, city and state, voice and images in connection with publication of your entry and for promotional purposes (except where prohibited), without review, notification, or approval. Winners may be required to sign and return an affidavit of eligibility, grant of rights, and a publicity and liability release within 10 days of notification, or prize may be forfeited and an alternate winner selected.
8. By entering this contest, you agree to abide by the rules of this contest and to accept the judges' decisions as final. Submission of an entry and/or acceptance of a prize grants Sponsor, and third parties authorized by Sponsor, the exclusive, perpetual right to publish, use, edit, adapt, modify, excerpt and/or copy the entry for any and all purposes in any and all media currently in existence or hereafter developed without further compensation to you, which includes, but is not limited to the right to, the right to publish the entry in Hachette Filipacchi Media magazines and on popphoto.com and to use your entry as we see fit in exhibitions and promotions.
9. No substitution or transfer of prizes shall be allowed, except Sponsor may substitute a prize for one of equal or greater value. Income, and other taxes (if any), on the value of the prize are the sole responsibility of the winner. A form 1099 will be filed with the IRS.
10. Sponsor, in its sole discretion, reserves the right to cancel, terminate or modify the Contest if it is not capable of completion as planned due to, for example, infection by a computer virus, bugs, tampering, unauthorized intervention or technical failures of any sort. In no event will Sponsor be responsible for any damages or losses arising out of access to and use of the web sites or the downloading from and or printing material downloaded from said site. Sponsor is not responsible for lost, late, incomplete or misdirected entries.
11. The names of the winners will be posted on www.popphoto.com on or around the time of their selection. The winners names will also will be available upon request after June 1, 2006. Send a stamped, self-addressed envelope to Sponsor: PopPhoto.com Editor—Hachette Filipacchi Media U.S., Inc., 1633 Broadway, New York, NY 10019. Residents of VT may omit postage.
12. The Sponsor of this Contest is: Hachette Filipacchi Media U.S., Inc., 1633 Broadway, New York, NY 10019.
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