U.S. and Canadian International Photography Contest 2009 for Kids

Official Rules

NO PURCHASE IS NECESSARY AND A PURCHASE WILL NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING.

Contest is open only to legal residents of the United States (excluding residents of Puerto Rico) and Canada (excluding Quebec) who are between the ages of 6 and 14 on November 2, 2009. 

SPONSOR

Sponsor is National Geographic Society, 1145 17^th Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20036-4688 (“Sponsor” or “NGS”).

TERM

The United States and Canadian International Photo Contest For Kids begins August 3, 2009, and ends November 2, 2009 (the “Entry Period”). All Entries must be postmarked by November 2, 2009, and received by November 9, 2009.  Entries become the property of Sponsor and will not be returned or acknowledged.  Information on how to enter and prizes form part of these official rules (“Official Rules”).  By signing the entry from, the parent or legal guardian is agreeing to the terms of these Official Rules on behalf of the minor entrant and him or herself.  This is a skill-based contest and chance plays no part in the determination of winners.

WHO MAY ENTER

Contest is open only to legal residents of the United States (excluding residents of Puerto Rico) and Canada (excluding Quebec) who are between the ages of 6 and 14 on November 2, 2009.  Employees of Sponsor and their affiliates and subsidiaries, and their immediate family members (spouse, parent, child, sibling and their respective spouses, regardless of where they live) or persons living in the same households of such individuals, whether or not related, are not eligible to enter or win a prize.  Entrants must have a parent's or legal guardian's permission to enter.  CONTEST IS VOID IN PUERTO RICO AND QUEBEC AND WHERE PROHIBITED.  MANY WILL ENTER; FEW WILL WIN.

The categories for entries are:  Animals, Scenery, People, and Humor (each a “Category,” and collectively the “Categories”).  Each entrant may submit entries in any Category he/she wishes and may submit entries to different Categories at different times during the Entry Period, but no entrant may submit in total more than one (1) entry per Category.  If an entrant exceeds any of these limits, Sponsor may at its absolute discretion either disqualify all the entrant’s entries or select at its absolute discretion entries to go forward for judging and reject the remainder.  Each entry must comply with the following requirements (“Entry Requirements”): 

●          Download and complete an entry form for each photograph submitted.  Mail each completed entry form, along with each Photograph (described below) to: International Photo Contest, NG Kids / RB, P.O. Box 97056, Washington, DC 20090-7056. Entry form must be complete for entry to be valid.

●          The entrant must be the photographer him or herself. The Photograph must be an original work created by the Contest entrant.By entering the Contest, entrant represents, acknowledges and warrants that the submitted Photographs are original works created solely by the entrant and that no other party has any right, title, claim or interest in the Photographs.

•         Photographs must meet the following technical specifications:

o        Color or black and white prints, any size up to 8” x 10”.  Name of entrant, category of entry, address (with country) of entrant’s parent or guardian, and phone number of entrant’s parent or guardian should appear on back of print.  Disks or negatives are not acceptable.

o        Original transparencies and negatives, or in the case of digital images a minimum 5”x7” 300 dpi (9m) jpeg of the winning Photographs must be available to NGS so they can be published. Do not send in transparencies, negatives, or disks to accompany the photographs.

o        Photographs taken with digital camera or conventional films are eligible.

o        Digitally-altered photographs are not acceptable.

o        Mounted or framed photographs are not acceptable.

•         Photographs must be taken not more than three (3) years before the date of entry.

Obscene, provocative, or otherwise objectionable content will not be considered, and such determination is solely at the discretion of Sponsor.

o       The entries in each Category will be judged separately, in accordance with the Judging Criteria, as defined below. 

o       Limit one entry per person per Category.