GENERAL
1.All Entrants must be parents or legal guardians of a minor child and a legal resident of Michigan at the time of entry to participate or win. Other restrictions apply.
2.Contest is subject to all federal, state and local laws. Void where prohibited by law. By entering, Entrants agree to these Official Rules.
3.Two (2) First Place Winners per age category, one girl and one boy that recieve the highest number of votes per category. Limit one (1) award per person. Awards have no retail or cash value of any kind.
Age Categories are;
- Ages Newborn to 2 years old
- Ages 3 to 4 years old
- Ages 5 to 6 years old
- Ages 7 to 8 year old
- Ages 9 to 10 years old
- Ages 11 to 12 years old
4.Contest submissions begins on August 19, 2009 at 12:00 a.m. and ends on November 19, 2009 at 11:59 p.m. Voting period is September 20, 2009 at 12:00 a.m. to November 19, 2009 at 11:59pm.
5. The geographic scope of this promotion is the Great Lakes Bay Region of Michigan. The sponsors of this contest are the Midland Daily News, The Rock Youth Center and I've Been Framed (collectively “Sponsors”).
6. All funds raised during "voting" will be designated to support the Midland Daily and the Midland Public Schools Newspapers in Education Program (NIE). Sponsor funds and entrant fees will be assigned as advertising support for the Midland Daily News and used to cover the expenses of supporting this contest.
AWARDS
1.Twelve (12) First Place Winners and their family (2 per age category, one boy and one girl) will be featured on the cover of the Midland Daily News "Family" Sunday Reader Feature Section. The winning photo will also be used in next years promotion of the contest and other possible promotions. Award has no retail value ($0.00). The first place winners will also receive a matted and framed copy of the photo taken for the "Family" section.
2.Age Categories are;
- Ages Newborn to 2 years old
- Ages 3 to 4 years old
- Ages 5 to 6 years old
- Ages 7 to 8 year old
- Ages 9 to 10 years old
- Ages 11 to 12 years old
Award has no retail value ($0.00).
3.Entrants with (100) or more votes but not awarded the winner could be featured in the "Family" section under calendar of events as appropriate to the events being promoted. Award has no retail value ($0.00).
4.Winners are solely responsible for all expenses unspecified above that are associated with the appearance of their child in the "Family" Sunday Reader Feature section, except that, with respect to the First Place Winners, Midland Daily News will provide the services of a professional photographer to take the child’s/Family picture for the Family section. Other restrictions apply. No more than the stated number of awards will be announced. In the event that production, technical, programming or any other reasons cause more than the stated number of awards as set forth in these Official Rules to be available and/or announced, Sponsors reserve the right to announce only the stated number of awards by selecting from among all legitimate, unawarded, eligible award claims using the same judging criteria used herein.
5.If any of the potential winners fail to meet any eligibility requirement herein, alternate winners will be chosen using the same selection criteria as soon as reasonably practicable after initial winners are determined to be ineligible. Alternate winners are subject to all eligibility requirements and restrictions of these Official Rules.
ELIGIBILITY
1.All Entrants must be at least eighteen (18) years old and legal residents of Michigan. All Entrants must be the parent or legal guardian of the child depicted in their entry photos. All Entries must be appropriate to print and can be denied if they are inappropriate.
2.Employees of Midland Daily News or the Hearst Corporation and the immediate families (defined as spouse, parents, siblings or children) of the employees are not eligible to enter
TO ENTER
1.Entries will be accepted beginning August 19, 2009 at 12:00 a.m. EDST and ending November 19, 2009 at 11:59. (“Entry Period”) All entries must be accompanied by a $10.00 entry fee. There is only one way to enter.
a.Visit www.ourmidland.com/contests, click on the Kids ROCK Photo Contest and complete an online entry form with the following required information: (i) the first name of the child whose photo you are submitting for the contest (“Your Child”), (ii) the last name of the child whose photo you are submitting for the contest , (iii) The screen name you will choose to represent you, (iv) your email address, (v) confirm your e-mail address, (vi) your address, city, state and zip , (vi) a photograph of Your Child; and (vii) A title for the photo that you are submitting (for example, Erik's first smile). (viii)Description of the photo or circumstances of picture or any further information you want to submit to convince people to vote for your entrant. Submit your entry and confirm your electronic payment online of the $10.00 entry fee.
2. Entrants who fail to provide any of the information required above will not be eligible to win and will not be notified by Sponsors. Limit one (1) entry per child. All entries, including all photographs submitted, become the property of Sponsors and will not be returned or acknowledged. To be eligible, all entries (regardless of the method of entry) must be received by Sponsors no later than November 19, 2009 at 11:59 p.m. EDST.
3.Photographs must be original and unpublished. Do not submit copyrighted photographs. Please limit digital photos to JPG files only, maximum size 1 MB per photo. Online submissions are only complete when the confirmation box alerts you that your submission has been successfully uploaded. Photos may not be digitally altered or enhanced, except that images may be cropped and rotated as necessary. No watermarks, signatures, or copyright notices may be added to the images. Any individuals whose faces are shown in your Entry Photograph must give written permission for the use of their image to the person submitting the photo into the contest. The Midland Daily News assumes entrants have this permission at the time the photo is submitted and will not be responsible for verifying this permission.
4.By submitting a photograph, Entrants grant permission for the photograph to be published and/or broadcast by Sponsors and to be publicly displayed on the web sites of Sponsors (including without limitation www.ourmidland.com) and to be published in the Family section, without compensation to the entrant or your child. In addition, by submitting a photograph, entrants warrant that they are legally entitled to submit the photograph in the contest and that its use by sponsors as permitted above will not infringe on any third person’s rights.
5. The information that you provide in connection with the Contest may be used by Midland Daily News and Ourmidland.com, in accordance with their Privacy Policy which may be updated from time to time.
WINNER SELECTION
1.Voting will begin on September 20, 2009 at 12:00 a.m. EDST and will end on November 19, 2009 at 11:59pm Midnight EDST (“Voting Period”). Properly submitted photo entries will be available within the Kids ROCK Photo Contest on www.ourmidland.com/contests for viewing and public voting during the Voting Period. There is only one way to vote for your favorite photo.
a. You may vote for your favorite photo online at www.ourmidland.com/contests and clicking on the Kids ROCK Photo Contest during the Voting Period by contributing $.25 per vote to Newspapers in Education. A $5.00 minimum will be required to vote online. Uses of automated devices are not valid for entry.
2.On November 19, 2009, or within a reasonable time thereafter, subject to verification of eligibility, the Entrants whose entry photograph receives the most votes per age category during the Voting Period will be declared the First Place Winner. The two (2) photos per age category, one boy and one girl receiving will be declared the Winners.
3.Sponsors may, but will not be required, to depict the winning Entry Photographs on www.ourmidland.com/contests or in the Midland Daily News without further compensation. In the event of a tie between any potential winners the voting period will be extended by 24 hours. This process will continue as necessary until any tie is broken.
WINNER NOTIFICATION
1.Sponsors will contact all potential winners in accordance with the information supplied to Sponsors on their Entry Forms. Winners may be verified over the telephone at the time and may be asked to provide Sponsors with valid identification. Acceptable identification includes a valid driver’s license or other valid picture ID showing name and address. Faxes will not be accepted. If Sponsors are unable to communicate directly with a winner within two (2) days from initial attempted notification, Sponsors in their sole discretion may disqualify that winner and select an alternate winner using the same winner selection method set forth above. Alternate winners are subject to all eligibility requirements and restrictions of these Official Rules. Upon verification of eligibility, the names and/or photographs of the First Place Winners and/or their children depicted in the winning Entry Photographs will be posted on www.ourmidland.com/contests within the Kids ROCK Photo Contest winners pages. If you are a First Place Winner you must make Your Child available for a professional photo shoot at the Midland Dialy News for the Family Section.
MISCELLANEOUS
1.All federal, state and local laws apply. Sponsors shall be entitled to interpret these rules as needed — including but not limited to rules regarding entries, selection of winners, deadlines, restrictions on awards, and eligibility — and all of their decisions are final. By entering, Entrants agree to these Official Rules. Sponsors reserve the right to cancel, terminate or suspend this Contest or any part of this Contest should any non-authorized intervention, network failure, information storage failure, telecommunications failure, malfunction, or other causes beyond their control, corrupt or impair the security, administration, fairness and/or operation of this Contest as determined by Sponsors in their sole discretion, at which time, Sponsors will select the Winners in accordance with the previously announced selection criteria from among all non-suspect eligible entries received at the time of the Contest termination. Sponsors are not responsible for lost, interrupted, or unavailable network, server, or other connections, or for any failed telephone or computer hardware or software, or for any failed, delayed, misdirected, corrupted, or garbled transmissions or errors of any kind, whether human, mechanical, or electronic, or for entries that for any reason are not received by Sponsors by the deadlines stated above. Sponsors are also not responsible for any injury or damage to any computer, modem or other electrical device as a result of participation in this Contest or downloading of any software or materials. Sponsors reserve the right to correct typographical or clerical errors in any Contest-related materials. No more than the stated number of awards will be available. In the event that production, technical, seeding, programming or any other reasons cause more than the stated number of awards as set forth in these Official Rules to be available and/or claimed, Sponsors reserve the right to provide only the stated number of awards by selecting the Winners from all legitimate, un-awarded, eligible award claims in accordance with the previously announced selection criteria.
2.The Midland Daily News nor their affiliates, subsidiaries or agencies will be responsible for the inability to select winners because of power or equipment failure, or data storage failure.
3.Sponsors reserve the right to prohibit any Entrant from participating in the Contest if, at their sole discretion, Sponsors find such Entrant to be tampering with the entry process or the operation of the Contest, or if such Entrant repeatedly shows a disregard for, or attempts to circumvent, these Rules, or acts: (a) in a manner Sponsors determine to be not fair or equitable; (b) with an intent to annoy, threaten or harass any other Entrant or Sponsors; or (c) in any other disruptive manner. Any person attempting to defraud or tamper with this Contest in any way will be ineligible to participate or receive an award and may be prosecuted to the full extent of the law. Any failure by the Sponsors to enforce any of these Rules shall not constitute a waiver of such Rules.
4.Entrants agree to release Midland Daily News, and a range of subsidiaries, directors, agents, agencies, affiliates, franchisees, promoters, officers, directors, employees and related persons from any and all liability related to this Contest and the use of the Entry Photograph in the Family Section.
DISPUTES
1.By entering the Contest, Entrants agree that (a) any and all disputes, claims, and causes of action arising out of or connected with the Contest, or any awards shall be resolved individually, without resort to any form of class action; (b) any and all claims, judgments and awards shall be limited to actual out-of-pocket costs incurred, including costs associated with entering the Contest but in no event attorneys' fees; and (c) under no circumstances will any Entrant be permitted to obtain any award for, and Entrant hereby waives all rights to claim punitive, incidental or consequential damages and any and all rights to have damages multiplied or otherwise increased and any other damages, other than for actual out-of-pocket expenses. All issues and questions concerning the construction, validity, interpretation and enforceability of these Official Rules, or the rights and obligations of the Entrants and Sponsors in connection with the Contest, shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with the laws of the Michigan without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law rules or provisions that would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdiction other than Michigan. Any legal proceedings arising out of this Contest or relating to these rules shall be instituted only in the federal or state courts located in Midland County, Michigan and the parties consent to jurisdiction therein with respect to any legal proceedings or disputes of whatever nature arising under or relating to these rules. The invalidity or unenforceability of any provision of these rules shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision. In the event that any provision is determined to be invalid or otherwise unenforceable or illegal, these rules shall otherwise remain in effect and be construed in accordance with their terms as if the invalid or illegal provision were not contained herein.
2.For a final list of winners (available after approximately November 19, 2009), visit www.ourmidland.com/contests and click on the Kids ROCK Photo Contest icon or send a self-addressed stamped envelope by mail to: “Kids ROCK Photo Contest 2009 ,” Winners’ List Request c/o Midland Daily News, Post Office Box 432, located at 124 S. McDonald St. Midland, MI 48640.
