1. Contest entries must include a completed entry form. Digital Images are to be submitted on a photo CD in .jpg format and be between 700KB and 10 MB in size, of any crop aspect (shape). The entry form must be included in the same packaging as the CD. CD's can be mailed to, Presqu'ile Photo Contest, 328 Presqu'ile Parkway, Brighton, Ontario, K0K 1H0 or dropped off at the main park office during normal working hours.
2. The photo contest runs from March 16, 2010 through December 1, 2010. Entries must be received by 4pm on the contest closing date of December 1, 2010. Neither the sponsors nor the agencies of this contest are responsible for entries that are lost, late, delayed, misdirected, unintelligible, illegible, incomplete, postage due, stolen, returned, separated, damaged, or undeliverable entries or mail. Proof of mailing is not proof of delivery.
3. Images must have been taken in the park and can be entered into one of 4 different categories (Presqu'ile and People, Presqu'ile Wildlife, Presqu'ile Flora, Presqu'ile Landscape).
4. There is a limit of ten entries per category per person. A separate entry form must be submitted for each CD submission but one entry form is good for all images on that CD by the same photographer. Family submissions on one CD are acceptable but each photographer must have their own entry form.
5. Each image on the CD must have in its title the category it is being submitted for, and the photographer's name.
6. Images containing identifiable people must also be accompanied by a model release form. Model releases are the responsibility of the entrant and must be available in the event the photo is a winner. Additional Model Release forms are available from david.bree@ontario.ca
7. The digital prints should match the quality and character of the original digital capture. Compositional changes to digital files are not acceptable and will be disqualified; tonal or colour cast corrections are acceptable.
8. All entries and contest materials received become property of the contest organizers and will not be returned.
9. To be considered in the contest, all submissions must be original, unpublished images taken of or in Presqu'ile Provincial Park.
10. By signing the 2010 Presqu'ile Digital Photo Contest entry form, the entrant grants the sponsors the unrestricted and exclusive rights to use image(s) for any purpose. This includes, but is not limited to, publishing your image(s) in print or electronic form for promotional purposes without further compensation, and the right to use the photographer's name as a credit along with the image(s). The entrant must own all rights to any images entered in this contest. It is the responsibility of the entrant to ensure that publication of the images(s) raises no legal claims. Accordingly, you hereby agree to compensate the sponsors fully regarding any claims arising out of the use of your image(s). Images(s) previously published in full or in part in other publications, contests etc, will be disqualified.
11. Winners names and as many of the winning images as space permits, are scheduled to be published in a 2010 edition of the Presqu'ile Information Guide. Prior to receiving a prize, the winners will be required to sign an agreement declaring that a) he or she does not sell images or charge a fee for taking pictures; b) the image submitted is his or her original work; c) the image was taken in Presqu'ile Provincial Park.
12. All prizes must be accepted as awarded, and are not convertible to cash.
13. Eligibility: The Presqu'ile Digital Photo Contest is open to any amateur photographer who visits Presqu'ile Provincial Parks, except the 2010 employees of Presqu'ile Park and/or their immediate family members, and members of the Friends of Presqu'ile board of directors and their immediate families.
14. Only the photographer has the right to submit an image, and the photographer must sign each entry form. Prizes will be awarded to the photographers.
15. A qualified panel of judges, appointed by the sponsors, will judge eligible entries. All decisions of the contest judges are final.
By signing the entry form, the entrant consents to entry of his or her submission and agrees to these Official Rules and Regulations and the decisions of the judges, which are final and binding in all matters to this contest.
For copy of entry form click here
For copy of model release form click here
