UPDATE — Jan. 16, 2012: The deadline
for Your Shot (Spring 2012) has been extended to Feb. 15, 2012.
Views
from the Rooms Provincial Museum, St. John's
Peter
Dielissen of Fredericton writes, “Last autumn my wife Josee and I were visiting St John’s. During our stay a
weather bomb (heavy rain and high winds) hit the city and we decided to visit The Rooms museum. We were
having lunch in the upstairs cafeteria when I looked out and saw this surreal autumn St. John’s scene through
the rain-splattered windows…”
Check out some of the other entries and don't forget to send us your
own!
Lifestyler™ Editor's Choice Last Page Photo
Contests
YOUR SHOT
Send us your favourite photos -- a shot of a recent vacation, a fabulous day at your
cottage - pretty much anything, really. For each issue of Lifestyler magazine, we’ll choose a group of finalists
and a winner. The winner will see his or her winning photograph printed on the last page of
Lifestyler magazine. The photographs submitted by the
finalists will be posted online. Send your shot, along with a description of the shot and your name, address
and telephone number, to media@lifestylermag.com by Jan. 15, 2012 to
be entered in the contest for the next issue.
CONTEST RULES
SPONSOR
1. The Sponsor of the Lifestyler™ Editor's Choice
Last Page Photo Contests [collectively, “the Contest”] that are governed by these Contest Rules [“these
rules”] is Evolusent Inc. [“Sponsor”]
PERIODIC CONTESTS
2. Starting with the January, 2012 issue and
ending with the January 2013 issue, there shall be a contest held for each issue of
Lifestyler
magazine.
TERM
3. The term of the contest for each issue of Lifestyler
magazine ends at 9:00 am Eastern Standard Time
(EST) on the 15th day of the
month in which said each issue is released and begins at 9:00 am EST on the
15th day of the
month of release of the immediately preceding issue of the magazine.
CONTESTS OF SKILL
4. The Contest is skill-based and chance plays no part in the determination of
winners and finalists.
WHO MAY ENTER
5. Each contest is open only to Canadian citizens who have reached the age of
majority in their jurisdiction of residence at the time of entry and who do NOT reside in the Province of
Quebec. Employees of Sponsor and its subsidiaries and affiliates, 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 employees, whether or not related are not eligible. THE CONTEST IS VOID IN THE
PROVINCE OF QUEBEC AND WHERE OTHERWISE PROHIBITED.
HOW TO ENTER
6. For the purposes of these rules, a “valid entry” consists of the following: a
photograph; and the name, address and telephone number of a person to whom the Contest is open. The person
named in a valid entry sent by that person to media@lifestylermag.com during the term of
a contest shall be considered an entrant in that contest.
7. There is no limit on the number of entries per person. Each entry must comply with
the following requirements (the "Photograph Requirements"):
i. Photographs must be in digital format. Only online entries will be eligible. No
print or film submissions will be accepted. The photograph need not be taken with a digital camera; scans of
negatives, transparencies, or photographic prints are acceptable. All digital files must be 300dpi, 5
megabytes or smaller, must be in JPEG or JPG format, and must be at least 1,600 pixels wide (if a horizontal
image) or 1,600 pixels tall (if a vertical image).
ii. Photographs that include sculptures, statues, paintings, and other works of art
will be accepted as long as they do not constitute copyright infringement or fraud; provided, entrants must
be prepared to provide a release form as described below in "Releases" When photographing the work of others,
it must be as an object in its environment and not a full-frame close-up of another person's
art.
iii. The photograph, in its entirety, must be a single work of original material
taken by the entrant. By entering a contest, entrant represents, acknowledges, and warrants that the
submitted photograph is an original work created solely by the entrant, that the photograph does not infringe
on the copyrights, trademarks, moral rights, rights of privacy/publicity or intellectual property rights of
any person or entity, and that no other party has any right, title, claim, or interest in the
photograph.
iv.The photograph must not, in the sole and unfettered discretion of the Sponsor,
contain obscene, provocative, defamatory, sexually explicit, or otherwise objectionable or inappropriate
content.
8. By submitting an entry, each entrant agrees to the rules and warrants that his
or her entry complies with all requirements set out in these rules.
ODDS:
9. With respect to each contest, the odds of being selected as a potential winner
depend on the total number and quality of entries received during the term of said each
contest.
RELEASES
10. If the photograph submitted as part of an entry contains any material or
elements that are not owned by the entrant and/or which are subject to the rights of third parties, and/or if
any persons appear in the photograph, the entrant is responsible for obtaining, prior to submission of the
photograph, any and all releases and consents necessary to permit the exhibition and use of the photograph in
the manner set forth in these rules without additional compensation. If any person appearing in any
photograph is under the age of majority in their state/province/territory of residence, the signature of a
parent or legal guardian is required on each release.
11. Each entrant must be prepared to provide, within five (5) calendar days of receipt
of a request from Sponsor, a signed personal release from all persons who appear in the photograph submitted,
authorizing Sponsor and its licensees ("Authorized Parties") to reproduce, distribute, display, and create
derivative works of the entry in connection with the Contest and with the promotion of the Contest, in any
media now or hereafter known.
12. Each entrant must be prepared to provide, within five (5) calendar days of receipt
of a request from Sponsor, a signed artist release from the copyright owner of any sculpture, artwork, or
other copyrighted material that appears in the photograph entry, authorizing any Authorized Party to
reproduce, distribute, display, and create derivative works of the entry in connection with the Contest and
with promotion of the Contest, in any media now or hereafter known.
13. Finally, each entrant must be prepared to provide, within five (5) calendar
days of receipt of a request from Sponsor, a signed location release from the owner of any private property
included in the photograph entry, authorizing any Authorized Party to reproduce, distribute, display, and
create derivative works of the entry in connection with the contest and promotion of the Contest, in any
media now or hereafter known.
14. All releases must be in the form provided by Sponsor. Failure to provide such
releases upon request may result in disqualification and selection of an alternate
winner.
15. For the purposes of these rules, if the Sponsor sends to an entrant, at the
email address used by the entrant for his or her submission, a request, the entrant will be deemed to be in
receipt of such request on the day the email was sent by the Sponsor.
JUDGING
16. From amongst the valid entries for each contest, a potential winner will be
chosen by the then-current editor of Lifestyler
magazine by the
18th day of the
month in which said each issue is released; the editor may also choose any number of finalists from amongst
the valid entries. The decisions of the editor are final and binding.
WINNING
17. The potential winner will be notified by email. NONCOMPLIANCE OR RETURN OF
PRIZE NOTIFICATION AS UNDELIVERABLE MAY RESULT IN DISQUALIFICATION AND SELECTION OF AN ALTERNATE POTENTIAL
WINNER. If the potential winner, within five (5) calendar days of such notification, satisfies the
requirements for winning, he or she shall be deemed to be the winner of the contest. Failure to timely
satisfy the requirements for winning may result in disqualification and selection of a new potential
winner.
REQUIREMENTS FOR WINNING
18. To satisfy the requirements for winning, the potential winner
must:
(1) correctly answer, unaided, a time-limited, arithmetical, skill-testing
question, to be administered online;
(2) timely provide any releases requested by the Sponsor pursuant to § 11-13;
and
(3) provide, within five (5) calendar days of receipt of a request from Sponsor, a
signed copyright release, authorizing Authorized Parties to reproduce, distribute, display, and create
derivative works of the entry in connection with the Contest and with the promotion of the Contest, in any
media now or hereafter known
PRIZES
19. The winner of the contest will see his/her name, city of residence and winning
photograph printed on the last page of the Lifestyler
magazine for which said each contest has been held.
20. No prize transfer, assignment, or substitution by winners permitted. If a prize
is unavailable, the Sponsor, in its discretion, reserves the right to substitute the original prize with an
alternative prize to the equal monetary value and/or specification, unless to do so would be prohibited by
law.
LICENSE
21. By submitting an entry, the entrant grants an irrevocable, perpetual, worldwide
non-exclusive license to the Authorized Parties to reproduce, distribute, and create derivative works of the
photograph submitted as part of that entry, in any media now or hereafter known, including, but not limited
to: publication on www.lifestylermag.com; display at a
potential exhibition of winners; publication of a book featuring select entries; and publication in
Lifestyler
magazine. Entrants consent to the Sponsor doing or
omitting to do any act that would otherwise infringe the entrant’s “moral rights” in their entries; entrants
specifically waive all moral rights in the photographs submitted as part of their entries. Display or
publication of any entry on an Authorized Party’s website does not indicate the entrant will be selected as a
winner. Authorized Parties will not be required to pay any additional consideration or seek any additional
approval in connection with such use. Additionally, by entering, each entrant grants to Authorized Parties
the unrestricted right to use all statements made by entrant in connection with the Contest, or choose not to
do so, at their sole discretion. Authorized Parties will not be required to pay any additional consideration
or seek any additional approval in connection with such use.
LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
22. All entrants agree to release, discharge, and hold harmless Sponsor and its
partners, affiliates, subsidiaries, advertising agencies, agents and their employees, officers, directors,
and representatives from any claims, losses, and damages arising out of their participation in the contest
and the acceptance and use, misuse, or possession of any prize awarded
hereunder.
23. Sponsor assumes no responsibility for any error, omission, interruption,
deletion, defect, or delay in operation or transmission; communications line failure; theft or destruction of
or unauthorized access to Contest entries or entry forms; or alteration of entries or entry forms. Sponsor is
not responsible for any problems with or technical malfunction of any telephone network or lines, computer
online systems, servers or providers, computer equipment, software, failure of any email entry to be received
on account of technical problems or traffic congestion on the Internet or at any website, human errors of any
kind, or any combination thereof, including any injury or damage to entrants' or any other persons' computers
related to or resulting from participation, uploading or downloading of any materials related to in this
Contest.
CONDITIONS
24. THIS CONTEST IS VOID WHERE PROHIBITED. Entrants agree that this Contest shall
be subject to and governed by the laws of the Province of Ontario and the forum for any dispute shall be in
the Province of Ontario, Canada. To the extent permitted by law, the right to litigate, to seek
injunctive relief or to make any other recourse to judicial or any other procedure in case of disputes or
claims resulting from or on connection with this Contest are hereby excluded and any entrant expressly waives
any and all such rights. Certain restrictions may apply. Entries shall be voided if the Sponsor determines
the photograph to be otherwise than an original, or if the entries are illegible, incomplete, damaged,
irregular, altered, counterfeit, produced in error or obtained through fraud or
theft.
25. By entering, entrants also agree (a) to be bound by these rules; (b) that the
decisions of the editor is final and binding with respect to all matters relating to the Contest; and (c) if
the entrant wins that Sponsor may use the winning photograph and each winner's name in any publicity or
advertising relating to the Contest or future promotions without compensation or approval (except where
prohibited by law). All federal/provincial/territorial and local taxes, fees and surcharges and taxes
(whether foreign or domestic, and including income, sales, and import taxes) on prizes are the sole
responsibility of the prize winners.
26. The Sponsor reserves the right to verify the validity and originality of any entry
and/or entrant (including an entrant's identity and address) and to disqualify any entrant who submits an
entry that is not in accordance with these rules or who tampers with the entry process. Failure by the
Sponsor to enforce any of its rights at any stage does not constitute a waiver of those
rights.
RIGHT TO CANCEL OR SUSPEND CONTEST
27. If for any reason the Contest is not capable of running as planned, due to infection
by computer virus, bugs, worms, Trojan horses, denial of service attacks, tampering, unauthorized
intervention, fraud, technical failures, or any other causes beyond the control of Sponsor that corrupt or
affect the administration, security, fairness, integrity, or proper conduct of this Contest, Sponsor reserves
the right, at its sole discretion, to disqualify any individual(s) who tamper with the entry process, and/or
to cancel, terminate, modify, or suspend the Contest. If Sponsor elects to cancel or terminate a contest,
Sponsor will not retain any rights in the photographs submitted during the term of that
contest.
WINNERS LIST
28. With respect to each contest, the name of the winner will be published along with
the winning photograph in the issue of Lifestyler
magazine for which the contest was
held. Back issues of the magazine are available for online inspection at
www.lifestylermag.com
DATA PRIVACY
29. Entrants agree that personal data, especially names and addresses of entrants,
may be processed, shared, and otherwise used for the purposes and within the context of the Contest and any
other purposes outlined in these rules. The data may also be used by the Sponsor in order to verify the
participant's identity, postal address, and telephone number or to otherwise verify the participant's
eligibility to participate in the Contest. Participants have the right to access, review, rectify, or have
removed any personal data held by Sponsor by writing to Sponsor at 2680 Matheson Boulevard East, Suite 202,
Mississauga, Ontario L4W 0A5. Personal data will be used by Sponsor and its affiliates exclusively for
the purposes stated herein.
USE AND DISCLOSURE
30. Sponsor uses and discloses information
which it collects as follows:
• To present entrants with advertising that may be
relevant;
• Sponsor may share personally identifiable
information with its related companies;
• Sponsor may share personal information with
third-parties specifically engaged to provide services to Sponsor;
• Sponsor will cooperate with legal authorities, and
may in some circumstances be required to disclose personally identifiable information in response to requests
from law enforcement authorities, or in response to a subpoena or other legal process. Sponsor can also
turn over information about entrants if it believes it must in order to prevent a violation of the law, and
entrants consent to this. Entrants also consent to disclosure of personal information in the course of
legal proceedings if Sponsor is legally required to do so, if Sponsor reasonably believes that doing so may
mitigate liability, or if doing so will assist us Sponsor in enforcing its legal
rights;
• Sponsor may share personal information in
connection with a corporate transaction, such as a divestiture, merger, consolidation, or asset sale, and in
the unlikely event of bankruptcy; and
• Sponsor may aggregate personal information from all
entrants and provide that information in the aggregate to other parties, including advertisers, for marketing
and promotional purposes.
Photo by Peter Dielissen
