Travel Photo Contest Rules and Regulations
The contest is open to all Canadian residents who are of age of majority, according to the law of the province in which they reside. The contest is not open to Employees of RedPoint Media Group or WestJet, their respective subsidiaries, affiliates, sponsors, prize suppliers, and advertising and promotion agencies, or to members of those individuals’ immediate families (spouse and parents, children and siblings and their spouses). Individuals living in the same household of such employees are also ineligible. Void where prohibited by law. Contest subject to all applicable provincial, federal, local laws and regulations. By participating, entrants agree to these official rules and accept decisions of RedPoint Media Group as final in all matters relating to the contest. By entering, all entrants permit RedPoint Media Group to use the collected information from The Contest for internal marketing and advertising purposes.
The contest runs from the first of the month, to the end of the month until November 15, 2009. One winner will be selected from each contest and placed into a group as part of the finalists in our yearly Photo Contest issue in February 2010.
3. To Enter
No purchase necessary. Access the up! magazine website at www.up-magazine.com to complete the Photo Contest entry form and attach one photograph of any WestJet destination. The photograph submitted online must be in JPG file format and have a resolution of 300 dpi. Only one photograph per entrant per contest period will be allowed. Users may win up! contests a maximum of one time per year.
4. Photographs
Photos submitted during the Contest period will be reviewed by a judging panel consisting of two representatives from Redpoint Media, two representatives from WestJet and one professional photographer selected by Redpoint Media. The judging criteria will be the majority vote on each photo by the judging committee.At any time, winners may be asked to submit the original photography files to up! staff to verify authenticity. <!--EndFragment-->
5. Prizes
Monthly Draw
1) An eight or 12-inch digital photo frame – (approx) $270 and $300
Yearly Draw
1) Digital SLR Camera – (approx) $1,000
2) One (1) $1,000 gift certificate valid towards air travel on WestJet between the airport nearest the winner’s residence to any destination served by WestJet in North America
3) Point and shoot camera - (approx) $300.
Winners will be selected on December 1, 2009 (zero hour) at the offices of RedPoint Media (105, 1210 – 20 Avenue. S.E., Calgary, Alberta, T2G 1M8) and results will be announced in the February 2010 print issue of up!
Throughout the contest period, entrants may be contacted by WestJet judges to solicit photo entries to use online at WestJet.com.
6. To Claim Prize
Winners will be notified by e-mail and or phone (within two weeks of selection date) and must correctly answer, unaided, a time-limited mathematical skill testing question administered by a RedPoint Media Group representative. All decisions regarding the contest and selection of winners remain with Redpoint Media, and are final. Winners may be required to, and if ever asked, sign and return, within a stipulated period of time, an Affidavit of Eligibility and Liability Release and, where legal, a Publicity Release, prior to the issuance of travel documents. Winner’s guest(s), if any, must be 18 or older or an immediate family member, and may be required to, and if ever asked, agree to execute a Liability Release and a Publicity Release prior to the issuance of travel documents.