Contest Terms
By submitting an entry into a Signs.com photography contest you agree to the following terms and conditions:
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Contest terms and conditions apply to all Signs.com photography contest entrants and Signs.com reserves the right to disqualify any entrant for breaching any one of the following terms or conditions.
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Entrants must be 18 years or older.
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One submission allowed per person.
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No entry fee or purchase necessary.
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File size for entry must be 25 MB or less.
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File format for entry must be JPEG.
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All skill levels are allowed to enter.
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Photo editing, cropping, retouching, etc. are allowed for entries.
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Entries must be submitted no later than the official contest deadline outlined on the contest’s main web page
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Entrants agree to allowing Signs.com to review submission information, including first and last name, email address, and the file uploaded for submission.
- Employees and family members of Signs.com are excluded from entering and/or winning.
- Signs.com reserves the right to collect, process, store, and use entrant information for future promotional purposes.
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All entries must be submitted on the contest’s main web page.
- Entrants agree to have their submitted content reviewed and screened by Signs.com prior to being judged or voted upon.
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The use or launch of any automated system, including but not limited to “bots”, “spiders”, or any type of non-human system is strictly prohibited when it comes to contest submissions or placing votes for the People’s Choice contest.
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Entrant must own or have the necessary rights, licenses, permissions, or consents to submitted content.
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Signs.com reserves the right to display submitted content on the Signs.com website and use submitted content for promotional purposes both on and offline.
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Signs.com does not guarantee any confidentiality with regard to user submissions.
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Entrant maintains all rights to submitted content after entering.
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Entrant is responsible for their submissions and any consequence of posting or publishing them that may not be known to Signs.com as the administrator of the contest.
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Entrants are free to share the details of their submission via email and social media.
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Entrant must have written consent or permission from every individual person featured in submitted content.
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Entrant agrees they will not submit content that is 1) copyrighted or protected by a 3rd party owner 2) unlawful, pornographic, obscene, hateful, threatening, false, misleading, harassing, libelous, vulgar, or defamatory 3) impersonating or representing the likeness of another person that the entrant does not have the rights to represent, living or dead 4) promotes or endorses hate speech, which is broadly defined, but not limited to, as anything that promotes violence or hatred towards groups or individuals based on: race or ethnic origin, religions, disability, gender, age, veteran status or sexual orientation.
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Signs.com reserves the right to reject any submissions it deems are not in accordance with standards outlined in contest terms and conditions.
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Entrants agree to not tamper with the entry, judging, or voting of the contest in a way that would give them an unfair advantage over the other entrants.
- Signs.com is not responsible for exposure of user-submitted content to website users.
- The nature of selection for winners of the contest is determined solely by Signs.com.
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Signs.com will provide 3rd party judges to decide the winner of the competition, and the decisions of the judges are final and binding when determining the winner of the competition.
- People’s choice contest winner will be selected as the submission that has received the highest number of votes by 11:59 pm (MST) on August 21, 2017.
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A single submission is not eligible to win both contest prizes. If an entry is chosen as the winner by 3rd party judges and also receives the highest amount of votes, the People’s Choice prize will be awarded to the entry with the second highest number of votes.
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In the case of a tie, Signs.com reserves the right to determine the winner of the People’s Choice contest.
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A single submission is not eligible to receive prizes from multiple contests hosted by Signs.com.
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Once the winners have been selected they will be notified by the date disclosed on the contest’s main web page via the contact information provided by the entrant.
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Winners must be residents of the United States or Canada. Prizes will only be shipped to addresses within these countries.
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Winners agree to have their full name published on Signs.com as winner of the contest.
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Winners agree to have their name and winning submission used for advertising and promotional purposes without receiving additional compensation.
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Retail value of prizes will vary depending on contest. No cash exchange, website credit or alternative prizes are offered.
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Winners must have a legitimate PayPal account to receive cash prizes.
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Cash prizes will be awarded via a PayPal transfer from Signs.com to an account designated by the official winner.
- The sizes of the prints awarded as prizes may be subject to change based on the quality/size of images provided by the winners of the contest.
- Signs.com reserves the right to verify contest winners’ ownership of copyright or intellectual property rights for submitted content. If winner is unable to provide proof of ownership, Signs.com may withhold prize from the chosen winner and consider the winner disqualified from the competition.
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If winning prizes are returned to Signs.com and marked as undeliverable, Signs.com is not required to resend the prize or conduct research to locate an alternative shipping address in which to send the prize.
- Winners will have 48 hours to provide the necessary information (i.e. name, address, phone number) to claim the specified prize.
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Winners will receive their prizes within thirty (30) days from the date they receive notification that they have won the contest.
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Entrants release Signs.com from any claims, liabilities, or demands that may arise from entering the contest.
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If the contest is unable to run as planned as a result of technical issues beyond the control of Signs.com then Signs.com has the right to suspend or terminate the contest without notice or consent.
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Signs.com‘s decision as to the selection of winners is final.
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Signs.com shall have the right, at its sole discretion and at any time, to change or modify these terms and conditions with or without notice to participants. Signs.com also reserves the right to cancel a giveaway or said contest at its sole discretion. Odds of winning depends on number of entrants and entries per entrant. Retail value of prizes vary on product type and current contest.