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Vermont Fall Foliage Photography Contest OFFICIAL RULES

1. NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR TO WIN. A PURCHASE WILL NOT INCREASE YOUR ODDS OF WINNING. SUBJECT TO APPLICABLE FEDERAL, STATE, LOCAL AND MUNICIPAL LAWS AND REGULATIONS. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED.

2. Eligibility. Subject to the additional restrictions below, the Vermont Fall Foliage Photography Contest (the "Contest") is open to U.S. residents (excluding Puerto Rico). Employees of Gannett Co., Inc., The Burlington Free Press, and each of their respective affiliated companies, and advertising and promotional agencies, and the immediate family members of, and any persons domiciled with, any such employees, are not eligible to enter or to win.

3. How To Enter. The Contest will begin at 12:01 a.m. (E.T.) on Wednesday, September 22, 2010 and end at 11:59 p.m. (E.T.) on Friday, October 22, 2010 (the "Contest Period"). To enter, you must submit/upload a photo that captures Vermont fall foliage to the burlingtonfreepress.com official entry form located here www.burlingtonfreepress.com/fallfoliage. All submissions to the gallery will automatically be considered entries and be eligible to win prizes. Each photo submission must be an authentic, original photograph taken by contestant identified on the submission, and the contestant must own the copyright in the photograph submitted. To upload photos to burlingtonfreepress.com, entrants must include profile information requested, including e-mail address as winners will be notified by e-mail through this method. You may enter the Contest as often as you like but only one (1) prize per person will be awarded. Sponsor will not be responsible for incomplete, lost, late, misdirected, or for failure to receive entries due to transmission failures or technical failures of any kind, including, without limitation, malfunctioning of any network, hardware or software, whether originating with sender or Sponsor. Ad blocking software on your computer needs to be disabled so that it doesn't interfere with processing your entry. In the event of a dispute, all online entries will be deemed to have been submitted by the owner of the ISP account from which they were sent. For these purposes, an ISP account holder shall mean the natural person assigned to such ISP account by the Internet access provider, online service provider or other organization responsible for assigning ISP addresses for the domain associated with such ISP account. All entries become property of Sponsor and none will be returned. Contestants acknowledge and agree that Sponsor shall have the right to edit, adapt, modify, reproduce, publish, promote, broadcast, or otherwise display or use entries in any way it sees fit without limitation or compensation to entrants. Any questions regarding the number of entries submitted or the owner of an ISP account shall be determined by Sponsor in its sole discretion, and Sponsor reserves the right to disqualify any entries by persons determined to be tampering with or abusing any aspect of the Contest. Sponsor further reserves the right to disqualify any entry that is alleged to infringe on any third-party's intellectual property rights, or that Sponsor deems obscene, offensive or otherwise inappropriate for viewing by a general audience.

4. Winner Selection. A panel of qualified judges selected by Sponsor will judge all eligible entries according to the following criteria clarity of photo, composition of photo, unique portrayal of the theme, and emotional impact of the image (equal weight will be given to each criterion. The ratings scale for each criterion will range from one (1) to ten (10), with ten (10) being the best score. Judging will conclude within two weeks after the end of the Contest Period and the three contestants with the highest cumulative scores will be designated the Grand Prize Winner and First Prize Winner respectively. In the event of a tie, tied entries will be re-judged on the same criteria listed above. Decisions of judges and Sponsor shall be final and binding in all respects.

Public voting will be conducted from 12:00:00 AM, Saturday, October 23, 2010, through 11:59:00 PM Thursday, November 4, 2010. Public voting will not affect the outcome of the contest or influence judging process or assigned judges of the official contest. The purpose is for website visitors to have fun and select their favorites.

5. Prizes and Odds. Grand Prize: One (1) Grand Prize Winner will receive a $50 gift certificate to The Skinny Pancake. First Prize: One (1) First Prize Winner will receive a $25 gift certificate to Butler’s Restaurant at the Inn at Essex.

Odds of winning depend on the number of eligible entries received.

6. Winner Notification and Acceptance. Winners will be notified on or about November 5, 2010 at email address. After notification winners will be emailed their gift certificates to the address used to submit their photo entry(ies) Winners may waive their right to receive prizes. Prizes are nonassignable and nontransferable. No substitutions allowed by winner. Prizes and individual components of prize packages are subject to availability and Sponsor reserves the right to substitute prizes of equal or greater value. Winners are solely responsible for reporting and payment of any taxes on prizes. Winners may be required to complete an affidavit of eligibility/liability certifying that the entrant’s submission is entrant's original work, that entrant owns right to the work, that the submission has not previously won an award or prize in a contest and has not previously been published, and that entrant has complied with the Official Rules of the Contest, and a liability and publicity release (except where prohibited by law) which must be returned as instructed by Sponsor. Failure to sign and return the affidavit or release, or to comply with any term or condition of these Official Rules, may result in a winner’s disqualification, the forfeiture of his or her interest in the prize, and the award of the prize to a substitute winner. Except where prohibited, acceptance of any prize constitutes winner’s consent to the publication of his or her name, biographical information and likeness in any media for any commercial or promotional purpose, without limitation the Internet, or further compensation. Prizes not won and claimed by eligible winners in accordance with these Official Rules will not be awarded and will remain the property of Sponsor.

7. Participation. By participating, contestants agree to be bound by these Official Rules and the decisions of Sponsor. Sponsor reserves the right to disqualify persons found tampering with or otherwise abusing any aspect of this Contest as solely determined by Sponsor. In the event the Contest is compromised a virus, non-authorized human intervention, tampering or other causes beyond the reasonable control of Sponsor which corrupts or impairs the administration, security, fairness or proper operation of the Contest, Sponsor reserves the right in its sole discretion to suspend, modify or terminate the Contest. Should the Contest be terminated prior to the stated expiration date, Sponsor reserves the right to award prizes based on the entries received before the termination date.

8. Copyright. By entering the Contest, each contestant grants to Sponsor an exclusive, royalty-free and irrevocable right and license to publish, print, edit or otherwise use the contestant’s submitted entry, in whole or in part, for any purpose and in any manner or media (including, without limitation, the Internet) throughout the world in perpetuity, and to license others to do so, all without limitation or further compensation. Each contestant further agrees that if his/her entry is selected by Sponsor as the winning entry, he/she will sign any additional license or release that Sponsors may require, and will not publicly perform or display his or her submission without the express permission of Sponsors. 9. Construction. 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 such provision is determined to be invalid or otherwise unenforceable, these rules shall be construed in accordance with their terms as if the invalid or unenforceable provision was not contained therein.

10. Sponsor. The Vermont Fall Foliage Photography Contest is sponsored by The Burlington Free Press. The decisions of Sponsor and the Contest judges regarding the selection of winners and all other aspects of the Contest shall be final and binding in all respects. Sponsor will not be responsible for typographical, printing or other inadvertent errors in these Official Rules or in other materials relating to the Contest. For a list of winners (available after November 5, 2010) or a copy of these Official Rules, visit www.burlingtonfreepress.com/fallfoliage or send a self-addressed, stamped envelope to The Burlington Free Press, Winners List Vermont Fall Foliage, Photography Contest, 191 College Street, Burlington, VT 05401. If you have any questions regarding this Contest, please contact Tina Wojdyla at twojdyla@gannett.com

 
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