MARKETPLACE #WATERLOG PICTURE CONTEST
NO CONTRIBUTION OR PURCHASE IS NECESSARY — MAKING A CONTRIBUTION WILL NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING THIS CONTEST
HOW TO ENTER THE CONTEST: No contribution or purchase is necessary. To enter: a) become a follower of marketplaceapm on Instagram.com if you haven’t already, then b) post your water photo tagging marketplaceapm and include the hashtag: #Waterlog.
Examples of “water photos” include, but are not limited to, bodies of water, water in daily life (glasses of water), and interpretations of water.
Entries must be posted during one of the following four time periods (each, an “Entry Period”):
- 12:01 pm PT Friday January 30, 2015 and 12:01 pm PT Friday February 6, 2015
- 12:01 pm PT Friday February 6, 2015 and 12:01 pm PT Friday February 13, 2015
- 12:01 pm PT Friday February 13, 2015 and 12:01 pm PT Friday February 20, 2015
- 12:01 pm PT Friday February 20, 2015 and 12:01 pm PT Friday February 27, 2015
Image must publicly viewable. Every eligible entry will be included in the Contest.
No limit on the number of entries. Each entry may be entered multiple times in multiple entry periods.
ELIGIBILITY: Open only to legal residents of any one of the 50 United States or the District of Columbia who are 18 years of age or older at time of entry. THIS CONTEST IS INTENDED FOR PLAY IN THE UNITED STATES ONLY. DO NOT ENTER THIS CONTEST UNLESS YOU ARE LOCATED IN THE UNITED STATES AT THE TIME OF ENTRY.
The following persons are not eligible for the Contest:
- Persons are employees of Sponsor or its related organizations, including Minnesota Public Radio and American Public Media (“Employees’).
- Persons who were employees of Sponsor or its related organizations (including MPR | APM) at any time during the eight (8) months prior to the start of the Contest (‘Former Employees”).
- Immediate family, and persons living in the same household as the Employee or Former Employee, and
- Other persons described in the entry instructions for this Contest.
Void where prohibited by law.
IMAGES: To be considered for the Contest, an image submitted as part of the Entry must meet all of the following requirements:
1) The image must be the original work of the Entrant or by someone acting on behalf of the Entrant, and the Entrant must own all rights to the image.
2) The image may not depict a minor, violence, nudity, or any other any other subject matter that Sponsor, in its sole discretion, deems inappropriate.
Any Image that does not meet such image requirements may be disqualified at the sole discretion of Sponsor.
Sponsor reserves the right to reuse or republish an Entry photo, or to withhold it from publication. By submitting an image, the Entrant is donating it to the Sponsor. There is no direct paid or unpaid compensation for images. The Entrant may be identified in a credited byline on any published images. Sponsor may use the Entry photo in any way, including but not limited to, uses in conjunction with Sponsor’s social media sites, The Current web site, or other Sponsor-related web sites, and the image may be retained for future use of any kind.
PRIZE: One (1) Prize Winner will receive one (1) Marketplace water bottle during each Entry Period, for a total of four (4) Prize Winners for the Contest. Retail Value: $15.00/prize
Winners are responsible for any costs associated with using the prize. Prize is nontransferable, is not good for cash, and cannot be exchanged for other merchandise. Winner will receive delivery of the prize as arranged by Sponsor.
SELECTION AND NOTIFICATION OF WINNERS: Sponsor may display or publish Entries on Sponsor’s website or social media feed; however, any such use of an Entry does not indicate the Entrant will be selected as a Winner.
Within two (2) hours after the close of each Entry Period, Sponsor will identify the top three (3) entries with the most “likes” on Instagram for that Entry Period. One (1) Winner and two (2) runners-up will be selected based on “like” counts. Winner will be contacted by Sponsor via direct message and must reply by email within the response time period specified.
If Sponsor is unable to reach winner or if winner is unable to accept the prize within the response time period specified on the online entry form, then the unawarded prize will go to the first available runner up thereof until the prize is awarded. The rules detailing contest eligibility and method of selecting winners are on file at Sponsor’s offices. The chances of winning are dependent upon the number of eligible entries.
INTERNET AND USE OF TECHNOLOGY: If for any reason this Contest is not capable of running as planned due to an infection by a computer virus, bugs, tampering, unauthorized intervention, fraud, technical failures, or any other causes beyond the control of the Sponsor which corrupt or affect the administration, security, fairness, integrity, or proper conduct of this Contest, the Sponsor reserves the right at its sole discretion, to disqualify any individual who tampers with the Entry process. The Sponsor assumes no responsibility for any error, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in operation or transmission, communications line failure, theft or destruction or unauthorized access to, or alteration of, Entries. The Sponsor is not responsible for any problems or technical malfunctions of any telephone network or telephone lines, computer online systems, servers, or providers, computer equipment, software, failure of any email or Entry to be received by the Sponsor due to technical problems, human error or traffic congestion on the Internet or at the Website, or any combination thereof, including any injury or damage to participant’s or any other person’s computer relating to or resulting from participating in this Contest or downloading any materials in this Contest. SPONSOR IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR INCOMPATIBILITY OF ENTRANT’S HARDWARE, SOFTWARE OR BROWSER TECHNOLOGY WITH SPONSOR’S HARDWARE, SOFTWARE OR BROWSER TECHNOLOGY. CAUTION: ANY ATTEMPT TO DELIBERATELY DAMAGE ANY WEB SITE OR UNDERMINE THE LEGITIMATE OPERATION OF THE CONTEST IS A VIOLATION OF CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LAWS AND SHOULD SUCH AN ATTEMPT BE MADE, THE SPONSOR RESERVES THE RIGHT TO SEEK DAMAGES OR OTHERREMEDIES FROM ANY SUCH PERSON(S) RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ATTEMPT TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW. In the event of a dispute as to the identity or eligibility of a Winner based on an email address or Twitter account, the winning Entry will be declared made by the “Authorized Account Holder” of the email address or Twitter account at time of Entry. “Authorized Account Holder” is defined as the natural person 18 years of age or older who is assigned to an email address by an Internet access provider, online service provider, or other organization (e.g., business, education institution, etc.) that is responsible for assigning email addresses for the domain associated with the submitted email address. Sponsor may ask any Entrant or potential Winner to provide Sponsor with proof that such party is the authorized account holder of the email account associated with the Entry.
Sponsor is not responsible for computer system, phone line, technical, hardware, software or program failures of any kind, lost or unavailable network connections, incomplete, garbled or delayed computer transmission or network connections that are human or technical in nature. Use of automated devices is not valid for Entry. Sponsor is not responsible for incorrect or inaccurate Entry information, whether caused by Internet users or by any of the equipment or programming associated with or utilized in this Contest or by any technical or human error which may occur in the processing of the Entries in this Contest. Incomplete, unreadable, inaccurate, unintelligible or late Entries or Entries which otherwise do not comply with these Official Rules will be disqualified. All Entries, upon submission, become the sole property of the Sponsor and will not be acknowledged or returned and the Sponsor has the right to dispose of the Entries at Sponsor’s discretion. Sponsor reserves the right to, in its sole discretion, cancel, modify or suspend the online portion of this Contest (or the entire Contest) should any computer virus, bugs or other technical difficulty or other causes beyond the control of the Sponsor corrupt the administration, security or proper play of the Contest, at which time, the selection of the Winners will be determined in a random drawing from among all eligible Entries received at the time of Contest termination.
GENERAL: By participating in this Contest, participants agree to be bound by the Official Rules and that Sponsor and related organizations, their agents and employees have no liability whatsoever for any injuries, losses, or damages of any kind which result from use of the prize, or by participation in the contest. Sponsor or its related organizations may use winner’s name and likeness for advertising, fundraising, promotional or publicity purposes without further compensation. Expenses as a result of winning this prize, including taxes, are the sole responsibility of the winner.
RESTRICTIONS: By participating in this Contest, a participant agrees to be bound by these Official Rules, and by all decisions of the Sponsor.
SPONSOR: Minnesota Public Radio, 480 Cedar Street, St. Paul, MN 55101, (651) 290-1500
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