Amateur Photography Contest – 2013 Calendar

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RULES & REGULATIONS

1. Photos must depict the theme
   “Rockhounding in British Columbia”
   
   
2. Photo Requirements
   
   • TIF and JPEG formats only
   • Images should be a minimum of 3300 pixels by 2550 pixels (landscape) and 300 dpi resolution
   • Include the details listed in #16 with each entry
   • Files are to be named with your name, the title of the photo and where the photo was taken (example: Suzie Smith - Goldpanning – Hope BC.jpg)
   
   
3. Submitting digital files via email
   • Send photos to editor@lapidary.bc.ca
   • Send files as attachments
   
   
4. Submitting digital files on CD
   • Seal your CD(s) in an envelope
   • Submit the envelope to:
           BCLS Calendar Contest
           c/o 2785 Silvertree Court
           Abbotsford, BC V2S 5N6
   • CD(s) will not be returned
   
   
5. Entries must be received by June 30, 2012.
   
   
6. Because of the high quality standards used in printing the calendar, reproduction quality will be considered. Images not meeting specifications indicated in #2 will not be considered.
   
   
7. If your member dues are not paid current with the Club listed in #16 your entry will not be considered.  Your membership will be confirmed with your Club listed in #16.
   
   
8. The Amateur Photography Competition is open to all Club Members recognized by the British Columbia Lapidary Society.
   
   
9. Photographs that have won any other contests or have been published in magazines and newspapers (except online) are not eligible. We define winning as having won a grand prize or 1st, 2nd, or 3rd place overall. Photos that violate or infringe upon another person’s rights, including but not limited to copyright, are not eligible.
   
   
10. Photos must be taken by the entrant.
    
    
11. All decisions of the contest judges are final.
    
    
12. The prizes are: i) your picture being one of 13 featured in the 2013 Calendar, and ii) a lapidary related item valued no less than $20.  The lapidary related prize item will be chosen at the discretion of the British Columbia Lapidary Society. The prizes must be accepted as awarded without substitution, and cannot be transferred. The prizes have no cash equivalent.
    
    
13. By entering the contest, entrants grant the British Columbia Lapidary Society a royalty-free, worldwide, perpetual, non-exclusive license to display, distribute, reproduce and create derivative works of the entries, in whole or in part, in any media now existing or subsequently developed, for any promotional, publicity, exhibition, archival and all other standard purposes. The British Columbia Lapidary Society will not be required to pay any additional consideration or seek any additional approval in connection with such uses.
    
    
14. The British Columbia Lapidary Society is not responsible for any entry which is lost, misplaced, misdirected or delayed for any reason.
    
    
15. Please do not contact us about the status of entries. Winners will be notified via email or Canada Post.
    
    
16. Please include the following information with each of your submissions:
    • Name (first and last)
    • Address
    • Email Address
    • Name of the British Columbia Lapidary Society Club that holds your membership

Thank you for entering. Good luck!