·Photos will be voted on by visitors to LocalSarasota.com. Voting
is cast by IP address logging. Photos will multiple votes by the same IP
address/range may be disqualified if your votes are deemed to be
abusing/manipulating of the system in order to win.
·Photos which will NOT be accepted are those which depict the
object in a derogatory fashion or those in which the object appears to have
been placed in a dangerous setting. Our staff reserve the right to refuse any
photograph that they define as unacceptable.
·Photos must be entered into our contest using the Submit a Photo
link on our website and must be in gif, jpg or png format. Photos will be
resized automatically in order to ensure timely downloads for all our website
visitors.
·Photo may be color or black/white.
·Entering your photo means you grant LocalSarasota.com permission
to publish the photo and your name on the web site and any additional
publications announcing winners. Email, personal address and phone number will
not be published, nor we will ever share your information with any third
parties.
·Winner's photos become the property of LocalSarasota.com
Contest.
·Winners will be notified by email within 7 days after the
contest deadline.
·Winners must respond to Localsarasota.com to claim prize package. If no response within 3 days of first notification,
prize package will be forfeited & given to the second runner up.
·Winners must claim their prizes within 10 days of notification
or prizes will be forfeited.
·Employees of LocalSarasota.com and their families are not eligible
to participate.
·Prizes are based on availability and are subject to change. If
this should happen, we will substitute with a similar item at equal value.
·The information you submit to LocalSarasota.com will not be
shared with third parties.
·Photos will gain local exposure. If an agency contacts us for
information about a photo, we will not share any information, but will contact
the photo entrant with a message from the agency.
·Entries received after the deadline will automatically be submitted
into the following contest.
·Professional photos may be submitted if the copyright of said
photo is owned by the submitter. We may require you to send a letter
relinquishing those copyrights to LocalSarasota.com if your photo wins.
·LocalSarasota.com reserves the right to modify and/or change the
contest conditions at any time. Contest rules shall be deemed in effect when
posted on our site and will be effective at such time. By entering our contest
you agree to abide by our terms and act in good faith in accordance with the
rules.
