PHOTO SUBMISSION PERIOD
The photo
submission period for the 2014 Cutest Baby Contest (the “Contest”)
begins at 12:00 a.m. _Central Standard Time (“CST”) on December 31, 2014
and ends at 11:59 p.m. CST on January 14, 2014 (the “Submission
Period”).
PUBLICATIONS
The following publications are
participating in this Contest (the “Publication” or “Publications”):
Aledo Times Record, Geneseo Republic, Kewanee Star Courier, Galesburg
Register-Mail, Monmouth Review Atlas, Galva News, Orion Gazette,
Cambridge Chronicle, Canton Daily Ledger, Pekin Times, Peoria Times
Newspapers, Pontiac Daily Leader
ELIGIBILITY
The
Contest is open only to legal residents of the United States who are
eighteen (18) years of age or older at the time of entry, and who reside
within thirty (30) miles of the circulation area of the participating
Publications (the “Entrant” or “Entrants”).
Employees, contractors and interns of GateHouse Media, Inc. (“GateHouse
Media”) and the businesses appearing on this page (the “Sponsors”), and
each of their respective divisions, affiliates, parent companies,
subsidiaries, advertising and promotion agencies (including, in each
case, immediate family members) are not eligible to enter the Contest.
For purposes of this Contest, “immediate family members” is defined as
spouses, siblings, parents, children, grandparents and grandchildren,
whether as "in-laws", or by current or past marriage, remarriage,
adoption, co-habitation or other familial extension, and any other
persons residing at the same household location, whether or not related.
In order to enter the Contest or win the prize, the Entrant must comply
fully with these official rules (the “Rules”), and by entering agrees
to be bound by these Rules and the decisions of GateHouse Media, whose
decisions shall be binding and final in all respects.
HOW TO ENTER THE CONTEST AND SUBMIT A PHOTO; ENTRY FEE
There are two (2) ways to enter the Contest:
Online
Entrants
should log on to the website, during the Submission Period, complete all
the required information, and upload a photo (the “Photo” or “Photos”)
as instructed on the Website. Entrants should then click “submit” to be
entered in the Contest (the “Online Entry” or “Online Entries”).
OR
Entry Form
The entry form for the Contest (the “Entry Form”) is available in the Publications beginning December 31, 2014.
The completed Entry Form and the Photo
(together, the “Print Entry Materials”) should then be submitted to the
offices of the Publication one of the following two (2) ways:
1. Postal Mail: Entrants should mail the Print Entry Materials to the Publication of their choice.
OR
2. Hand-Deliver:
Entrants should hand-deliver the Print Entry Materials to the
Publication of their choice. The offices of the Publication are open
Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. CST, and closed on
Saturday and Sunday.
ALL
ONLINE ENTRIES AND PRINT ENTRY MATERIALS (TOGETHER THE “ENTRY” OR
ENTRIES”) MUST BE RECEIVED AT THE OFFICES OF THE PUBLICATION BY 11:59
P.M. CST ON JANUARY 14, 2014 (THE “SUBMISSION DEADLINE”). NO ENTRIES
WILL BE ACCEPTED AFTER THIS TIME.
The Photos will not be returned to the Entrant.
Entries for the Contest will not be accepted through e-mail or via facsimile.
GateHouse
Media will not be responsible for incomplete, lost, late, postage due,
misdirected or illegible entries and will not be responsible for credit
card information or cash sent through the postal mail.
CONTEST RULES
1. The object of the Contest is to showcase to the Publication audience a “cute baby” (the “Baby” or “Babies”).
2. The Baby in the Photo must be under the age of twenty-four (24) months at the time of entry.
3. Entry
of the Photo in the Contest must be authorized by the parent or legal
guardian of the baby (the “Parental Consent”). The Entrant will be
required to submit the Parental Consent to GateHouse Media upon
request.
4.
Professional photos will be accepted. When submitting professional
Photos, a copyright release from the photographer (the “Copyright
Release”) must be submitted to GateHouse Media upon request. If the
Photo contains any material or elements that are not owned by the
Entrant and/or which are subject to the rights of third parties, the
Entrant is responsible for obtaining, prior to submission of the Photo,
any and all releases and consents necessary to permit the exhibition and
use of the Photo in the manner set forth in these Rules without
additional compensation. The Entrant will be required to submit copies
of any releases and consents to GateHouse Media upon request.
5. There is no limit to the amount of entries an Entrant may submit during the Submission Period.
6. A maximum of five (5) Photos of the same Baby will be accepted during the Submission Period.
7. The Photo must not have been published or be under consideration for publication or prizes elsewhere.
8. The Photo must be of the Baby only. No other persons should appear in the Photo.
9. All Babies must be wearing a minimum of a full coverage diaper in the Photo.
10. The Photo must be in natural color or black and white. Sepia tone and duotone Photos are not acceptable.
11.
Photos that have been altered, manipulated or enhanced using computer
software programs will not be accepted. Minor adjustments to the Photo
such as lightening or darkening areas of the Photo, slight contrast or
color adjustments and cropping are acceptable. If GateHouse Media
determines a Photo has been altered, manipulated or enhanced, GateHouse
Media reserves the right to disqualify the Photo.
12. The
Photo must not, in the sole and unfettered discretion of GateHouse
Media, contain obscene, provocative, defamatory, sexually explicit, or
otherwise objectionable or inappropriate content (collectively,
“Inappropriate Content”). GateHouse Media retains sole discretion as to
what constitutes Inappropriate Content.
13. All
Photos become the property of GateHouse Media and may be used by
GateHouse for marketing or any other commercial purpose.
VOTING PHASE
Each
Photo submitted to the Publication must be approved for posting on the
Website by staff of the Publication. Only those Photos that are
approved for posting by the Publisher of the Publication will be deemed
eligible to win the Contest.
All
Photos submitted during the Submission Period and approved by the
Publisher of the Publication will appear on the Website beginning at
12:00 a.m. CST on January 15, 2014 and ending at 11:59 p.m. CST on January 29, 2014 (the “Voting Phase”). Members
of the general public will be invited to view the Photos by going to
the Website and voting for the Baby they think is the “cutest” (the
“Vote” or “Votes”). Voting
ballots will also be available at the Publication’s office during
regular business hours. Each ballot is counted as one (1) Vote. There
is no fee to Vote in this Contest. Voting is limited to persons eighteen (18) years of age or older (the “Voter” or “Voters”).
Voting
results for the Photos will be displayed on the Website during the
Voting Phase, except during the last forty-eight (48) hours of the
Voting Phase.
GateHouse
Media will not be responsible for misdirected Votes. The use of
robotic or automatic devices to submit Votes is prohibited and GateHouse
Media reserves the right to nullify any and all such Votes and to
disqualify the responsible individual from voting. Entrants are
prohibited from obtaining Votes by any fraudulent or inappropriate
means, including, without limitation, offering prizes or other
inducements to members of the public, as determined by GateHouse Media
in its sole discretion.
For
purposes of this Contest, the Vote must be cast on the Website by a
“unique” Voter. A “unique” Voter is an individual person: (a) who has
registered to vote on the Website, (b) with unique registration
information (i.e. e-mail address) that is not duplicative of another
Voter’s information. A unique Voter may vote no more than ten (10) times per day for a Photo.
If GateHouse Media determines, in its sole discretion, that an abuse of
the “unique” Voter rules has occurred, GateHouse Media may disqualify
votes cast by such Voters or Entrants, including if more than five (5)
of such Voters or Entrants registered from the same residential computer
“IP address”.
Use of E-mail Addresses
By participating in the Voting Phase of the Contest, Voters agree to opt-in to receive e-mail communications from GateHouse Media or the Sponsors. If Voters
choose to opt out of such future communications from GateHouse Media or
the Sponsors, they will be able to do so by following the instructions
on any electronic communications sent by GateHouse Media or the
Sponsors. Upon opting-out, GateHouse Media or the Sponsors will no longer send e-mail messages to the Voter. A Voter’s choice to opt out will not affect any Votes cast in this Contest.
WINNING PHOTO
At the
conclusion of the Voting Phase, the Photo to receive the highest number
of Votes will be declared the winning Photo. In the event of a tie, a
random drawing among the tied Photos will be conducted at the offices of
the Publication to determine the winning Photo. The winning Photo
will be announced on the Website by February 5, 2014.
GateHouse
Media reserves the right to take more time to determine the winning
Photo as it deems necessary in its sole discretion.
PRIZE
The
Entrant who submitted the winning Photo (the “Winner”) will be awarded a
local prize (approximate retail value is based on the local
publication).
Odds of winning depend on the number of eligible Photos and eligible Votes received.
The
Winner will be notified by phone or overnight mail in accordance with
the contact information provided on the Entry Form. The Winner must
sign an Affidavit of Eligibility, Liability and Publicity Release in
order to be eligible to accept the prize. The prize must be picked up
by the Winner at the offices of the Publication or
the Winner must make alternate arrangements with the Publication by
February 28, 2014. The offices of the Publication are open Monday
through Friday, 8:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. CST, and closed on Saturday
and Sunday.
No
substitution or transfer of the prize will be allowed, except at the
sole discretion of GateHouse Media. GateHouse Media reserves the right
to substitute prizes of equal or greater value. All local, state and
federal taxes incurred by accepting a prize will be the sole
responsibility of the Winner. The prize has no cash value and may not
be redeemed for cash at any time. No compensation will be given for
lost, stolen, mutilated or expired gift cards or gift certificates.
GateHouse Media is not responsible for replacing lost, stolen, mutilated
or expired gift cards or gift certificates. Fulfillment of gift cards
and gift certificates is the sole responsibility of the merchant, not
GateHouse Media.
All decisions of GateHouse Media regarding the Contest are final.
INTERNET
It is the Entrant’s responsibility
to enter in the appropriate manner. Each Entrant is responsible for all
costs or charges involved in accessing the local website and warrants
that the cost of accessing the site, if any, is part of a larger
agreement with an Internet Service Provider or some other means, and
that the cost of this access is not an incremental cost. If for any
reason the internet portion of the program is not capable of running as
planned, including infection by computer virus, bugs, tampering,
unauthorized intervention, fraud, technical failures, or any other
causes beyond the control of GateHouse Media which corrupt or affect the
administration, security, fairness, integrity, or proper conduct of
this Contest, GateHouse Media reserves the right, at its sole
discretion, to disqualify any individual who tampers with the entry
process, and to cancel, terminate, modify, or suspend the Contest.
Should the online portion of the Contest be terminated prior to January
29, 2014, finalists will be drawn at days-end from eligible entries
received online up to the time of cancellation. GateHouse Media assumes
no responsibility for any error, omission, interruption, deletion,
defect, delay in operation or transmission, communication line failure,
theft, or destruction or unauthorized access to, or alteration of
entries. GateHouse Media is not responsible for lost, misdirected,
illegible, damaged or undelivered entries. GateHouse Media is not
responsible for any problems or technical malfunctions of any telephone
network or lines, computer online systems, services or providers,
computer equipment, software, failure of any email or entry to be
received due to technical problems or traffic congestion on the internet
or at any web site, or any combination thereof, including any injury or
damage to participant's or any other person's computer related to or
resulting from participation or downloading of any material in this
Contest. CAUTION: Any attempt by an Entrant 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,
GateHouse Media reserves the right to seek damages from any such person
to the fullest extent permitted by law. In the event of a dispute,
entries made by Internet will be declared made by the authorized account
holder of the e-mail address submitted at time of entry. "Authorized
account holder" is defined as the natural person who is assigned to an
e-mail address by an Internet access provider, online service provider,
or other organization (e.g. business, educational institution, etc.)
that is responsible for assigning e-mail addresses for the domain
associated with the submitted e-mail address. Automated entries are
prohibited, and any use of such devices will cause disqualification.
Collection and use of personally identifiable information will be in
accordance with the local Website. Privacy Policy as the local Website.
CONDITIONS
By
entering, Entrants agree to comply with these Official Rules and the
decisions of GateHouse Media, which are binding and final, and release
GateHouse Media, and each of its divisions, affiliates, parent
companies, subsidiaries, advertising and promotion agencies and anyone
associated with the production of this Contest, and their respective
directors, officers, employees and agents from any and all liability for
any claims, injuries, losses or damages (including attorneys fees) of
any kind arising out of their participation in this Contest or resulting
from acceptance, possession, use or misuse of any prize. The potential
prize winners waive the right to assert as a cost of winning the prize
any and all costs of verification and redemption or travel to redeem
said prize and waives any liability or claims (including attorneys fees)
which might arise from redeeming or seeking to redeem said prize. In
the event of non-compliance with these Official Rules, or if prize
notification is returned to GateHouse Media as undeliverable, if prize
is refused or cannot be accepted for any reason, the prize will be
forfeited and an alternate winner will be selected in a random drawing.
Upon forfeiture or refusal, no compensation will be given. Acceptance of
prize constitutes permission to use the winner's name, photograph,
likeness, Contest submissions and/or statements attributed to winners
regarding the Contest, for advertising and publicity purposes without
further compensation or consent. All entries become the property of
GateHouse Media. This Contest shall only be construed and evaluated
according to the laws of the state of New York, without regard to the
principles of conflicts of laws and submission of any entry constitutes
acceptance of such laws. This Contest is void where prohibited. All
federal, state and local laws and regulations apply.
This
Contest is not intended for gambling. If it is determined that an
Entrant is using the Contest for gambling purposes, he/she will be
disqualified and reported to authorities.
GateHouse
Media and its affiliates reserve the right to use any and all
information related to the Contest, including information on Entrants
obtained through the Contest, for marketing purposes or any other
purpose, unless prohibited by law.
GateHouse Media and their affiliates reserve the right to change the rules of the Contest at any time.
NAME OF WINNER
To obtain the name of the winner, contact the local Publication.
SPONSORS
Enterprise
NewsMedia, LLC, Enterprise NewsMedia Holding, LLC, Enterprise
Publishing Company, LLC, GateHouse Media Massachusetts I, Inc.,
GateHouse Media Massachusetts II, Inc., George W. Prescott Publishing
Company, LLC, GateHouse Media Arkansas Holdings, Inc.,
GateHouse Media California Holdings, Inc., GateHouse Media Colorado
Holdings, Inc., GateHouse Media Connecticut Holdings, Inc., GateHouse
Media Corning Holdings, Inc., GateHouse Media Delaware Holdings, Inc.,
GateHouse Media Freeport Holdings, Inc., GateHouse Media Illinois
Holdings, Inc., GateHouse Media Illinois Holdings II, Inc., GateHouse
Media Iowa Holdings, Inc., GateHouse Media Kansas Holdings, Inc.,
GateHouse Media Kansas Holdings II, Inc., GateHouse Media Louisiana
Holdings, Inc., GateHouse Media Macomb Holdings, Inc., GateHouse Media
Michigan Holdings, Inc., GateHouse Media Michigan Holdings II, Inc.,
GateHouse Media Minnesota Holdings, Inc., GateHouse Media Missouri
Holdings, Inc., GateHouse Media Missouri Holdings II, Inc., GateHouse
Media Nebraska Holdings, Inc., GateHouse Media Nevada Holdings, Inc.,
GateHouse Media New York Holdings, Inc., GateHouse Media North Dakota
Holdings, Inc., GateHouse Media Ohio Holdings, Inc., GateHouse Media
Oklahoma Holdings, Inc., GateHouse Media Pennsylvania Holdings, Inc.,
GateHouse Media Suburban Newspapers, Inc., GateHouse Media Tennessee
Holdings, Inc., Mineral Daily News Tribune, Inc., News Leader, Inc.,
Terry Newspapers, Inc., Copley Ohio Newspapers, Inc., The Peoria Journal
Star, Inc., 350 WillowBrook Office Park, Fairport, New York 14450.
ADMINISTRATOR
The Contest Website is being administered by UPICKEM.
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