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The Contest
This is an online contest only. The contest begins
on Friday, October 13, 2006, at 9 a.m. (EST) and
closes on Friday, December 8, 2006, at 5 p.m. (EST).
Contest winners will be selected by a panel of judges
on Monday, January 15, 2007. All winners will be
contacted by e-mail by
5 p.m. (EST) on Friday, January 19, 2007. Failure
to contact a contest winner will result in a redraw.
Submissions
All submissions must be received by Friday, December
8, 2006. Only digital submissions will be accepted.
Canadian Geographic reserves the right
to withhold photographs or edit text wherever the
content is deemed inappropriate.
Entries
Digital entries may be submitted electronically
as jpeg files. Digital files should not exceed
500 pixels wide for a horizontal image or 500
pixels tall for a vertical image, and no larger
than 1MB (1,000 KB). Content alteration of digital
files is not acceptable; tonal or colour corrections
are acceptable, including black and white conversion.
Entries must include a 50-word caption identifying
the location featured in the photograph and describing
what inspired the moment. Model releases are the responsibility of the entrant and must be available in the event the photograph is
chosen as a winner.
Winning entrants must sign a waiver indicating that the photograph has not been previously published. Each entry
must include entrant's name, e-mail
and location of the image. Entries not meeting these
requirements will not be eligible for judging. All
entries become property of Canadian Geographic magazine
and are subject to use according to our discretion.
Eligibility
To enter and be eligible to win, you must be a resident
of Canada*, of the age of majority in the province
or territory where you reside, and not be an employee
of, a member of the immediate family of, or cohabitant
with an employee of any division of Canadian Geographic
Enterprises, The Royal Canadian Geographical Society,
the sponsoring or affiliated companies, their subsidiaries,
affiliates, and agencies. *Legal considerations
require restricting the contest to Canadian residents.
(Any litigation respecting the conduct and awarding
of a prize in this publicity contest in Quebec may
be submitted to the Régie des alcools, des
courses et des jeux for a ruling). Previous
winning photographs from Canadian Geographic's
Annual Photo Contest are not eligible for prize
consideration in "You Never Forget Your First Time."
Prize Packages:
Three (3) levels of prize packages,
are available to be won:
- One (1) Grand Prize
- Three (3) Semi-Finalist Prizes
- Ten (10) Runners-Up Prizes
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The Grand Prize includes:
Round-trip airfare for two (2) adults from a hub
city to Scottsdale, Arizona, U.S.A.
(Value: $1,500)
- Three-night stay for two in the Casita guestroom
accommodations at the Four Seasons Resort Scottsdale,
including two 50-minute Therapeutic Massages
at The Spa
(Value: $1,000 CDN)
- One half-day guided hiking excursion, led
by Arizona Outback Adventures
(Value: $300 CDN)
- One half-day guided biking excursion, led
by Arizona Outback Adventures
(Value: $350 CDN)
- One dinner for two at Acacia
(Value: $200 CDN)
- One (1) Pentax K100D digital SLR camera
(Value $800 CDN)
- One (1) $500 Mountain
Equipment Co-op Gift Certificate
(Value: $500 CDN)
TOTAL VALUE: $4,650 CDN
The three (3) Semi-Finalist Prizes each include:
- One (1) PentaxOptio T10 Digital
Camera
(Value $400 CDN)
- One (1) $100 gift certificates from Mountain
Equipment Co-op
(Value $100 CDN)
TOTAL VALUE: $500 CDN
The ten (10) Runners-Up Prizes each include:
- One (1) Canadian Geographic Water
Bottle
(Value: $25 CDN)
- One (1) Samsonite Travel Wallet
(Value: $15 CDN)
- One (1) $50 Canadian Geographic Gift
Certificates
(Value: $50 CDN)
TOTAL VALUE: $90 CDN
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Disclaimers
In the event that the Grand Prize winner
does not utilize any part of the Grand Prize, no
cash equivalent or future redeemable certificate(s)
will be issued to the Grand Prize winner. Prizes
must be accepted as awarded without substitution
and is not transferable or convertible to cash and
is not for resale. Arizona Tourism reserves the
right, in the event that the Grand Prize or a component
of the Grand Prize cannot be awarded as described
for any reason, to substitute a prize or prize component
for one of equal or greater value, or, at their
sole discretion, the cash value of the prize, without
liability. Actual retail value may vary, depending
on the place of departure and airfare fluctuations.
Hub cities include Vancouver, Edmonton, Regina,
Toronto, Montréal, Fredericton, Halifax and
St. John's. The winner and his/her travel guests
must each have the appropriate identification required
for airport check-in and will be responsible for
arranging travel documents required for travel at
their own expense. The winner and his/her travel
guests must depart from the same airport and travel
on the same itinerary and are responsible for ground
transfers to and from the designated airport, all
departure taxes (at the time of booking) or other
applicable taxes, travel and medical insurance,
meals and beverages, gas, tips and gratuities, hotel
services (if any), items of a personal nature, additional
spending money, incidentals and all other costs
and expenses not specifically stated as included
herein. The trip must be taken any time before the
end of 2007, excluding blackout dates, and will
not be rescheduled or substituted once booked. Dinner
does not include alcohol or gratuities. Hiking and
biking guided tours are for all skill levels and
included snacks. Travel arrangements must be booked
by contest winner through Canadian Geographic.
Publication
The winner's names and photographs may be published
in the Spring/Summer 2007 Canadian Geographic
Travel. The winner's photographs and 50-word
description will be displayed on the Travel section
of the Canadian Geographic website. Canadian
Geographic reserves the right to edit entrant's
copy to suit editorial guidelines. Canadian
Geographic will retain the winning entries
and reserves the right to publish any entry and/or
use of it in promotional material.
Responsibility
No responsibility will be taken for any
lost, damaged or delayed entry due to failure of
the website during the promotion or for any problems
or technical malfunction of computer online systems,
servers, access providers, computer equipment, software
and failure of any e-mail or online entry submitted
for "Canadian Geographic Travel's ‘First
Time' Photo Contest." Likewise, no responsibility
will be taken for technical problems or traffic
congestion on the web or at any website or any combination
thereof, including any injury or damage to an entrant's
or any other person's computer or property related
to or resulting from participating in this promotion.
Entries are subject to verification and will be
declared invalid if they are incomplete, mutilated,
forged, falsified, altered, tampered with in any
way or in violation of the contest rules.
By participating in the Travel Contest, entrants
accept and agree to:
a) these Official Contest Rules and the decisions
regarding any aspect of the contest, which shall
be final and binding in all respects; and b) release,
discharge and hold harmless all contest management
and its sponsors, including Canadian Geographic
Enterprises, The Royal Canadian Geographical Society,
Arizona Tourism, Pentax Canada, Mountain Equipment
Co-op and their respective program sponsors, participating
members, their respective member financial institutions,
their respective subsidiaries, affiliates, officers,
direct ors and employees, including their promotional
agencies and the independent contest judging organization,
from any liability, claims or damages arising
out of their participation in the contest and
the acceptance or use, misuse or possession of
any prize.
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