Cover Photo Contest - City of Elk Grove

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The City of Elk Grove and Town Planner Calendar want to see your best shot! ... Calendar and City of Elk Grove web sites
City of Elk Grove and Town Planner Calendar

Cover Photo Contest

Winning photo will win $100 and be featured on the cover of the 2018 Town Planner Calendar!

The City of Elk Grove and Town Planner Calendar want to see your best shot! Follow the City on Instagram @CityofEG and submit your entry with the #EGTownPlanner18 between June 24 and August 18, 2017. The winning entry will be featured on the cover of the 2018 Town Planner Calendar, which will be distributed to residences in Elk Grove this December. The winning photo may also be featured on the Town Planner Calendar and City of Elk Grove web sites, social media networks, and marketing materials. A panel of judges will select the winning photo. The winning photographer will receive photo credit for their image in the calendar.

Contest Rules: •

Instagram account cannot be private, or we will not be able to see your post.



The contest is open to amateur and professional area photographers of all ages.



No entry fee is required.



Only entries posted to Instagram using the #EGTownPlanner18 will be considered for the contest.



Entries must be submitted by midnight Friday, August 18, 2017.



All entries must have been taken within the city of Elk Grove.



Digital photos must be at least 300 dpi.



Printed image must be able to meet the following specifications: 12” wide by 11.125” (full bleed). 3600 pixels wide by 3337 pixels.



Entries will become the property of Publishing Concepts LLC and City of Elk Grove. Publishing Concepts LLC and City of Elk Grove reserve the right to reproduce, with credit to the photographer, all submissions for this contest.



In submitting photos the Contestant understands that their submission can be used for City and Publishing Concepts LLC purposes. Each contestant agrees that City and Publishing Concepts LLC has the right to use their names, likenesses, and images in future advertising, promotion and publicity in any manner and in any medium.



Images must be appropriate for viewing by all ages. The City and Publishing Concepts LLC reserve the right to cancel or terminate any submission without any prior notification and remove it from the City’s Instagram page.



Submission of photographs is not a guarantee of acceptance for publication for the 2018 Town Planner Calendar.



This contest is simply for fun and is not associated in any way with any other contract opportunities or any other related entity or activity.



The City and Publishing Concepts LLC reserve the right to modify the Contest Rules at any time, in the City’sand Publishing Concepts LLC mutual discretion.



The City and Publishing Concepts LLC will recruit a panel of judges from within the Elk Grove and photography community. The decision of the judges is final.



One winner will be selected and notified via direct message on August 25, 2017. The winner will

receive a gift card valued at $100 and recognition on the City’s social media sites (Instagram, Twitter and Facebook).



The winning participant must complete Photo Release A which must be signed by the Contestant and/ or Contestant’s parent/legal guardian if Contestant is under the age of 18 years and returned to the following address: Joyce Carter Publishing Concepts LLC [email protected]



A signed photo release from the subjects or the parent and/or legal guardian of the subjects must be provided for the winning photo if it features any distinguishable human subjects. See Photo Release B

PHOTO RELEASE A (for the photographer) I,_________________________________, state the photos submitted to the City of Elk Grove and Town Planner Calendar for publication are of my ownership and to my knowledge are not subject to any claims by a third party. I hereby grant the City of Elk Grove, Publishing Concepts LLC, and the Town Planner Calendar the unrestricted, exclusive, absolute and irrevocable right to use, publish, and copyright in any media, without submission of the same to me for further approval hereafter, of my photographs. _______________________

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PHOTO RELEASE B (for the subject of the photo) I, _____________________________________, hereby authorize the City of Elk Grove, Publishing Concepts LLC, and the Town Planner Calendar and the photographer the unrestricted, exclusive, absolute and irrevocable right to use, publish and copyright in any media, without the submission of the same to me for further approval hereafter, any and all photographs taken of me on behalf of the Town Planner Calendar. I Hereby release and discharge the City of Elk Grove, Publishing Concepts LLC, and the Town Planner Calendar from any and all claims and demands which I may have arising out of or in connection with the use of the photographs including without limitation any and all claim for invasion of privacy and libel. I agree that City of Elk Grove, Publishing Concepts LLC, and the Town Planner Calendar shall be without liability to me for any distortion of the photographs or illusory effects resulting from the developing or printing process. _______________________

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