Competition Rules: The Australian Travel Company 2010 Photograph
Competition
Period of Application: 05 February 2010 - 31 August 2010
1. Competition Organiser
The organiser of the 2010 Australian Travel Company Travel
Photograph Competition is
Travel Match Ltd (“Travel Match”) a UK
registered Company, Company number: 4518415: trading as ‘The
Australian Travel Company’. Employees of Travel Match and its group
companies, and any of the official partners, sponsors, or
associates of Travel Match and their families that are connected or
related to the competition are not eligible to enter this
competition.
2. Eligibility
By entering the competition, you agree to be bound by the following
rules as detailed below, and also Travel Match (Trading as the
Australian Travel Company)
terms and conditions of website use
for (The Australian Travel Company) its
privacy policy and
copyright. You must also adhere to the
Members Rules for the Australian
Travel Forum. The competition is open ONLY to *amateur
photographers (*amateur photographers is/are defined as those who
DO NOT make their living SOLEY from the supply of photographic
services and photography as their principal source of income.)
Amateur or semi-professional photographers who have received MORE
than £4000 in the last calendar year for their services for the
sale of their images are also NOT eligible to enter the
competition. The competition is open to entry from all
nationalities, from ANY country who are over 18 years of age on the
31st August 2010 (the closing date of the competition) and who have
access to the internet. Entries can ONLY be submitted by an
individual ONLINE via the website for the competition and
participants MUST submit their personal details as per the
membership joining criteria to become a member of the Australian
Travel Company in order to participate in the competition.
Photographs entered must have been taken NO more than 3 years prior
to the competition closing date.
3. How the Competition Works
The competition runs from 05 February 2010 until 31 August 2010. It
has 6 monthly prize winners who will then entered into the main
prize judging. For the purpose of balancing the monthly entries to
be approximately the same number of entries each month the first
two months of the competition will be combined in 1 period
(February & March). Months: Feb/Mar April, May, June, July,
August. (Total: 6 Months)
A maximum of 1 FREE entry ONLY is permitted. Four (4) EXTRA paid
images
can also be submitted for a total of 5
images per member. NO duplication of membership is permitted – i.e.
the same person submitting another photograph(s) through signing up
as a different member. If this is detected ALL duplicate
memberships will be instantly banned and photographs will be
deleted. All photographs must have been taken with a digital
camera. Images uploaded to the competition website should not
exceed the maximum size of 2MB, in JPEG format or 4MB in any other
format (GIF, PNG). Ideally the submitted images should be reduced
to around 800 x 600 - 1000 x 800 pixels (72dpi) for maximum upload
speed. If you supply either TIFF/PHOTOSHOP/EPS/BMP files they will
NOT be accepted. You must also have the original high resolution
image in your possession as if you are shortlisted as a potential
prize-winner you will be asked to send us the original image for
verification and judging.
ANY image that has won ANY prize in ANY photographic competition or
is entered into any other photographic competition over the same
period as this competition runs or where the results are still
pending, is NOT eligible for entry. All entrants in the competition
hereby agree to participate in any publicity in connection with
this competition as required and to the use of your name and
likeness for the purpose of promotion and publicity.
4. Legal Requirements
By submitting your entry into the competition, you warrant to
Travel Match that your entry belongs wholly to you, is wholly
original to you, has been taken by you, and not wholly or
substantially copied from any other material and that the entry
does not defame, cause injury to or invade the privacy of or
otherwise infringe or violate any statutory, common law, regulatory
or intellectual property rights of any third party. You agree to
fully indemnify Travel Match and/or any of the official partners,
sponsors or associates of Travel Match relating to the competition
in respect of all royalties, fees and other monies owing to any
person by reason of your breaching this rule.
5. Entering your Photographs
Entries must be submitted in accordance with the instructions set
out on the Entry Page Instructions
6. Image Editing
You can use ‘light’ or marginal image enhancement (i.e.: Photoshop)
techniques if you wish to optimise images, such as saturation,
lightening, darkening etc, however any overuse could be judged as
being overly excessive and result in your photograph(s) being
considered as having been too manipulated resulting in your image
not being selected. Remember also that if your image is selected on
the monthly prize shortlist we will require the ORIGINAL image file
for judging.
7. Category: Travel
This photographic competition is about TRAVEL. We will accept just
about any image that is linked to - or somehow connected to TRAVEL
– no matter how tentative or nebulous the link is. Photographs DO
NOT have to be just of Australia - they can be of ANY country in
the world. The competition is about finding a fresh, vibrant – yet
SIMPLE set of winning images that portray the JOY OF TRAVEL. Any
image that is related to, or forms part of a travel experience can
be submitted. Please note however in the case of images of living
person(s) if full or recognisable facial feature images are
submitted you MUST have a release form for the person(s) in the
photograph(s).
8. Closing Date
Competition closes at 6.00pm GMT, 31 August 2010
9. Judging
Members will be contacted to supply an original high-resolution
image if they are judged as a finalist for the monthly prize
judging. If the member cannot supply the original high resolution
image within 7 days of our request for such they cannot be included
in the monthly prize judging. All finalists for the monthly prize
judging will be notified on the first day of the month following
the previous month. Judging will take place during that week and
the monthly prize-winner notified 7 days after the end of the
previous month. Travel Match will appoint a judging panel to
determine the monthly and overall competition winning images. The
decision of the judges in determining the monthly and overall
winners is final and irrevocable and Travel Match will not enter
into any correspondence or dialogue regarding the judging,
organisation or administration of the competition.
10. Notification
6 Monthly Prize Winners:
Nikon COOLPIX S1000pj
Feb-March: 01 Feb-31 March: Winners notified 1st week in April
01 April-30 April: Winners notified 1st week in May
01 May-31 May: Winners notified 1st week in June
01 June-30 June: Winners notified 1st week in July
01 July-31 July: Winners notified 1st week in August
01August-31 August: Winners notified 1st week in September
Grand Prize Judging Results: 31 September 2010. Winners notified
1st week in September 2010
1st Prize: 2 Business Class Return Tickets with QATAR
AIRWAYS: London to Melbourne - plus 7 nights accommodation in a
luxury Hyatt Hotel in Melbourne. Value: Approx $15,000 USD
2nd Prize: 1 Economy Class Return Ticket with QATAR AIRWAYS:
London to Melbourne - plus 7 nights accommodation in a luxury Hyatt
Hotel in Melbourne. Value: Approx $5000 USD
3rd Prize:1 Economy Class Return Ticket with QATAR AIRWAYS:
London to Melbourne. Value: Approx $1500 USD
Substitution of Prizes
In the case of any unforseen circumstances Travel Match reserves
the right to alter these prizes and substitute such with a
comparable alternative. Any change of prizes will be immediately
notified to all members by email and such information will also be
posted in a prominent position on the website. If this happens
members will have the right to withdraw from the competition and
have their photograph(s) deleted from the competition.
Quality of Images
If the quality of images in any one month (or period as defined in
the competition) is below the expected standard required, Travel
Match reserves the right NOT to award a prize for that month or
period.
Prizes are non-transferable
Prizes are non transferable. Prizes cannot be redeemed for cash.
Qatar airline tickets are valid for travel for one (1) year, are
subject to load restrictions, and might not be available for travel
at certain peak times of the year. Hyatt Hotel accommodation could
be subject to space available restrictions. Winners MUST supply a
full CURRENT postal address and any other such other information
Travel Match may require for the purpose of supplying the prizes to
the winners. Upon address details being supplied, winners must
allow up to 28 days for delivery and receipt of their prizes.
11. Copyright
The entrant must be the sole author and owner of copyright,
intellectual property, and all other proprietary rights in all
pictures entered. It is not the legal responsibility of Travel
Match but of the entrant (member) to ensure they (the entrant)
comply with all of these ownership and copyright requirements and
own the rights to reproduce their images. Entries that do not
fulfil these criteria will not be eligible for the competition and
will be disqualified. Travel Match and the promoters of the
competition do NOT make any claim on the copyright of your images.
With all photographic entries in the competition the photographer
will retain full copyright.
12. Use and Reproduction of Photographic Images entered into the
Competition
Entrants, by entering their images into the competition, grant to
Travel Match and any of the official partners, sponsors or
associates of Travel Match relating to the competition a
world-wide, non-exclusive, irrevocable licence throughout the world
for a period of four (4) years from the date on which the results
are announced to reproduce any of the images for any purposes in
all media in connection with promoting Travel Match and its
associated entities or services and any of the official partners,
sponsors or associates of Travel Match.
We do not claim unlimited licence for Travel Match or any of the
official partners, sponsors or associates of Travel Match relating
to the competition to reproduce your images outside of the terms
set out above. All entrants must be able to supply a
high-resolution image suitable for print media.
13. General
(12.a) The competition rules and the competition are governed by
English law. Any disputes arising between Travel Match and any
third party in relation to these competition rules and/or a
competition shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the
courts of England and Wales (save that Travel Match shall be
entitled to take action against a third party in any other
jurisdiction). (12.b) If there is any inconsistency between any of
the provisions of these rules, Travel Match & The Australian
Travel Company terms and conditions of website use or Travel
Match's privacy policy, the provisions of these rules shall
prevail.
