MILITARY TIMES #MILMONTH PHOTO CONTEST OFFICIAL RULES
1. [endif]NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR TO WIN. A PURCHASE WILL NOT INCREASE YOUR ODDS OF WINNING. SUBJECT TO APPLICABLE FEDERAL, STATE, LOCAL AND MUNICIPAL LAWS AND REGULATIONS. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED.
2. Contest Eligibility. The Military Times #MilMonth Photo Contest is open to all U.S. active-duty, National Guard, and Reserve military personnel, U.S. military veterans and military retirees, and their authorized dependents ages 13 years or older at the time of entry. Employees and contractors of Sightline Media Group ("Sponsor"), Regent Companies, and each of respective affiliated companies, and advertising and promotional agencies, and the immediate family members of, and any persons domiciled with, any such employees or contractors, are not eligible to enter or to win.
3. How To Enter The Contest. The Contest will begin at 12:00 a.m. (E.T.) on Sunday, May 1, 2016, and end at 11:59 p.m. (E.T.) on Monday, May 30, 2016, (the "Contest Period"). To enter, post a military-themed photo illustrating military culture, family, service or the military's humanitarian mission to Instagram, mention @MilitaryTimes and use the hashtag #MilMonth. Each contestant must provide his/her name, age, email, phone number, military affiliation, Instagram username and location where the photo was taken. Each photo submission must be an authentic, original photo taken of or by the contestant identified on the accompanying entry. The contestant must own or have rights to the photo. Photos will appear on www.militarytimes.com, armytimes.com, navytimes.com, airforcetimes.com, and marinecorpstimes.com. Maximum five (5) entries per person.
4. Contest Winner Selection. One (1) Grand Prize Winner will be selected in a random drawing, from among all eligible entries received, to be held on or about May 31, 2016.
5. Contest Prizes and Odds. One (1) Grand Prize Winner will receive a GoPro Hero 4 HERO4 Black CHDHX-401 with 64GB Memory + 3x Batteries + Travel Charger + Backpack + 60? Tripod + Head/Chest Strap + Suction Cup + Hand Glove + LED Light + Stabilizer + Case + More! (ARV: $679.99). Odds of winning depend on the number of eligible entries received.
6. Winner Notification and Acceptance. Winners will be notified on or about May 31, 2016, at the email address provided on winner's entry form. Return of email prize notification as undeliverable or failure of winner to respond to notification may result in disqualification and an alternate winner may be selected. Winners may waive their right to receive prizes. Prizes are nonassignable and nontransferable. No substitutions allowed by winner. Prizes are not redeemable for cash. Prizes and individual components of prize packages are subject to availability and Sponsor reserves the right to substitute prizes of equal or greater value. Winners are solely responsible for reporting and payment of any taxes on prizes. Winners may be required to complete an affidavit of eligibility/liability certifying that the entrant's submission is entrant's original work, that entrant owns right to the work, that the submission has not previously won an award or prize in a contest and has not previously been published, and that entrant has complied with the Official Rules of the Contest, and a liability and publicity release (except where prohibited by law) which must be returned as directed by Sponsor. Failure to sign and return the affidavit or release, or to comply with any term or condition of these Official Rules, may result in a winner's disqualification, the forfeiture of his or her interest in the prize, and the award of the prize to a substitute winner. Except where prohibited, acceptance of any prize constitutes winner's consent to the publication of his or her name, biographical information and likeness in any media for any commercial or promotional purpose, without limitation the Internet, or further compensation. Prizes not won and claimed by eligible winners in accordance with these Official Rules will not be awarded and will remain the property of Sponsor.
7. Participation. By participating, contestants agree to be bound by these Official Rules and the decisions of Sponsor. Sponsor reserves the right to disqualify persons found tampering with or otherwise abusing any aspect of this Contest as solely determined by Sponsor. In the event the Contest is compromised by tampering or other causes beyond the reasonable control of Sponsor which corrupts or impairs the administration, security, fairness or proper operation of the Contest, Sponsor reserves the right in its sole discretion to suspend, modify or terminate the Contest. Should the Contest be terminated prior to the stated expiration date, Sponsor reserves the right to award prizes based on the entries received before the termination date. Sponsors will not be responsible for incomplete, lost, late, postage-due, misdirected or illegible entries (either photos or ballots), poor quality photos, or for failure to receive entries or votes or other electronic communications due to transmission failures or technical failures of any kind, including, without limitation, malfunctioning of any network, hardware or software, whether originating with sender or Sponsor. The authorized account holder of the e-mail address submitted at time of entry will be considered the entrant. An "authorized account holder" shall mean the natural person assigned to such e-mail account by the Internet access provider, online service provider, or other organization responsible for assigning e-mail addresses for the domain associated with such e-mail account. In the event of a dispute, all online entries will be deemed to have been submitted by the owner of the ISP account from which they were sent. For these purposes, an ISP account holder shall mean the natural person assigned to such ISP account by the Internet access provider, online service provider or other organization responsible for assigning ISP addresses for the domain associated with such ISP account. Any questions regarding the number of entries, or votes submitted or the owner of an ISP account shall be determined by Sponsor in its sole discretion, and Sponsor reserves the right to disqualify any entries or votes by persons determined to be tampering with or abusing any aspect of the Contest. This Contest is in no way sponsored, endorsed or administered by, or associated with Instagram. You are providing your information to Sponsor and not to Instagram. Sponsor is not responsible for the operation of Instagram or any of its services.
8. Copyright. By entering the Contest, each contestant grants to Sponsor an exclusive, royalty-free and irrevocable right and license to publish, print, edit or otherwise use the contestant's submitted entry, in whole or in part, for any purpose and in any manner or media (including, without limitation, the Internet) throughout the world in perpetuity, and to license others to do so, all without limitation or further compensation. Each contestant further agrees that if his/her entry is selected by Sponsor as the winning entry, he/she will sign any additional license or release that Sponsors may require, and will not publicly perform or display his/her submission without the express permission of Sponsors.
9. Construction. The invalidity or unenforceability of any provision of these rules shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision. In the event that any such provision is determined to be invalid or otherwise unenforceable, these rules shall be construed in accordance with their terms as if the invalid or unenforceable provision was not contained therein.
10. Sponsor. The Military Times #MilMonth Photo Contest is sponsored by Sightline Media Group. The decisions of Sponsor and the Contest judges regarding the selection of winners and all other aspects of the Contest shall be final and binding in all respects. Sponsor will not be responsible for typographical, printing or other inadvertent errors in these Official Rules or in other materials relating to the Contest. For a list of winners (available after May 31, 2016) or a copy of these Official Rules, visit www.militarytimes.com/milmonth or send a self-addressed, stamped envelope to "Winners List/Official Rules" (as applicable), Military Times #MilMonthPhoto Contest, 6883 Commercial Drive, Springfield, VA 22159. If you have any questions regarding this Contest, please contact Amanda Miller at agmiller@militarytimes.com.
