The Yoga Photograph Contest Rules
1. HOW TO PARTICIPATE
The sponsor of this Contest is Six Senses Yoga Society.
No Purchase Necessary
1.1 Eligibility: The Six Senses Yoga Society 2009 Yoga in Nature Contest (the “Contest”) is open to all residents of Canada and the world who have reached the age of majority in their Province or country of residence, except are the employees and facilitators of Six Senses Yoga Society.
1.2 The Contest Period: Starting on 12:00 a.m., Pacific Time, 22nd April 2009 to 11:59 p.m., Pacific Time, 21st April, 2009, anyone may participate in the Contest by
The Contest:
To create and submit a Photograph representing Yoga in Nature in either one (1) or all of the Three (3) Categories: Each entry becomes the property of Six Senses Yoga Society. The categories for each Yoga in Nature Season are:
- Pregnancy
- Yoga Asana: couples, pregnancy, singles
- Nature Itself: animals, insects, landscape, plants, flowers, more
Your photograph in either or all categories is to represent nature (outdoors) and yoga; asana, philosophy, etc. All photographs need to be created through creativity and a camera only. No photo is to be altered from its original snap; no software altering or other forms of alteration will be accepted. In case of dispute a negative or the original digital file will be need to verify authentic images.
1.3 Contest Entry: Upon uploading a photograph completion and submission of the survey or by mailing in an entry (in accordance with section 3.9), eligible Customers will be entered into the Contest for one (1) chance to win (i.e. one entry) the Prize.
1.4 Contest Entries: Entrants can submit as many photographs as they wish for a fee of $2.99(CAD) each.
1.5 Awarding of Prize: The Prize will be awarded to the Customer whose contact information (name, telephone number or email address, address) has been given by the entrant at time of completion of the survey or indicated on the mail in entry and who has complied with these Rules.
2. PRIZE
2.1: The Contest is divided in four (4) seasons: spring, summer, autumn, and winter as indicated below. There are three (3) prizes awarded for each contest season as follows four (4) seasons with three (3) prizes each in total twelve (12) to be awarded during the Contest Year:
Spring Contest Open from March 21 to June 20
Summer Contest Open from June 21 to September 22
Autumn Contest Open from September 23 to December 21
Winter Contest Open from December 21 to March 20
- Contest Season Spring : on 12:00 a.m., Pacific, 21 of March 2009 through 11:59 p.m., Pacific, 20 of June 2009.
- Contest Season Summer : on 12:00 a.m., Pacific, 21 of June 2009 through 11:59 p.m., Pacific, 22 of September 2009.
- Contest Season Autumn : on 12:00 a.m., Pacific, 23 of September 2008 through 11:59 p.m., Pacific, 21 of December 2008.
- Contest Season Winter : on 12:00 a.m., Pacific, 22 of December 2009 through 11:59 p.m., Pacific, 20th of March 2010.
The Season’s prizes consist of one (1) $100(CAD) for each category for a total of three (3) prizes each season.
[The Cash prize may change in the future with sponsorship and/or higher entry participants.]
2.2 Prize: The Contest is divided in four (4) seasons: spring, summer, autumn, and winter as indicated below. There are three (3) prizes awarded for each contest season as follows four (4) seasons with three (3) prizes each in total twelve (12) to be awarded during the Contest Year:
Spring Contest Open from March 21 to June 20
Summer Contest Open from June 21 to September 22
Autumn Contest Open from September 23 to December 21
Winter Contest Open from December 21 to March 20
- Contest Season Spring : on 12:00 a.m., Pacific, 21 of March 2009 through 11:59 p.m., Pacific, 20 of June 2009.
- Contest Season Summer : on 12:00 a.m., Pacific, 21 of June 2009 through 11:59 p.m., Pacific, 22 of September 2009.
- Contest Season Autumn : on 12:00 a.m., Pacific, 23 of September 2008 through 11:59 p.m., Pacific, 21 of December 2008.
- Contest Season Winter : on 12:00 a.m., Pacific, 22 of December 2009 through 11:59 p.m., Pacific, 20th of March 2010.
2.3 Notification of Selection: The selected Winners will be contacted by phone or e-mail (using the contact information provided through on-line registration when entering our Contest) at least three (3) times within the seven (7) days after the judge’s selection. If the selected cannot be contacted, their prize will be considered a donation and kept in the SSYS land fund.
In order to win, the selected Customer must first correctly answer, unaided, a time-limited, mathematical, skill-testing question to be administered by telephone, and she or he will be required to sign a standard Declaration and Release Form confirming compliance with the Contest Rules, acceptance of the Prize as awarded and releasing Six Senses Yoga Society from all liability relating to the Contest. This consent form is available on-line.
No substitution for, or transfer of the Prize, will be allowed. The selected entrant will have seven (7) days from their initial notification of winning to electronically sign the Declaration and Release Form. If the selected Customer does not do so within this period of time, another Customer will be selected and the initial selected Customer will be disqualified and will have no recourse towards Six Senses Yoga Society or anyone involved in the Contest.
3. GENERAL RULES
3.1 Each Prize claim is subject to verification by Six Senses Yoga Society. Entries made with multiple addresses, under multiple identities, or through the use of any device or artifice to enter multiple times or entries that are in excess of the permitted number of entries during the Contest period are automatically void. All Contest entries obtained through unauthorized sources or which are incomplete, illegible, mutilated, altered, reproduced, forged, irregular or fraudulent in any way or otherwise not in compliance with these Rules are automatically void. Six Senses Yoga Society will be the sole and final reference source in validating a Prize claim.
3.2 By participating, each Participant and selected winner agrees: (a) to be bound by these Rules and the decisions of Six Senses Yoga Society, (b) to release and hold harmless Six Senses Yoga Society from any and all liability for claims/damages including, but not limited to, claims/damages for personal injury, for property damage with respect to acceptance, possession or use or misuse of the Prize or participation in the Contest; (c) to permit Six Senses Yoga Society to use his/her name, address, city, province, of residence, photograph, video, or any likeness for advertising or publicity purposes without any additional compensation and (d) the winner agrees to sign a Declaration and Release Form to this effect.
3.3 The decisions of Six Senses Yoga Society in relation to this Contest will be final and binding on all entrants.
3.4 Six Senses Yoga Society shall not be responsible for incorrect or inaccurate transcription or registration of Contest entry information, technical malfunctions, lost/delayed data transmission, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, faulty, incomplete, incomprehensible, or erased computer or network transmissions, line failures of any telephone network, failure of computer equipment, software, inability to access any online service or web site, inability to submit the online survey, or any other error or malfunction, or any injury or damage to entrant’s or any other person’s computer related to or resulting from participation or downloading any materials in this Contest, or for late, lost, stolen, postage due, illegible or misdirected entries.
3.5 Six Senses Yoga Society will not be responsible for lost, stolen, illegible or destroyed images due to error.
3.6 Six Senses Yoga Society reserves the right to cancel, terminate, or suspend this Contest, at its sole discretion, in the event of a technical failure, computer virus or bug, unauthorized human intervention, fraud or any other occurrence or cause beyond its control that corrupts or adversely affects the administration, security, fairness or normal operation of the Contest, subject, in Quebec, to the approval of the Régie des alcools, des courses et des jeux.
3.7 If a selected Participant is awarded the Prize due to a system error, malfunction or defect the Prize will be returned to the Prize pool, to be re-awarded.
3.8 Under no circumstances will Six Senses Yoga Society require anyone Participant be awarded more Prizes than what is indicated in these Rules or award the Prizes other than in accordance with these Rules.
3.9 No purchase is necessary. If a Participant wishes to mail in their photographs they are welcome to send each with a cheque or money order to 16001, 617 Belmont Street, New Westminster, B.C. V3M 6W6. All mail-in entries will bear the same judging as electronic entries.
3.10 The Contest is subject to all Federal, Provincial and local laws, as well as the rules adopted in view of said laws. The personal information provided to enter the Contest will be used only to administer the Contest, and for no other reason.
3.11 For Quebec residents, any litigation respecting the conduct or organization of a publicity contest may be submitted to the Régie des alcools, des courses et des jeux for a ruling. Any litigation respecting the awarding of a prize may be submitted to the Régie only for the purpose of helping the parties reach a settlement.
3.12 For a copy of the Contest Rules, please write to:
Six Senses Yoga Society
16001, 617 Belmont Street
New Westminster, B.C. V3M 6W6
Canada