The American Artist Cover Competition begins May 14, 2009 at 12:01 am Pacific Daylight Time (PDT) and ends November 16, 2009 at 11:59 pm PDT. All Entries must be received by November 16, 2009 at 11:59 pm PDT. An additional fee of $10 is required for each entry received between 12:00 a.m. PDT on November 2, 2009, and 11:59 p.m. PDT on November 16, 2009.
WHO MAY ENTER
Employees of American Artist Magazine, and each of their affiliates, subsidiaries and agents, and their immediate family members (spouse, parent, child, sibling and their respective spouses, regardless of where they live) or persons living in the same households of such individuals, whether or not related, are not eligible to enter or win a prize. Entrants must be at least 18 years of age as of the date of entry. Contest is void where prohibited.
HOW TO ENTER
* To enter electronically, please visit http://www.americanartistcompetitions.com to register. Once the registration process has been completed, you will receive an e-mail confirmation. Simply log onto the website and follow the online instructions to upload images from your computer. Images formatted in JPEG measuring at least 1,000 pixels on their long dimension are preferred. For more information on electronic submission guidelines see our FAQ.
* No mail-in entry is available.
* Each entry consists of an entry form, a single image, and an entry fee. The entry fee is $50 per entry for entries received before 11:59 p.m. PDT November 1, 2009. All entries received after 12:00 a.m. on November 2, 2009 will be subject to an additional fee of $10.
* Each submitted image file, in its entirety, must be a single work of original material taken by the Contest entrant. By entering the Contest, entrant represents, acknowledges and warrants that the submitted image is an original work created solely by the entrant, that the image does not infringe on the copyrights, trademarks, moral rights, rights of privacy/publicity or intellectual property rights of any person or entity, and that no other party has any right, title, claim or interest in the image.
* The artist must not, in the sole and unfettered discretion of American Artist, contain obscene, provocative, defamatory, sexually explicit, or otherwise objectionable or inappropriate content. Images deemed inappropriate will be disqualified.
* On-line entries must be made by the authorized account holder of the e-mail address submitted at the time of entry. "Authorized account holder" is defined as the natural person who is assigned to an e-mail address by an Internet access provider, online service provider, internet domain owner, or other person or organization (e.g., business, educational institution, etc.) that is responsible for assigning e-mail addresses for the domain associated with the submitted e-mail address.
JUDGING
* Winners will be selected no earlier than January 1, 2010 and notified by email.
* Decisions of American Artist and Judges are final and binding.
* American Artist reserves the right not to award all prizes in the event an insufficient number of eligible entries meeting the minimum judging criteria are received, as determined by American Artist and Judges in their sole discretion.
ENTRANT LICENSES/RELEASES
LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
By participating, entrants agree to release, discharge and hold harmless American Artist and each of their respective partners, affiliates, subsidiaries, advertising agencies, agents and their employees, officers, directors, and representatives from any claims, losses, and damages arising out of their participation in this Contest or any Contest-related activities and the acceptance and use, misuse, or possession of any prize awarded hereunder.
American Artist assume no responsibility for any error, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, or delay in operation or transmission; communications line failure; theft or destruction of or unauthorized access to Contest entries or entry forms; or alteration of entries or entry forms. American Artist is not responsible for any problems with or technical malfunction of any telephone network or lines, computer online systems, servers or providers, computer equipment, software, failure of any e-mail entry to be received on account of technical problems or traffic congestion on the Internet or at any website, human errors of any kind, or any combination thereof, including any injury or damage to entrants' or any other persons' computers related to or resulting from participation, uploading or downloading of any materials related to this Contest.
CONDITIONS
This Contest is subject to federal, state, and local laws and regulations. Certain restrictions may apply. Entries void if the American Artist determines the entry to not be an original, or if the entries are illegible, incomplete, damaged, irregular, altered, counterfeit, produced in error or obtained through fraud or theft.
Participants also agree (a) to be bound by these Rules; (b) that the decisions of the Judges are final on all matters relating to the Contest.
RIGHT TO CANCEL OR SUSPEND CONTEST
If for any reason the Contest is not capable of running as planned, due to infection by computer virus, bugs, worms, trojan horses, denial of service attacks, tampering, unauthorized intervention, fraud, technical failures, or any other causes beyond the control of American Artist that corrupt or affect the administration, security, fairness, integrity, or proper conduct of this Contest, American Artist reserve the right, at their sole discretion, to disqualify any individual(s) who tamper with the entry process, and/or to cancel, terminate, modify, or suspend the Contest. If American Artist elects to cancel or terminate the Contest, American Artist will not retain any rights in the submitted images and will return the entry fees.
WINNERS LIST
Winners' names will be available online at www.myamericanartist.com after January 1, 2010.
NOTICE TO INDIVIDUALS: REMOVAL FROM MAILING LIST:
Any individual (or other duly authorized person) may elect to exclude the name and address of that individual from all lists used by American Artist to mail skill contests or sweepstakes. To elect to have an individual's name excluded from all such lists, email info@myamericanartist.com.