OFFICIAL REQUIREMENTS

NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN

PROMOTION BEGINS AT 12:00:00 AM (PT) ON November 15, 2010 AND ENDS AT
11:59:59 PM (PT) ON December 6, 2010 (THE "PROMOTION PERIOD").

  1. HOW TO ENTER: Membership to www.deviantart.com (the "Promotion Site") is required to enter the Promotion. Membership to www.deviantart.com is free. If Entrant is already a registered member, Entrant is not automatically entered into the Promotion. Entrant must be at least 13 years old as of November 15, 2010 and a United States resident. Promotion is void where prohibited by law.

    1. Entrant must follow the instructions on Promotion Site and submit the completed entry of a photograph of any subject matter representing one of the four seasons (winter, autumn, spring, or summer.) The photograph may not consist of multiple pictures other than for the purposes of HDR and/or in-camera multiple exposures. The Work must be submitted in jpg or png file format. The Work must be a minimum of 1650x1275 pixels. Works that are above the minimum pixel requirement are also acceptable. For more information on determining the size of the Work, refer to the tutorial here: http://st.deviantart.net/news/sony/a55-calendar/tutorial/ ENTRIES MUST BE RECEIVED BY 11:59:59 PM (PT) ON December 6, 2010. No damaged, incomplete, forged or appropriated entries will be accepted. Entrants may enter as many Works as they like however duplicate entries are not allowed.

    2. Do not submit original file of the Work. Entries will not be returned. You should retain and store the original file on your own.

    3. The Work (i) must be the exclusive original work of the entrant, (ii) may not have been made commercially available, won any other prize/award, nor been previously submitted to any other Promotion, (iii) may not be inappropriate, offensive, libelous or defamatory, pornographic, sexually explicit, unlawful or plagiarized, as determined by the Sponsor in its sole discretion, (iv) must not be harassing, abusive, threatening, harmful, vulgar, profane, obscene, excessively violent, racially, ethnically or otherwise objectionable or offensive in any way, as determined by Sponsor in its sole discretion, (v) may not violate or encourage others to violate any applicable law, statute, ordinance or regulation, (vi) may not defame or invade publicity rights or privacy of any person, living or deceased, or otherwise infringe upon any person's personal or property rights or any other third party rights, (vii) may not contain commercial/corporate advertising, including but not limited to corporate logos, brand names, and slogans, other than those relating to the Sponsor (unless such advertising is incidental to the overall image and forms part of the natural subject matter of the image as a photograph in a public place), (viii) may not include any viruses, worms, corrupt files, Trojan horses, or other forms of corruptive code or content that may harm or compromise the Promotion Site and/or the proper conduct of the Promotion, (ix) may not use any watermarks or distinguishing artist marks (such as prominent signatures) and (x) if found to be in violation of these rules will be disqualified and therefore removed from the Promotion Site Gallery.

    4. By submitting entry, entrant represents that (i) (s)he has the unrestricted right to submit the Work; (ii) all persons whose name or likeness appears recognizably in the Work have unconditionally consented in writing to their appearance in the Work and unconditionally granted entrant in writing the right to submit the Work subject to these Official Rules, a copy of which consent and grant will be furnished to the Sponsor upon request; and (iii) the Work does not infringe upon any third party's proprietary or other rights.

    5. All Works submitted will remain the exclusive property of the entrant, provided that:

      1. entrant is submitting the Work to appear in a 2011 printed calendar ("Calendar") with a page displaying each of the winning Works to be made available and sold at retail through Sponsor and, accordingly, if his or her Work is a winning entry entrant grants all rights necessary on a non-exclusive basis to effect the distribution and manufacture of the Calendar, including the right to adjust the Work to the display and printing requirements of the Calendar;

      2. entrant may not use the Sponsor's Marks in any manner whatsoever in connection with the Work or otherwise without the relevant Sponsor's express prior written approval;

      3. during the Promotion Period, and for a period of one year thereafter, eligible Works may be posted at the Promotion Site or otherwise displayed in selections made by Sponsor and in any form and media on or off the deviantART site in connection with promotion of the Promotion;

      4. during the ten (10) year period immediately following the Promotion Period (the "Display Period"), the Sponsor may (but will not be obligated to) display prize winning Works in any form and media in connection with the promotion of its business and may continue to distribute;

      5. the Sponsor may otherwise use prize winning Works in such manner and upon such terms and conditions as the relevant entrant may approve in writing (such approval not to be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned); and

      6. entrant may not authorize or permit any prize winning Work to be used to promote any product or service of any party other than entrant and the Sponsor during the Display Period.

  1. SELECTION OF WINNERS: Potential winners will be selected on or about December 13, 2010 from all eligible entries. There will be twelve (12) winning entries and two (2) Grand Prize winning entries will be selected from the twelve. The Grand Prize winning entries will appear on either the front or the back cover of the Calendar as well as representing two (2) of the months within the Calendar. Forty (40) semi-finalists (10 semi-finalists representing each of the four (4) seasons) will be selected by full-time deviantART Staff on the basis of Expression of the Applicable Season, Technical Excellence, Creativity, and Appropriateness to Appearance in a Calendar Product, each of which will be considered in whatever proportion the judges wish to apply. The semi-finalists will be posted in advance of final judging. Only one entry per entrant may be chosen as a semi-finalist entry. The winners, including the designation of the two (2) Grand Prize winners, will be selected by a professional photographer member of deviantART who has not participated as a contest entrant and who will be identified, and thanked profusely, only after the contest is concluded. The judges’ decisions are final on all matters relating to the Promotion. In the event of a tie in any portion of the judging process, the judges themselves will resolve the tie to the appropriate number of semi-finalists or ranked winners as applicable.

  2. PRIZES: There will be two (2) Grand Prize packages and ten (10) Winning Prize packages awarded. Each Grand Prize package will consist of the following: One (1) Sony a55 DSLR; one (1) deviantART camera bag; one (1) copy of the Calendar; $250 USD; 400 deviantART Points; and a one year Premium Membership to deviantART. (Total Approximate Retail Value ("ARV"): $1,110 each.)

    Each Winning Prize package will consist of the following: $100 USD; one (1) deviantART camera bag; one (1) copy of the Calendar; 400 deviantART Points; and a one year Premium Membership to deviantART. (Total ARV: $240 each.)

    Total ARV of all prizes: $5,160. Odds of winning prizes depends on number of eligible entries received and nature of the Work. All prizes will be awarded (assuming sufficient number of entries). Sponsor reserves right to substitute prizes of equal or greater value. No other substitution or transfer of prizes permitted. Sponsor is responsible only for prize delivery; not responsible for prize utility, quality or otherwise. Taxes and fees, if any, are the sole responsibility of prize winners

  3. ELIGIBILITY: Promotion open to deviantART members who are residents of the United States and are at least thirteen (13) years old as of November 15, 2010 except employees and volunteers (and their immediate families and members of the same household) of Sponsor, Sony, Inc, Universal McCann, or their affiliates, agents, judges and advertising and promotion agencies. There is no charge for deviantART membership.

  4. VERIFICATION OF WINNERS AND DELIVERY OF PRIZES: Potential winners who are under the age of majority in their jurisdiction of residence and their parent or legal guardian will, and other potential winners may, be required to sign an affidavit of eligibility and liability release and, where permitted, a publicity release. Prize may be forfeited if affidavit or releases are not returned within 14 days after mailing to potential winner or if prize notification letter or prize is returned as undeliverable. Winner agrees to Sponsor's use of his/her name, address, likeness, and/or prize information for promotional purposes in any medium without additional compensation to the extent permitted by law.

  5. GENERAL: This Promotion is void outside the United States and where prohibited or restricted by law and is subject to all applicable federal, state and local laws and regulations. This Promotion will be governed by the internal laws of the State of California. Any and all legal actions or claims arising in connection with this Promotion must be brought in a court of competent jurisdiction within the State of California. Sponsor and judges not responsible for late, lost, stolen, damaged, garbled, incomplete, misaddressed, postage due, incorrect or misdirected entries, mail or communications, for errors, omissions, interruptions, deletions, defects, or delays in operations or transmission of information, in each case whether arising by way of technical or other failures or malfunctions of computer hardware, software, communications devices, or transmission lines or data corruption, theft, destruction, unauthorized access to or alteration of entry materials, loss or otherwise. Sponsor and judges not responsible for electronic communications which are undeliverable as a result of any form of active or passive filtering of any kind, or insufficient space in entrant's e-mail account to receive e-mail messages. Sponsor disclaims any liability for damage to any computer system resulting from participation in, or accessing, posting, uploading or downloading information in connection with, this Promotion, and reserve the right, in their sole discretion, to modify, cancel, terminate or suspend this Promotion should any virus, bug, technical failures, unauthorized human intervention or other causes beyond Sponsor's reasonable control corrupt or affect the administration, security, fairness or proper conduct of the Promotion. In the event of any such cancellation, termination or suspension, a notice will be posted on the Promotion Site and the winners will be selected from among all eligible entries received prior to such time. Sponsor reserves the right, in their sole discretion, to disqualify any entrant from this Promotion or any other promotion conducted now or in the future by Sponsor or any of its affiliates if the entrant's fraud or misconduct adversely affects the integrity of the Promotion. By participating in this Promotion, each entrant accepts the conditions stated in these Official Rules, agrees to be bound by the decisions of the judges and warrants that s/he is eligible to participate in this Promotion. By accepting a prize, winner agrees to release Sponsor, their directors, employees, officers, and agents, including without limitation, their advertising and promotion agencies, from any and all liability, loss or damages arising from or in connection with the awarding, receipt, and/or use or misuse of the prize or participation in any prize-related activities.

  6. CAUTION: ANY ATTEMPT BY AN ENTRANT TO DELIBERATELY DAMAGE ANY WEBSITE OR UNDERMINE THE LEGITIMATE OPERATION OF THIS PROMOTION IS A VIOLATION OF CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LAWS. SHOULD SUCH AN ATTEMPT BE MADE, SPONSOR RESERVES THE RIGHT TO SEEK DAMAGES FROM ANY SUCH INDIVIDUAL TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW.

  7. WINNERS LIST: To obtain winner's list, go to www.deviantart.com. Winners list will be available after selection and verification of winners.

  8. SPONSOR: deviantART, Inc., 7095 Hollywood Blvd., #788, Hollywood, CA 90028

  9. QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS PROMOTION? Go to www.deviantart.com.

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