The Outdoor Photographer The American Landscape 2013 Annual Photo Contest (“Contest”) is open to legal residents of the 50 United States and District of Columbia, who are 18 years of age or older. Employees of Werner Publishing Corporation (“Sponsor”), and their respective parents, affiliates, subsidiaries, and advertising and promotion agencies, and their immediate family members (spouse, parent, child and sibling and their respective spouses, regardless of where they reside) and/or those living in same household of each, whether or not related, are not eligible to participate or win. Sponsors reserve the right to verify all eligibility requirements. Contest is subject to all applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations.

CONTEST PERIOD: The Contest will begin on February 5, 2013 at 12:01 a.m. PT and end on April 4, 2013 at 11:59 p.m. PT (the “Contest Period”). Please Note: A non-refundable one-time entry fee of $10.00 per entry is required to submit an entry in this Contest (“Entry Fee”).

HOW TO ENTER: Visit http://www.outdoorphotographer.com/tal2013 and follow the directions provided to (i) complete site registration (if necessary) or login process, (ii) follow the payment instructions provided to pay the non-refundable Entry Fee of $10.00 per entry, (iii) complete and submit the online entry form, and (iv) upload up one (1) photograph of the American Landscape to submit your entry. All entries must be received by April 4, 2013 at 11:59 p.m. PT to be eligible. Each photograph must be submitted in .JPG or .GIF format and cannot exceed 4 MB in size.

Please note: Entries submitted online will be eligible for (i) the First Place Prize (as described below), (ii) Second Place Prize (as described below), (iii) Third Place Prize (as described below), and (iv) Finalist Prize (as described below).
Entry must be the original work of the entrant and entrant must be the sole owner of the copyright of such entry. Entry must be in keeping with the Sponsors’ image and may not be inappropriate or offensive, as determined by the Sponsors in their sole discretion, nor can it 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. The Sponsors reserve the right, in their sole discretion, to disqualify any entry they deem to be offensive, inappropriate, that is not in keeping with Sponsors’ image or that is otherwise not in compliance with the terms of these Official Rules. Entrant must have obtained express written consent to submit any entry that contains persons other than entrant or third-party elements not owned by entrant and, if requested to do so, produce such written consent from appropriate parties in a form and manner acceptable to the Sponsors.
By submitting an Entry, entrant acknowledges and agrees that Sponsors may obtain many Entries in connection with this Contest and/or other contests staged and/or promoted by the Sponsors, and that such Entries may be similar or identical in theme, idea, format or other respects to other Entries submitted in connection with this Contest and/or other contests sponsored by the Sponsors or submitted for other reasons or other materials developed by the Sponsors. Entrant waives any and all claims entrant may have had, may have, and/or may have in the future, that any Entry and/or other works accepted, reviewed and/or used by the entrant may be similar to his/her Entry, or that any compensation is due to entrant in connection with such Entry or other works used by Sponsors.

FIRST PLACE PRIZE JUDGING: One (1) potential First Place Prize winner, one (1) potential Second Place winner, one (1) potential Third Place winner, and up to twenty-five (25) potential Finalists will be determined from among all eligible entries received by a panel of qualified judges, based equally on the following criteria: Adherence to Theme, Composition and Creativity/Originality (“Judging Criteria”). The entrants who submitted the entry receiving the highest scores, as determined by the Sponsors in their sole discretion, will be the potential winners and finalists respectively.
In the event of a tie for any prize, an additional “tie-breaking” judge will determine the applicable winner or finalists from among those tied using the Criteria. The Sponsors reserve the right to not award any prize if, in their sole discretion, an insufficient number of eligible and qualified entries are received. Decisions of the Sponsors and judges are final and binding.

WINNER NOTIFICATION: Potential winners will be notified by telephone, mail and/or e-mail between April 15, 2013 and May 1, 2013 and will be required to execute and return an Affidavit of Eligibility and Liability and, unless prohibited, a Publicity Release, a W-9 Form and any additional documents that may be required by prize provider within fourteen (14) days of date of issuance. If any potential winner is an eligible minor in his or her jurisdiction of residence, prize may, at the Sponsors’ discretion, be awarded in the name of the parent or legal guardian, and such parent or legal guardian will be required to fulfill all requirements imposed on winners set forth herein. Noncompliance with this time period or with these Official Rules, or the return of any prize notification as undeliverable, may result in disqualification and, at the Sponsors’ discretion, the prize will be awarded to an applicable runner-up.

PRIZES:
First Place Prize, one (1): Publication in a special multi-spread feature in the July  2013 issue of Outdoor Photographer, one (1) place in James Kay Workshop: Autumn In Capitol Reef NP, Utah October 18-23, 2013, one (1) Tamron SP 24-70mm F/2.8 Di VC USD model A007 for Canon, Nikon, or Sony, one (1) $1,000 in cash, one (1) Custom print of your photo, one (1) Zinio Subscription to Outdoor Photographer Magazine, and one (1) Hardcover high-quality photo book (First Place Prize Approximate Retail Value (“ARV”) $4,403)
Second Place Prize, one (1): Publication in a special multi-spread feature in the July 2013 issue of Outdoor Photographer, one (1) $500 in cash, one (1) Custom print of your photo, one (1) Zinio Subscription to Outdoor Photographer Magazine, one (1) Hardcover high-quality photo book (Second Place ARV $654)
Third Place Prize, one (1): Publication in a special multi-spread feature in the July 2013 issue of Outdoor Photographer, one (1) $250 in cash, one (1) Custom print of your photo, one (1) Zinio Subscription to Outdoor Photographer Magazine, one (1) Hardcover high-quality photo book (Second Place ARV $404)
Finalists Prize twenty-five (25): Hardcover high-quality photo book (Finalist Prize ARV $45 each)

WINNERS’ LIST: For the list of winners (available after June 15, 2013), send a separate, stamped, self-addressed envelope to: OP The American Landscape 2013 Annual Photo Contest Winners’ List, Attn: Marketing Department, 12121 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 1200, Los Angeles, CA 90025, to be received by July 10, 2013.

SPONSORS:
Werner Publishing Corporation, 12121 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 1200, Los Angeles, CA 90025.

Tamron USA, Inc., 10 Austin Blvd., Commack, NY 11725

For more information visit the official website

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