To enter submit a photo that represents any one of theses Australian themes.
The themes are: Australian city, Australian country, Australia’s surf, sand or sea and Iconic Australia.
The judges will select three photos from each theme as winners and one of the twelve photos will be judged the overall winner.
http://www.penguin.com.au/competitions/Eyewitness2010/Competition.cfmDK ‘My Australia’ Photo Competition
Conditions of Entry
1. Proof of purchase is not required to enter. Simply fill in the online entry form at
www.penguin.com.au/competitions and submit your photo for judging between
Monday August 9, 2010 and Friday October 1, 2010.
2. Your submission must be a photo that depicts one of the four specified Australian
themes: Australian city, Australian country, Australia’s surf, sand or sea and Iconic
Australia. The judges will select three photos from each theme as winners. One of the
twelve photos will be judged as the overall winner.
3. You may enter more than once. You must submit only one photo per submission. If you
submit more than one photo per submission your submission will not be considered
valid.
4. The photo/s you submit must be a JPEG format no more than 1MB in size. Please
do not send photos larger than this size as they will not be considered a valid entry
and therefore not qualify for judging.
5. This promotion is open to Australian residents except employees of the Promoter and
those related to the employees including their families, agents and anyone else
connected with this promotion.
6. The competition closes midnight AEST, Friday October 1, 2010 subject to Paragraph
14 below. The Promoter, Penguin Books Australia accepts no liability for any problems
or technical malfunction of any telephone network or lines, computer on–line systems,
servers, or providers, computer equipment, software, technical problems and/or traffic
congestion on telephone networks or lines that cause late or delayed entries, or for any
lost and/or misdirected entries not received by the closing date.
7. Competition winners will be judged at 10am AEST, Tuesday October 5, 2010 at
Penguin Books Australia, 250 Camberwell Road, Camberwell, Victoria. The winners’
photos, name and state will be announced on
www.penguin.com.au/competitions and
Penguin Books Australia’s Facebook page from Friday October 8, 2010.
8. Chance plays no part in determining the winner. Entries will be judged in regard to
photographic skill and composition.
9. Winners will be notified by phone/email.
10. If you win you must claim your prize within 21 days after we have notified you. We
will send your prize to you within 28 working days after you have claimed the prize.
11. Please do not send any additional creative materials apart from your photograph as no material can or will be returned.
12. Please ensure that each photo you submit is created by you and that no other person (including a company) has any rights in relation to it. If you are submitting a photo taken by another person, you should seek their consent before submitting it, because you could be infringing their rights by submitting it and could be liable for damages if we publish it (if you win) without their consent.
If your entry is selected as the wining entry, then:
(a) We automatically have the royalty-free right at any time to publish your photo as "the winning photo of the Penguin 2010 Eyewitness competition" in any media anywhere in the world, and the royalty-free right at any time to reproduce and refer to it as such in any of our publications.
(b) you grant to us the option within twelve months of announcing your winning to seek, directly from you, either (i) an assignment directly from you of your copyright in the photo; or (ii) an exclusive or non-exclusive, royalty-bearing licence to use, reproduce, modify, communicate and distribute it for any other purposes in any media and in any form anywhere in the world.
13. By entering this competition you expressly confirm and warrant that:
(a) each photo you submit is created and wholly-owned by you;
(b) if your entry uses any third party materials, you have obtained the owners’
express consent to use the materials, unless you have verified that the materials
are no longer protected by copyright or other intellectual property rights;
(c) you will indemnify and keep the Promoter harmless from any claims that the
photo infringes personal or proprietary right of anyone;
(d) you have the right to grant, and you expressly grant to the Promoter a perpetual,
royalty-free, non-exclusive licence to edit, publish, translate, modify, adapt, make
available and distribute the photo(s) throughout the world in any media now
known or hereafter invented; and
(e) you will complete any necessary documentation to formalise the licence.
If you do not want to grant us these rights, please do not submit materials to us.
14. The judges’ decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into. The judging
panel consists of photographer Tom Ang and representatives of Dorling Kindersley and
Penguin Books.
15. The overall winner will receive a $3,000 lastminute.com.au travel voucher and $2,000
photography voucher. The runners’ up will a $500 lastminute.com.au travel voucher and a
DK Eyewitness Travel Guide of their choice. The total value of prizes on offer does not
exceed $10,995rrp. Penguin accepts no responsibility for stolen, lost or misplaced vouchers.
Vouchers you receive as part of your prize are to be used in accordance with the conditions
of use as prescribed by the issuer.
(a) Please note the lastminute.com.au vouchers are valid for offline bookings only, via the
lastminute.com.au customer service team. Vouchers expire 31 December 2010. The
voucher is non-transferable, non-refundable, non-exchangeable, non-replaceable and nonredeemable
for cash. Vouchers must be taken as offered. No modifications or exchanges
will be possible. The voucher must be used in a single transaction. No change will be
supplied should the total transaction be less than the value of the voucher. Should the total
transaction be greater than the value of the voucher, it is the voucher holder’s responsibility
to pay the difference. The value of the voucher must cover lastminute.com.au booking fees
and charges.16. Participation is not transferable and not redeemable for cash or any other goods or
services.If for any reason the promotion is not capable of running as planned, the
Promoter reserves the right in its discretion (subject always to any direction given
by a relevant gaming or lotteries authority) to cancel, terminate, extend, modify or
suspend the promotion. The Promoter may in its discretion disqualify any
individual who tampers or interferes with the participation process.
17. Your privacy: Personal information you submit as a participant will be collected,
stored and used for purposes related to the Promotion and for direct marketing by
Penguin Books Australia in accordance with the national privacy principles under the
Privacy Act 1988 (Cth). You expressly consent to us using your personal information to
advise you of products, services, competitions or promotions offered by us or a third
party and to develop or manage our relationship with you, by means which include
emails. You can view or print a copy of our privacy policy at
http://www.penguin.com.au/Privacy/PandSstatement.htm.
If you do not wish to receive marketing information from us, please untick the box on
the online entry form.
18. Each participant agrees to be bound by these terms and conditions. Except for any
liability that cannot be excluded by law, the Promoter (including its officers,
employees and agents) excludes all liability (including without limitation
negligence), for any loss or damage; whether direct, indirect, special or
consequential, arising in any way out of the Promotion.
19. These terms and conditions are governed by the laws of the State of Victoria,
Australia.
20. The Promoter is Pearson Australia Group Pty Ltd ABN 40 004 245 943 through its
Penguin Books Australia division at 250 Camberwell Road, Camberwell, Victoria
3124.
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