Contest Title: Ugliest Grill Photo Contest

Description:

 
To kick off the summer grilling season, The Gazette-Mail is looking for your Ugliest Grill photos. Submit your photos and you could win a brand new grill and a gift card courtesy of Ace Center Hardware and Butcher's Black Angus Meats of St. Albans!

Type: Photo

Submission Period:  7/01/18 – 7/22/18

Voting Period: 7/23/18 - 8/13/18

Entries Cost money? NO

Votes cost money? Voting packages are 5 for $5, 10 for $10, 20 for $15, 30 for $20, or 40 for $25.

Where do contest proceeds go?

 Kanawha-Charleston Humane Association and Newspapers in Education, which promotes literacy by placing newspapers into local classrooms.  



Official Rules

ELIGIBILITY

The Contest is open only to legal residents of West Virginia who are eighteen (18) years of age or older at the time of entry (the “Entrant” or “Entrants”).  In order to enter the Contest or win the prize, the Entrant must comply fully with these official rules (the “Rules”), and by entering agrees to be bound by these Rules and the decisions of The Gazette-Mail, whose decisions shall be binding and final in all respects.

CONTEST RULES

Limit one entry per entrant during the Submission Period.

The Photo must not have been published or be under consideration for publication or prizes elsewhere.

The Photo must be of the the registrant’s grill. You can’t submit of photo of someone else’s grill.

The Photo must be in natural color or black and white.  Sepia tone and duotone photos are not acceptable

Photos that have been altered, manipulated or enhanced using computer software programs will not be accepted.  Minor adjustments to the Photo such as lightening or darkening areas of the Photo, slight contrast or color adjustments and cropping are acceptable.  If The Gazette-Mail determines a Photo has been altered, manipulated or enhanced, the Gazette-Mail reserves the right to disqualify the Photo.

The Photo must not, in the sole and unfettered discretion of The Gazette-Mail, contain obscene, provocative, defamatory, sexually explicit, or otherwise objectionable or inappropriate content (collectively, “Inappropriate Content”).  The Gazette-Mail retains sole discretion as to what constitutes Inappropriate Content.

All Photos become the property of The Gazette-Mail and may be used by The Gazette-Mail for marketing or any other commercial purpose.  

VOTING PHASE
Each Photo submitted to the Publication must be approved for posting on the Website by staff of the Publication. Only those Photos that are approved for posting by the Publisher of the Publication will be deemed eligible to win the Contest. The Gazette-Mail may limit the contest to a limited number depending on the volume of entries. The entries will be determined on a first come first served basis.

All Photos submitted during the Submission Period and approved by the Publisher of the Publication will appear on the Website and be eligible for voting beginning at 6:00 a.m. EST on July 23, 2018, and ending at 11:59 p.m. EST on August 13, 2018 (the “Voting Phase”).  Members of the general public will be invited to view the Photos by going to the Website and voting. Voting packages are 5 for $5, 10 for $10, 20 for $15, 30 for $20 or 40 for $25. Voting is limited to persons eighteen (18) years of age or older (the “Voter” or “Voters”). The voting phase will end at 11:59 p.m. (EST) on August 13, 2018.

Voting results for the Photos will be displayed on the Website during the Voting Phase, except during the last twenty four (24) hours of the Voting Phase.

The Gazette-Mail will not be responsible for misdirected Votes.  The use of robotic or automatic devices to submit Votes is prohibited and the Gazette-Mail reserves the right to nullify any and all such Votes and to disqualify the responsible individual from voting.  Entrants are prohibited from obtaining Votes by any fraudulent or inappropriate means, including, without limitation, offering prizes or other inducements to members of the public, as determined by The Gazette-Mail in its sole discretion.

WINNING PHOTOS

At the conclusion of the Voting Phase, the photo to receive the highest number of Votes will be declared the winning Photo. 

In the event of a tie, a random drawing among the tied Photos will be conducted at the offices of the Publication to determine the winning Photo.   

The winning Photo will be announced in The Gazette-Mail on August 18,  2018.

The Gazette-Mail reserves the right to take more time to determine the winning Photo as it deems necessary in its sole discretion.

PRIZES

Odds of winning depend on the number of eligible Photos and eligible Votes received.

The Winners will be notified by email.

No substitution or transfer of the prize will be allowed, except at the sole discretion of The Gazette-Mail.    

All decisions of The Gazette-Mail regarding the Contest are final.

CONDITIONS

By entering, Entrants agree to comply with these Official Rules and the decisions of The Gazette-Mail, which are binding and final, and release The Gazette-Mail, and each of its divisions, affiliates, parent companies, subsidiaries, advertising and promotion agencies and anyone associated with the production of this Contest, and their respective directors, officers, employees and agents from any and all liability for any claims, injuries, losses or damages (including attorneys fees) of any kind arising out of their participation in this Contest or resulting from acceptance, possession, use or misuse of any prize.

ADMINISTRATOR

The Contest Website is being administered by UPICKEM. This contest is officially sponsored by the Gazette-Mail.