Rules & Regulations

Neil Dankoff Photography Competition is open to professional and amateur photographers.

Anyone over 18 years of age can enter the competition with the exception of employees of the Neil Dankoff Photography Competition, their associated companies and employees of any company chosen to sponsor prizes for the competition.

By entering the Competition, you agree and acknowledge that the Neil Dankoff Photography Competition is permitted to receive your registration data.

Any image submitted to the competition may be used by the Neil Dankoff Photography Competition, and its media partners, for marketing and promotional purposes of the Competition only. You hereby grant the Neil Dankoff Photography Competition non-exclusive, irrevocable license in each entry throughout the world in all media for any use in connection with the Competition.

Copyright

Photographic entries must not infringe upon or violate any laws or any third party rights, including, but not limited to copyright, patent, trademark, trade secret or other proprietary rights and must not constitute material that would be considered libeling, defamatory, or a privacy violation.

Finalists must obtain all necessary permissions, licenses, clearances, releases, waivers of moral rights and other approvals from third parties (including but not limited to all copyright holders and all individuals appearing in the story submission), necessary to use the photographic entry, in whole or in part, in any way, including to reproduce, make derivatives, edit, modify, translate, distribute, transmit, publish, license and broadcast the photographic entry worldwide, by any means, without limitation. Any and all such permissions, licenses, clearances, releases, waivers of moral rights and approvals must be included.

The owner of a photographic entry retains ownership over the photograph.

Entries can be used to promote the competition for no more than 3 years with the exception that winning and short-listed entries may appear in a dedicated winners' archive on our website.

Finalists must obtain all necessary permissions, licenses, clearances, releases, waivers of moral rights and other approvals from third parties…necessary to use the photographic entry, in whole or in part, in any way, including to reproduce, make derivatives, edit, modify, translate, distribute, transmit, publish, license and broadcast the photographic entry worldwide, by any means, without limitation.

Selection of Winners

All winners will be selected on the basis of skill as determined by a panel of Competition judges. This Competition is based on photography skills alone and not subject to random draw or any other element of chance. The winners of the prizes will be chosen and evaluated based on the following judging criteria: composition, content/originality, technical quality and visual impact.

The winners will be notified by email

Cancellation

The Competition Sponsor reserves the right to terminate or suspend the Competition or to amend these Rules and Regulations at any time and in any way, without prior notice, for any reason whatsoever. Without limiting the foregoing, if for any reason the Competition is not capable of running or being completed, as originally planned (for example, as a result of tampering or infection by a computer virus) the Competition Sponsor reserves the right to cancel the Competition.

Disqualification

The Competition Sponsor, in their sole discretion, may disqualify any individual who attempts to undermine the legitimate operation of the Competition by tampering with any website mechanism, or who violates these Rules and Regulations.

Limitation of Liability

By entering and participating in this Competition, each entrant agrees to hold harmless the Competition Sponsor, their directors, officers, employees, agents, affiliates, parents, subsidiaries, and assigns from any liability for damage, injury, death, loss, cancellation or other liability arising from the entrants acceptance or use of a Prize or substituted prize or having participated in this Competition including, without limitation, claims based on publicity rights, defamation, invasion of privacy, travel-related injuries and/or death, or from the misuse or malfunction of a Prize or substitute prize. Winners assume all liability for any injury or damage caused, or claimed to be caused, whatsoever and howsoever arising, by participation in this Competition or use or redemption of any Prize.

The Competition Sponsor, their directors, officers, employees, agents, parents, subsidiaries, and assigns assume no liability for losses incurred as a result of a cancellation of the Competition or for any reason whatsoever or through the acts or defaults of any company or person providing a Prize or for events occurring after the award of a Prize. All such losses or expenses will be borne by each individual Prize winner. The Competition is subject to all applicable federal, provincial, and local laws and may be void where prohibited by the law of the entrant’s place of residence. Decisions of the Competition Sponsor regarding all aspects of the Competition are final.

Privacy

The Competition Sponsor respects every entrant’s right to privacy. By entering this Competition, each entrant is deemed to automatically have provided his/her/their consent that personal information collected from entrants will only be used by the Competition Sponsor or their affiliates to administer the Competition and to publish the winning photographs. Neither the Competition Sponsor nor their affiliates will share personal information relating to entrants with any third parties, except as necessary for the administration of the Competition or as may be required by law.