Terms & Conditions
Chroma Student Art Competition Official Rules
1. Eligibility
The Chroma, Inc. Student Art Competition (the “Promotion”) is open only to legal residents of the United States (including District of Columbia), Canada, Australia, New Zealand and the United Kingdom who are seventeen (17) years or older at the time of entry and are enrolled in a minimum 1 year art program. Void where prohibited by law. Employees of Chroma, Inc. or any of its respective affiliates, subsidiaries, advertising agencies, or any other company or individual involved with the design, production execution or distribution of the Promotion and their immediate family (spouse, parents and step-parents, siblings and step-siblings, and children and step-children) and household members (people who share the same residence at least three (3) months out of the year) of each such employee are not eligible. The Promotion is subject to all applicable federal, state and local laws and regulations. Participation constitutes entrant's full and unconditional agreement to these Official Rules and Sponsor’s decisions, which are final and binding in all matters related to the Promotion. Winning a prize is contingent upon fulfilling all requirements set forth herein. The Promotion consists of a contest (the “Contest”).
The contest is open to two-dimensional, unique, original works of art that have incorporated A>2, Atelier Interactive or Archival Oils in its creation. Sorry, we are not able to accept works of art that include three-dimensional, computer-generated, or photographic images.
2. Sponsors
Chroma, Inc. 205 Bucky Drive, Lititz, PA, 17543, USA
Chroma Australia, 17 Mundowi Road, Mt. Kuring-gai, NSW 2080, Australia
Chroma Europe, 112A-116 Chorley New Road, Bolten, Lancashire, BL1 4DH, UK
3. Timing
The Promotion begins on September 1, 2009, at 12:00 a.m. Eastern Standard Time (“EST”) and ends July 31, 2010, 11:59 PM EST (the “Promotion Period”). Sponsor is the official time keeper for this Promotion.
4. How to Enter
During the Promotion Period, visit http://www.chromaonline.com/competitions/art_comp_09_10/submit_entry and fill out the Official Entry Form for each work and upload an image of the competition entry onto the forum “Student Art Contest.” Artists may also submit digital files JPEG images saved with max quality compression with a long dimension of at least 1,000 pixels, on a CD along with Official Entry Form and mailed to closest office:
Chroma, Inc. 205 Bucky Drive, Lititz, PA, 17543, USA Attn: Art Contest
Chroma Australia, 17 Mundowi Road, Mt. Kuring-gai, NSW 2080, Australia. Attn: Art Contest
Chroma Europe, 112A-116 Chorley New Road, Bolten, Lancashire, BL1 4DH, UK Attn: Art Contest
Artists may submit an unlimited number of works. Entries must be of submitter’s own work and creation and submitter must own all rights and title in the Entry. Entries must not have been entered in any other competition or violate the rights of other parties. Entries which judges determine to be offensive or defamatory will be disqualified. Entries, which are digital file, will not be returned.
5. Winner Selection
Judged Awards
The Entries will be ranked on quality and originality of work in each category. Individuals whose entry earns the highest overall score will win the prizes set forth below. Decisions of the judging panel will be final. Judging panel will include professors and professional artists from the USA, Australia and the United Kingdom and the executive staff of Chroma Inc., Chroma Australia and Chroma Europe.. Odds of winning depend on number of eligible Entries received and quality of submitted Entries. Judging will be completed in 3 rounds: 10 semifinalists will be announced from entries submitted each timeframe:
Round 1. Sept 1 2009 – Dec 31 2009
Round 2. Jan 1 2010 – Mar 31 2010
Round 3. April 1 2010 - July 31 2010
From these 30 semifinalists winners of the following awards will be selected.
GRAND PRIZE WINNER
BEST ACRYLIC
BEST OIL
HIGHLY COMMENDED X 3
Popular Awards
The prizes will be awarded to the entrants whose art is rated the highest by visitors to http://www.chromaonline.com/competitions/art_comp_09_10, within the specified time frame of the competition.
6. ALL POTENTIAL CONTEST WINNERS ARE SUBJECT TO VERIFICATION BY SPONSOR WHOSE DECISIONS ARE FINAL AND BINDING IN ALL MATTERS RELATED TO THE PROMOTION.
7. Verification of Potential Winners
Potential winners must continue to comply with all terms and conditions of these Official Rules and winning is contingent upon fulfilling all requirements. The potential winners will be notified by email and telephone after the date of the judging. The potential winners will be required to sign and return to Sponsor, within ten (10) days of the date notice is sent, an affidavit of eligibility, and liability/publicity release (except where prohibited) in order to claim his/her prize if applicable. If a potential winner of any prize cannot be contacted, fails to sign and return the affidavit of eligibility and liability/publicity release within the required time period (if applicable), or if the prize or prize notification is returned as undeliverable, potential winner forfeits prize. In the event that a potential winner of a contest prize is disqualified for any reason, Sponsor may award the applicable prize to an alternate winner who had the highest score remaining of the eligible entries.
8. Prizes
The following prizes will be awarded:
Grand prize winner: $5000
Best acrylic: $1000
Best oil: $1000
Highly commended x 3: $300(rrp) worth of product each
Finalist x 30: $50(rrp) worth of product each
Popular choice winner round 1: $1000
Popular choice winner round 2: $1000
Popular choice winner round 3: $1000
For all Prizes: All prizes are according to US dollars. No cash equivalent for the prizes, prizes are non-transferable and no substitution will be made except as provided herein at the Sponsor’s sole discretion. Sponsor reserves the right to substitute the listed prize for one of equal or greater value for any reason. Winners are responsible for all taxes and fees associated with prize receipt and/or use.
9. Entry Conditions and Release
By entering, each participant agrees to: (a) comply with and be bound by these Official Rules and the decisions of the Sponsor, Administrator and/or the Contest judges which are binding and final in all matters relating to this Contest; (b) release and hold harmless the Sponsor, Administrator, and their respective parent, subsidiary, and affiliated companies, the prize suppliers and any other organizations responsible for sponsoring, fulfilling, administering, advertising or promoting the Contest and Promotion, and all of their respective past and present officers, directors, employees, agents and representatives (collectively, the “Released Parties”) from and against any and all claims, expenses, and liability, including but not limited to negligence and damages of any kind to persons and property, including but not limited to invasion of privacy (under appropriation, intrusion, public disclosure of private facts, false light in the public eye or other legal theory), defamation, slander, libel, violation of right of publicity, infringement of trademark, copyright or other intellectual property rights, property damage, or death or personal injury arising out of or relating to a participant's entry, creation of an entry or submission of an entry, participation in the Contest and Promotion, acceptance or use or misuse of prize (including any travel or activity related thereto) and/or the broadcast, exploitation or use of entry; and (c) indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Sponsor and Administrator from and against any and all claims, expenses, and liabilities (including reasonable attorneys fees) arising out of or relating to an entrant’s participation in the Contest and Promotion and/or entrant’s acceptance, use or misuse of prize.
10. Publicity
Except where prohibited, participation in the Promotion constitutes winners consent to Sponsor's and its agents' use of winner's name, likeness, photograph, voice, opinions and/or hometown and state and artwork submitted for promotional purposes in any media, worldwide, without further payment or consideration.
11. General Conditions
Sponsor reserves the right to cancel, suspend and/or modify the Promotion, or any part of it, if any fraud, technical failures or any other factor beyond Sponsor’s reasonable control impairs the integrity or proper functioning of the Contest, as determined by Sponsor in its sole discretion. Sponsor reserves the right in its sole discretion to disqualify any individual it finds to be tampering with the entry process or the operation of the Contest or to be acting in violation of these Official Rules or any other promotion or in an unsportsmanlike or disruptive manner. Any attempt by any person to deliberately undermine the legitimate operation of the Contest may be a violation of criminal and civil law, and, should such an attempt be made, Sponsor reserves the right to seek damages from any such person to the fullest extent permitted by law. Sponsor’s failure to enforce any term of these Official Rules shall not constitute a waiver of that provision.
12. Limitations of Liability
The Released Parties are not responsible for: (1) any incorrect or inaccurate information, whether caused by entrants, printing errors or by any of the equipment or programming associated with or utilized in the Promotion; (2) technical failures of any kind, including, but not limited to malfunctions, interruptions, or disconnections in phone lines or network hardware or software; (3) unauthorized human intervention in any part of the entry process or the Promotion; (4) technical or human error which may occur in the administration of the Promotion or the processing of entries; or (5) any injury or damage to persons or property which may be caused, directly or indirectly, in whole or in part, from entrant's participation in the Promotion or receipt or use or misuse of any prize. If for any reason an entrant's entry is confirmed to have been erroneously deleted, lost, or otherwise destroyed or corrupted, entrant's sole remedy is another entry in the Contest. No more than the stated number of prizes will be awarded.
13. Disputes
Entrant agrees that: (i) any and all disputes, claims and causes of action arising out of or connected with this Contest, or any prizes awarded, other than those concerning the administration of the Contest or the determination of winners, shall be resolved individually, without resort to any form of class action; (ii) any and all disputes, claims and causes of action arising out of or connected with this Contest, or any prizes awarded, shall be resolved exclusively by the United States District Court; (iii) any and all claims, judgments and awards shall be limited to actual out-of-pocket costs incurred, including costs associated with entering this Contest, but in no event attorneys’ fees; and (iv) under no circumstances will entrant be permitted to obtain awards for, and entrant hereby waives all rights to claim punitive, incidental and consequential damages and any other damages, other than for actual out-of-pocket expenses, and any and all rights to have damages multiplied or otherwise increased. SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE LIMITATIONS OR EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY FOR INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, SO THE ABOVE MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. All issues and questions concerning the construction, validity, interpretation and enforceability of these Official Rules, or the rights and obligations of the entrant and Sponsor in connection with the Promotion, shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the sponsoring countries, without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law rules, which would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdiction other than the sponsoring countries.
14. Entrant’s Personal Information
Information collected from entrants is subject to the Sponsor’s Privacy Policy which is available at http://www.chromonline.com/privacy_policy
15. Promotion Results
For Promotion results and/or a copy of these Official Rules go to http://www.chromaonline.com/competitions/art_comp_09_10 or send a hand-printed, self-addressed, stamped envelope to Chroma, Inc., 205 Bucky Drive, Lititz, PA 17543, USA. Requests for the winner list must be received by September 1, 2010.