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2018 Cutest Baby Contest Official Rules
ALL FEDERAL, STATE, LOCAL AND MUNICIPAL LAWS AND REGULATIONS APPLY. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED. 1. Eligibility. Subject to the additional restrictions below, the 2018 Baby Contest is open to residents of the State of Texas, 18 years or older at the time of entry. Employees of the Gainesville Daily Register and CNHI media and each of their respective affiliated companies, and advertising and promotional agencies, and the immediate family members of, and any persons domiciled with, any such employees, are not eligible to enter or win. 2. Contest Period. Contest period begins at 08:00 a.m. (C.D.T.) July 24th and ends at 3. How to Enter directly with newspaper. Beginning at 08:00 a.m. C.D.T. July 24th and ending at 5:00 p.m. C.D.T. August 7th, enter by submitting a completed Entry Form, a photo of the baby and the $20 entry fee (check, cash, money order or credit card). Entries may be submitted by a parent, legal guardian or adult who is 18 years or older at the time of submission. Photo of the child must have been taken between the ages of newborn and prior to their 3rd birthday. Photo should be 6"wide or larger and digital photos should be in JPG format and 240 dpi. Only one photo per child, per entry. If submitting photo to newspaper (and not uploaded to the online site) the baby's name, person submitting photo and phone number must be written on back of the photo. By submitting this information, the photo and entry form serves as a release for the Gainesville Daily Register to use the baby's name and photo in the Gainesville Daily Register print products and on its website. Checks for entry fee must be made payable to the Newspaper Name. Photos become property of the Gainesville Daily Register and will not be returned unless requested and an S.A.S.E. is provided. Professional photographs will be accepted. Kiosk and color printer copies cannot be accepted. Online Entry: Visit the 2018 Baby Contest official registration page on the In-Person Entry: Complete the entry form found in editions of the Gainesville Daily Register and available at the Gainesville Daily Register office located at 306 E. California St. Gainesville, TX. In-person entries must be received by 5:00 p.m. August 7, 2018. The Gainesville Daily Register will not be responsible for incomplete, lost, late, misdirected or illegible entries, or for failure to receive entries due to transmission failures of any kind, including, without limitation, malfunctioning of any network, hardware or software, whether originating with sender or the Gainesville Daily Register.
All on-line payments will go through our Administrator Advanced Pre Press Technology Inc., Burbank, CA. Any charges incurred will show up as Online Contest-APT on your statement. 5. Winner Determination. Winner will be determined by total number of votes received. In the event of a tie, the Gainesville Daily Register will randomly select the winner from the tied entries. Winner will be selected on or about August 29, 2018 after all online and print votes have been tabulated. Prizes and individual components of prize packages are subject to availability and the Gainesville Daily Register reserves the right to substitute prizes of equal or greater value. Winners are solely responsible for reporting and payment of any taxes on prizes. Winners may be required to complete and affidavit of eligibility/liability and publicity release (except where prohibited by law) which must be returned within ten (10) days of date of personal delivery or date of postmark. Failure to sign and return the affidavit or release within ten (10) days, or to comply with any term or condition of these Official Rules, may result in winner's disqualification, the forfeiture of his or her interest in the prize, and the award of the prize to a substitute winner. Except where prohibited, acceptance of any prize constitutes winner's consent to the publication of his or her name, biographical information and likeness in any media for any commercial or promotional purpose, without limitation the Internet, or further compensation. Prizes not won and claimed by eligible winners in accordance with these Official Rules will not be awarded and will remain the property of the Gainesville Daily Register winners will be notified on or about September 10, 2018 at the telephone number provided on the entry form. Gainesville Daily Register will call during regular business hours. Failure to reach winners by phone may result in disqualification of winner, forfeiture of his or her interest in all prizes, and selection of a substitute winner from among all remaining eligible entries. 9. Construction. The invalidity or unenforceability of any provision of these rules shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision. In the event that any such provision is determined to be invalid or otherwise unenforceable, these rules shall be construed in accordance with their terms as if the invalid or unenforceable provision was not contained therein. |
Questions? Please read the official rules or send an email to our contest coordinator.