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2012 Lovely Laker Landscape Contest Rules
Sponsored by Laker Media
Rules
1. While gardens or landscapes that have been professionally designed and installed are eligible, the contest is intended for amateur gardeners who do the majority of the ongoing design, planting and maintenance themselves. Professionals (defined as those receiving payment for garden expertise or any form of landscaping) are ineligible.
2. Submit no more than five photographs as high-resolution jpegs (300 dpi at least 4 inches wide). Photographs of existing gardens or landscapes must be taken in 2012.
3.Times-World LLC and Laker Media employees and their family members are not eligible.
4. Deadline: Entries must be received between May 1 and July 16 at 5 p.m. E-mail to contest@smithmountainlaker.com or drop off at Laker Media office at 272 Westlake Road, Suite 1, Hardy. If dropping off prints, include contact information on every photo.
5. If your entry is submitted via e-mail, Laker Media will send an email acknowledgment of receipt. Laker Media is not responsible for errors in online/internet transmission, server problems or other technical difficulties.
6. Contest will be judged by Laker Media editors and Catriona Tudor Erler, contributing writer for the Lake & Garden section.
7. By entering, you grant Laker Media the right to use your name and submitted images in its products without compensation. If the photos you submit were professionally taken, you are responsible for obtaining consent from the photographer. Photos will not be returned.
8. Contestants must be 18 or older to participate.
Prizes
The Lovely Laker Landscape Contest winner will be selected based upon aesthetic appeal of the garden or landscape (50 percent), and creativity and presentation (50 percent). The winner will be chosen from among all eligible entries, notified by phone and featured in the September/October 2012 issue of the Smith Mountain Laker magazine. The winner will receive $1,000 credit at Lakescapes Nursery. Chance of winning based on number of eligible entries.
Prize restrictions
1. Prizes are non-transferable and are not redeemable for cash.
2. Winners must sign a confirmation statement that they are not professional gardeners or landscapers (defined as those receiving payment for garden expertise or any form of landscaping), and that they have otherwise complied with the rules and terms outlined.
3. Laker Media may publish the name, photograph and any information provided with entries (excluding phone and address), in print and on the Internet, including in advertising and promotion.
4. Contest is sponsored by Laker Media and Lakescapes Nursery. Taxes, if any, are the responsibility of the winner.
5. Laker Media reserves the right to disqualify any entrant or to terminate, modify, cancel or suspend the contest for any reason.
6. Laker Media reserves the right to substitute prizes of equal or greater value.
7. Winners will be notified by telephone and/or email. Winners must claim their prize by Oct. 1, 2012.
1. While gardens or landscapes that have been professionally designed and installed are eligible, the contest is intended for amateur gardeners who do the majority of the ongoing design, planting and maintenance themselves. Professionals (defined as those receiving payment for garden expertise or any form of landscaping) are ineligible.
2. Submit no more than five photographs as high-resolution jpegs (300 dpi at least 4 inches wide). Photographs of existing gardens or landscapes must be taken in 2012.
3.Times-World LLC and Laker Media employees and their family members are not eligible.
4. Deadline: Entries must be received between May 1 and July 16 at 5 p.m. E-mail to contest@smithmountainlaker.com or drop off at Laker Media office at 272 Westlake Road, Suite 1, Hardy. If dropping off prints, include contact information on every photo.
5. If your entry is submitted via e-mail, Laker Media will send an email acknowledgment of receipt. Laker Media is not responsible for errors in online/internet transmission, server problems or other technical difficulties.
6. Contest will be judged by Laker Media editors and Catriona Tudor Erler, contributing writer for the Lake & Garden section.
7. By entering, you grant Laker Media the right to use your name and submitted images in its products without compensation. If the photos you submit were professionally taken, you are responsible for obtaining consent from the photographer. Photos will not be returned.
8. Contestants must be 18 or older to participate.
Prizes
The Lovely Laker Landscape Contest winner will be selected based upon aesthetic appeal of the garden or landscape (50 percent), and creativity and presentation (50 percent). The winner will be chosen from among all eligible entries, notified by phone and featured in the September/October 2012 issue of the Smith Mountain Laker magazine. The winner will receive $1,000 credit at Lakescapes Nursery. Chance of winning based on number of eligible entries.
Prize restrictions
1. Prizes are non-transferable and are not redeemable for cash.
2. Winners must sign a confirmation statement that they are not professional gardeners or landscapers (defined as those receiving payment for garden expertise or any form of landscaping), and that they have otherwise complied with the rules and terms outlined.
3. Laker Media may publish the name, photograph and any information provided with entries (excluding phone and address), in print and on the Internet, including in advertising and promotion.
4. Contest is sponsored by Laker Media and Lakescapes Nursery. Taxes, if any, are the responsibility of the winner.
5. Laker Media reserves the right to disqualify any entrant or to terminate, modify, cancel or suspend the contest for any reason.
6. Laker Media reserves the right to substitute prizes of equal or greater value.
7. Winners will be notified by telephone and/or email. Winners must claim their prize by Oct. 1, 2012.
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