Phase Applicable to Each Month | Start Date | End Date |
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Submission Phase | 12:00 a.m. ET on 1st day of each Month | 11:59 p.m. ET on last day of each Month |
Judging Phase and Winner Selection | Generally, within the first 3 business days after the Monthly Contest End Date | 7 business days later (Judging completed by the 10th business day of the following Month) |
Award Phase | next ten (10) business days after Monthly Contest winner selection |
Each monthly Contest within the Series is subject to an applicable image or video style and theme which applies to the nature of submission and which is applicable to all entries/submissions of that particular Monthly Contest. The image/video styles and themes applicable to each, respective Monthly Contest are as follows:
Applicable Contest Month | Monthly Submission Requirement (Image or Video) | Applicable Monthly Photographic Image/VideoTheme | Applicable Photographer whose Style should be Reflected |
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April 2022 | 2 Images, 1 of each Photographer Style | Landscape | Bryan Minear, Karen Hutton |
May 2022 | 2 Images, 1 of each Photographer Style | Weddings | Petronella Lugemwa, John Branch IV |
June 2022 | 2 Images, 1 of each Photographer Style | Travel | Rebecca Gaal, Justin Black |
July 2022 | 2 Images, 1 of each Photographer Style | Nature | Mio Monasch, Seth K. Hughes |
August 2022 | 2 Images, 1 of each Photographer Style | Self portraits | Chinelle Rojas, Caroline Tran |
September 2022 | 2 Images, 1 of each Photographer Style | Editorial | Claire Rosen, Alison Conklin |
October 2022 | 2 Images, 1 of each Photographer Style | Fashion | Kara Mercer, Aaron Anderson |
November 2022 | 2 Images, 1 of each Photographer Style | Commercial | Paul von Rieter, Brandon Ruffin |
December 2022 | 2 Images, 1 of each Photographer Style | Portraits | Miles Witt Boyer, THEGINGERB3ARDMEN |
January 2023 | 2 Videos, 1 of each Videographer Style | Filmmaking | Giulio Meliani, Ryan & Heidi |
February 2023 | 2 Images, 1 of each Photographer Style | Documentary | Bess Adler, Michael McCoy |
March 2023 | 2 Images, 1 of each Photographer Style | Street | Rinzi Ruiz, Derek Fahsbender |
Sponsor’s computer system is the official time-keeping and submission device for the Contest.
Entrant must have written permission from all individuals and owners of any third party property that are referenced or depicted in the Submission (if any) to use their name, voice, image, likeness and/or property in the Submission and to grant the rights set forth herein. If requested, entrant will be required to provide such permissions in a form reasonably acceptable to Sponsor. In the event the required permissions are not able to be provided by the entrant when requested by Sponsor, the entrant will be deemed ineligible for the applicable Monthly Contest and the entrant’s applicable Submission will be removed from consideration. The Released Parties (as defined in Section 9, below) are not responsible for lost, late, stolen, damaged, incomplete, invalid, un-intelligible, garbled, delayed or misdirected Submissions, all of which will be void.
For All Submissions/Entries: Limit one (1) entry per person, per email address per Monthly Contest. Multiple entrants are not permitted to share the same email address. Any attempt by any entrant to obtain more than the stated number of Submissions/entries by using multiple/different email addresses, identities, registrations and logins, or any other methods will void that entrant’s Submissions/Entries and that entrant may be disqualified from that Monthly Contest. Use of any automated program to enter will result in disqualification. In addition, the same image or video Submission may not be submitted by any entrant in more than one (1) Monthly Contest Submission. As noted above, entries submitted in one month will not be “rolled over” for consideration the next month during this Contest, and a new entry Submission must be made by the entrant each new month in order for the Submission to be eligible for that Monthly Contest. In the event of a dispute as to any online Submission/Entry, the authorized account holder of the email address used to enter will be deemed to be the entrant. Potential winners may be required to show proof of being the authorized account holder. The “authorized account holder” is the natural person assigned an email address by an Internet access provider, online service provider or other organization responsible for assigning email addresses for the domain associated with the submitted address.
Please note that some entry Submissions may be used/posted/displayed by Sponsor promotionally, to visually represent the theme of the monthly Contest in an online gallery through the Series End Date and thereafter for a period of up to six (6) months. IThe winning images and/or videos from each Monthly Contest, and any additional “honorable mention” images and/or videos (which will be selected at the sole discretion of Sponsor in any given Month, if at all) may be shown in the online gallery at any time during such period. Submission and participation in this Series of Contests constitutes the entrant’s license and permission for this use/posting/display by Sponsor.
A total of two (2) Monthly Contest winners will be selected for each Monthly Contest of the Series. Winners will be selected pursuant to the schedule outlined in Section 4 of these Official Rules. Each Contest winner in any given month will be the entrants submitting the two (2) highest-scoring Submissions based on the subjective determination of the panel of judges. The scoring of the panel of judges will be final in all instances respecting each Monthly Contest. In the event of a tie, the entrant who received the highest “Emotional Impact” score, as determined by the judges in their sole discretion, will be deemed the winner of that applicable Monthly Contest. The winners will be notified by email to the email address provided with the Submission in accordance with the schedule outlined in Section 4.
Month of Contest | Nature of X Series Prize Package Offered for the 2 Contest Winners this Month | ARV (in USD) of Each Prize Package Offered, for each of the 2 selected Monthly Contest Winners | Aggregate ARV (in USD) of All Prize Packages Offered in connection with the Monthly Contest |
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April 2022 | X-T4 digital camera & XF16-80mm lens | $2199.95 | $4399.90 |
May 2022 | X-T4 digital camera & XF16-80mm lens | $2199.95 | $4399.90 |
June 2022 | X-E4 digital camera & XF18-55mm lens | $1549.90 | $3099.80 |
July 2022 | X-S10 digital camera & XF70-300mm lens | $1799.90 | $3599.80 |
August 2022 | X-S10 digital camera & XF16-55mm lens | $2199.90 | $4399.80 |
September 2022 | X-T4 digital camera & XF33mm lens | $2499.90 | $4999.80 |
October 2022 | X-T4 digital camera & XF16-80mm lens | $2199.95 | $4399.90 |
November 2022 | X-S10 digital camera & XF18-55mm lens | $1399.95 | $2799.90 |
December 2022 | X-T4 digital camera & XF16-80mm lens | $2199.95 | $4399.90 |
January 2023 | X-S10 digital camera & XF18-55mm lens | $1399.95 | $2799.90 |
February 2023 | X-T4 digital camera & XF16-80mm lens | $2199.95 | $4,399.90 |
March 2023 | X100V digital camera | $1399.95 | $2799.90 |
The total of all prizes offered in connection with this Series of Contests is ARV: $46,498.40
Prizes will be fulfilled promptly after the Monthly Contest winners have been notified and verified, generally within 30 days from the selection and notification of the applicable, two (2) Monthly Contest winners.
ARV is subject to price fluctuations in the consumer marketplace based on, among other things, any gap in time between the date the ARV is estimated for purposes of these Official Rules and the date the prize is awarded or redeemed. 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 a prize for one of equal or greater value if the designated prize should become unavailable for any reason. Winners are responsible for all taxes and fees associated with prize receipt and/or use, and winners acknowledge that a 1099 will be issued by Sponsor for the ARV of the prize.
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