Appropriate Technology Photo Contest

Village Earth would like to invite you to participate in our first ever APPROPRIATE TECHNOLOGY PHOTO CONTEST!

Submit photos of appropriate technologies you have designed using the library or outcomes of the technologies you have implemented (such as new agricultural techniques, etc). Please include a caption with each submitted photo.

Photo Contest Winners will receive:
First Prize - $100
Second Prize - $50

Read the Photo Contest Rules below to determine eligibility.

Photos can be submitted in an high-resolution (300 dpi) electronic format (preferably .jpg, .tif, .png) to kristina@villageearth.org
Please include your name, contact information, and photo caption with your e-mail submission.

Photo Contest Rules

Term
The photo contest begins October 1, 2008 and ends October 15, 2008. By submitting an entry, each entrant gives permission to Village Earth to use their submitted photo on the website and in publicity materials.

Who May Enter
Anyone who has purchased and used Village Earth's Appropriate Technology Library to design or implement a technology. Anyone from any country may enter. CONTEST IS VOID WHERE PROHIBITED.

1. How to Enter
Each entry must comply with the following requirements (the "Photograph Requirements"):

Photographs must be in digital format. The photograph need not be taken with a digital camera; scans of negatives, transparencies, or photographic prints are acceptable. Please submit photos in high resolution format (300dpi).
Minor burning, dodging, and/or color correction is acceptable. Hand tinting is acceptable, as is cropping. Any changes to the original Photograph not itemized here are unacceptable and will render the Photograph ineligible for a prize.
Photographs that include sculptures, statues, paintings, and other works of art will be accepted as long as they do not constitute copyright infringement or fraud. When photographing the work of others, it must be as an object in its environment and not a full-frame close-up of another person's art.
The photograph, in its entirety, must be a single work of original material taken by the Contest entrant. By entering the Contest, entrant represents, acknowledges, and warrants that the submitted photograph is an original work created solely by the entrant, that the photograph does not infringe on the copyrights, trademarks, moral rights, rights of privacy/publicity, or intellectual property rights of any person or entity, and that no other party has any right, title, claim, or interest in the photograph.
The photograph must not, in the sole and unfettered discretion of the Village Earth, contain obscene, provocative, defamatory, sexually explicit, or otherwise objectionable or inappropriate content.
Any entrant whose photograph does not meet the Photograph Requirements may be disqualified in the sole discretion of Village Earth.

2. Releases
If the photograph contains any material or elements that are not owned by the entrant and/or which are subject to the rights of third parties, and/or if any persons appear in the photograph, the entrant is responsible for obtaining, prior to submission of the photograph, any and all consents necessary to permit the exhibition and use of the photograph in the manner set forth in these Official Rules without additional compensation. If any person appearing in any photograph is under the age of majority in their state/province/territory of residence the consent of a parent or legal guardian is required.

3. Contest Prizes
First prize winner will receive $100 US dollars (payable by check or bank transfer). Second prize winner will receive $50 US dollars (payable by check or bank transfer).

4. License
By entering the Contest, all entrants grant an irrevocable, perpetual, nonexclusive license to Village Earth to reproduce, distribute, display, and create derivative works of the entries (along with a name credit) in connection with the Contest and promotion of Appropriate Technology, in any media now or hereafter known.
Display or publication of any entry on Village Earth's website does not indicate the entrant will be selected as a winner. Village Earth will not be required to pay any additional consideration or seek any additional approval in connection with such use.

5. Limitation of Liability
By entering this Contest, all entrants agree to release, discharge, and hold harmless Village Earth and its partners, agents and their employees, officers, directors, and representatives from any claims, losses, and damages arising out of their participation in this Contest or any Contest-related activities and the acceptance and use, misuse, or possession of any prize awarded hereunder.

6. Conditions
THIS CONTEST IS VOID WHERE PROHIBITED. Entries void if the Sponsor determines the photograph to not be an original, or if the entries are illegible, incomplete, damaged, irregular, altered, counterfeit, produced in error, or obtained through fraud or theft.
By entering, entrants also agree (a) to be bound by these Official Rules; (b) that the decisions of the Judges are final and binding with respect to all matters relating to the Contest; and (c) if the entrant wins, that Sponsor may use the winning photographs and each winner's name in any publicity or advertising relating to the Contest or future promotions without compensation or approval (except where prohibited by law). In the event that the selected winner(s) of any prize is/are ineligible, cannot be traced or does/do not respond within ten (10) days to a winner notification as required by the "Contest Prizes" Rules above, or refuses/refuse the prize, the prize will be forfeited, and Sponsor, in its sole discretion, may choose whether to award the prize to another entrant. Failure by the Sponsor to enforce any of its rights at any stage does not constitute a waiver of those rights.

7. Right to Cancel or Suspend Contest
If for any reason the Contest is not capable of running as planned or any other causes beyond the control of Village Earth, Village Earth reserves the right, at its sole discretion to cancel, terminate, modify, or suspend the Contest. If Sponsor elects to cancel or terminate the Contest, Sponsor will not retain any rights to the submitted photographs.