Maine Homes Reader Photo Contest

What does a dream home in Maine look like to you?

Camden National Bank, Mortgage TouchAn elegant town house? A rustic farmhouse? A cozy camp nestled in the woods or on the water? Send us a photo of a home — your own or one you’d like to own — that epitomizes what living in Maine means to you for a chance to win prizes and publication in Down East magazine and on Mainehomes.com. Two pro-photographer judges will select a winner and runners-up. Photos must be taken in Maine. All photographs must be original works by the entrant. Deadline: June 21, 2017. 

Grand Prize: Print and online publication and a $250 cash prize
2nd Place: Online publication and a Down East matted print and one-year magazine subscription
3rd Place: Online publication and a one-year Down East magazine subscription

Plus, we’ll highlight the most popular readers’ choice selections online.

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The Basics

Only photographs taken in Maine are eligible. All photographs must be original works by the Entrant. Photographs must have been taken within the past two years. Photographers need not reside in Maine to be eligible to win.

Send us your entries by midnight (Eastern Time) of June 21, 2017. We’ll publish the winning photos on the website and social media in the summer. Prizes will be awarded in July 2017.

Maine Homes by Down East Reader Photo Contest Image Specifications

- Images should have a long dimension of at least 1000 pixels and no more than 3000 pixels.
- Save files in the .jpg format with maximum quality.
- Color space should be Adobe1998, sRGB, or untagged color space.
- File size must be no more than 2 MB.
- All uploaded entries are final and cannot be replaced, deleted, or edited.
- Images modified with high-dynamic range (HDR) filters or otherwise heavily manipulated are not eligible for this contest.


OFFICAL RULES:

NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. A PURCHASE DOES NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING. This contest is open to US residents (excluding residents of Puerto Rico, New York, Rhode Island, Florida or any other jurisdiction where restricted or prohibited by law).

HOW TO ENTER: Please submit your photograph(s), maximum submission is 3 photographs. All photographs must be original works by the Entrant. Photographs will be judged based on creativity, composition and the ability to capture a strong sense of place. Previously published or awarded photographs are not eligible for this contest. Upload entries at mainehomes.com/photocontest. Remember to complete the online submission form for each submission. Those submitted without completed entry form and/or required information will be disqualified. Entries: Up to 3 entries are permitted throughout the contest time frame, but please do not enter the same photo more than once. In the event of a dispute over ownership of an online photo, entry will be deemed submitted by the holder of the e-mail account listed. Entrants need not be present to win. Any photograph submitted will include a photographer credit and as feasible on mainehomes.com. In submitting this photo you agree to indemnify and hold harmless Down East Enterprise Inc., its agents and employees from any claim or proceeding resulting from your entry. In addition, you warrantee that you are the sole owner of all rights related to the photo, and its content or inclusion in this Contest does not infringe copyrights or other property rights of any party. If a person is recognizable in the photograph, you will need to provide a signed model release (send to Down East Inc. , Attn: Photo Contest, P.O. Box 679, Camden, ME 04843). It is your sole responsibility to notify Sponsor in writing if you change your e-mail address. Only photographs submitted via the online submission on mainehomes.com will be considered for the contest. Finalists must be able to provide Maine Homes by Down East with a print-quality hi-res file of their photograph.

ELIGIBILITY: Contest open to individuals 18 years of age or older as of January 1, 2017, and US residents (excluding residents of Puerto Rico, New York, Rhode Island, Florida or any other jurisdiction where restricted or prohibited by law) Employees of Down East Inc., its respective affiliates, subsidiaries, dealers or retailers, advertising, production and promotion agencies, the independent judging organization, and the immediate families and/or members of the same household of each are not eligible. Contest void wherever prohibited or restricted by law. All federal, state, and local laws and regulations apply.

RIGHTS: By participating in this Contest, each entrant grants the Sponsor a non-exclusive, irrevocable, world-wide right to reproduce, and modify, the submitted photograph in any form or media without limitation. The Sponsor’s license shall include the right to use submissions in Contest-related content in Down East magazine and on mainehomes.com and downeast.com, in digital archives, in e-mails and in promotions related to this Contest and/or similar future contests, and compendiums (in any media) of contest submissions and/or winners. The entrant grants such license without expectation of compensation of any kind and accepts the conditions stated in these Official Rules, agrees to be bound by the decisions of the judges and warrants that she/he is eligible to participate in this Contest. By accepting prize, winner agrees to release Sponsor, its directors, employees, officers, and agents, including without limitation, its advertising and promotion agencies from any and all liability, loss or damages arising from or in connection with the awarding, receipt, and/or use or misuse of prize or participation in any prize-related activities.

PRIZE: Winners will be awarded prizes as outlined below and winning images will also appear online at mainehomes.com and associated social media channels.

  • Grand Prize: Online publication and a $250 cash prize
  • 2nd Place: Online publication and a Down East matted print and magazine subscription
  • 3rd Place: Online publication and a Down East magazine subscription

Plus, we'll highlight the most popular readers' choice selections online.

WINNER SELECTION: Winning photographs will be selected from all eligible photographs by the Maine Homes by Down East judges, whose decisions are final and binding on all matters relating to this contest. The prize is guaranteed to be awarded, assuming sufficient number of entries. Winner will be notified by e-mail at the e-mail address with which they entered the Contest, and will be required to acknowledge e-mail by Sponsor or its designated agent within 14 days of date of e-mail notification, or an alternate winner will be selected. If any prize notification letter, e-mail notification or any prize is returned as undeliverable, and there is ample time to select and clear an alternate winner, the prize will be awarded to an alternate winner.

MISCELLANEOUS: Sponsor and judging organization not responsible for late, lost, stolen, damaged, garbled, incomplete, or misdirected entries or communications; for errors, omissions, interruptions, deletions, defects, or delays in operations or transmission of information, in each case whether arising by way of technical or other failures or malfunctions of computer hardware, software, communications devices, or transmission lines or data corruption, theft, destruction, unauthorized access to or alteration of entry materials, loss or otherwise. Sponsor disclaims any liability for damage to any computer system resulting from participation in, or accessing or downloading information in connection with, this Contest, and reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to modify, cancel, terminate or suspend this Contest should any virus, bug, technical failures, unauthorized human intervention or other causes beyond Sponsor’s control corrupt or affect the administration, security, fairness or proper conduct of the Contest. In the event of such cancellation, termination or suspension, a notice will be posted. Sponsor reserves the right, at its sole discretion, modify or cancel this contest at anytime and to disqualify any entrant if his or her participation affects the integrity of the Contest.

CAUTION: ANY ATTEMPT BY AN ENTRANT TO DELIBERATELY DAMAGE ANY WEB SITE OR UNDERMINE THE LEGITIMATE OPERATION OF THIS CONTEST IS A VIOLATION OF CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LAWS. SHOULD SUCH AN ATTEMPT BE MADE, SPONSOR RESERVES THE RIGHT TO SEEK DAMAGES FROM ANY SUCH ENTRANT TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW.

WINNER’S LIST: Winners will be contacted in July 2017 and announced online in the summer.

SPONSOR: This contest is sponsored by Down East Inc., P.O. Box 679, Camden, Maine 04843

 

Employees of Down East, its respective affiliates, subsidiaries, dealers or retailers, and advertising, production, and promotion agencies — and the immediate families and members of the same household of each — are not eligible to enter.

Email online@downeast.com with questions/issues.


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