Photo Contests

Pineland Farms Photo Contest: Submit to PR@PINELANDFARMS.ORG

OFFICIAL RULES

NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. A PURCHASE OR PAYMENT OF ANY KIND WILL NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING.

Eligibility: Entrants must be legal residents of the United States and at least eighteen (18) years old at the time of entry.

Agreement to Official Rules: By participating, entrants agree to these Official Rules and the decisions of Pineland Farms, Inc. (PFI) which are final and binding in all matters related to this contest.

Timing: Photo contests will be held periodically at the discretion of Pineland Farms, Inc. (“PFI”), based on participation levels and operational considerations. Contest periods, including submission deadlines and judging timelines, will be announced in advance via Pineland Farms’ website and/or social media channels. While photo submissions may be accepted on an ongoing basis, Pineland Farms is not obligated to hold a contest in any given season or year.

How to Enter: Pineland Farms welcomes photo submissions taken at Pineland Farms throughout the year. Photos must be original photography taken by the entrant and captured at Pineland Farms. To submit photos, email submissions to pr@pinelandfarms.org. Multiple submissions are allowed, limited to three (3) photos per person per Contest Period, if and when a Contest Period is announced. Photos submitted outside of an announced Contest Period will be held and considered for inclusion in the next announced Photo Contest, subject to compliance with these Official Rules.

Winner Selection: When a Contest Period is announced, a panel of judges made up of representatives of PFI will review eligible submissions and select up to ten (10) finalist photos within two (2) weeks following the close of the Contest Period. Finalists may be selected from submissions received during the announced Contest Period or from prior submissions, at the discretion of PFI. The final winner may be selected by public vote or another method determined by PFI and announced at the time of the Contest Period. Odds of winning depend on the number of eligible submissions received. Winners will be notified via email and must respond within forty-eight (48) hours or an alternate winner may be selected.

Rights in Entrant’s Content: By participating in the contest, each entrant agrees that Pineland Farms, Inc. and its designees (collectively, “PFI”) shall have the unrestricted right to use the entrant’s contest entry photograph and any other photographs submitted by the entrant, the entrant’s Instagram and/or Facebook name or handle (ID), the entrant’s messages and/or likeness, and/or any applicable prize information (collectively, “Content”) for any and all purposes, including, without limitation, promotional, advertising or other purposes, worldwide, in any and all media now known or hereafter devised, and without further payment, notification, permission, or other consideration to or of any other person, and with or without attribution, except where prohibited by law.  Supplementing and without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each entrant hereby unconditionally grants to PFI a perpetual, non-exclusive, irrevocable, fully-paid, royalty-free, sub-licensable and transferable, universal, worldwide license to use (including, without limitation, by displaying, distributing, copying, storing, editing, modifying, creating derivative works from or based upon) such entrant’s Content, in whole or in part, by all means and in all media now known or hereafter devised, including, without limitation, PFI’s website(s), apps, email, any and all social media channels, and other advertising or marketing media, for any and all purposes without payment to, notice to, permission of, or other consideration to, such entrant or any other person, and with or without attribution. Each entrant represents, warrants, and agrees that: such entrant owns or otherwise controls all of the rights to all of such entrant’s Content; use of such entrant’s Content and the rights granted herein do not violate the rights of and will not cause injury to any person; and such entrant shall indemnify, defend, and hold harmless PFI and PFI’s officers, directors, trustees, employees, agents, licensors and suppliers (collectively, “Indemnitees”) from and against any and all claims, losses, liabilities, expenses, damages, and costs, including reasonable attorneys’ fees and legal expenses, arising out of, resulting from, or relating to any such entrant’s Content and/or any breach of any representation, warranty, or terms set forth herein. PFI has the right (but not the obligation) to monitor, edit, or remove any activity or content submitted by or involving any entrant. PFI has no responsibility, and assumes no liability, for any Content posted or sent by any entrant or any other person.

Prize:One (1) Grand Prize winner will be selected per announced Contest Period. The prize is subject to change and will have a value of up to $100.

General Conditions: PFI reserves the right to disqualify any individual in violation of these Official Rules, cancel, suspend and/or modify the giveaway, or any part of it, if any fraud, circumvention of the rules by one or more entrants, technical failures or any other factor impairs the integrity or proper functioning of the giveaway, as determined by PFI in its sole discretion. Pineland Farms reserves the right to determine the timing, frequency, format, and eligibility of Photo Contests based on participation levels and operational considerations.

Limitations of Liability: By participating in this giveaway and if chosen as a winner and accepting a prize, entrants agree that none of the Indemnitees shall be liable for any losses, damages, rights, claims, or actions of any kind in connection with the giveaway or resulting from the winner’s participation in the giveaway, acceptance, possession, use, misuse, of any prize, including without limitation, personal injury, death, and property damage and claims based on publicity rights, privacy or defamation.

Winner: Winning Photo will be posted on Facebook and Instagram within (2) weeks after the end of each Contest Period.