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Baby Doppler Photo Contest Rules
Term:
Babydoppler.com’s 2015 Black Friday Photo Contest begins November 20, 2015, and ends December 4, 2015, at 11:59 PM Eastern Standard Time (EST). By submitting a photo, each contestant agrees to the rules of the contest and states that he or she is 18 years old or older.
Who may enter:
All prizes are open to pregnant mothers who are 18 years old or older. The Baby Doppler Photo Contest, is restricted to residents of the United States and Canada. Individuals affiliated with Baby Doppler, including employees, volunteers, and their immediate families (children, siblings and spouses), and employees of its parent or affiliate companies as well as the immediate family (spouse, parents, siblings and children), and others living in their households are not eligible for any prize. Baby Doppler will determine winners’ eligibility in its sole discretion.
What to enter:
Pregnant Belly with Face. In order to qualify for the contest and to keep the contest fair for all participants please submit a photo of yourself that clearly shows the pregnant portion of your belly as well as your face. Photo must be less than 30 days old.
Cropped photos are eligible. We do not accept digitally or otherwise enhanced or altered photos. Minor adjustments, including spotting, dodging and burning, sharpening, contrast and slight color adjustment or the digital equivalents, are acceptable. If Baby Doppler determines that a photo has been altered, Baby Doppler reserves the right to remove the photo and disqualify the contestant.
Submissions must only be made by the person in the photo. By submitting a photo you confirm that the photo shows a reflection of you and not someone else. You may not enter into the Baby Doppler Photo Contest for someone else. If photo contains any copy written material or content such as brand names, celebrities etc, the photos may be removed and the contestant may be disqualified.
Photographs that have won any other Baby Doppler contests are not eligible. Photos that violate or infringe upon another person’s rights, including but not limited to copyright, are not eligible.
Photos that contain sexually explicit, nude, obscene, violent or other objectionable or inappropriate content, as determined by Baby Doppler in its sole discretion, are ineligible.
How to enter:
Please submit photographs and requested information online through our website at babydoppler.com/photo-contest. We do not accept photographs submitted through the mail. Submit no more than one (1) photograph per contestant. We do not accept more than one contestant per e-mail address. Photographs submitted to the contest must be at least 500 pixels wide so that they can be displayed in our online gallery without being stretched or distorted.
High-quality scans of non-digital photographs are acceptable. Digital photographs should be taken at the highest resolution possible. Use the online entry form on our website. Complete a separate form for each photo submitted. Photographs must be in a .jpeg, .jpg or .gif format. Files submitted may not be larger than 10 MB.
Baby Doppler at their sole discretion reserves the right to disqualify incomplete entries and/or contestants who violate any of the terms.
Baby Doppler may collect a photograph’s metadata upon entry.
You retain your rights to your photograph; however, by entering the contest, you grant Baby Doppler (and those authorized by Baby Doppler) a royalty-free, world-wide, perpetual, non-exclusive license to publicly display, distribute, reproduce and create derivative works of the entries, in whole or in part, in any media now existing or later developed, for any Baby Doppler purpose, including, but not limited to, advertising and promotion of its website and print material, exhibition, and commercial products, including but not limited to Baby Doppler publications. Any photograph reproduced may or may not include contestant’s name. Baby Doppler will not be required to pay any additional consideration or seek any additional approval in connection with such uses.
Entry deadline:
The contest begins on November 20, 2015. All entries must be received through the Baby Doppler website by 11:59 pm Eastern Time on December 4, 2015.
Judging:
Photo entries will be judged based on public voting including but not limited to facebook likes, visits per page, creativity, quality, originality, responsiveness to the photo, overall impact, and which of the photos receives the most votes.
Judging will be conducted by the editors of Baby Doppler and Babydoppler.com by conducting a fair analysis of public votes and buzz created by photos. Baby Doppler will select 10 photos as the winners. Winning photographs will be announced on Babydoppler.com on December 7, 2015.
The 10 winners will be notified by December 7, 2015 and will appear on our website on the same date.
Baby Doppler will notify the winner via the contact information provided at the time of entry; Baby Doppler may not offer a prize to anyone who fails to respond to the notification within five business days.
Please do not contact us about the status of entries or judging.
Prizes:
10 Fetal Dopplers will be awarded to winners
Online Features:
Baby Doppler may select photos for highlight on its website or display in a publicly-accessible contest archive; such selections will be made in the Baby Doppler’s sole discretion.
Conditions of Entry
All entrants hold Baby Doppler and their respective agents, directors, officers, employees, fellows, interns, research associates, and volunteers (the “Indemnified Parties”) harmless from and against all claims of any nature arising in connection with entrant’s participation in the contest and acceptance or use of a prize. The Indemnified Parties are not liable for any costs, damages, injuries, or other claims incurred as a result of entrants’ participation in the contest or winner’s acceptance and usage of a prize. The Indemnified Parties are not responsible for incomplete or misdirected entries, technical or network malfunctions or failures, or causes beyond their control. Entrants are solely responsible for their entries. Entrants may not submit materials that introduce any software viruses, worms or other programs designed to damage software, hardware or telecommunications equipment or are off-topic, partisan-political, contain advertising, nudity, personal attacks or expletives, or is otherwise abusive, threatening, unlawful, harassing, discriminatory, libelous, obscene, false, sexually explicit, or that infringes on the rights of any third party.
The contest is void where prohibited or restricted by law. Baby Doppler reserves the right to cancel the contest or modify these rules at its discretion. In the event of a dispute regarding the winners, Baby Dopppler reserves the right to award or not award the prizes in its sole discretion. Baby Doppler reserves the right to disqualify any entrant whose entry or conduct appears in any way to: inhibit the enjoyment of others; tamper with the competition; violate these rules or other applicable law or regulation; infringe on the rights of third parties; or act in an unsportsmanlike or disruptive manner. Decisions of Baby Doppler are final and binding.
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