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Aug 1 - Aug 31

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Jul 26 - Aug 31

Send us your summer photos taken on the UVic campus for your chance to win a hoodie with your image on it! Contest ends August 31. You can submit up to 5 entries. Send photos to bookstore@uvic.ca.

Bookstore Hoodie Summer Photo Contest - Eligibility and Submission Requirements 1) This contest is sponsored by the University of Victoria as represented by the UVic Bookstore. 2) Contest is open to individuals who reside in Canada excluding those who are residents of Quebec. 3) Contest entry period begins on July 26, 2021 Pacific Daylight Time (PDT) and ends on August 31, 2021 at 11:59 p.m. PDT. 4) Enter the contest by submitting a photo taken in July or August on the UVic campus to the email address: bookstore@uvic.ca with the subject line PHOTO CONTEST. 5) There is a limit of five submissions per entrant. Entry Requirements 6) To qualify for entry to this contest, your photo must: a) Have been taken by you only, and be your original work; b) not depict an existing work, for example a painting; c) not be in violation of any applicable law; d) not infringe anyone else’s (i) copyright or other intellectual property rights, (ii) privacy or personality rights or (iii) other rights; e) not be defamatory or trade libelous; and f) not depict or suggest any of the following: i) offensive language and/or symbols; ii) illegal or inappropriate activity; iii) information that could identify any individual; iv) nudity and/or sexual behavior; v) advertisements or commercial messages; vi) any identifiable trade-marks, brands or logos; or vii) any other content that UVic determines in its sole discretion to be objectionable and/or inappropriate. 7) All persons appearing in a photo submission must have given their permission for the photo submission to be entered into the contest. Failure of each photo participant to grant permission for the photo submission to be entered into the contest will render the photo submission ineligible for consideration. Judging and Prize Awarding 8) A total of one prize will be awarded as follows: • The winner will have their photo submission displayed on a future UVIC hoodie. 9) Judging of eligible entries will be based on the criteria of being the most representative image of the UVic campus in the summer, how well the submission reflects this theme, and other criteria as the judging panel determines to be relevant. Decisions of the judging panel are final. 10) The prizes are non-transferable, and must be accepted as awarded. However, UVic may in its sole discretion substitute prizes of the same or greater value. 11) Winners will be contacted via email on or before December 31, 2021. If a winner cannot be reached or does not reply within three (3) days following the first attempt at contact via the email address provided by the entrant, or if the winner declines the prize, UVic may award the prize to another entrant. 12) The odds of winning depend on the number of eligible submissions received and the evaluation of the eligible photos by the judging panel. Other Conditions 13) By entering this contest, you declare that you have complied with all of these Rules and met all eligibility requirements. 14) You grant UVic a non-exclusive, royalty-free, sub-licensable, worldwide, transferable, perpetual licence to: i) Use, copy, adapt, communicate, distribute, publicly display and create compilations and derivative works or merchandise from any photo you submit as an entry to this contest (including any caption you have posted with your photo); and ii) Use your name, city or town of residence, and/or any statements made by you in connection with your entry. and you irrevocably waive all moral rights to your photo in favour of UVic. 15) You represent and warrant that you have the right to grant the licence set out in section 14 above. 16) The licence you grant in section 14 permits UVic to (a) cut, reformat, rearrange and/or combine your photo with other materials and/or to otherwise modify your photo; (b) use your photo or a modified version of your photo in UVic promotional materials; and/or (c) share your photo or any version or portion of your photo as edited by UVic, on any social media website. 17) Your participation in this contest is solely at your own risk. You are solely responsible for all costs you incur to take any photo and to enter this contest. 18) Personal Information. UVic will use personal information collected from entrants to administer this contest and to carry out the promotional activities allowed by the licence granted in section 14 of these Rules. UVic will not otherwise share personal information relating to entrants with any third parties, except as may be required by law. UVic will not attempt to contact any entrants for any other purpose than as set out in these Rules unless the entrant has consented to receive relevant communications from UVic or as otherwise allowed under applicable laws. 19) UVic reserves the right to amend the contest rules herein or to terminate the contest at any time without any liability to any contestant or third party. Any amendments to these contest rules and regulations herein will be posted on the photo contest website. 20) UVic assumes no liability for any loss, damage or injury, including but not limited to: (i) lost, stolen, delayed, damaged, misdirected, late, destroyed, ineligible or incomplete entries; (ii) loss, theft or damage to software or computer or telephone data, including but not limited to any breach of privacy; (iii) fraudulent calls or communications; (iv) inability of any person to participate in the contest herein for any reason including mistaken addresses on mail or e-mail, technical, computer or telephone malfunctions or other problems with computer on-line systems, servers, access providers, computer equipment, or software, congestion on the internet or at any website, or any combination of the foregoing; (v) damage to any computer, including as a result of participating in the contest herein; or (vi) prizes that cannot be awarded or accepted. 21) By entering this contest, each entrant agrees to release and hold harmless the University of Victoria, Instagram, Facebook, and any of their representatives, agents, successors, assigns, employees, officers, and directors from any liability, illness, injury, death, loss, litigation, claim, or damage that may occur, directly or indirectly, whether caused by negligence or not, from: (i) such entrant’s participation in this contest and/or his/her acceptance, possession, use, or misuse of any prize or any portion thereof; (ii) technical failures of any kind, including but not limited to the malfunction of any computer, cable, network, hardware, or software, or other mechanical equipment; (iii) the unavailability or inaccessibility of any transmissions, telephone, or Internet service; (iv) unauthorized human intervention in any part of the entry process or the Promotion; (v) electronic or human error in the administration of the Promotion or the processing of entries. 22) This contest is in no way sponsored, endorsed or administered by, or associated with Instagram.