Photo Competition Terms & Conditions

Full Rules and Regulations
 
General
These Rules and Regulations are final on all matter relating to Farmanco Management Consultants Pty Ltd. Photo Contests (the "Contests"). By applying, all entrants agree to be bound by these Rules and Regulations.

Sponsor
The sponsor ("Contest Sponsor") of the Contest is Farmanco Management Consultants Pty. Ltd. (ACN 009 230 031) as Trustee for the Farmanco Unit Trust (ABN: 44 195 932 840), of 2 Hartung Street, Mundaring, WA, 6073.

Eligibility
To be eligible to enter the Contest or win the prize, you must be a permanent resident of Australia and not an employee of a member of the immediate family of or domiciled with an employee of Farmanco Management Consultants Pty Ltd or its affiliates. No purchase is necessary to enter the Contest or to win a prize. Participation in the Contest constitutes Entrants' full unconditional agreement to abide by these Contest Rules and Regulations and the Contest Sponsor's decisions, which are final and binding in all matters related to the Contest.

*Legal considerations require restricting the Contest to Australian residents (our apologies to people residing outside the country)

Personal Information
Personal Information collected from Entrants by the Contest Sponsor will be used by the Contest Sponsor to administer the Contest, and in connection with the publication of winning photographs. The Contest Sponsor will not share personal information relating to Entrants with any third parties, except as necessary for the administration of the Contest or as may be required by law. The Contest Sponsor will not attempt to contact the Entrant for any other purpose than to administer the Contest, or as may be required by law unless they have opted-in to receive relevant communications from the Contest Sponsor. The Contest Sponsor respects the privacy of everyone who enters the contest.

Format of Photographs for Submission
Entries can be submitted electronically as an email attachment to admin@farmanco.com.au, email titled ‘Photo Competition’. Accepted file formats include .JPEG, .tiff, and .png. The maximum upload size for photo submissions is 10MB. Photos emailed in must be titled and have entrant's name. example: "Summer Sunset - Joe Bloggs"

Content alteration of digital files is not acceptable; cropping of photos is permitted, tonal or colour corrections are acceptable, including black and white conversion. Winning entrants must be able to provide a high-resolution version of each photo that they submit (uncompressed TIFF or maximum quality JPEG, Grayscale or Colour (RGB)). Digital files should be 3600 pixels wide by 2700 pixels tall (or 12” x 9”) at 300 dpi. For photographs that are selected as winning entries, the high-resolution version of the photograph will be required for reproduction. Entrants who fail to provide a high-resolution version within the time period set by the Contest Sponsors (not to exceed one week following prize notification) will forfeit the prize and an alternate winner will be selected by the judging panel. In such a case, no substitute prizes will be awarded.

Publication
By submitting a photo to the contest, the entrant hereby grants the Contest Sponsor and its affiliates the right to use photos submitted to the contest. The Contest Sponsor and its affiliates will have rights to use images digitally to (a) further expand on the print edition; (b) promote the Contest Sponsor and its affiliates; and (c) promote the Contest Sponsor and its affiliates via Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Flickr and other social media outlets. By submitting a photo to the contest, the entrant also hereby grants to the Contest Sponsor and its affiliates the non-exclusive, perpetual right and license to reproduce, publish and distribute, and to authorise the reproduction, publication and distribution of the photos, in print, on microfilm and microfiche, and in all electronic forms and media now known or later developed, including, but not limited to, on CD-ROM, over the Internet. By uploading a photo to the contest, entrants agree that any such reproduction, publication or distribution may be the work alone and not in conjunction with the works with which it is first published by The Contest Sponsor and its affiliates. The Contest Sponsor and its affiliates reserves the non-exclusive right to publish any entry and/or use any entry in its material during or after the Contest without further compensation to the entrants. For the Contest Sponsor and its affiliates, promotional material shall include without limitation any print or electronic advertising or marketing material such as posters, calendars, online images, newspaper ads, television ads, e-mails and social media content. Waiver forms/ model releases are the responsibility of the entrant and must be available in the event the photo is selected as a winning photograph.

Copyright Notice
With regard to any photograph submitted to this Contest, the owner of the photo’s copyright retains all copyright. By uploading any photograph to the Contest, you grant (or warrant that the owner of such materials expressly grants) the Contest Sponsor and its affiliates a world-wide, royalty-free, irrevocable and non-exclusive right and license to use, copy, adapt, transmit, communicate, publicly display and perform, distribute and create compilations and derivative works or merchandise from any such submitted photograph to promote the Contest. You represent and warrant that you have the right to grant the license set out above. In the event copyright of any photograph submitted by an eligible entrant belongs to a minor, permission to enter the photo in the Contest, reprint, publish, or otherwise reproduce the images, as described above, must have been obtained, in writing, from the child’s parent or guardian prior to entry of the photograph in the Contest. Proof of such permission must be provided to the Contest Sponsor immediately upon request.

Deadline
The Farmanco Annual Photo Competition opens on Monday 15 Jan 2024 and closes at midnight on Friday 1 Mar 2024. All photographic entries must be uploaded by 11:59 p.m. AEST on Friday 1 Mar 2024. ENTRY IS FREE. No purchase is necessary to enter.

Entries submitted through fraudulent means or in any way tampered with, incorrect, unclear, forged, mutilated, illegible, indecipherable or mechanically reproduced may be disqualified at the sole discretion of the Contest Sponsor and/or the judging panel (referenced below).

The Contest Sponsor is not responsible for entries lost, late, misdirected, illegible or delayed for any reason.

Judging
The winner will be selected by a panel of judges.

All photographs submitted to the Contest will be reviewed by The Contest Sponsor. and the Contest winner will be selected by The Contest Sponsor’s representatives. All decisions of the judging panel are final.

Responsibility
The Contest Sponsor is not responsible for any problems or technical malfunctions of computer online systems, servers, access providers, computer equipment, software or any e-mail, online or internet entry lost due to technical problems or traffic congestion on the internet or at any website or any combination thereof, including any injury or damage to an entrant’s or any other person’s computer or property related to or resulting from playing or downloading any material in the promotion.
Chance of Winning

The chances of winning the prize will depend on the number of eligible photographs received and the evaluation of the photographs by the judging panel.

Prize
The winner will receive no compensation, credit or prizing other than as disclosed in these Rules or otherwise provided at the sole discretion of the Contest Sponsor. The prize is non-transferable; no prize substitutions or equivalents are permitted, except by the Contest Sponsor at its sole discretion. In all cases, the Contest Sponsor reserves the right to substitute a prize of equal or greater value for the Contest Prize.

First Prize: Farmanco Premium Printed12-mth Subscription Package & $250 Pre-paid credit card - Total value $ 1,360.00
(First prize winning photo will also feature on the cover of one of the 2024 printed publications.)
Second Prize: $150 Pre-paid credit card
Third Prize: $100 Pre-paid credit card

The winner of the prizes will be publicly announced by Friday 29 Mar 2024. The winner will be contacted by email within 30 days of the contest deadline. To receive the prize, the winner will be required to submit the address to which they would like their prize delivered.

The prize will be delivered to the winner no later than, Monday 15 Apr 2024.

Prize Conditions
The prize must be accepted as awarded and may not be used in conjunction with any other offer or promotion, sold, redeemed for cash, combined with any other promotion, or exchanged for a different prize.

By accepting a prize, the prize winner agrees to hold the Contest Sponsor, Farmanco Management Consultants Pty. Ltd. and their respective agencies, affiliates, parent(s), subsidiaries, agents, advertising and promotion agencies and anyone else involved in the development, production or handling of the Contest and their respective directors, officers, employees and assigns, harmless against any and all claims and liability arising out of acceptance or use of a prize.

In order to be declared a winner, the selected entrant must sign and return a declaration and release form confirming eligibility and compliance with these Contest Rules and Regulations, consenting to the use, without further compensation, of winner’s name, address (town only) and photograph(s) in any Contest-related publicity and releasing the Contest Sponsor, The Contest Sponsor and their respective agencies, affiliates, parent(s), subsidiaries, agents, advertising and promotion agencies and anyone else involved in the development, production or handling of the Contest and their respective directors, officers, employees and assigns from all liability arising in connection with the Contest or the acceptance, use or redemption of a Prize as awarded. The declaration and release must be returned to the Contest Sponsor within ten (10) days after receipt of the declaration and release from the Contest Sponsor. Entrants who fail or are unable to meet any of these Rules and Regulations may be disqualified and an alternate winner will be selected.

Disputes
By participating in the Contest, each Entrant agrees to be bound by these Contest Rules and Regulations. In the event of any disagreement as to whether a person is an Entrant, a potential winner or a winner, or as to the qualification of any Entrant, potential winner or winner to, or the adequacy of any prize or any substitute prize, the decision of the Contest Sponsor will be final.