Terms and Conditions

All materials, documents, information and data submitted to J.F. Griffin Publishing, LLC in connection with this Submission, including but not limited to the Submission entry, photo and/or caption (collectively “Submission entry”) are the property of J.F. Griffin Publishing, LLC, will not be returned and cannot be acknowledged. By entering the Submission, entrants represent and warrant that their Submission entry is their sole, original work and that it does not infringe upon the rights of any other party, including but not limited to any intellectual property, trade secret or other proprietary rights of any other party. By submitting a Submission entry, entrant further represents and warrants that any person(s) referenced has given his or her express written consent to the reference and use and that entrant has obtained written permission for such use from any such person.  Submission of a Submission entry grants J.F. Griffin Publishing, LLC the right to use, publish, adapt, edit and/or modify Submission entry in any way, in whole or in part, and to use such Submission entry, and any ideas or concepts contained  therein, in commerce and in any and all media now known or here after discovered, worldwide, including but not limited to J.F. Griffin Publishing, LLC’s website, without limitation or compensation to the entrant and without right of notice, review or approval of any such  use of the Submission entry. Submission of a Submission entry further constitutes the entrant’s consent to irrevocably assign and transfer to J.F. Griffin Publishing, LLC any and all rights, title and interest in and to the Submission entry, including but not limited to all intellectual property rights and proprietary rights worldwide.  Any content, material or information included in Submission entry shall not be confidential, proprietary or trade secret.  By submitting a Submission entry, entrant consents to J.F. Griffin Publishing, LLC’s use, reproduction and disclosure of the Submission entry, and ideas, concepts or other materials contained therein, for any purpose, including any commercial purpose.

The photograph submitted must be taken solely by the entrant.  By submitting an entry, entrant represents and warrants that: (i) his/her photograph is the sole and original creation of the entrant and has not been copied in whole or in part from any other work; (ii) the entry does not violate or infringe any copyright, trademark, trade name, trade secret or other proprietary right of any person or entity; and (iii) the person(s) depicted in the photograph has given his or her express written consent to its submission into the submission and use as contemplated by these Official Rules and by submitting any photograph that contains the name, image, voice, signature, statements or likeness of any person, you hereby represent and warrant that you have obtained such written permission. Any photograph that contains third party artistic works, copyrights, trademarks, trade names, logos, similar brand identifying marks, trade secrets or other proprietary rights will not constitute a valid Submission entry.  Submission of a Submission entry grants J.F. Griffin Publishing, LLC the right to use, publish, adapt, edit and/or modify entry in any way, in whole or in part, and to use such entry in commerce and in any and all media now known or hereafter discovered, worldwide, including but not limited to J.F. Griffin Publishing, LLC’s website, without limitation or compensation to the entrant and without right of notice, review or approval of any such use of the entry. Judges will disqualify any Submission entry published in magazines, papers, or any other medium, or entered in other submissions.  Any Submission entry that contains third party artistic works, copyrights, trademarks, trade names, logos, similar brand identifying marks, trade secrets or other proprietary rights will not constitute a valid Submission entry.