OFFICIAL B&H OPTIC ALL STARS CHALLENGE CONTEST RULES (the “Official Rules) NO PURCHASE IS NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. The B&H OPTIC ALL STARS CHALLENGE (the “Contest”) is void where prohibited by law and is sponsored by B & H Foto & Electronics Corp., 440 Ninth Avenue, New York, NY 10001 (“Sponsor”). The Event: In connection with the OPTIC All Stars event, a two-day virtual event featuring the best OPTIC keynote speakers from the past six years, Sponsor is sponsoring the Contest, where entrants can win fabulous prizes by submitting their best work in any of the following ten (10) Contest categories: (1) Marketplace; (2) Culture & Travel; (3) Fine Art/Abstract; (4) Street Photography; (5) Birding; (6) Wildlife Mammals; (7) Landscape; (8) Macro; (9) Night Photography; (10) Garden/ Back Yard; (each being a “Category”). Method of Entry/Entry-Period: The entry period for the Contest begins on November 2, 2020 at 12:01 AM EDT and continues through November 17, 2020 at 11:59PM EDT (the “Contest Period”). To enter the Contest, entrants must (i) register for the Contest by creating an account for the Contest’s third-party platform (available at: https://bhcontests.awardsplatform.com/) (the “Platform”); (ii) sign in to the Platform; and (iii) click on the “Submit Entry” tab and follow the prompts to upload a photo to any of the Categories (each entry being a “Submission”). All Submissions must be received by 11:59 PM on November 17, 2020. No purchase is necessary to enter the Contest. Submission Requirements and Limitations: All Submissions must meet the criteria set forth on the Platform for the Category in which the Submission is submitted. Submissions must not, in the sole and absolute discretion of Sponsor, contain obscene, provocative, defamatory, sexually explicit, or otherwise objectionable or inappropriate content. Submissions deemed by Sponsor to be inappropriate will be disqualified. Submissions entered into any prior contest sponsored by Sponsor will be disqualified. Submissions owned by a third party, or the use of any trademarks, service marks, logos, brands, or products owned by a third-party are not acceptable for entry into the Contest. If a Submission includes other people, entrant must be prepared to provide a signed written personal release from all persons who appear in the Submission authorizing use of their image by Sponsor for any and all purposes in perpetuity. Entrants do not need to send release(s) with Submissions but will be contacted if personal releases are needed. By making a Submission, entrants consent to be contacted by Sponsor in connection with the Contest, including but not limited to, phone calls and emails for the purpose of obtaining the required personal releases. Failure to provide the required releases will result in disqualification of the Submission. Entrants may only make one (1) Submission per category. Entry Ownership/Entrant Agreements: By entering the Contest, each entrant represents, acknowledges, and warrants that (i) the Submission is an original work created solely by the entrant and has not be submitted in any prior contest sponsored by Sponsor; (ii) that the entrant owns the copyright to the Submission; (iii) the Submission does not infringe on the copyrights, trademarks, moral rights, rights of privacy/publicity or intellectual property rights of any person or entity; and (iv) no other party has any right, title, claim, or interest in the Submission. Entrants retain full ownership and copyrights to their Submission. However, in the event an Entrant’s Submission is selected as a Winner (as defined herein), such Entrant automatically grants Sponsor an irrevocable, non-exclusive, fully paid and royalty-free, worldwide license to use, modify, delete from, add to, publicly perform, publicly display, reproduce and translate such Submission, in any media formats now known or hereinafter devised and through any media channels now existing or hereinafter created, in perpetuity. Entrants (and entrants’ parent/legal guardian(s) if entrant is a minor) also agree: (a) to be bound by these Official Rules; (b) that any claims related to this Contest shall be resolved individually without resort to any form of class action and that awards, shall be limited to actual out-of-pocket costs incurred in entering the Contest, and shall not include incidental or consequential damages or attorneys’ fees; and (c) that any actual or perceived ambiguities in these Official Rules shall be interpreted by Sponsor in its sole discretion. Winner Selection/Prizes/Odds: Winner selection, judgment criteria and prizes shall be as follows: Category Prize Marketplace One (1) $500 B&H Gift Card. Culture & Travel One (1) Sony Alpha a7C Mirrorless Digital Camera with 28-60mm Lens (Silver) (B&H Product #SOA7CSK), having a retail value of $2,098.00 . Fine Art/Abstract One (1) Wacom One Creative Pen Display (B&H Product #WADTC133W0A), having a retail value of $399.00. Street Photography One (1) Fujifilm X-S10 Mirrorless Digital Camera with 18-55mm Lens (B&H Product #FUXS10B1855), having a retail value of $1,399.00 Birding One (1) Olympus OM-D E-M5 Mark III with 14-150mm lens (B&H Product #OLEM5M3WPKB), having a retail value of $1,799.99. Wildlife Mammals One (1) Nikon Z5 with 25-50mm Lens (B&H Product #NIZ52450), having a retail value of $1,596.95. Landscape One (1) Canon EOS R6 Camera with 24-105mm f/4L Lens (B&H Product #CAER624105U), having a retail value of $3,599.00. Macro Winner’s choice of: One (1) Sigma 105 mm f/2.8 EX DG OS HSM Macro Lens for Nikon F (B&H Product #SI10528MDGNQ), having a retail value of $569.00, or One (1) Sigma 105 mm f/2.8 EX DG OS HSM Macro Lens for Canon EF (B&H Product # SI10528MDGCE), having a retail value of $569.00. Night Photography One (1) Luxli Fiddle (B&H Product #LUORCFIDDLE1), having a retail value of $189.95, One (1) Luxli Fiddle Diffuser Hood (B&H Product #LUORCFIDDLDH), having a retail value of $29.95, and One (1) Magnus MiniFlex Tripod (B&H Product #MAFTP15), having a retail value of $19.95. Garden/ Back Yard One (1) Fotopro Eagle E6 Tripod Kit (B&H Product #FOE6), having a retail value of $1,099.00. On or about November 18, 2020, one or more judges designated by Sponsor for each Category will assess each Submission based upon, among other things, conformance with the criteria set forth in the prompt for each Category (as described on the Platform), subject matter, overall composition, creativity and post-processing. Based on the foregoing, the judges will select one (1) winner for each Category (each Category winner being a “Winner,” and together with all Category winners, the “Winners”) and such Winner will receive the prize set forth above (a “Prize”). Selection of the judges shall be done by Sponsor in its sole discretion. The judges’ decisions shall be in their sole discretion and are final. No cash or other substitutions will be offered for any Prize and any taxes are the sole responsibility of each Winner. Each Winner will be notified via email on November 20, 2020 at approximately 8:00 PM EDT (the “Notification”) and all Winners will be announced on the OPTIC All Stars Livestream on November 22-23, 2020 at approximately 12:00 PM EDT. All Entrants consent to be contacted by the Sponsor for this purpose. If the Winner does not respond to the Notification within seventy-two (72) hours from the time Sponsor sends the Notification, then the Winner shall be disqualified and a different Submission will be the winner. The odds of winning depend on the number of eligible entries received. Eligible Participants: The Contest is only open to residents of the United States that are at least eighteen (18) years of age on their Submission date. The Contest is not open to employees of Sponsor, its immediate family, any person domiciled with such employees, or any affiliates or subsidiaries of Sponsor. Limitation of Liability/Sponsor Modification/Cancellation Rights/ Choice of Law/ Venue/ Winner List: Entrants hereby fully and completely release Sponsor and the Platform from any and all liability in connection with this Contest. Sponsor is not responsible for lost, late, stolen, incomplete, illegible, inaccurate, undelivered, delayed or misdirected entries or for failure to receive entries due to technical failures or human error of any kind. Winners agree that Sponsor will have no responsibility for losses or damage of any kind resulting from the acceptance, possession, or use of the Prizes. Except where prohibited, participation in the Contest constitutes entrant’s consent to the publication of his or her name, Submission and or social media account information by Sponsor in any media for commercial or promotional purposes without limitation or further compensation subject to Sponsor’s privacy policy. Sponsor may disqualify from the Contest any person it determines, in its sole discretion, to have attempted to or actually tampered with or otherwise abused any aspect of the Contest. Sponsor reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to modify or terminate the Contest in the event of any act, occurrence or reason that causes Sponsor to believe that the integrity, administration or fairness of the Contest has been compromised. Entrants agree that in the unlikely event a dispute arises in connection with this Contest, it will be governed by the laws of the State of New York and heard exclusively in a court of applicable jurisdiction in the County and State of New York irrespective of any choice of law rules to the contrary. To receive the name of the winner by U.S. mail, please mail a self-addressed stamped envelope to: B&H Foto & Electronics Corp., Attn: Optic All Stars Challenge, 440 Ninth Avenue, New York, NY 10001. Requests for the name of the winner must be received by B&H within one (1) year of the date the Contest is concluded.
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