1. Rules. No
purchase necessary. By participating, entrants agree to be bound by these
rules and decisions of the judges, which are final in all respects.
2. Entry. To
enter, make up a caption for the photo posted under "Photo Caption
Contest" on the InsidePOOL Magazine home page at www.insidepool.com/photo.
Enter the competition by submitting your completed online entry form (below)
for the posted photo by Midnight Feb 28th EST. You may enter the contest
daily, but each caption must be original, of entrant's own creation. Caption
must not have been entered in any other competition or violate the rights
of other parties. Caption may not be offensive or defamatory, as determined
by the judges.
Entries must be submitted
from a valid e-mail account that may be identified by reverse domain-name
search; in the event of dispute, e-mail entries will be deemed submitted
by the owner of the e-mail address from which the e-mail was sent. All
submissions become the property of InsidePOOL Magazine with all rights
to copy, edit, broadcast, publish and use, in whole or in part, any caption,
including all concepts copyrighted or copyrightable, in any manner without
further consideration (except where prohibited by law). Entries will not
be returned.
3. Eligibility.
You must be a legal U.S. resident, (except for residents of Arizona),
aged 18 years or older as of January 14, 2003 to be eligible. Employees
of InsidePOOL Magazine and any other company/persons involved with this
promotion, and all their respective immediate family and household members
are not eligible.
4. Selection of
Winners. Winner selection conducted InsidePOOL Magazine employees,
whose decisions are final. You need not be present to win. Winning captions
will be selected based on their originality/creativity, humor and appropriateness
of subject matter to the image.
5. Award of Prize.
One prize winner will be awarded a Viking Cue Retail valued at $300/400
and a 1 year subscription to Insidepool.
Current InsidePOOL
magazine subscribers will receive a one year extension on their subscription
to InsidePOOL Magazine In lieu of a new one year subscription.
No substitute prizes
or cash will be awarded in lieu of the advertised prize, except that InsidePOOL
Magazine may substitute prize of equivalent or greater value due to availability.
Prize is not transferable. All taxes, interest and penalties, if any,
on prize are the winner's sole responsibilitys. Odds of winning depend
on the number of eligible entries received.
6. Notification
and Claiming Prize. Entrant submitting the caption selected will be
notified by telephone at contest completion. Winner will also be announced
on www.insidepool.com. If a selected winner is unreachable or ineligible
or otherwise fails to comply with these Official Rules, that selected
winner forfeits the prize and another winner will be selected.
7. No Liability.
By participating, each entrant (i) releases, indemnifies and agrees to
hold harmless InsidePOOL Magazine, and their parents, subsidiaries, affiliates,
employees, officers, directors, shareholders, and agents, including advertising
agencies, from and against all claims, liability, injury, or damages relating
to the sweepstakes, any entry, or any prize or use thereof, whether or
not known or suspected by him/her to exist in his/her favor at the time
of the sweepstakes; and (ii) agrees that these entities are in no way
responsible or liable for any warranty, representation, or guarantee,
express or implied, in fact or in law, relating to any entry or to any
prize.
InsidePOOL Magazine
is not responsible for printing or input errors or for damaged, late,
lost, illegible, incomplete, delayed, garbled, distorted, damaged, unintelligible,
or misdirected entries; communications, software, hardware, or transmission
failures of any kind regardless of cause; or any technical, human, or
other error in the processing of entries. InsidePOOL Magazine is not liable
for any injury or damages caused, whether directly or indirectly, in whole
or in part, from any participation in this sweepstakes. If in InsidePOOL
Magazines' opinion there is any suspected or actual electronic or non-electronic
tampering with any portion of the sweepstakes, or if technical difficulties
compromise the integrity of the sweepstakes, InsidePOOL Magazine reserves
the right to terminate on-line entries in the sweepstakes, only accepting
those legitimate entries received as of the termination date and subsequent
mail entries.
8. Laws. Subject
to applicable laws, regulations, and taxes. Void where prohibited by law.
This sweepstakes may be construed and evaluated solely according to United
States federal, state, and local laws.
9. Winners.
For the names of winners go to www.insidepool.com after February 28th,
2003
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