Terms & Conditions
1. Headwaters Relief Organization photo competition is open to all, professional and amateur photographers.
2. By registering and entering the Headwaters Relief Organization photo competition you hereby accept these Terms and Conditions.
3. By entering the competition, you agree and acknowledge that Headwaters Relief Organization is permitted to receive and review your registration data. Participants agree that personal data including, but not limited to, name, mailing address, phone number, and email address may be collected, processed, stored, and otherwise used for the purposes of conducting and administering this photo competition.
4. By submitting photographs you agree that they may be included in the future in gallery exhibitions and/or screenings and projections worldwide. Each photographer retains copyright of his or her images, and proper credit lines will be attributed to each photographer when exhibited or screened anywhere by Headwaters Relief Organization.
5. All entries will be reviewed and pre-screened by our team. The screened entries are then reviewed by the jury which will choose the winners. The decisions of the jury are final.
6. The full name of each entrant whose work is selected as a winner will be also published.
7. Winners, announced in the last week of October, will receive a Headwaters Swag Bag and a $100 gift card. All contest entries will be showcased on Headwaters Relief Organization's social media and website. Winning photographs will also be featured in our annual report for added recognition.
8. Headwaters Relief Organization reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to disqualify and remove any photograph that does not comply with the requirements, even after the photograph appears on the website. You warrant, in respect of the photographs submitted by you, as follows:
· You are the sole copyright owner and creator of the photographs.
· You have the right to enter your photographs in this competition.
· The photograph does not infringe upon the copyrights, trademarks, contractual rights, or any other intellectual property rights of any third person or entity, nor does it violate any person’s rights of privacy or publicity.
9. You confirm that each person depicted in the photograph has granted permission to be portrayed as shown - and has the right to grant that permission.
10. Headwaters Relief Organization recognizes you retain full ownership and copyright in each photograph that you have submitted to this competition, however, you acknowledge that by participating, you are granting Headwaters Relief Organization a special license to use your photographs. This license is perpetual, meaning it does not have an expiration date, and applies worldwide, granting Headwaters Relief Organization the right to use your photographs in any country or region. This license is
also royalty-free, meaning that you will not receive ongoing payments for the use of your photographs, and Headwaters Relief Organization can use them without incurring additional financial obligations. This use may include, but is not limited to, exhibitions, catalogs, calendars, videos, and websites.
11. You acknowledge that Headwaters Relief Organization and its partners assume no responsibility and are not liable for any image misuse. You hereby, agree to indemnify and hold harmless Headwaters Relief Organization, its partners, and its affiliates, from and against all claims, damages, obligations, losses, liabilities, costs or debt, and expenses, resulting from the participant's participation in the competition or from the use or misuse of any prize.
12. Headwaters Relief Organization reserves the right to update or modify these Terms & Conditions at any time without prior notice. It is the responsibility of participants to review the Terms & Conditions regularly.
13. These Terms & conditions and the competition will be governed by Minnesota law, and any disputes arising out of or in connection with them shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the state of Minnesota.
14. We appreciate your understanding and adherence to the competition rules.