2015 Illinois Images Calendar

Trump Direct 2015 Calendar Contest Rules

Trump Direct is holding a photo contest for their 2015 Illinois Images Calendar. This
contest is open to all photographers at least 18 years of age.
What to Enter:
We are looking for fabulous digital scenery images of Illinois. Since it will be a 12-month
calendar submissions are encouraged for all of the seasons as well as seasonal events.
If you choose to include people in your submission, you are responsible for obtaining the
necessary releases from the individuals depicted and must be able to provide copies of
those releases to Trump Direct.
All photographs should accurately reflect the subject matter and the scene as it
appeared. Photos that have been digitally altered beyond standard optimization(removal
of dust, cropping, reasonable adjustments to exposure, color and contrast, etc.) will be
disqualified.
Multiple exposures that have been combined to produce a single "High Dynamic Range"
image are acceptable. Images that do not meet these requirements may or may not be
judged at the sole discretion of Trump Direct.
Photo captions must accompany all submissions, and should include the subject of the
image, the location the image was taken, and the name of the photographer(s). Calendar
format will be 10 square. Photos will be cropped to fit this format.
How to Enter:
Each photo must be submitted electronically via email to calendar@trumpdirect.com
Eligibility & Judging:
To ensure eligibility for the contest, all entries must have a resolution of 6 million pixels or
greater (6 mega-pixels) to be made available upon request. Images that do not meet this
standard might not be honored by the competition (at Trump Directs sole discretion) if the
photographer is unable or unavailable to provide the proper resolution when asked.
Resolution can be calculated by multiplying the pixel width of the image with the pixel-
height. For example, a photograph taken with a 6-megapixel camera set for the highest
resolution and best quality produces images approximately 2832 pixels by 2128 pixels,
which are acceptable under the rules (2832 x 2128 = 6 million).
Entries may originate in any format - including, but not limited to digital files, digital
prints, color transparencies, color prints, or black and white prints-- so long as they are
submitted electronically. Previously published material for which non-exclusive rights were
granted may be entered as long as you still maintain the right to grant us a license (see
Your Rights below).You must be able to disclose when and where the photo appeared
previously to Trump Direct upon request.
Submissions may be watermarked if desired, but the watermark should be inconspicuous
enough to not interfere with the judging of the photo. A watermarked photo might not
be honored by the competition (at Trump Directs sole discretion) if the photographer is
unable or unavailable to provide a pristine, watermark-free version of the image when
asked.
Photos will be posted on Trump Directs Facebook page at end of submission for voting by
the public. The 12 photos that receive the most like votes at the end of the deadline will be
the contest winners, with the single photo receiving the most like votes being the overall
contest winner. Trump Direct reserves the right to categorize photos in categories Trump
Direct deems appropriate should the number of entries warrant such categorizing.
Deadlines:
Deadlines for submitting entries via email is 5:00 pm Friday, October 24, 2014. Entries
will be posted to the Trump Directs Facebook page for voting, Monday October 27,
2014. Votes will be collected until noon on Monday, November 10, 2014. Winners will be
announced before noon on Tuesday, November 11, 2014. Calendars will be available for
distribution in December.
Trump Direct reserves the right to adjust any deadline(s) as the result of causes beyond
its immediate control.
Winning Photos:
Photos will be selected by popular vote aka likes on the Trump Directs Facebook page.
The twelve entries receiving the most likes will be printed in Trump Directs 2015 Illinois
Images Calendar. The image receiving the most votes will be awarded the grand prize,
a full color canvas gallery wrap print - $200 value. All winning entrants will receive ten
copies of the calendar.
Your Rights:
You will retain all rights to any photograph you submit - including ownership if
applicable. You only grant Trump Direct rights (as described below) to your photograph
if you are honored by the competition as one of the 12 photos selected for the calendar.
Before you are formally honored by the competition, Trump Direct will contact you
to confirm that you wish to grant us rights to your image as described below. If your
photograph is formally honored by the competition as one of the twelve contest winners,
you grant Trump Direct a royalty-free, nonexclusive right, in perpetuity, to:
Use the photograph on the internet in support of our contest.
Use the photograph in Trump Direct promotional communications.
Use, in connection with the Photo Contest, your name, in promotions and other
publications.
Keep the files provided, and to archive the images on CD or in other electronic forms,
so that your photos can be used to support our mission and be properly credited. As
conditions of this permission, Trump Direct shall credit all photographs with the caption
Persons Name.
Questions:
Questions and inquiries about contest rules can be emailed to calendar@Trumpdirect.
com
Call for Entries!
Trump Directs 2015 Illinois Images Calendar
Entry Deadline October 24, 2014
Public Voting on Facebook October 27 - November 10, 2014
Winners announced November 11, 2014
Calendars available for distribution December 2014
Submit entries to calendar@trumpdirect.com