Win a $1,000 scholarship from ASI The Woodlands

High school and college students: ASI wants to know what your community means to you. Show us the Woodlands/Conroe area through your eyes and have the chance to win a $1000 scholarship from ASI! What do you love? What attracts others to your community? What makes this a special place?

While you’re traveling around your community, take some photos and share them with us!

How the contest works:

Submit three photos that you’ve taken. Each photo needs to include a title and a brief 100-word description explaining why that photo screams “my community” to you.

The judging committee will choose three photos to be declared as the winning photos. Participants may have up to three photos selected as winning photos; therefore they can win more than one prize. All winning photos will be enlarged and scaled to 8’ x 8’ and will be permanently displayed in our ASI Woodlands location.

Top three winners will receive scholarships; amounts vary.

• Grand-prize winner: $1000
• Second place: $500
• Third place: $250

Photos must be taken with a high-resolution digital camera. Photos must be taken by the participant and need be current (taken during 2011-12 in the Woodlands/Conroe community). One submission of three photos is allowed per person. All photos will be eligible for voting.

Final submissions (each photo) must be in following format or greater:

• 300 dpi;
• a TIFF or JPG file;
• dimensions of 8″x8″;
• must not to exceed 100 MB file size.

Remember anything goes—the school’s football team, a famous statue, the oldest building or whatever else stands out to you. Have fun and be creative!

Dates and Deadlines:

Photos need to be submitted by:            Feb. 15, 2012

Voting will conclude by:                        Feb. 22, 2012

 

Rules of Eligibility:

• Submissions must be received by 11:59 p.m. (CST) on Feb. 15, 2012.
• You must be currently enrolled in an accredited high school or college.
• Photos must have been taken during 2011-12.
• You must have taken the photos yourself.
• Your photos and descriptions must be your own original work and must not have been published elsewhere.
• Photos must be submitted digitally.
• Each entrant must submit three photos.
• Each photo must have a title and a description of no more than 100 words.
• You agree that your entry becomes the property of ASI Gymnastics.

Official Rules and Regulations

1. All entries must be received by 11:59 p.m. (EST) on Feb. 15, 2012.

2. Completely fill out all required data fields on the registration form.

The photo and description portions must consist of the original photographs taken at or near the Woodlands/Conroe and an accompanying description of 100 words (in English) describing the way in which the photo illustrates your community.

Each entry must contain solely the entrant’s original ideas and language. Photographs must be submitted by the original photographer. Do not submit any photos taken by someone other than yourself. You must be the sole owner of the copyright of any image submitted. Your submission of the photo and entry form is your guarantee that you are the author and copyright holder of the photo. Please submit only three photos per person. Entries that are not the original work of the entrant will be deemed ineligible or incomplete and will not be accepted.

Photos must be appropriate for posting for ASI Gymnastics. Obscene, inappropriate or otherwise questionable content will not be considered. ASI Gymnastics retains sole discretion as to what constitutes inappropriate content. Photos, regardless of the medium, will not be returned.

ASI Gymnastics is not responsible for any problems or technical malfunctions that occur on account of entering this contest. If, for any reason, the contest is not capable of running as planned, ASI Gymnastics reserves the right in their sole and unequivocal discretion to cancel, terminate, modify, delay or suspend the contest.  In the event the contest in cancelled or terminated for any reason, ASI will not use or disseminate entries in any way or form. Entries that have been tampered with or altered are void. In the event of a dispute over who submitted a winning entry, the holder of the winning email account will be declared the winner. All entries become the property of ASI Gymnastics.

3. Digital images should be submitted using the online entry form along with their description. Images should be formatted to 300 dpi and should be 8 inches x 8 inches. Images should be submitted in TIFF or JPG format. File sizes must be less than 100 MB. No watermarks, signatures, or copyright notices may be added to images. Digital images will not be returned.

4. Winner Selection: Starting on or about Feb. 22, 2012, a panel of judges will judge all eligible entries based on effectiveness in illustrating entrant’s interpretation of community, creativity, style, technique, photographic quality and visual interest of the photo and the accuracy, creativity, style, grammar, and persuasiveness of the description in order to determine a winner. The Grand Prize Winner and two Runner-Up Winners will be announced on or around Feb. 22, 2012.

5. Prizing: Grand Prize – One (1) Grand Prize Winner will be awarded a $1000 scholarship. The second place winner will receive $500 and the third place winner will receive $250 and subject to the same terms and conditions of the Grand Prize may be awarded to two (2) Runner-Up Winners. The receipt of a Grand Prize by Grand Prize Winner and the receipt of a Runner-Up Prize by a Runner-Up Winner is subject to the following conditions: (a) Grand Prize Winner and Runner-Up Winners must sign all required legal documents provided by ASI Gymnastics, (b) the money awarded must be applied to cover tuition and school fees, and (c) under no circumstances should monies awarded be used as spending money.

6. Eligibility: Contest is open to students currently enrolled in an accredited high school, college or university. Employees of ASI Gymnastics are not eligible. By participating in this contest, entrants agree to be bound by these official rules and by the decisions of ASI Gymnastics whose decisions are final in all matters relating to this contest.

7. All interpretations of the rules and decisions by ASI Gymnastics are final. ASI Gymnastics reserves the right, in their sole and unequivocal discretion, to disqualify any individual it finds or believes to be tampering with the entry process or the operation of the website; to be acting in violation of the official rules; or to be acting in an unsportsmanlike or disruptive manner, or with intent to annoy, abuse, threaten or harass any other person.

8. Arrangements for the fulfillment of the Grand Prize and Runner-Up Prizes will be made by ASI Gymnastics. ASI Gymnastics reserves the right in its sole discretion to substitute the Grand Prize or Runner-Up Prizes, for any reason that ASI Gymnastics deems necessary. All prizes are non-transferable. Upon receipt of any part of the prize, prize recipients are required to comply with any and all applicable federal, state and local laws, rules and regulations. All expenses, including taxes, on receipt and use of prizes are the sole responsibility of the winner.

9. Contestants hereby agree to submit their entries under the following terms and conditions: (i) that ASI Gymnastics may use any ideas, concepts, material, in whole or in part, contained in an entry; (ii) that all materials, including the essay and photograph, submitted become the property of ASI Gymnastics and will not be returned; (iii) that all materials submitted are free from any lien or claim by anyone; (iv) Entrants have obtained all rights, permissions and licenses necessary to use the entries for any purpose; (v) that no entry or any part thereof infringes any trademark or copyright or otherwise violates anyone’s right of privacy or publicity; and (vi) Entrants indemnify and hold harmless ASI Gymnastics from any claims, suits, losses, damages and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees) that arise from any breach of the following conditions. They further agree, if chosen as Grand Prize Winner or Runner-Up Winner, to assign all right, title and interest in all material and agree to sign such documentation as is necessary to formalize this assignment.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, entrants agree that their entry may be used by ASI Gymnastics in whole or in part for any purpose whatsoever without compensation to non-prize winner entrants or without additional compensation to the winning entrants.

10. No purchase is necessary to enter.