Terms and Conditions

1. Contest open only to legal residents of the 50 United States and Washington, D.C., 18 years or older at time of entry. Employees of CentralPark.com and Jumeirah Essex House and all of their subsidiaries, affiliates, agencies, judges and their immediate families are excluded.

2. Only images taken of Central Park during the specific season being judged will be considered for the competition. For example a summer photo will not be considered during the winter season. Images must be uploaded to the CentralPark.com website in order to be included in the competition. Photo, or one substantially similar to it, may not have been published, nor have won, or be currently entered in, any other photo contest. However, photos that have been uploaded previously to the CentralPark.com website photo gallery are eligible to be submitted to this contest. No alteration or retouching of original image or print is permitted. Photo must have been taken by entrant and must depict the season that is currently being judged. All photos submitted that are not representative of the specific season being judged will be removed from the competition and taken off the CentralPark.com website.

3. No entry fee is required. Entrants are allowed five submissions per season. Each season there will be one first place winner for a total of four equal first place prizes at the end of the year. Contestants may submit photos for all four seasons of the contest, however if the contestant wins the first place prize they may not enter the contest again. Second and third place prize winners may continue to enter subsequent seasons of the competition. Each contestant must fill out the required entrant information online before submitting any and all photos.

4. Information required on the entry form must be accurate in order for the image to qualify. Required information for the entry form includes - full contact name/information, mail and email address of entrant. Entrant must be the photographer who captured the image and he/she must own all rights to the image. Model releases are required where appropriate and are the responsibility of the photographer. Pornographic images and any image that at any stage involved cruelty or violence to humans or animals/wildlife will not be permitted and will be disqualified.

5. Only photos complying with the rules may win. Photos will be judged by a qualified panel of judges on the basis of the following: 1) How well the photo conveys the subject: Central Park; images may include natural beauty, architectural points of interest, people enjoying the park and or/any other images that reflect the unique and distinct character of Central Park. 2) How well the image conveys the season being judged. 3) Photographic quality 4) Visual appeal. 5) Originality The contest will be judged by a panel of judges selected by the Sponsor. The decisions of the judges are final and binding.

6. Winners will be notified via email and required to sign and return within 21 days of notification an affidavit of eligibility and release of liability, together with model releases from all recognizable persons pictured in the photo. To the extent permitted by law, winners will also be required to grant CentralPark.com and Jumeirah Essex House use of the winning photo, together with their names, likenesses and biographical information, in advertising and publicity about the Contest or future contests without further compensation. Failure to comply with all these conditions may result in prize forfeiture.

7. Winners may not transfer prize rights nor obtain substitutions or cash redemptions. All taxes on prizes and incidental expenses not specified in the above prize descriptions are solely the responsibility of winners. Offer void where prohibited by law.

8. Sponsor reserves the right to disqualify anyone who, in their opinion, has tampered with or disrupted the entry process or operation of this contest or violated the rules. If the contest cannot be run as planned for any reason, including technical problems, sponsors reserve the right to cancel, curtail, modify or suspend the contest. In the event the contest is terminated early, winners will be selected from all eligible entries received at the time of termination and will include all mail in entries postmarked on termination day and all electronic entries submitted prior to the termination.

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