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“Zoo Cool Crew”

Do you love The Living Desert?
Find out how you could become a part of the “Zoo Cool Crew”, and have your image be a part of the “Zoo Cool” campaign – appearing in ads, billboards, marketing materials, and more!

1. Download THIS PDF form.
2. Submit the filled out form and one image to zoocool@livingdesert.org (entries are only accepted via this email address).
3. Contest deadline is Oct. 15th.

TERM
The Living Desert “Zoo Cool Crew” photo challenge begins August 15, 2012 and ends October 15, 2012. All Entries must be submitted by midnight October 15, 2012. Entries become the property of The Living Desert and will not be returned or acknowledged.
WHO MAY ENTER
This Contest is open only to legal residents of the Coachella Valley, CA who are ages 4 – 12 as of August 15, 2012. Employees of The Living Desert and each of their affiliates and subsidiaries and advertising and promotion agencies, and their immediate family members (i.e. spouse, parent, child, sibling and their respective spouses, regardless of where they live) or persons living in the same households of such individuals, whether or not related, are ineligible to enter or win the photo and essay challenge. Entrants must provide a parent’s or legal guardian’s written permission to enter. If entrants are unable to construct their own statement, then their parent or legal guardian may write their statement on their behalf.
HOW TO ENTER
Entry must comply with the following Entry Requirements:

Send photo and statement to zoocool@livingdesert.org

Write an original statement, of no more than 100 words that describe one of the following: (1) what is your favorite thing about The Living Desert; (2) what is your favorite animal at The Living Desert; or (3) please describe a special experience you have enjoyed at The Living Desert. Then take a photograph of yourself with what, where, or how you explore the subject of your statement (the “Photograph”). The photograph of you does not have to be taken at The Living Desert, but must illustrate your statement. The photo and the statement must each be a single work of original material created by the contest entrant. By entering the contest, entrant represents, acknowledges, and warrants that the submitted statement and photograph are original works created solely by the entrant and that no other party has any right, title, claim, or interest in the essay or the photograph.

* Limit one statement and one photograph per person. Entrants who submit more than one statement or more than one photograph will be disqualified.
* Photograph & statement must be submitted in an electronic form.
* The use of public domain images is prohibited.
* The content of the photograph must include you personally.
* If the photograph includes other people, you must be prepared to provide a signed written personal release from all persons who appear in the photograph submitted.
* Obscene, provocative, or otherwise objectionable content will not be considered, and such determination is solely at the discretion of The Living Desert.
* Limit one entry per person.

JUDGING
The Living Desert staff will evaluate the entries based on the contestant’s demonstration of a genuine interest in The Living Desert and the environment, in conjunction with their photo. There will be a total of ten (10) male and ten (10) female winners chosen.

Winners will be chosen on or about October 30, 2012 and notified by phone by October 31, 2012.
Decisions of The Living Desert and judges are final and binding.
The Living Desert reserves the right not to award all prizes in the event an insufficient number of eligible entries meeting the minimum judging criteria are received, as determined by The Living Desert and judges in their sole discretion.
CONTEST PRIZES
The potential winners (and parents or legal guardians) are required to execute the following: (1) an affidavit of eligibility and liability release; (2) warranty of ownership and license; (3) publicity release; and (4) any other affidavits and/or releases or additional documents that may be required by prize supplier(s). Unless prohibited by law, the potential winner must sign these documents no later than 15 days from the date of prize notification in order for sponsor to award the prize. Noncompliance or return of prize notification as undeliverable may result in disqualification and, at The Living Desert’s discretion, selection of an alternate winner.

Contest winners will be chosen to appear in the Living Desert’s “Zoo Cool” campaign, which may include billboards, print advertising, online advertising, television advertising, and on sight marketing materials. The contest is currently scheduled for August-October 2012, but is subject to change at the discretion of The Living Desert. Each winner receives a free Living Desert Family Membership for one year.

Winners will be required to participate in a photo shoot for their image to be taken for use within the “Zoo Cool” campaign. All winners will be notified of the photo shoot date, time & location, after the winner selection process has been completed.
ENTRANT LICENSES/RELEASES
Winning entries, the winners’ names, voices, likenesses, photographs taken by the winners of The Living Desert “Zoo Cool Crew” contest, and postings by winners on livingdesert.org blogs may be published by The Living Desert, in one of The Living Desert’s magazines or on its website, or in any other medium, and/or in press releases associated with the “Zoo Cool Crew” contest. Additionally, by participating, each entrant grants to authorized parties the unrestricted right to photograph and film the winners in the “Zoo Cool Crew” contest, and to use all statements made in connection with the contest, and pictures, voice, and/or likeness of contest participants, or choose not to do so, at their sole discretion. No authorized party will be required to pay any consideration or seek any additional approval in connection with such use or exploitation.
LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
By participating, entrants (and their parents or legal guardians) agree to release, discharge and hold harmless The Living Desert, and each of their respective partners, affiliates, subsidiaries, advertising agencies, agents and their employees, officers, directors, and representatives from any claims, losses, and damages arising out of their participation in this contest or any contest-related activities and the acceptance and use, misuse, or possession of any prize awarded hereunder.
CONDITIONS
This contest is subject to federal, state, and local laws and regulations. Certain restrictions may apply. The Living Desert is not responsible for late, lost, stolen, mutilated, incomplete, illegible, or misdirected entries. Entries are considered void if The Living Desert determines the entry not to be an original, or if the entries are illegible, incomplete, damaged, irregular, altered, counterfeit, produced in error or obtained through fraud or theft.

Participants agree (a) to be bound by these Official Rules; and (b) that the decisions of the Judges are final on all matters relating to the contest. In the event that the selected winner(s) of any prize are/is ineligible or refuses the prize, the prize will be forfeited and The Living Desert, in its sole discretion, may choose whether to award the prize to another winner.

NO PURCHASE IS NECESSARY AND A PURCHASE WILL NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING.
WINNERS LIST
Winners’ names will be available online at livingdesert.org or on The Living Desert’s Facebook Page after October 31, 2012.

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