Photo Contest Details
Enid Lights Up the Plains
Main Street Enid invites photographers to enter its Enid Lights Up the Plains Photography Contest. You must read the following rules, terms and legal conditions below before submitting any photos!
The Enid Lights Up the Plains Photo Contest is open to ALL photographers (professional and amateur) of any age - except the Main Street Enid staff, the judges and their immediate families.
What to Enter
We are looking for striking photos of our annual event, Enid Lights Up the Plains and they must be from this year's event.
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. Images that do not meet these requirements may or may not be judged at the judging panel's sole discretion.
Categories include:
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. Images that do not meet these requirements may or may not be judged at the judging panel's sole discretion.
Categories include:
- Entertainment
- Vendors
- Lights
- Santa
- Wagon Rides
- Fireworks
- Overall Event
How to Enter
Photos will be submitted online. Please read the rest of this page, then follow the link to submit your photo(s). There is a $5 entry fee for each photo submitted to be included in the judging.
You may submit as many photos of the 2012 Enid Lights Up the Plains as you'd like, as long as the $5 fee is paid for each photo submitted.
You may submit as many photos of the 2012 Enid Lights Up the Plains as you'd like, as long as the $5 fee is paid for each photo submitted.
Eligibility & Judging
Photos submitted must be taken at a high enough resolution to be printed 22" x 28".
Submissions may NOT be watermarked for the judging process. If your name or logo is on the photo to be judged, the image will be disqualified. We don't want the judges to know who took the photos!
Images will be judged on originality, technical excellence, composition, overall impact and artistic merit. The judges are a panel of Enid citizens, familiar with photography and the Enid Lights Up the Plains annual event.
These photos must be taken during the 2012 Enid Lights Up the Plains event. No other year's photos will qualify.
Main Street Enid Inc shall determine winner eligibility in its sole and absolute discretion. All decisions made by the judges are final.
Submissions may NOT be watermarked for the judging process. If your name or logo is on the photo to be judged, the image will be disqualified. We don't want the judges to know who took the photos!
Images will be judged on originality, technical excellence, composition, overall impact and artistic merit. The judges are a panel of Enid citizens, familiar with photography and the Enid Lights Up the Plains annual event.
These photos must be taken during the 2012 Enid Lights Up the Plains event. No other year's photos will qualify.
Main Street Enid Inc shall determine winner eligibility in its sole and absolute discretion. All decisions made by the judges are final.
Deadlines
Online entries can be uploaded STARTING 8:00 pm CST on Friday, November 23, 2012.
DEADLINE for submitting entries is 12:00 Noon CST on Thursday, November 29, 2012.
Main Street Enid reserves the right to adjust any deadline(s) as the result of causes beyond its immediate control.
DEADLINE for submitting entries is 12:00 Noon CST on Thursday, November 29, 2012.
Main Street Enid reserves the right to adjust any deadline(s) as the result of causes beyond its immediate control.
Winning Photos
The judging panel will select seven winning photos from the eligible submissions. Winners will be contacted and announced by Friday, November 30, at Noon.
Winning Entrants will be asked to supply a digital file to print 22" x 28" by Sunday, December 2, at Noon. Main Street Enid will provide the actual prints. These will be printed, framed and hung in the Non-Profit Center Lobby, on display (with photographer credit) beginning Thursday, December 6 through January 1 or later.
Winners receive recognition and photo credit where the photos are used and beside the displayed prints. No money or physical goods will be awarded.
The public will be invited to view the winning photos and shop downtown on Thursday evenings until 7:00 pm in December.
Winning Entrants will be asked to supply a digital file to print 22" x 28" by Sunday, December 2, at Noon. Main Street Enid will provide the actual prints. These will be printed, framed and hung in the Non-Profit Center Lobby, on display (with photographer credit) beginning Thursday, December 6 through January 1 or later.
Winners receive recognition and photo credit where the photos are used and beside the displayed prints. No money or physical goods will be awarded.
The public will be invited to view the winning photos and shop downtown on Thursday evenings until 7:00 pm in December.
Your Rights
Your photographs help Main Street Enid further our mission through your photography.
You will retain all rights to any photograph you submit - including ownership if applicable. If your photograph is honored by the contest as a winner or honorable mention, you grant Main Street Enid Inc a royalty-free, nonexclusive right, in perpetuity, to:
As conditions of this permission, Main Street Enid Inc shall credit all photographs with the caption "© 2012 Person's Name" or company name, which ever is preferred.
You will retain all rights to any photograph you submit - including ownership if applicable. If your photograph is honored by the contest as a winner or honorable mention, you grant Main Street Enid Inc a royalty-free, nonexclusive right, in perpetuity, to:
- Use the photograph on the Internet in support of our mission.
- Use the photograph in Main Street Enid Inc's communications.
- Use the photograph in Main Street Enid's printed promotional materials including, but not limited to, photo books and calendars.
- Use, in connection with the Photo Contest, your name, city and state 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, Main Street Enid Inc shall credit all photographs with the caption "© 2012 Person's Name" or company name, which ever is preferred.
Legal Conditions
By entering this contest, you agree to all of the terms and conditions relating to this contest.
By entering, participants agree to indemnify, defend and hold harmless Main Street Enid Inc, its respective subsidiaries, affiliates, directors, officers, employees, attorneys, agents and representatives, from any and all third party liability for any injuries, loss, claim, action, demand or damage of any kind arising from or in connection with the competition (collectively, "Losses"), including without limitation any third party claim for copyright infringement or a violation of an individual’s right to privacy and/or publicity right. The Contest is void where prohibited by law.
Each entrant in the Contest is responsible for ensuring that he or she has the right to submit the photos that he or she submits to the Contest per these rules.
You agree that any and all disputes that cannot be resolved with Main Street Enid Inc and causes of action arising out of or connected with this Contest, shall be resolved individually, without resort to any form of class action, before a court of competent jurisdiction located in Enid, Oklahoma, which court shall apply the laws of Oklahoma without regard for rules of conflicts of law. IN ANY SUCH DISPUTE, PARTICIPANT SHALL NOT BE ENTITLED TO ANY PUNITIVE, SPECIAL, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION ATTORNEYS' FEES, OR ANY DAMAGES OTHER THAN PARTICIPANT'S ACTUAL OUT-OF-POCKET EXPENSES (IF ANY) ASSOCIATED WITH PARTICIPATING IN THE CONTEST. YOU HEREBY WAIVE ANY RIGHTS TO HAVE DAMAGES MULTIPLIED OR INCREASED. The Contest and Main Street Enid Inc’s web site are provided "as is" without warranty of any kind, either express or implied.
Main Street Enid Inc is not responsible for any incorrect or inaccurate information, whether caused by web site users or by any equipment or programming associated with or utilized in the photo competition, or by any technical or human error that may occur in the processing of submissions to the photo competition, including but not limited to any misprints or typographical errors. Main Street Enid Inc assumes no responsibility for any error, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in operation or transmission, communications line failure, theft or destruction or unauthorized access to, or alteration of, entries. Main Street Enid Inc is not responsible for any problems or technical malfunction of any telephone network or lines, computer equipment, servers, providers, computer on-line systems, software, or failure of email on account of technical problems or traffic congestion on the Internet or at any web site, including injury or damage to participant's or to any other person's computer related to or resulting from participating or uploading images or information in the photo contest.
If, for any reason, the photo competition is not capable of completion as planned, including but not limited to, any reason of infection by computer virus, bugs, tampering, unauthorized intervention, fraud, technical failures or any other causes beyond the control of Main Street Enid Inc that corrupt or affect the administration, security, fairness, integrity or proper conduct of the photo competition, Main Street Enid Inc reserves the right at its sole discretion to cancel, terminate, modify or suspend the photo competition.
Questions?
E-mail Kelly with photo contest questions.
