Photograph Chicago!
The Contest
It can be famous or obscure, a building you walk past every day or an object that has intrigued you since childhood. Is it ornamentation? A bridge? A piece of machinery? Is there something in Chicago’s built environment that you would like to see landmarked, restored or preserved forever? Then photograph it and then tell us why.
Who
Everyone: Professionals, Amateurs and Children
Category #1: Adults aged 18 and up.
Category #2: Children in grades 1-5
Category #3: Children in grades 6-8
Category #4: Children in grades 9-12
How To Enter
Your photograph must be of the built environment within the limits of the city of Chicago and taken after January 1, 2012. Send us a photograph taken by you of a scene of the built environment that captures a part of Chicago that you want to see preserved. The photo MUST be submitted in hard copy by mail to Preservation Chicago at 4410 N. Ravenswood, Chicago, IL 60640. The photograph should not be taped, glued, matted, framed, written upon or changed in any way. It should arrive well protected between 2 pieces of cardboard with an entry application and payment. All photographs should be a minimum size of 8” x 10” and a maximum of 24” x 30”. Hard copy Photographs (not copyrights) will not be returned and will become the property of Preservation Chicago to auction, keep, preserve or sell.
All entries must include contestant’s name, age or age category, address, email address, and phone number and a short description of each photo as described above. Write 1-2 paragraphs (a maximum of 150 words) about why your photographic subject is important to you or to the City of Chicago. Include the address of your photograph and any important information about the structure or site. All youth entries must include child's grade and the name of his/her school.
Cost
A check for $35.00 must accompany each photograph for adults. A check for $15.00 must accompany each photograph for children. Each entry requires a fully completed entry form along with payment and must be submitted by mail to the Preservation Chicago office. You may enter as many times as you like.
Deadline
Preservation Chicago's PhotoChicago contest submissions should be mailed and postmarked no later than April 15, 2012. On May 1, finalists for the Best in Show and four category awards will be announced online and the best 20 photographs participating in the People's Choice award will be posted. The public will then have 10 days to vote for their choices for the best photos. On Friday night, May 18, 2012 winners of all of the awards, including the People’s Choice, will be announced at an evening event. During the event, the top 20 photographs will be displayed and auctioned. Preservation Chicago reserves the right to mat or frame any or all of the submitted photos.
Winners and Prizes
Winners will be chosen in all four categories as well as an overall Best in Show award and a People’s Choice award. Prizes include $2,000 for the Best in Show award and smaller cash awards for 2nd and 3rd place. Winners in the children’s categories will receive prizes. Winners for all but the People’s Choice award will be chosen by a distinguished jury of local experts.
The top 20 photos for the online People’s Choice award will be chosen after the judges have made their final selections and will be placed online for voting by the public. The cash prize for the People’s Choice award will be determined by how much the winner of the online voting raises. Any person may vote online for $5. The photograph with the most votes will get 75% of the amount raised. The remaining 25% of the proceeds from voting will go to support Preservation Chicago’s advocacy efforts.
Other Conditions of Entry
Entrants represent and warrant that no laws were broken in the creation of the Photos and that their Photos are their own original creations, have not been copied in whole from any other work, have not been previously published, do not violate the rights of any other person or entity (including but not limited to privacy rights and copyrights), do not defame, libel, or slander anyone or any entity, and do not contain offensive, vulgar, obscene or profane content. Photos that do not comply with these Official Rules or that breach the foregoing representations and warranties shall be disqualified. Entrants agree to indemnify, defend and hold Preservation Chicago harmless against any and all liabilities, losses, damages, claims, debts, investigations, fines, penalties, costs, expenses and settlements (including attorneys' fees and costs of litigation, settlement, judgment, interest and penalties) arising out of or related to a breach of the foregoing representations and warranties. All entry information becomes the property of Preservation Chicago and will not be returned or acknowledged. Entrants grant to Preservation Chicago an exclusive, world-wide, royalty-free license through June 1, 2013 to use their Photos in any manner related to the Contest, without prior notice, approval or compensation. After June 1, 2013, the aforementioned rights will be nonexclusive to Preservation Chicago. Winners otherwise will retain all rights to their Photos, and Preservation Chicago's publication of the Photos will not limit their use and ability to further market the Photos. Preservation Chicago reserves the right to prohibit any entrant from participating in the Contest if, at Preservation Chicago's sole discretion, Preservation Chicago finds such entrant or voter to be tampering with the entry process or if such individual repeatedly shows a disregard for, or attempts to circumvent, these Official Rules, or acts: (a) in a manner Preservation Chicago determines to be not fair or equitable; (b) with an intent to annoy, threaten or harass any other entrant, voters or Preservation Chicago; or (c) in any other disruptive manner.
Responsibility Release
By entering, contestants agree to release, waive, and hold harmless Preservation Chicago and its affiliates, subsidiaries, parent companies, advertising and promotional agencies, and all of their officers, directors, shareholders, employees and agents from and against any and all claims, losses, damages, and liability arising from injuries, damages, costs, or expenses of any kind (including without limitation attorney’s fees) incurred as a result of the contestants’ participation in this Contest and/or their acceptance, use, or misuse of any prize or element thereof.
Contestants agree to allow use of their name, voice, photograph, likeness, any information provided on entry form, and their Photo submission in any medium of communication, including but not limited to print, Internet, radio and/or television and for any purpose, including advertising, promotional or other purposes, by Preservation Chicago and its licensees and affiliates, without additional compensation.
Internet Submissions
If your photograph is chosen for the People's Choice award, you will then be asked to submit it via the internet to be posted online. Preservation Chicago is not responsible for printing or typographical errors in any Contest related materials; for entries that are late, misdirected, deleted, incomplete, inaccurate, or garbled or entries that are processed, reported, or transmitted late or incorrectly or are lost for any reason, including computer, telephone, paper transfer, human or other error, or for electronic, computer or telephonic malfunction or error, including inability to access any website associated with this Contest, or process any transaction thereon. Any attempt by an entrant or any other individual to deliberately damage any website or undermine the legitimate operation of the contest will result in disqualification.
