Contest Rules
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ELIGIBILITY
The Ozzie Joe contest (“Contest”) is open to international artists, who are 13 years of age
or older as of the date of entry. All entries which are prohibited by applicable law shall be
deemed to be void. Ozzie Joe (“Ozzie Joe Open Call”) reserves the right to verify all
eligibility requirements. Contest is subject to all applicable federal, state, and local laws
and regulations. Employees and their immediate families (defined as spouses, parents,
siblings, children, grandparents and in-laws) and any members of their households
employed by Ozzie Joe or any of its affiliates, parent corporations, subsidiaries,
advertising and promotion agencies are not eligible to participate. Minors under the age
of 18 may enter online by providing their parent or legal guardian’s e-mail address. Ozzie
Joe Open Call will notify parent or legal guardian when their child has entered a contest
at www.ozziejoe.com. Parent or legal guardian will have seven (7) days to object by e-mail
to their child’s entry. If a parent or legal guardian sends an email stating their objection
within seven (7) days of being notified by Ozzie Joe Open Call, such child’s entry and
information will be deleted. Minors under the age of 18 who are selected as a potential
winner will also be required to provide Ozzie Joe Open Call with a parental permission
form, which will be sent to the parent/legal guardian’s email address of potential winners
under the age of 18. The form must include a parent’s or legal guardian’s approval
signature and be returned by mail or by fax to an address and fax number provided on the
form within seven (7) days from the date of notice in order to be eligible to receive a prize.
Any minor who does not provide this parental permission form within seven (7) days will
forfeit his or her right to be declared a winner and/or win a prize, and an alternate winner
will be selected.
HOW TO ENTER
Visit www.OzzieJoe.com and complete and submit the online entry form. Follow the
directions provided to upload your artwork. Entries are complete when entrant’s artwork
has been successfully submitted, sent and the required payment is received. All entries
must be accompanied by the payment of a FIFTEEN Dollar ($15.00) entry fee. All entries
and payments must be received by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on a Friday (the “Initial
Deadline”). Entries will be accepted after the Initial Deadline, but in any event prior to 11:
59 p.m. Eastern Time on a Wednesday, (the “Final Deadline”), time being of the essence,
provided any such late entries will be subject to an additional Ten Dollar ($10.00) late
entry fee. Any entries and/or payments submitted after the Final Deadline will be
automatically void.
Each entry must be the original work of the entrant, and entrant must be the sole owner of
the copyright of such entry. The Ozzie Joe Open Call reserves the right, in its sole
discretion, to disqualify any entry it deems to be offensive, inappropriate, derogatory,
indecent, obscene, hateful, tortuous, defamatory, slanderous, libelous, that is not in
keeping with Ozzie Joe Open Call’s image or that is otherwise not in compliance with the
terms of these Official Contest Rules. In addition, all entries must not contain material
that promotes bigotry, racism, hatred or harm against any group or individual or promote
discrimination based on race, gender, religion, nationality, disability, sexual orientation or
age, which determination Ozzie Joe Open Call may make in its sole discretion.
Entrant must have obtained express written consent to submit any entry that contains
persons other than entrant or third-party elements not owned by entrant and, if requested
to do so, produce such written consent from appropriate parties in a form and manner
acceptable to Ozzie Joe . All entries must not contain material that violates or infringes
another’s rights, including, but not limited to, privacy, publicity or intellectual property
rights, or that constitutes copyright infringement.
GRAND PRIZE JUDGING
One (1) potential Grand Prize winner will be determined from among all eligible entries
received by a panel of judges, based on a rating system that considers uniqueness, skill,
and ambition. The entrant who submitted the entry receiving the highest score, as
determined by Ozzie Joe Open Call in its sole discretion, will be the potential Grand Prize
winner. The public voting used in the People's Choice Award does not affect and will not
otherwise be taken into account in awarding the Grand Prize.
PEOPLE'S CHOICE AWARD JUDGING
All eligible entries received will be pre-screened by Ozzie Joe Open Call and, at Ozzie Joe
Open Call’s discretion, posted online at www.OzzieJoe.com between date of completed
submission and the Final Deadline (“Online Voting Period”). Eligible visitors to the site
will have a chance to vote for their favorite entry during the Online Voting Period. Votes
generated by script, macro or other automated means or with the intent to impair the
integrity of the voting process will be void. The entrant with the entry receiving the highest
number of votes and overall rating, as determined by Ozzie Joe Open Call, will be the
potential People's Choice Award winner.
In the event of a tie for any prize, an additional “tie-breaking” judge selected by Ozzie Joe
Open Call will determine the applicable winner from among those tied using the rating
system. Ozzie Joe Open Call reserves the right to not award any prize if, in its sole
discretion, an insufficient number of eligible and qualified entries are received. Decisions
of Ozzie Joe Open Call and judges are final and binding.
WINNER NOTIFICATION
Potential winners (or parent/legal guardian if winner is a minor) will be notified by
telephone, mail and/or e-mail, and will be required to execute and return an Affidavit of
Eligibility and Liability and, unless prohibited. In the event that a potential winner is an
eligible minor in his/her jurisdiction of residence, his/her parent or legal guardian will be
notified by e-mail and required to sign and return a parental permission form and
release, and prize(s) may, at Ozzie Joe Open Call’s discretion, be awarded in the name of
the parent or legal guardian, and such parent or legal guardian will be required to fulfill all
requirements imposed on winners set forth herein. Noncompliance with this time period
or with these Official Contest Rules, or the return of any prize notification as undeliverable,
may result in disqualification and, at Ozzie Joe Open Call's discretion, the prize will be
awarded to an applicable runner-up.
As a condition of receiving the “Grand Prize”, the “ People's Choice Award” or any other
supplementary prizes awarded by Ozzie Joe Open Call, the potential winner agrees to
have their work shown in public, and to make themselves available for interviews,
photographs with their work, and public appearances, including, but not limited to, the
Artists Gallery Reception as outlined in the contest awards; failure of which Ozzie Joe
Open Call may award such prizes to an applicable runner-up. Potential winners will be
required to execute and deliver to Ozzie Joe Open Call a consignment or other
agreement, in a form satisfactory to Ozzie Joe Open Call, relating to the display and sale
of the winner’s artwork.
CONTEST AWARDS
Grand Prize: Potential winner will receive an online gallery exhibition for a period of 3
months. Additionally, the potential winner will be awarded cash (in the form of cheque).
Potential winners who are minors under the age of 18 may receive the Cash Prize, which
will be delivered directly to the minor's parent or guardian.
PEOPLE'S CHOICE AWARD
Potential winner will receive prizes, however, if such potential winner is a minor under the
age of 18, such prize shall be delivered to the minor's parent or guardian. Each potential
winner must contact Ozzie Joe Open Call within fourteen (14) calendar days after such
potential winner is notified that he or she has won the Contest, failure of which, such
potential winner may be disqualified and, at Ozzie Joe Open Call’s discretion, the
applicable prize(s) will be awarded to an applicable runner-up.
Ozzie Joe Open Call reserves the right to select one or more winners of either the Grand
Prize or the People's Choice Award for any reason, in Ozzie Joe Open Call’s sole
discretion. Ozzie Joe Open Call reserves the right to select the same artist for both the
Grand Prize and the People's Choice Award. Potential winners of the People's Choice
Award will be selected by a public, online voting format, in which visitors to the website
will be limited to one vote per day. Ozzie Joe Open Call reserves the right to void potential
winners in the case of any fraud, misrepresentation or impropriety, as determined by
Ozzie Joe Open Call.
All prize details are at the sole discretion of Ozzie Joe Open Call. No substitutions, or
transfers of prizes are permitted by winners. Ozzie Joe Open Call reserves the right to
substitute a prize (or portion thereof) of comparable or greater value, in its sole discretion.
Prizes are awarded “as is” with no warranty or guarantee, either express or implied by
Ozzie Joe Open Call.
Please note: EACH ENTRANT SHOULD CONSULT WITH HIS OR HER OWN TAX
ADVISER WITH RESPECT TO THE FEDERAL, STATE AND LOCAL TAX
CONSEQUENCES OF THE PRIZES AWARDED IN THE CONTEST. NOTHING
CONTAINED HEREIN SHOULD BE CONSTRUED AS LEGAL OR TAX ADVICE TO AN
ENTRANT. NEITHER Ozzie Joe Open Call, THE SPONSOR NOR ANY OF THEIR
RESPECTIVE AFFILIATES MAKES ANY WARRANTY WITH RESPECT TO OR ASSUMES
ANY RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE TAX CONSEQUENCES RELATING TO THE CONTEST
AND THE PRIZES AWARDED HEREBY. THE INCOME TAX CONSIDERATIONS OF ANY
PRIZE ARE COMPLEX AND MAY NOT BE THE SAME FOR ALL ENTRANTS.
USE OF ENTRY
By submitting an entry, entrant grants Ozzie Joe Open Call and its designees an
irrevocable, royalty-free, non-exclusive, worldwide perpetual license to use the entry and
his/her name, city and state of residence for credit purposes in Ozzie Joe Open Call's
online galleries, or any other use on Ozzie Joe Open Call’s website, without further
compensation, notification or permission, unless prohibited by law. In addition, each
winner grants to Ozzie Joe Open Call and its designees an irrevocable, royalty-free, non-
exclusive, worldwide perpetual license to use and distribute the entry (as submitted, or as
cropped by Ozzie Joe Open Call), and his/her name, city and state of residence for credit
purposes, in any and all media now or hereafter known, for purposes of promotion of the
Contest and other Ozzie Joe Open Call contests and/or for purposes of advertising and
promoting Ozzie Joe Open Call and, except as otherwise stated herein, without further
compensation, notification or permission, unless prohibited by law.
USE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION
The personal information of entrant collected in connection with the Contest will be used
in accordance with the Privacy Policy Statement below, including, without limitation, for
marketing and promotional purposes.
This use of entry allows rights only in connection with the execution and promotion of
Ozzie Joe Open Call. We will never sell your work to external parties without express
written consent from you and clear compensation. We are not an image brokerage and
have no intention of being one. However, we do look for opportunities for all who
participate and will do our best to connect you directly with those.
MISCELLANEOUS
Released Parties (as defined below) are not responsible for late, lost, garbled, damaged,
incomplete, delayed, undelivered, or misdirected entries or photographs, or for computer,
technical, printing, typographical, human or other errors relating to or in connection with
the Contest, including, without limitation, inability to access any website associated with
the Contest, errors which may occur in the administration of the Contest, the processing
or judging of entries, the announcement of the prizes or in any Contest-related materials.
If for any reason the Contest (or any portion thereof) is not capable of running as planned,
including infection by tampering, unauthorized intervention, fraud, technical failures, or
any other causes which corrupt or affect the administration, security, fairness, integrity, or
proper conduct of the Contest, Ozzie Joe Open Call reserves the right, at its sole
discretion, to cancel, terminate, modify or suspend the Contest and, if terminated, at its
discretion, determine winners from among all non-suspect, eligible entries received up to
time of such action using judging procedure described above. By participating in the
Contest, entrant fully and unconditionally agrees (i) to be bound by the terms of these
Official Contest Rules and the decisions of Ozzie Joe Open Call and judges, which are
final and binding in all respects, and (ii) to indemnify, defend and hold Ozzie Joe Open
Call, Sponsor and their respective parents, affiliates, subsidiaries, prize suppliers and
advertising and promotion agencies, and the respective directors, officers, employees
and agents of the foregoing (collectively, the "Released Parties"), harmless against any
and all claims and liability arising, in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, out of or in
connection with participation in the Contest, acceptance and use of any prize or Released
Parties’ use of any of the rights granted herein. Ozzie Joe Open Call may disqualify (and
void all associated entries) anyone from participating in the Contest or winning a prize if,
in its sole discretion, it determines that such person is attempting to undermine the
legitimate operation of the Contest by cheating, fraud, misrepresentation, deception or
other unfair practices, or intending to annoy, abuse, threaten or harass any other entrant
or Ozzie Joe Open Call’s representatives or who is otherwise not in compliance with the
terms of these Official Contest Rules.
ANY ATTEMPT TO DELIBERATELY UNDERMINE THE LEGITIMATE OPERATION OF THE
CONTEST MAY BE IN VIOLATION OF CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LAWS AND SHOULD SUCH
AN ATTEMPT BE MADE, Ozzie Joe Open Call RESERVES THE RIGHT TO SEEK
DAMAGES AND OTHER REMEDIES (INCLUDING ATTORNEYS’ FEES) FROM ANY SUCH
INDIVIDUAL TO THE FULLEST EXTENT OF THE LAW, INCLUDING CRIMINAL
PROSECUTION.

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