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Terms and Conditions

  1. ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA:

1. Contestant must be a Manipuri and above 17 years of age.

2. Contestant must be a member of WAKHAL. Please register yourself using the WAKHAL sign in process.

3. A contestant can submit upto 5 photos for the contest.

4. You can submit your entries till August 31, 2017. Once it is approved by the Admin, your photo will be listed in the Submitted Photo List and voting can be done.

RULES AND REGULATIONS:

  1. You can submit any photo of your choice. Submissions are not restricted to any particular theme.

  2. Only online entries in .jpeg or .jpg format will be accepted. No print or film submissions will be accepted for entry into this contest.

  3. Submission of entry:
    - Photographs must be uploaded through WAKHAL Photo Contest Submission form.
  4. Photo entries should be minimum of 400 Kb and maximum upto 2MB file size. (Cannot upload photo file larger than 2MB). It is upto the contestants to keep a high resolution unedited RAW image copy (CR2, NEF, jpeg) which should be submitted to WAKHAL in case the entry makes it to the winners list.

  5. Photos submitted for entry to the contest must not have won any award in earlier held Photography Contests.

  6. Photos with frames or borders are not allowed. Images with Copyright signatures or statements or watermarks will also be not considered for the competition.

  7. Photos for the competition can be B/W or Color. Any content in the photograph must not have been added or removed apart from minor changes like cropping, color corrections (Exposure, Contrasts, Brightness and Saturation) and cloning of dust spots, water droplets etc. Unnatural High Dynamic Range (HDR) images generated through automated software and stitched panoramas are NOT acceptable. Any change to the original photographs not mentioned here is unacceptable and will render the Photograph ineligible for Prize.

  8. By submitting the photograph, the contestant agrees that such photos may be displayed on any part of our website and may be used for the promotion of WAKHAL’s future programmes without any liability to pay to the owner. The Copyright of the Photo will always remain with the owner.

  9. The Photograph in its entirety must be a single work of original material taken by the Contest entrant.

  10. By entering the contest the entrant represents, acknowledges and warrants that the submitted photograph is an original work created solely by the entrant and the photograph does not infringe on the copyrights, trademarks, moral rights, rights of privacy/publicity or intellectual property rights of any person or entity. The entrant also agrees that no other party has any right, title, claim or interest in the photograph submitted. (The Photographer must submit a declaration to this effect if asked for).

  11. First phase of voting will continue till 30th September 2017. You can promote your photos on Social Media using the #wakhalphotocontest. The second and final voting dates will be announced once the first phase of voting is over.

  12. Photographs for the Prospective Winners will be based on popularity votes plus the marks from the judges. Based on the accumulated points, the top 25 photos will be selected for second round of voting. The Most Popular photo and the 5 Consolation prizes will be decided based on second round of voting. However, the Best Caption and the Best Social Message category will be decided by the judges.

  13. Images will be judged on originality, technical excellence, composition, overall impact and artistic merit.

  14. The prizes for the contest will be as follows:
    1. Most Popular - Apple MacBook Air 13.3-inch Laptop
    2. Best Caption – Nikon D3300 24.2MP Digital SLR Camera
    3. Best Social Message - Micromax Canvas 6
    4. 5 Consolation Prizes for popular photographs - Wakhal Memento.

  15. WAKHAL reserves the right to modify, change, add or make amendments to any or all guidelines or rules of competition, without prior notification. Participants who do not comply with the rules and regulations mentioned above will not be allowed to take further part in the contest.
  16. The Contest is sponsored and administered by WAKHAL. Although the Contest may be communicated or promoted by means of third party social media or social networking site, the Contest is not sponsored, endorsed or administered by Apple or Google, or associated with any Third-Party Service; any questions, comments or complaints regarding the Contest should be directed to WAKHAL not to any Third-Party Service.
  17. By entering the competition, contestants are deemed to have agreed to the terms and conditions of the competition.
  18. Please also refer to the use of WAKHAL Platform user Privacy Policy and Terms and Conditions.