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Flickr x Fracture "The Many Faces of Mom" Photo Contest
CONTEST OFFICIAL RULES

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CONTEST OVERVIEW AND DESCRIPTION: The Flickr x Fracture "The Many Faces of Mom" Photo Contest (the “Contest”) begins on or about May 5, 2025 (Noon PST) and ends on May 19, 2025 (9PM PST) (the “Contest Submission Period”). During the Contest Submission Period, entrants will have the opportunity to upload up to five (5) original photographs (each, a “Photo”) to Flickr x Fracture "The Many Faces of Mom" Photo Contest available at www.flickr.com/groups/themanyfacesofmom/ (each a “Submission”). Up to five (5) Submissions per entrant. By participating in the Contest, each entrant unconditionally accepts and agrees to comply with and abide by these Official Rules and the decisions of SmugMug, Inc. and Fracture, (collectively, the “Sponsors”) which shall be final and binding in all respects. The Flickr site, available at www.flickr.com is operated by Flickr, Inc. ("Flickr"), a fully owned subsidiary of SmugMug, Inc.

ELIGIBILITY: The Contest is open only to entrants who are 18 years of age or older at the time of entry. Residents of Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Sudan, Syria, the Crimea region of Ukraine, and countries currently subject to United States embargo or on the United States list of state sponsors of terrorism are not eligible to participate. Officers, directors and employees of Sponsors, and their subsidiaries, affiliates, members, and each of their immediate family members and/or people living in the same household are NOT eligible to enter the Contest or win a prize. Void where prohibited. Contest subject to all federal, state and local laws.

HOW TO ENTER: To participate in the Contest, you must have a Flickr account. If you do not have an account, you can get one for free at www.flickr.com. During the Contest Submission Period, upload up to five (5) original Photos that demonstrate your best interpretation of the contest theme to the Flickr Group located at: www.flickr.com/groups/themanyfacesofmom/ . Submissions must meet the following “Submission Requirements”: (i) the Submission must be the submitting entrant’s original work; (ii) the entrant must provide upon request all appropriate clearances, permissions and releases for the Submission; and (iii) a Submission may only include images that are moderated as “Safe” in accordance with the Flickr Community Guidelines located at www.flickr.com/help/guidelines or images that are not obscene, pornographic, libelous or otherwise objectionable. Only publicly viewable images will be considered valid entries. Any entry featuring a Submission that, in Sponsors' good faith judgment, violates the Submission Requirements will be disqualified. All Submissions and use of the Flickr site are subject to the Terms of Use policy available at: www.flickr.com/help/terms, which shall remain in full force and effect.

SELECTION OF WINNERS: On or about June 9, 2025, a panel of judges comprised of Flickr staff appointed by Sponsors will select the winners (the “Judging Panel”) from among all eligible Submissions. The Judging Panel will determine the winners based on the following selection criteria: originality, creativity, and skill. The winners will be notified by SmugMug Inc. on or about five (5) business days after the judging. Incomplete entries will not be accepted. In Sponsors' sole discretion, a selected winner may be required to forfeit a prize and an alternate winner may be selected in accordance with these Official Rules from among the remaining eligible entries for that prize if selected winner (i) is unreachable within 72 hours, (ii) declines or cannot accept, receive or use the prize for any reason, or (iii) fails to comply with these Official Rules.

GRANT OF RIGHTS: For good and valuable consideration, the receipt and legal sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, each entrant into the Contest hereby irrevocably grants Sponsors, its successors and assigns, a non-exclusive, limited license (but not the obligation) to reproduce exploit and otherwise use the Submission for a period of twelve (12) months from the expiration of the Submission Period, solely in connection with the Contest and the marketing and promotion thereof, throughout the universe, in perpetuity, in any and all media, without further notice to, consent by, or payment to entrant. Without in any way limiting the foregoing, Sponsors shall have the right, in its sole discretion, to edit, composite, morph, scan, duplicate, or alter the Submission in connection with Sponsors' permitted uses hereunder and each entrant irrevocably waives any and all so-called moral rights they may have therein. Any alterations shall be made in accordance with Sponsors' ethical guidelines. By entering the Contest, each entrant acknowledges and agrees that their Submission may be featured on Sponsors (and Sponsors' assigns) social media and editorial websites. All uses of a Submission Photo will always include a credit line with the name of the owner and will never be sold at any time for profit.

FURTHER DOCUMENTATION: If Sponsors shall desire to secure additional assignments, releases from third parties appearing in the Submission, or other documents as Sponsors may reasonably require in order to effectuate the purposes and intents of these Official Rules, then each entrant agrees to sign the same upon Sponsors' request therefor.

LIMITATION OF LIABILITY AND GENERAL CONDITIONS: By participating in this Contest, entrants agree to be bound by these Official Rules and the decisions of the judges, which are final and binding in all respects. By entering, each entrant agrees to release, discharge, indemnify, and hold harmless the Sponsors and their parent companies, affiliates, subsidiaries and advertising and marketing agencies and each of their respective employees, officers, shareholders, directors, representatives and agents (collectively, “Releasees”) from and against any claims, damages or liability involving or arising out of (i) late, lost, delayed, misdirected, postage due, mutilated, incomplete, unreadable, inaccurate, garbled or unintelligible entries; (ii) telephone system, technical or computer malfunctions, lost connections, disconnections, transmission or other errors of any kind whether mechanical, human, electronic or otherwise; (iii) data corruption, theft, destruction, unauthorized access to or alteration of entry or other materials; (iv) any injuries, losses or damages of any kind caused, including death, in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, by the prize or resulting from acceptance, possession or use or misuse of any prize or from participating in the Contest or any Contest related activity; or (v) any printing, distribution, typographical, administrative, human or technological errors involving or associated with the Contest. Sponsors disclaims any liability for damage to any computer system resulting from participating in, or accessing or downloading information in connection with the Contest.
Sponsors reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to modify, cancel or suspend this Contest (or any portion of the Contest) should any virus, bug, computer problem or other cause or problem corrupt or inhibit the administration, security or proper operation of the Contest and, in such situation (or in the event of any type of error), to select the winners from eligible entries received prior to the action taken or in such manner as deemed fair and appropriate by Sponsors. In no event will Sponsors be liable for more than the stated number of prizes in these Official Rules. Sponsors may prohibit entrant from participating in the Contest or winning a prize if, in its sole discretion, it determines entrant is attempting to undermine the legitimate operation of the Contest by cheating, hacking, deception, or other unfair practices or intending to annoy, abuse, threaten or harass any other entrant or Sponsors’ representatives. Releases have not made and/or are not responsible for any misrepresentation or guarantee, express or implied, in fact or in law, relative to the prizes. By accepting a prize, winner agrees and acknowledges that Sponsors may use winner’s name, voice, biographical data, likeness and city name in any and all media throughout the universe and in perpetuity for promotional purposes without additional compensation, except where prohibited by law.
By entering the Contest, entrants agree that: (1) any and all disputes, claims, and causes of action arising out of or connected with the Contest, or any prizes awarded, shall be resolved individually, without resort to any form of class action; (2) any and all claims, judgments and awards shall be limited to actual out-of-pocket costs incurred, including costs associated with entering the Contest, but in no event will attorneys’ fees be awarded or recoverable; and (3) under no circumstances will any entrant be permitted to obtain any award for, and entrant hereby knowingly and expressly waives all rights to seek, punitive, incidental or consequential damages and/or any other damages, other than actual out-of-pocket expenses, and/or any and all rights to have damages multiplied or otherwise increased.

WINNERS LIST: For the names of the prize winners, available after ~June 10, 2025 or a copy of these Official Rules, send a self-addressed, stamped envelope to: SmugMug Inc., 67 East Evelyn Avenue, Mountain View, CA 94041. Please specify “Flickr x Fracture “The Many Faces of Mom” Photo Contest Official Rules” or “Flickr x Fracture “The Many Faces of Mom” Photo Contest Winners List.”