THE GUIDANCE ART CONTEST TERMS AND CONDITIONS

Contest Host: Amouage International

Contest Sponsor: Amouage International 

 

Eligibility

To be eligible to participate (in each case as an “Eligible Participant”) in the GUIDANCE ART CONTEST (“Contest”), you must satisfy the following criteria:

be age of eighteen or older (18);

Employees of Sponsor or its affiliates, advertising or promotion agencies, those involved in the production, development, implementation or handling of this Contest, any agents acting for, or on behalf of the above entities, their respective parent companies, officers, directors, subsidiaries, affiliates, service providers, prize suppliers, any other person or entity associated with Contest (collectively “Contest Entities”) and/or members of their immediate families (spouses, children, siblings, parents) and/or persons living in the same household as such persons, whether or not related, are ineligible to enter the Contest.

Participation constitutes full and unconditional agreement to, and acceptance of, these Official Rules. This Contest is subject to, and all Eligible Participants shall comply with, all applicable federal, state and local laws and regulations. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED BY LAW.

 

Contest Period

The Contest begins on October 1st, 2023, at 12:00 p.m. UTC and ends October 31st, 2023. Sponsor’s time clock is the official clock for this Contest.

 

Entry into the Contest

To enter the Contest, complete the following steps:

If an Eligible Participant:

Access the Contest at Instagram.com.

Register for the Contest by providing an original artwork with using the hashtags #GuidanceArtContest and #Amouage and tagging the Instagram account of Amouage - @amouageofficial. Eligible Participant may use a location-specific hashtag featuring their country of residence after the #GuidanceArtContest hashtag. 

 

The Entry must:

depict the Eligible Participant’s interpretation of Guidance.

be an original work of art in any of the following media/formats: drawing, painting, mixed-media, or digital;

be of an original artwork.

be uploaded to Instagram in a digital format.

not contain copyrighted material;

not contain threatening, offensive, or abusive material;

be otherwise in full compliance with these Official Rules.

Entries must be received by 12:00 p.m. UTC on October 31st, 2023.

 

All required Entry Information must be completed in full to be considered. Proof of delivery or receipt of any kind of Entry will not be deemed by Sponsors as proof of Entry. Any attempted form of Entry other than as described herein is void. Each Entry will be judged on the criteria set forth below. Entries that contain information that is not reasonably pertinent to the judging criteria (described below), as determined by Sponsors in its sole discretion, or is otherwise in violation of these Official Rules will be disqualified. As determined by Sponsor any Entry that includes obscenities, objectionable material, defames or invades the publicity or privacy rights of any person, living or deceased, or otherwise infringes upon any third party’s personal or proprietary rights, publicity rights, will be disqualified. Entries that are incomplete, illegible, or corrupted are void and will not be accepted. Normal time, toll, connection and usage rates, if any, charged by your Internet service provider will apply. For your Entry to be valid, you must acknowledge reading, accepting, and agreeing to all terms and conditions set forth in these Official Rules. 

 

Selection of Winners

Eligible Entries will be judged by Sponsors’ designated representative(s) (collectively “Judges”). BUT NOTE THAT THEY MAY BE REVIEWED ON A ROLLING BASIS AS THEY ARE RECEIVED. All eligible Entries will be judged by the Judges, who will select one (1) winner globally and an undisclosed amount of winners to be selected by local distributor markets. 

 

Prizes:

The following prizes will be awarded to the winning Eligible Participants (each a “Winner”):

Total Prizes: A total of one (1) prizes (each a “Prize”) will be awarded consisting of: one (1) airfare tickets and accommodation with all-inclusive payments to the Amouage Voyage to Muscat in April, 2024. 

 

Winners will be announced in November, 2023. 

 

Prize Award

All potential Winners will be contacted through their Instagram channel. The failure to respond in a timely manner to the notification shall result in forfeiture of the Prize. Sponsor will request, and potential Winner agrees to provide, confirmation of parental permission/consent, an affidavit of eligibility and liability/publicity release covering eligibility, liability, advertising, publicity and media appearance issues, unless prohibited by law. A Prize will not be awarded until necessary information has been collected and all properly executed forms are returned (“Verification”). Upon completion of Verification, a potential Winner shall become a Winner. No transfer of any Prize. It is expressly understood that the Sponsor is under no obligation to any Winner other than as expressly set forth herein. Each Winner is solely responsible for all federal, state, and local taxes and fees associated with the receipt of a Prize. Should federal, state, or local law impose any tax reporting or filing obligations on Sponsor arising out of the Winner’s participation in the Contest (including the Winner’s receipt of and/or use of any Prize), the Winner agrees to timely provide Sponsor with any information that is reasonably needed for Sponsor to comply with any such reporting or filing obligations. 

 

Grant of Rights

Each Entrant unconditionally assigns and transfers all rights, title, interest, claim, ideas, concepts, copyrighted materials, and trademarks contained in any Entry submitted in the Contest and any and all rights including “moral rights” in any Entry submitted in the Contest to the Sponsor. Entrant unconditionally assigns and transfers to Sponsor all rights, title, interest, and/or claim, which he/she now has, or may in the future have to his/her Entry (including any and all essays submitted by the Entrant). Sponsor has the right to use, assign, modify, edit, adapt, dispose of, and electronically alter Entrant’s Entry, including but not limited to, for moral rights, to appear in promotional and/or commercial materials, as well as to reproduce it, in whole or in part, without compensation or additional consent from Entrant, or any third party. Each use of artwork is subject to the approval of the Eligible Participant. 

 

Limitations of Liability and Release

No liability or responsibility is assumed by Sponsor or resulting from any Eligible Participant’s participation in or attempt to participate in the Contest. Sponsor is not responsible for any typographical errors in the announcement of any Prize or these Official Rules. All Eligible Participants must have a valid email address. No responsibility or liability is assumed by the Sponsor or Contest Entities for technical problems or technical malfunction arising in connection with any of the following occurrences which may affect the operation of the Contest: hardware or software errors; faulty computer, telephone, television, cable, satellite, network, electronic, wireless or Internet connectivity or other online communication problems; errors or limitations of any Internet service providers, servers, hosts or providers; garbled, jumbled, or faulty data transmissions; failure of any email transmissions to be sent to or received; lost, late, delayed, or intercepted email transmissions; inaccessibility of the Website in whole or in part for any reason; traffic congestions on the Internet or the Website; unauthorized human or non-human intervention of the operation of the Contest, including without limitation, unauthorized tampering, hacking, theft, virus, bugs, worms; or destruction of any aspect of the Contest, or loss, miscount, misdirection, inaccessibility, or unavailability of an account used in connection with the Contest. By participating in the Contest, Eligible Participants agree to release and hold the Contest Entities harmless from any and all claims, damages, or liabilities arising from or relating to such Eligible Participant’s participation in the Contest including, without limitation, any use or misuse of any Prize. By accepting a Prize, Winner agrees to release, and hold Sponsor harmless for any loss or injury including, without limitation, any personal injury or property damage resulting from participation in the Contest or acceptance or use/misuse of any Prize. The Prize may be deemed compensation to a Winner and may be subject to withholding in accordance with Sponsor’s payroll practices.

 

Publicity Release

Participation in Contest and/or acceptance of a Prize constitutes permission for Sponsor to use, without notice or further compensation, worldwide and in perpetuity, any Eligible Participant’s Entry, photo, likeness, biographical information, statement, and voice in any and all media for any purpose, including without limitation, advertising and promotional purposes as well as in, on or in connection with the Website or the Contest or other promotions, and Eligible Participant hereby releases the Contest Entities from any liability with respect thereto (each a “Publicity Release”).

 

General

By participating, Eligible Participants agree to these Official Rules and Sponsor’s Privacy Policy, which are final and binding in all respects. Unclaimed Prizes will not be awarded.  Winners must comply with any and all requirements and limitations associated with the use of any Prize. If for any reason the Contest is not capable of running as planned, Sponsor reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to cancel, modify, or suspend the Contest.