Avenue's Design Competition Rules and Regulations

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The Avenue Design Competition 2012

Prizes:

Finalists will be included in the designer showcase in February and will receive coverage in the February 2012 issue of Avenue magazine and on the Avenue website. At the discretion of the judges, entries that are shortlisted may be featured in the designer showcase and on the Avenue website.

One Grand Prize winning entry will be selected by the judges from the finalists at the designer showcase event.

The Grand Prize winner will receive flight to and accommodation in New York City for two and a public day pass to the International Contemporary Furniture Fair (ICFF) in May 2012.

This contest is sponsored by Avenue magazine, a division of Red Point Media Group Inc. and Boconcept (the "Contest Sponsor"). The contest runs from on or about 9 a.m. MST on February 24, 2011 to 11:59 p.m. MST on October 31, 2011 (the "Contest Closing Date").

Entry Fee: The entry fee is $20 (CDN) per entry. Payment must be received for entries to be judged.

Eligibility:

The contest is open to all legal residents of Canada (except Quebec) that have reached the age of majority in the province or territory in which they reside at the time of entry. Employees (and persons with whom they are domiciled) of the Contest Sponsors, its agents and representatives, its parents, affiliates, subsidiaries and dealers, advertising and promotional agencies, as well as suppliers of materials or services related to this Contest, including the independent contest judges, and including supplier of the prize, are not eligible to enter the Contest.

• Entry Items are limited to completed pieces of furniture or decor accessories including built-in items such as cabinetry. Full rooms are not eligible.

• Entry Items can be made of any material.

• Entry Items must be useable home decor items, including but not limited to furniture, lighting, accessories, ceramics and tableware.

• By entering the contest, entrants vouch that their entry is their own original design and that it is completed and available for use.

• If shortlisted or selected as a finalist, entries must be delivered to or made available to the Contest Sponsor for photography and judging. Entrants are responsible to deliver items to the Contest Sponsor and to the designer showcase at no charge to the Contest Sponsor. At the conclusion of the designer showcase, designers must arrange to pick up their entries at no charge to the Contest Sponsor. For entries that are built in, entrants must make the space available for judging and photography on at least three occasions and entries must be in the Calgary area.

To Enter:

There is only one way to enter:

1) Online entry: To enter on-line, visit www.avenuecalgary.com/design-2012 and complete the entry form for the Avenue Design Competition. The entry fee of $20 must be paid before the contest closing date.

• Limit of one item per entry.

• Designers may enter more than one item but must complete one entry form per item.

• All personal information obtained for this Contest will be used only for the purposes of conducting the Contest.

Entries that are incomplete, lost, stolen, late, delayed, misdirected, illegible, damaged, altered, irregular, destroyed, have been submitted through illicit means, or do not conform to or satisfy any conditions of these Official Contest Rules & Regulations shall be disqualified.

Prizes

Finalists will be included in the designer showcase in February and will receive coverage in the February 2012 issue of Avenue magazine and on the Avenue website. At the discretion of the judges, entries that are shortlisted may be featured in the designer showcase and on the Avenue website.

One Grand Prize winning entry will be selected by the judges from the finalists at the designer showcase event.

The Grand Prize winner will receive flight to and accommodation in New York City for two and a conference pass to the International Contemporary Furniture Fair (ICFF) in May 2012.

The Prize may not be exchanged in whole or in part for cash or other substitutes, is non-transferable, non-refundable, non-saleable and must be accepted as awarded, except that the Contest Sponsor reserves the right at its sole subjective discretion to substitute the prize for a prize of equal or greater value. Any unused portion of the Prize value is forfeited.

The judges reserve the right not to grant a Grand Prize award if, in their opinion, no entry merits one.

Judging

The judging panel, consisting of staff of the Contest Sponsor and design experts, will judge entries based on form, function and finish. The judges will select the finalists based on the entry materials received including photos and descriptions. Finalists will be eligible for the design showcase and the Grand Prize. The Grand Prize winner will be judged on the same criteria, but the judges will see and be able to interact with the pieces during the Design Showcase or at another time if the piece is a built-in item.

The Grand Prize winner will be announced at the conclusion of the Design Showcase. If the selected winner is not at the event, they will be contacted by e-mail within five (5) business days of the date the judges make their selection. If the selected entrant cannot be contacted within five (5) business day, he/she will be disqualified and another Grand Prize Winner from the remaining eligible entries will be selected and the process noted above will be repeated until a selected entrant is contacted or there are no more eligible entries, whichever comes first.

By entering the Contest, entrants, selected entrants, and such entrants' travel companions agree to release and hold harmless the Promotional Parties from any injury, loss or damage of any kind to persons or property, including but not limited to death, resulting in whole or in part directly or indirectly from the acceptance, receipt, possession, use or misuse of the awarded Prize, any portion of such Prize, participation in any Contest-related activity including any travel related thereto or participation in the Contest.

By entering the Contest, selected entrants and such entrants' travel companions agree to fully indemnify the Promotional Parties from any and all claims by third parties without limitation.

General

By entering this Contest, entrants accept and agree to abide by the Official Contest Rules & Regulations and the decisions of the contest judging panel with respect to all aspects of the Contest, which are final, binding and conclusive on all matters relative to this Contest.

In the event it is determined that an entrant has entered in a fashion not sanctioned by these Official Contest Rules & Regulations, the entrant will be disqualified and all of the items submitted by the entrant will be disqualified. Entries are subject to verification by the independent contest judging organization.

The Contest Sponsor, (or the independent contest judging organization) reserves the right to void any entry and/or cancel or modify the Contest in whole or in part (without notice to entrants individually) if, in its sole discretion, it determines that for any reason the Contest is not capable of running as originally planned, fraud, technical failures, human, printing or distribution errors, or any causes or occurrences have compromised the administration, safety, fairness or integrity of the Contest.

In the event of a dispute, entries made by Internet will be declared made by the Authorized Account Holder of the e-mail address submitted at time of entry. "Authorized Account Holder" is defined as the natural person who is assigned to an e-mail address by an Internet access provider, online service provider or other organization (e.g. business, educational institution, etc.) that is responsible for assigning e-mail addresses for the domain associated with the submitted e-mail address.

Any person entering this Contest or trying to do so by any means which go against the intention of these Official Contest Rules & Regulations and which would be unfair to the other participants will be automatically disqualified and the Contest Sponsor reserves the right to seek remedies and damages to the fullest extent permitted by law, including criminal prosecution.

All entries (including the photographs of work and written descriptions entered) become the permanent property of RedPoint Media for use in the contest or promotion of future contests or the magazine at the sole discretion of the publisher.  The ownership of the item remains with the entrant.

The selected entrant may be contacted occasionally by the Contest Sponsor via email, unless the entrant notifies the Contest Sponsor otherwise, for the purpose of informing the entrant of further promotional opportunities.

This Contest is subject to all applicable federal, provincial and municipal laws and is void where prohibited.