Artwork Contest Official Rules
Be sure to carefully read all of the rules and requirements before you begin creating your artwork because you will be required to agree and to follow all official rules and requirements.
No purchase or payment of any kind is necessary to enter or win this contest: A PURCHASE WILL NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING. ALL FEDERAL, STATE, LOCAL, AND MUNICIPAL LAWS AND REGULATIONS APPLY. THIS CONTEST IS VOID WHERE PROHIBITED.
The Objective: of the contest is to bring a passage from the book, Star People: Mystery of the Hologram, to life through an original artistic creation. Your artwork (based on the information on this website) can be of one or all of the figures who are described as being depicted on the wall inside an Egyptian pyramid. Your creation can be made to look like Egyptian art or be expressed in any style you choose.
Eligibility: The contest is open to legal residents, ages 13-18, of 49 United States and the District of Columbia, with the exclusion of the state of Arizona. All entrants must be between 13 and 18 years of age. Adults may advise or consult but are not allowed to be hands-on participants. No assistance or contribution can be made by persons not listed on this entry form, and no professional consultants, companies or artists can assist in the creation of this artwork.
Sponsors: The contest is sponsored by the Rocky Mountain Hyp. Center, LLC, 7112 W. Jefferson Ave., Suite 105, Lakewood, Colorado, 80235, U.S.A.
Agreement to Official Rules: Participation in the contest constitutes the entrants’ full and unconditional agreement to and acceptance of these Official Rules and the decisions of the sponsor which are final and binding. Winning a prize is contingent upon being compliant with these Official Rules and fulfilling all other requirements set forth herein.
Contest Period: The contest begins on September 1, 2024, at 12:01 a.m. (Mountain Time) and ends on October 31st, 2024, at 11:59 p.m. (Mountain Time). Entries that are submitted before or after the Contest Period will be disqualified. The Sponsors of this contest will not verify receipt of entries. Entries will not be returned. Limit one entry per person. One winner per household. Incomplete entries are void. Sponsors are not responsible for entries that are lost, late, misdirected, incomplete, incomprehensible, illegible, damaged, undeliverable or delayed. Electronic and email entries will be deemed to have been submitted by the authorized account holder of the email address at the time of the entry. The authorized account holder is the person to whom the applicable internet service provider or other organization (such as a business or educational institution) has assigned the email address.
Judging: Judges of the competition will include the author, the marketing managers for the Star People Trilogy, and the assistant manager of editing and marketing. The judging criteria will include overall creativity, alignment/composition, the tone or mood, the use of color, the use of light, capturing the essence of the characters being described in the passage, originality, and the general appeal of the artwork. In order to ensure fairness, judging will be based on the merit of the artwork itself and judges will not be given personal identifying information about the artists during the judging process. In the event of a tie, both entrants will be considered co-first place winners, and both will receive first place prize money.
How to enter: Entrants must submit their entries via email with two attachments:
- A scanned .jpeg of the signed entry form.
- A scanned .jpeg photo of the artwork.
Entries are to be sent via email to contest@starpeopletrilogy.com. Be sure to include your name, email address physical mailing address and appropriate signatures (on the entry form) when you submit. No formats, other than .jpeg formats, will be allowed. Emails with format attachments, other than .jpeg formats, will be immediately deleted and disqualified. Limit one (1) entry per person, as tracked by entrant’s email address. Additional entries in excess of the stated limitation will be void.Prizes: Cash awards will be distributed in the form of a cashier’s checks as follows: The first-place winner will receive $200 (two hundred dollars), second place will receive $100 (one hundred dollars), third place will receive $50 (fifty dollars). Sponsors reserve the right to substitute any prize with another prize of equal or greater value if the advertised prize is not available.
Winner Notification: Each potential winner along with their parent or guardian will be notified by phone or email on or before December 1st. Winning entrants must respond to the contest organizers before December 10th, 2024, to receive their prize. If the potential winner cannot be contacted and/or fails to respond by December 10th, 2024, they will forfeit the prize, and it will be transferred to the entry considered to be the next runner-up. Please make sure we have your correct email, and you check that email during that time frame. The Sponsor is not responsible for incomplete, incomprehensible, illegible, or out-of-service contact information.
Potential winners must continue to comply with all terms and conditions of these Official Rules, and winning is contingent upon fulfilling all requirements. In the event that a potential winner is disqualified for any reason, Sponsor will award the applicable prize to the entry considered to be the next runner-up.
Winners must execute an affidavit of eligibility and liability and publicity release. If winners are unable or unwilling to do so, the Sponsors have the right to award the applicable prize to an alternate winner from among the remaining eligible entries.
Prizes will be awarded in the form of cashier’s checks and mailed on or before December 31st, 2024.
Names of the winners will be posted on this website (www.starpeopletrilogy.com) by December 31st, 2024. By entering this competition, winners agree that their names, state of residence and artwork can be posted on said website.The Award for the School. The school represented by the first-place winner will receive a cashier’s check in the amount of $ 250 to be used for the purpose of purchasing art supplies or equipment for their art program. In the event that the first-place winner is being home schooled, they may designate a K-12 school in their area to receive the prize. The award money can only be given to a legally accredited learning institution and not to a home school.
In the event that a first-place winner is unable or unwilling to follow all of the terms of this agreement, the Sponsor will award the applicable prize to the entry considered to be the next runner-up and the school prize money will be awarded to the school the runner-up has designated to be the recipient.
No Computer Assistance or Artificial Intelligence: Absolutely, under no circumstances, can art created by computers or artificial intelligence be used in this competition. Signatures by both the artist and a parent or guardian are required to verify that no computer assistance was used in any part of the creation of the artwork.
Artwork Must Be Completely Original: Signatures on the entry form attest that both the artist and parent/guardian agree that the artwork entered in the contest is completely original and has not been copied from any other source. Entrants may not incorporate any third-party materials, copyrights, trademarks, or likenesses in their artwork. Plagiarized work will be automatically disqualified.
If any part of the artwork contained in a winning entry is found to be copied, plagiarized, or generated in any part by AI or machine learning models, and the artist has received the prize money before the plagiarism was revealed, the artist will be advised by the contest sponsors to give all award money to the creator of the original source material. Additionally, the artist may face legal issues with the originator(s) of the original source material. Sponsors of this contest assume no responsibility if an entrant should plagiarize any part of their work. Instead, the entrant will be 100% responsible for all legal costs and consequences for their actions. Entrant shall indemnify and hold harmless Sponsors for all damages, fees, and costs associated with any claims or legal action made against Sponsors in connection with copyright infringement, trademark infringement, invasion of privacy, or violation of publicity rights related to any artwork submitted as part of the Contest.
Entrants who violate these copyright policies will be held liable to reimburse the Sponsors, the author and all parties connected with this contest for all fines, legal fees and expenses if a lawsuit is brought as a result of any misconduct, including copyright infringement, by a third party.No Entrants Allowed with Personal Relationships to The Sponsors: No one may enter this contest who has a relationship with the author, book publisher, marketing or publicity personnel involved in this project.
Artwork Ownership and Rights: Artists will maintain all ownership rights to their material; however, by signing the entry form, artists and parent/guardians are allowing the author and his representatives the right to use said artwork for marketing and promotional purposes for the Star People Trilogy for a period of three (3) years from the date the entry was received.
Some of the entries can or may be posted and displayed on the official Star People website (www.starpeopletrilogy.com) for a period of three (3) years without compensation other than cash prizes distributed to the winners. All entries posted on the Star People website will include the artist’s name, and state. If an entrant prefers to be listed as “anonymous,” rather than have their name associated with their work, they must submit a written statement to that effect. That statement must accompany the entry form.Personal Information: Contest entrants agree to receive emails regarding this competition and the Star People Trilogy. No personal information will be distributed or shared, and emails will not be shared or sold. Please notify us with your entry email if you would prefer to opt out and not receive any email information about the contest or book. See our Privacy Practices at www.starpeopletrilogy.com for details.
No Associations with Social Media Outlets: While this contest might be posted and/or advertised on social media outlets, it is in no way sponsored, endorsed, administered by or associated with any social media outlets. Additionally, no social media outlets are liable for any legal actions connected to this contest.
General Conditions: In the event that the operation, security, or administration of the Contest is impaired in any way for any reason, including, but not limited to fraud, virus, unauthorized human intervention or other technical problem, or in the event the Contest is unable to run as planned for any other reason, as determined by the Sponsor in its sole discretion, the Sponsor may, in its sole discretion, either (a) suspend the Contest to address the impairment and then resume the Contest in a manner that best conforms to the spirit of these Official Rules or (b) terminate the Contest and, in the event of a termination, award the prize at random from among eligible, non-suspect entries received up to the time of the impairment. The Sponsor reserves the right in its sole discretion to disqualify any individual it finds to be tampering with the entry process or the operation of the Contest or to be acting in violation of these Official Rules or in an unsportsmanlike or disruptive manner. Any attempt by any person to damage the website or undermine the legitimate operation of the Contest may be a violation of criminal and civil law, and should such an attempt be made, the Sponsor reserves the right to seek damages (including attorney’s fees) and any other remedies from any such person to the fullest extent permitted by law. Failure by the Sponsor to enforce any provision of these Official Rules shall not constitute a waiver of that provision.
Non-suspect entries are those entries found to be one hundred percent free of fraud, virus, unauthorized human intervention, technical problems, or any other issues that in any way cause the Contest to be unable to run as planned for any other reason.Release and Limitations of Liability: By participating in the Contest, entrants agree to release, discharge, hold harmless and indemnify the Sponsor, their employees, agents and representatives, officers and directors and their immediate families, successors and assigns, subsidiaries, shareholders, affiliates, advertising and promotional agencies, other companies associated with the Contest and all others associated with the development and execution of this Contest, (the Released Parties), from and against any claim or cause of action arising out of participation in the Contest, participating in any Contest-related or prize-related activity or receipt or use of the prize (including any travel or activity related thereto), from any and all tax liability that may be imposed or associated with receipt or use of the prizes, and from and against any and all claims, actions, proceedings, and liability for any damages, expenses, fees, injury or losses (INCLUDING PERSONAL INJURY OR DEATH) including, but not limited to: (a) any technical errors associated with the Contest, including lost, interrupted or unavailable Internet Service Provider (ISP), network, server, wireless service provider, or other connections, availability or accessibility or miscommunications or failed computer, satellite, telephone, cellular tower or cable transmission, lines, or technical failure or jumbled, scrambles, delayed, or misdirected transmissions or computer hardware or software malfunctions, failures or difficulties; (b) unauthorized human intervention in the Contest; (c) mechanical, network, electronic, computer, human, printing or typographical errors; (d) lost, late, incomplete, garbled, illegible, undelivered, stolen, damaged, delayed, postage-due or misdirected mail, entries, any other errors or problems in connection with the Contest, including, without limitation, errors that may occur in the administration of the Contest, the announcement of the winner, the cancellation or postponement of the event and/or, if applicable, or any Contest-related materials; or injury, death, losses or damages of any kind, to persons or property which may be caused, directly or indirectly, in whole or in part, from entrants participation in the Contest or acceptance, receipt or misuse of the prize (including any travel or activity related thereto). Entrant further agrees that in any cause of action, the Released Parties liability will be limited to the cost of entering and participating in the Contest, and in no event shall the entrant be entitled to receive attorney’s fees. Released parties are also not responsible for any incorrect or inaccurate information, whether caused by site users, tampering, hacking, or by any equipment or programming associated with or utilized in the Contest. Entrant waves the right to claim any damages whatsoever, including, but not limited to, punitive, consequential, direct, or indirect damages.
Terms and Conditions; Limitation of Liability: Participants are responsible for complying with all applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations and with these Contest Rules, and by entering, participants agree to be bound to these Contest Rules. Any security breach or other attempt by an entrant or other party to tamper with the proper administration of the Contest will disqualify the entrant and may result in civil or criminal action against the entrant or other party and may result in the discontinuation, suspension, or cancellation of the Contest. By entering the Contest or by winning, participants grant to the Sponsor the right to publicize the participant’s name, likeness, voice, statements, and biographical information for advertising, trade, and promotion purposes without compensation and without opportunity for review, except where prohibited by law. Winners must execute an affidavit of eligibility and liability and publicity release. A parent or legal guardian of winners under the age of 18 will also be required to execute an affidavit of eligibility and liability and publicity release on behalf of the minor child. Winners under the age of 18 must be accompanied by a parent or legal guardian to participate in all Contest-related activities, including claiming the prize. The Sponsors retain the discretion to make all decisions regarding the interpretation and application of these rules. All decisions of the Sponsors are final and discretionary. In the event the selected winner(s) of the prize are/is ineligible or refuse(s) the prize or in the event the prize is forfeited for any other reason, they will forfeit the prize and it will be transferred to the entry considered to be the next runner-up. Prizes may be considered income, and any and all taxes associated with prizes are the responsibility of winner.
Disputes: Except where prohibited, each entrant agrees that any and all disputes, claims and causes of action arising out of, or connected with, the Contest or any prize awarded shall be resolved individually, without resort to any form of class action, and exclusively by the appropriate court located in Jefferson County, Colorado. All issues and questions concerning the construction, validity, interpretation and enforceability of these Official Rules, entrant’s rights and obligations, or the rights and obligations of the Sponsor in connection with the contest, shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of Colorado, without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law rules, which would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdiction other than Colorado. The Sponsors of this contest reserve the right to change, alter, or amend these Contest rules as necessary, in their sole discretion, to ensure the fair administration of the Contest or to comply with applicable law.
Official Rules and List of Winners: To receive a copy of these official Contest Rules or a list of the winners, go to www.starpeopletrilogy.com. Entrants may also request this information by mailing a request to the address given in clause number four.
Sponsors Right To Cancel: Sponsors maintain the right to cancel, suspend, or modify this promotion if, in the unlikely event, that any problem prevents the promotion from running as planned.