Into the Forest Photography Contest

NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED BY LAW.

ELIGIBILITY: The Into the Forest Photo Contest ("Contest") is open to legal residents of the fifty (50) United States and District of Columbia, in addition to residents of Canada (with the exception of Quebec) who are 18 years of age or older. Employees of Olympus, OM Digital Solutions Americas, Inc. and their respective parents, subsidiaries, affiliates and advertising and promotion agencies, and members of their immediate family (spouse and parent, children and siblings and their respective spouses, regardless of where they reside) and persons living in the same household, whether or not related, of such employees, are not eligible to enter or win. Void where prohibited by law. Contest is subject to all applicable federal, state and local laws. By participating, each entrant agrees to abide by these Official Rules and decisions of Sponsor and judges, which shall be final and binding in all respects relating to this Contest.

CONTEST PERIOD: The Contest period begins at 8am ET on September 1 2021 and ends at 6pm ET on September 30, 2021 (the "Contest Period").

CONTEST ENTRY INSTRUCTIONS: To enter, during the Contest Period participant must upload the best forest themed photo to the entry page for the Into the Forest Photo Contest; the participant will automatically receive one (1) entry into the Contest (“Entry”). Photo entries must be captured using an Olympus camera.   

Entries must be the original work of the entrant and must not infringe upon the copyrights, trademarks, rights of privacy, publicity or other rights of any person or entity. If the Entry contains any material or elements that are not owned by the entrant, and/or which are subject to the rights of third parties, the entrant is responsible for obtaining, prior to entry, any and all releases and consents necessary to permit the use and exhibition of the Entry by Sponsor in the manner set forth in these Official Rules, including, without limitation, name and likeness permissions from any person who appears in or is identifiable in the Entry. Sponsor reserves the right to request proof of these permissions in a form acceptable to Sponsor from any entrant at any time. Failure to provide such proof may when requested may render the Entry null and void. By making an Entry, entrant warrants and represents that he/she and any persons appearing or who are identifiable in the Entry consent to the Entry and use of the Entry in the Giveaway and to its use as otherwise set forth herein.

LIMIT: Participants may only receive up to a maximum of one (1) Entry into the Contest per participant regardless of the manner of entry. Additional Entries above the one (1) described herein are not permitted. All Entries will be treated equally. Purchase of any Olympus products will not improve your chances of winning. Any attempt by any participant to obtain more than the stated number of Entries by using multiple/different email addresses, phone numbers, identities, registrations and logins, or any other methods will void that participant's Entries and that participant may be disqualified. Use of any automated system to participate is prohibited and will result in disqualification.  In the event of a dispute as to any registration, the first listed name of the authorized account holder of the email address used for the Entry will be deemed to be the participant. The potential winner may be required to show proof of being the authorized account holder.

WINNER NOTIFICATION: One (1) prize winner (hereinafter “Winner”) will be selected by Olympus on October 4, 2021. Winning entrant will be contracted by email within one week of winner selection. Winning photo will be determined based on the following criteria: 

• quality of the composition
•  content/originality
• technical quality
• visual impact
• adherence to the rules of the contest

Winner will be contacted by email to claim their prize. Odds of winning are dependent on the number of eligible Entries received. 

Olympus or its designated representative will make two (2) attempts to contact the selected Winner by e-mail (using the information provided at the time of entry). The potential winner may be required to complete an Affidavit of Eligibility, Liability and Publicity Release (unless prohibited by law), which must be returned within three (3) days from the date appearing on prize notification. Return of prize or prize notification as undeliverable, failure to sign and return requested documentation within the specified time period, the inability of Sponsor to contact a potential winner within a reasonable time period, the failure of a potential winner to respond to the initial notification within the time period specified or noncompliance with these Official Rules by any potential winner will result in disqualification and forfeiture of the prize for the respective winner. A "Winner" will not be declared until such potential winner completes the prize claim process. 

If potential winner resides in Canada, prize redemption would be conditional on answering a skill-testing question. 

PRIZE: The Winner will receive $1000 USD credit to use towards the purchase of Olympus cameras, lenses, and accessories; prize may be redeemed on GetOlympus.com or through an Olympus-authorized photo specialty retailer of the Winner’s choice. Winner is responsible for all federal, state and local taxes associated with Winner’s accept of Winner’s respective prize; and all costs and expenses associated with prize acceptance and use not specified herein as being provided. Winner may not substitute, assign or transfer a prize, but Sponsor reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to substitute a prize (or portion thereof) with one of comparable or greater value. Prizes cannot be redeemed for cash. Prizes are awarded “as is” with no warranty or guarantee, either express or implied. All prize details are at Sponsor’s sole discretion.

USE OF ENTRIES: By entering, Entrants and Winner (as applicable) grant Sponsor and their licensees, successors and assigns, the assignable, perpetual, worldwide, fully-paid, irrevocable, non-exclusive license to publish, reproduce, prepare derivative works of, distribute, display, exhibit, transmit, broadcast, televise, digitize, otherwise use, and permit others to use the Entry, including the names and likenesses of any persons embodied therein, in any manner, form, or format now or hereinafter created, including on the Internet and on Sponsor’s social media sites (such as Instagram), and for any purpose, including, but not limited to, advertising or promotion of Sponsor and/or the Contest, all without further consent from or notice or payment to Entrant or Winner. Released Parties (as defined below) are not responsible for any unauthorized use of Entry by third parties. Sponsor is under no obligation to make use of the rights granted herein.

RELEASE OF LIABILITY: By participating, each entrant agrees to release, indemnify, discharge and hold harmless Sponsor and their respective parents, affiliates, subsidiaries, and advertising and promotion agencies, and the respective officers, directors, shareholders, employees, agents and representatives of the forgoing (collectively, “Released Parties”) from any and all injuries, liability, losses and damages of any kind to persons, including death, or property resulting, in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, from entrant’s participation in the Contest or any Contest-related activity, the acceptance, possession, use or misuse of any prize and/or Sponsor’s use of the rights granted herein.

PUBLICITY GRANT: By participating, each entrant agrees to the use by Sponsor and its designees of his/her name, biographical information, image and/or likeness for advertising, publicity, promotional and other purposes, in any and all media now or hereafter known, worldwide in perpetuity, in any manner, together with other materials, without compensation (unless prohibited by law) or additional consents from entrant or any third party and without prior notice, approval or inspection, and to execute specific consent to such use if asked to do so.

GENERAL CONDITIONS: Released Parties are not responsible for lost, late, incomplete, damaged, inaccurate, stolen, delayed, misdirected, undelivered, or garbled Entries or mail; or for lost, interrupted or unavailable network, server, Internet Service Provider (ISP), website, application, or other connections, availability or accessibility or miscommunications or failed computer, satellite, telephone or cable transmissions, lines, or technical failure or jumbled, scrambled, delayed, or misdirected transmissions or computer hardware or software malfunctions, failures or difficulties, or other errors or difficulties of any kind whether human, mechanical, electronic, computer, network, typographical, printing or otherwise relating to or in connection with the Contest, including, without limitation, errors or difficulties which may occur in connection with the administration of the Contest, the processing or judging of Entries, the announcement of the prizes, the incorrect uploading of the photo or in any Contest-related materials. 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. Released Parties are not responsible for injury or damage to any person's computer related to or resulting from participating in this Contest or downloading materials from or use of the Website. Persons who tamper with or abuse any aspect of the Contest or Website, who act in an unsportsmanlike or disruptive manner or who are in violation of these Official Rules, as solely determined by Sponsor, will be disqualified and all associated Entries will be void. Should any portion of the Contest be, in Sponsor’s sole opinion, compromised by virus, worms, bugs, non-authorized human intervention or other causes which, in the sole opinion of the Sponsor, corrupt or impair the administration, security, fairness or proper play, or Entry of Entries, Sponsor reserves the right at its sole discretion to suspend, modify or terminate the Contest and, if terminated, at its discretion, select the potential winners from all eligible, non-suspect Entries received prior to action taken using the judging procedure outlined above or as otherwise deemed fair and appropriate by Sponsor. CAUTION: ANY ATTEMPT TO DELIBERATELY DAMAGE THE WEBSITE/APPLICATION OR UNDERMINE THE LEGITIMATE OPERATION OF THE CONTEST MAY BE IN VIOLATION OF CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LAWS AND SHOULD SUCH AN ATTEMPT BE MADE, SPONSOR RESERVES THE RIGHT TO SEEK DAMAGES AND OTHER REMEDIES (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ATTORNEYS’ FEES) FROM ANY SUCH INDIVIDUAL TO THE FULLEST EXTENT OF THE LAW, INCLUDING CRIMINAL PROSECUTION.

DISPUTES; GOVERNING LAW: The parties waive all rights to trial in any action or proceeding instituted in connection with these Official Rules, including, without limitation, the Contest. Any controversy or claim arising out of or relating to these Official Rules and/or the Contest shall be settled by binding arbitration in accordance with the commercial arbitration rules of the American Arbitration Association. Any such controversy or claim shall be arbitrated on an individual basis, and shall not be consolidated in any arbitration with any claim or controversy of any other party. The arbitration shall be conducted in the State of New York, City of New York. THESE OFFICIAL RULES AND THE INTERPRETATION OF ITS TERMS SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO ITS CONFLICTS OF LAWS RULES. 

PERSONAL INFORMATION: Information collected from Entrants in connection with this Contest will be used by Sponsor in accordance with its Privacy Policy, available at WWW.GETOLYMPUS.COM.

WINNER LIST: Please contact social@om-digitalsolutions.com for the name of the winner.

SPONSOR: OM Digital Solutions Americas, Inc., 306 S New Street, Suite 110, Bethlehem, PA, 18015 (“Sponsor” or “OM Digital”).