Sea Ray Summer Photo Contest

OFFICIAL CONTEST RULES

NO PURCHASE OR PAYMENT OF ANY KIND IS NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN THIS CONTEST. Purchasing any Sea Ray products or services, or the products or services of their respective affiliates, will not increase your chance of winning.

ELIGIBILITY: To enter the "Sea Ray Summer Photo Contest" (the "Contest"), you must, at the time of entering, be: (a) a citizen of, or a lawful permanent resident of, the United States or Canada (excluding residents of Quebec); and (b) 18 years of age or older. Contest is void in Quebec and where otherwise prohibited by law or otherwise restricted. Employees of Brunswick Boat Group (the "Sponsor") and its affiliated companies, parents, subsidiaries, service partners, and advertising and promotion agencies (collectively, "Contest Entities"), and their IRS dependents, immediate families (i.e. parents, children, siblings, spouse) and members of their households (whether related or not) are ineligible to participate in this Contest.

How To Enter: No purchase is necessary.

Between May 28, 2018 and September 3, 2018 (the "Contest Period"), Sponsor will announce a bi-weekly (once every two weeks) theme (each a “Theme”).  To enter a photo to be considered for each Theme, submit a photo on Twitter, Facebook or Instagram with the hashtag #SeaRaySummer.  Each entry must be received by the day prior to that particular Theme ending.  For example, if a Theme ends on June 10, 2018, all entries for that Theme must be received by midnight June 9, 2018 East Coast Time.  Only one photo entry per person is allowed for each Theme.  Multiple entries by the same person for the same Theme is prohibited.  If an entrant is selected as a winner of a particular Theme, that winner is not eligible to win subsequent bi-weekly Themes; however, all entries received for the last (Grand Prize) Theme are eligible to win the Grand Prize even if an entrant has previously been selected as the winner of a previous Theme. 

Each entrant shall retain the copyright to the entrant’s submitted photo.  By submitting a photo to the Contest, entrant hereby grants to Sponsor and its affiliates and advertising partners a non-exclusive, perpetual, worldwide, royalty-free license to use the Photo in connection with Sponsor’s social media and marketing and advertising of Sponsor’s products via the internet and social media platforms.

In the event of a dispute over the identity of an entrant, entry will be deemed submitted by the owner of the Facebook account associated with the entry or the authorized account holder of the email account of the email address submitted at time of entry. "Authorized account holder" is defined as the natural person who is assigned to a Facebook account or an email address by an Internet access provider, online service provider, or other organization (e.g. business, educational institution, etc.) that is responsible for assigning email addresses for the domain associated with the submitted email address.

PHOTO ENTRY REQUIREMENTS

Winners will be selected based on the Sponsor’s selection of the photo that best represents the particular Theme.  Selection criteria includes: composition, creativity, originality, visual appeal, memorability, wow factor, appropriateness of theme and clarity of expression.

Photo entries must: (a) be uploaded in .jpg format with a maximum file size of 2 MB; (b) contain the hashtag #SeaRaySummer; (c) not contain any copyrighted or trademarked content (other than as owned by the entrant or Sponsor); (d) not show any recognizable individual other than the entrant unless the entrant has obtained permission from all living individuals appearing recognizably in the photo (or the parent/guardian of any minors appearing in the photo); (e) not contain vulgar, pornographic, obscene, reckless, illegal or indecent behavior; (f) not defame or libel any third party; or (g) invade the reasonable privacy of any third party. 

By submitting a photo, the entrant represents and warrants that he or she owns the photo submitted, or has obtained permission from the owner of the photo to enter the photo in this Contest and entrant has obtained permission from all living individuals appearing in the photo (or the parent/guardian of any individuals appearing in the photo who are under 18 years old) to submit the photo as part of this Contest and allow Contest Entities the right to post the photo on the Sponsor's Facebook page in accordance with these Official Rules.

Entries that do not comply with these Official Rules or that otherwise contain prohibited or inappropriate content as determined by the Sponsor, in its sole discretion, will be disqualified and will not be considered for prizes. Sponsor further reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to remove, block or restrict any entry that Sponsor believes does not comply with these rules or edit any entry to blur out third party trademarks, names or logos.

Sponsor makes the final determination as to which entries are eligible to take part in this Contest and Sponsor's decision shall be binding.

PRIZES

Seven (7) winners (six (6) bi-weekly and one (1) grand prize winner) will be selected by Sponsor.  A panel of judges made up of employees of Sponsor will determine the best photo submitted based on the particular Theme for each bi-weekly period.

The first winner will be selected on June 10, 2018. The second winner will be selected on June 24, 2018. The third winner will be selected on July 8, 2018. The fourth winner will be selected on July 22, 2018. The fifth winner will be selected on August 5, 2018. The sixth winner will be selected on August 19, 2018. The seventh winner will be selected on September 3, 2018.

Bi-weekly Winner Prizes:

Six (6) winners of bi-weekly Themes will receive a Sea Ray gift bag filled with Sea Ray gear like water bottles, beach towels, flashlights and koozies. Approximate retail value for each gift bag is $300 USD.   The bi-weekly prizes are not transferable and shall not be redeemable for cash value. 

Grand Prize:

The seventh winner for the last Theme will be selected as the grand prize winner and will receive a $10,000 voucher for a vacation trip through World Travel.  The World Travel voucher must be used towards travel services offered by World Travel including but not limited to airfare, lodging, rental cars and vacation packages by December 31, 2018.  The Grand Prize winner will be able to book any available trip through World Travel up to $10,000 in value, subject to availability.  The grand prize is not transferable and shall not be redeemable for cash value.  A vacation booked through World Travel will be subject to World Travel’s additional policies, terms and conditions.  The Grand Prize winner will be solely responsible for all other expenses including but not limited to food, lodging, transportation, local transportation, taxes, fees and other expenses not included in the World Travel vacation package. 

WINNER SELECTION & NOTIFICATION

The Selection Period begins on June 10, 2018 and ends on September 3, 2018.   Each winner will be notified by email within seven (7) days of the last day of each bi-weekly Theme, and the prize will be shipped within ten (10) business days after the winner has verified his or her mailing address.

The Sponsor's selecting of the beset photo for each Theme is based solely on its own discretion and interpretation of these official rules, and are final and binding in all respects.

CONDUCT:

Entrants who attempt to bypass software or security measures, whether directly or indirectly, will be disqualified.

Comments posted on the Sponsor's Facebook page that it deems offensive, prejudicial, violent, harassing, threatening, profane, misleading, or otherwise objectionable or contrary to the interests of Contest Entities or other entrants will be deleted as determined in the sole discretion of the Sponsor. Sponsor reserves the right to report such instances to Facebook and block access to the Sponsor Facebook page. 

If any entrant believes that another entrant is cheating or attempting to cheat, such entrant should not post accusations of cheating on the Sponsor's Facebook page, but should instead send a message to Sponsor to marketing@searay.com.

CONDITIONS: Entrants acknowledge and understand that the Contest is in no way sponsored, endorsed or administered by, or associated with, Facebook, Instagram or Twitter.

All federal, state or other tax liabilities (including income taxes) arising from this Contest will be the sole responsibility of the winner. Except where prohibited by law, the winner's entry and acceptance of the prize constitutes permission for the Sponsor to use said winner's name and photograph in all forms of media, in perpetuity, without further compensation. Winning entries and prizes are not transferable; no prize substitutions are allowed except by the Sponsor who reserves the right to substitute prizes with prizes of equal or greater value. The prize cannot be redeemed for cash. The Sponsor, its affiliates and agencies are responsible for prize delivery only. Sponsor does not make any representation or warranty with respect to the prizes, and hereby disclaims any and all express and implied warranties, including warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose with respect to the prizes.

Incomplete, inappropriate, unintelligible or otherwise non-compliant entries will be disqualified. Entrants who supply negative or inappropriate photos/comments will be disqualified. Entrant must be the rightful owner of the email account used for entry. Entrants are solely responsible for internet connection and usage rates, if any, charged by your internet service provider. In the event of a dispute as to the identity of an entrant, the authorized Facebook account holder or owner of the email address associated with entry will be deemed to be the entrant. HIGH VOLUME OF ENTRIES OR TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES WITH THE SYSTEM MAY RESULT IN TEMPORARY INABILITY TO ENTER THE CONTEST SUCH THAT AN ENTRANT'S ENTRY IS NOT RECEIVED IN TIME TO PARTICIPATE. SPONSOR IS NOT RESPONSIBLE OR LIABLE SHOULD ANY ENTRIES OR COMMENTS NOT BE RECEIVED DUE TO SUCH DELAYS OR TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES.

WAIVER:

Contest Entities, Facebook, Instagram and Twitter are not responsible for any technical, mechanical, printing, typographical, human or other error of any kind relating to or in connection with the Contest, including, without limitation, errors which may occur in the administration of the Contest, the processing of entries, the announcement of the prize or any Contest-related materials; or for any liability for damage to any computer system resulting from participating in, or accessing or downloading information in connection with this Contest; for incomplete, lost, late, stolen, damaged, inaccurate, illegible, misdirected, garbled, delayed or undelivered entries; or for technical hardware or software malfunctions or failures of any kind, lost, unavailable network connections or failed, incomplete, garbled or delayed computer transmission, which may limit an individual’s ability to participate. Sponsor reserves the right in its sole discretion, to disqualify any entrant or entry that is in violation of the Official Rules or to cancel, suspend or modify the Contest and disqualify any implicated entrant(s), (and their entries) if any fraud, virus, actions by entrants, technical or other error or problem of any kind, or any other occurrence corrupts or affects the administration, integrity, security or proper play of the Contest, as determined by Sponsor in its sole discretion. In the event of cancellation, Sponsor reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to award any prize in a random drawing from among all eligible, non-suspect entries received up to the time of the event or action warranting such cancellation or to take any other action it deems equitable to fairly award any prize.

NO LIABILITY

By entering, entrants and the winners agree to comply with all Official Rules as stated and agree to release, discharge, indemnify and hold harmless the Contest Entities, Facebook, Twitter and Instagram, and each of their respective officers, directors, employees, representatives and agents from and against any claims made by the winner, entrants, or any other third parties, related in any way to the operation of this Contest as well as any other claims, damages or liability resulting in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, from acceptance, possession, misuse or use of any prize or participation in any Contest-related activity or participation in this Contest.

WINNER INFORMATION/OFFICIAL RULES REQUEST

To receive prize, winner information will be collected to mail prize to entrant.