THE DETAILS

Two separate events

Performance Category‐Photographs of dance performance (single or multiple dancers)

Classroom Category‐Photographs of dance class (single or multiple dancers)

Participants may send one photograph per category

Open to both Amateur and Professional Photographers

Winning photographs will be considered for appearance in Dance Studio Life Magazine

How To Enter the National Dance Week Photography Contest

All entries must include a high quality, hard copy of the photograph (minimum 5x7, max 8x10), along with a cd containing a high resolution copy of the photograph (300 dpi minimum)

Entries may be in black and white or color. Please do not send photo copies

Submit your photos to: NDW 2008 Photography Contest, c/o Dance Studio Life, P.O. Box

2150, Norton, MA 02766.

All entries must be accompanied by an entry form (included below) with name of the photographer, address, phone number, fax and e‐mail address, along with the TITLE of the photograph affixed to the back of each image.

All submissions to be returned require a self addressed and stamped envelope sent in at the time of submission.  All entries must be postmarked no later than April 1, 2009.

For questions or more details, contact us @508-285-6650 or email rhee@rheegold.com

OFFICIAL RULES

1.       Judge's decision is final.

2.       Void where prohibited by law.

3.       Only one photograph may be submitted per household, per category.

4.       Photo submissions will be returned to you if you include a self‐addressed, stamped envelope.

5.       Do not enclose photos in binders or mounted on paper.  

6.       Only original work may be submitted. Models and any other recognizable person(s) seen in the photograph must have agreed to authorize the photographer to extend commercial use of the image. Winning photographers will be asked to provide a model release at the time of publication.

7.       No purchase necessary.

8.       Mail your entry, postmarked no later than April 1, 2009 to: NDW Photo Contest 2009, c/o

Dance Studio Life, P.O. Box 2150, Norton, MA 02766.

9.       Employees of the Rhee Gold Company or Dance Studio Life and its affiliated companies, agents, retailers, distributors, suppliers, advertising and promotion agencies and their immediate families are not eligible to win.

10.   Odds of winning depend on the number of eligible entries received.

11.   The prize winners will be required to sign and return any applicable forms required by tax authorities and Rhee Gold Company or Dance Studio Life within 30 days of notification or the prize will be forfeited.

12.   Prizes may not be transferred or assigned. Only the prizes described in these Official Rules will be awarded. All applicable federal, state and local taxes on the prize are the winner's sole responsibility. Participants waive the right to assert as a cost of winning any prizes and all costs of verification and redemption of said prizes and any liability which might arise from redeeming or seeking to redeem said prizes. The prizes will be awarded only if participants comply with these official rules.

13.   By participating and redeeming the prizes, the winners release Rhee Gold Company or Dance Studio Life, its affiliates and respective directors, officers, employees and agents, including advertising and promotion agencies, from any and all liability with respect to the prizes.

14.   By participating, winners agree to allow Rhee Gold Company or Dance Studio Life to post their names and photograph online or in any print medium deemed appropriate by the Rhee Gold Company or Dance Studio Life without further compensation.

15.   Except where prohibited, by accepting prizes the winners agree to the use of their names, addresses and/or photographs, videotapes or any likenesses and biographical information for

advertising or publicity purposes and to the use of statements made by or attributed to the

prize winners relating to the Rhee Gold Company or Dance Studio Life and any and all rights to said use without further compensation.

16.   Photos must be the property of the entrant and may not have been nationally published or be under consideration for publication or prizes elsewhere.

17.   All photographs will become the property of NDW and Dance Studio Life jointly; they may be used by the National Dance Week or Dance Studio Life at their discretion in promotional activities which may include, but are not limited to: website display, screensaver or wallpaper entry, press releases etc. The Rhee Gold Company or Dance Studio Life also retains the right to use winning photos for their own editorial or promotional purposes without compensation to the photographer but will credit the photographer with any further such use of the photos after return of the signed release. In addition, the Rhee Gold Company or Dance Studio Life, at their discretion, retains the right to provide the winning photos to outside organizations who wish to publish or display them. In this instance, the Rhee Gold Company or Dance Studio Life will require that the photos appear with credit to the photographer as well as the Rhee Gold Company or Dance Studio Life.

18.   Photographer retains copyright of the photograph, and is permitted to include a one line "blending" (muted to the background) copyright line in the lower right corner of the photograph which may not extend more than 25% left of the right start line of the image. Font size must be 8 or lower.

19.   Photographs will be judged on the basis of their originality, imagination, and ability to capture the spirit of dance.

20.   Entrants must be able to provide original transparencies, negative or print if requested.

By participating in the contest, you agree to abide by and be bound by these Official Rules, and it is your responsibility to ensure that you have so complied. The determination of the winners will be final and binding in all matters relating to this contest. For the names of the winners (available after June 1,

2009) send a self‐addressed stamped envelope to: Winners: NDW Photography Contest 2009, c/o Dance

Studio Life, P.O. Box 2150, Norton, MA 02766.