How to Enter:

Please include with each submission the following typewritten information: your name, age (if under 18), category, complete
contact information, including e-mail address, street address, and phone number, as well as a brief description of each image including date and name of the trip. Deadline for submission: September 1, 2009. See website for more information.

What to submit:

Submit up to four photographs that were taken while you were traveling on a GRANDTRAVEL tour. You entries may be prints, transparencies or digital prints. Digital photos must be 300 dpi or higher.

All photographs should accurately reflect the subject matter and the scene as it appeared in the viewfinder. Nothing should be added to an image and nothing should be taken away. Cropping and minor adjustments to color and contrast are acceptable. You must have in your possession the original of any print submitted. If an image is selected as a finalist, the original transparency, negative, or high-resolution electronic file maybe required prior to finalizing contest results.

Please mail your entries to:

GRANDTRAVEL
Photo Contest
1920 N St. NW, Suite 200
Washington, DC 20036-1601

or

email your entires HERE.

Eligibility:

Both grandparents and grandchildren from the 2008 and 2009 tours are eligible to participate in our contest.

Rules:

To enter, participants must be amateur photographers, have traveled with GRANDTRAVEL, and cannot be employees of GRANDTRAVEL. Entries submitted may not have won any other photo contest. Winners will be selected from entries submitted by Grandparents and by Grandchildren.

Judging:

Members of the GRANDTRAVEL staff will make the final decision and the choice will be at their discretion.

Terms and Conditions:

Before winning photos are published, winners will be required to (1) provide model releases, (2) sign an affidavit indemnifying GRANDTRAVEL from any and all claims, including copyright infringements and violation of publicity rights, made in connection with the publishing of winning entries.

By entering the contest, entrants agree to assign their intellectual property rights to GRANDTRAVEL/Academic Travel Abroad, Inc. and permit GRANDTRAVEL/Academic Travel Abroad, Inc. to use the photos in any media, including the Internet.

Please Note:

Photographs will not be returned. By entering this contest, participants agree to waive any and all claims of liability against GRANDTRAVEL, Academic Travel Abroad, Inc. and their respective employees and agents, for any injury or loss that may occur from participation in this contest or receipt of a prize.

Participation in the contest constitutes acceptance of all contest rules.