Guest Photo Contest Fine Print

2020 Photo Contest Fine Print

Limit 10 photos per guest per trip. There will be no compensation for photos that are submitted and not selected except the top 3 winners.

Contest winners are chosen annually. Submissions for the annual contest are due by December 31st. Winners will be notified typically by February 14th or shortly thereafter. Submissions arriving after December 31st will automatically be entered in the next year’s contest. There are three Grand Prize winners in the contest: 1st place wins a free seat on a 2027 Western Spirit Trip, 2nd place wins $1,000 in trip credit, 3rd place wins $500 in trip credit, Trip credit will be announced and they will receive a code via email to use this credit redeemable immediately. Trip credit is applicable to any Western Spirit trip and has a year expiration date. Western Spirit retains the right to use any photo submitted at any time in the future. Whether the Photographer is compensated for a winning photo or not, Western Spirit retains the right to reuse it at will, for all time, for no additional payment.

Photographic submissions: Please provide only the original, unmodified digital camera image. Western Spirit will consider no submission that it identifies as obscene, provocative or otherwise containing objectionable content, nor will we consider submissions from employees of Western Spirit or their families.

By submitting a photo for consideration, you warrant and represent that the photo you submit (the “Submission”) is your own original work, that you alone own copyright to the Submission, and that no other party has any right, title, claim or interest in the Submission. You grant to Western Spirit and its licensees a royalty-free, worldwide, perpetual license to display, distribute and reproduce the Submission, in whole or in part, in any medium now existing or subsequently developed for editorial purposes without further review or participation from you. You attest that the Submission was taken on a Western Spirit trip. In the event recognizable people other than Western Spirit guests appear in the Submission, you warrant that you have permission from the model or models, authorizing publication of the Submission. If you are selected as a finalist, you also grant Western Spirit the right to use your name on the Western Spirit website, in emails and print publications.

Western Spirit retains full editorial control over the selection of, and the decision not to select, any particular Submission for publication.