Terms and Conditions
Official rules and regulations
The Best Adopted Pet photo/story contest begins at 11:30am Eastern standard time on August 12th, 2008 and ends at 11:59pm on September 30th.
Rules and regulations
1.) Entrants/Winners must be legal residents of the US and at least 18 years of age as of
August 1st, 2008.
2.) How to enter: To enter, submit your 300 dpi jpeg picture along with the story of how you rescued/adopted your pet in the description. Link to the contest entry page can be found at
www.zootoo.com
To be eligible to win, your submission must include the following:
ADOPTED or RESCUED PETS only.
Animals in photo only
File format: JPEG medium or higher compression
Resolution: 300dpi
Original story of the adoption/rescue. All entries MUST include the story of the adoption/rescue to be eligible to win. The story MUST BE WRITTEN IN THE “DESCRIPTION” box and may be no longer than 2000 characters. PLEASE BE SURE TO DRAFT YOUR STORY FIRST AND SPELL CHECK, ETC. BEFORE SUBMITTING. ONCE SUBMITTED NO CHANGES CAN BE MADE.
Animals of any species, as long as they were adopted or rescued, will be considered.
To upload a photo and story, you must register with zootoo.com to create your profile. Upload your photo/story on the contest page. Photos and stories are posted on the contest page and are voted on by the zootoo.com community.
3.) Photos and stories must be your original work and you must have full ownership rights to the photo and story. Do not include humans in the photograph. Photos and stories become the property of zootoo.com and DNJ Books, which will have the right, without further consideration, to modify and/or use them in its catalog, website and in any other publication for promotional purposes. By entering, you agree to DNJ Books and Zootoo’s use of your pet’s name, likeness and story for promotional purposes in its TV, radio, web site and any other publication for promotional purposes.
4.) SELECTION OF FINALISTS: The winners will be chosen by the zootoo community and DNJ Books. DNJ Books will select the top twenty-five photos/stories with the most votes from the zootoo community and through a panel of judges, determine the winner. The grand prize winner will win a gift basket with a copy of both WITHOUT A HOME books - Inspiring and heartfelt tales of dog adoptions, and inspiring and heartfelt tales of cat adoptions (autographed by the author) along with both the “Spike” and “Tasha” mascot dolls. Second prize winner will win a copy of both books autographed by the author, and the third prize winner will win their choice of an autographed book. Winners will be posted on
www.dnjbooks.com WINNERS ARE RESPONSIBLE TO CONTACT DNJ BOOKS THROUGH THEIR WEBISTE TO CLAIM PRIZES.
5.) All entries submitted become the property of DNJ Books, and Zootoo LLC and will not be returned. Contest ends September 30th, 2008. Neither DNJ Books or any of its agents, employees, parents, affiliates or subsidiaries are responsible for lost, late, damaged, misdirected, incomplete, postage due mail, for hardware or software or any telephone, electronic, network or computer malfunctions, failures, errors or data inaccuracies. In the event this contest becomes technically corrupt in any way, electronically or otherwise, sponsor reserves the right to cancel, terminate or suspend the contest. In such an event, winners will be selected for any remaining prizes by random drawing from among all valid entries received before cancellation, termination or suspension.
6.) The contest is only open to U.S. residents, 18 years of age or older as of August 1st, 2008. This offer is void wherever prohibited and subject to all federal, state and local laws.
7.) Entrants, by participating in the contest agree to waive any and all claims of liability against DNJ Books, Zootoo.com and their parent, subsidiary and affiliated companies and agencies, representatives and employees from any accident, loss or injury occurring from this promotion or in any way related to the prize or the use or misuse thereof.
8.) Winners hereby agree to the use of their names, addresses (city, state), photographs and likeness, and stories for purposes of advertising, trade and promoting in any and all media on behalf of DNJ Books and Zootoo.com, without further compensation except where prohibited by law.
