Who: Open to all entrants 18 years old and up.
What: We are looking for the cutest photo of your kids from birth to 10 years of age. There is no limit to how many photos you may submit. Photos will go through an approval process prior to online posting.
When: Submissions begin March 13th at 12am CST and end on March 30 at 9pm CST. Voting begins on March 30th at 8am CST and ends April 12th at 7am CST.
Fee: $5 per photo. There is no limit to the number of photos that a person may submit.
Voting: $1 per vote. There is no limit to how many votes a person may submit. The picture with the most votes by April 12th at 7am is the winning picture.
Winning Entry: The winner will receive a 2-hour photo session, a 50 image CD, 1- 8x10 print courtesy of Aurora Photography, LLC. The winning photo will also be featured in DōMo Magazine.
Legal Conditions: By submitting your photos to the 2017 #DoitinDoMo Photo Contest, you agree to the following terms and conditions:
- By entering, you retain copyright and remain the owner of your images and may also continue to use them in any manner you choose. You agree that the images you submit may be uploaded on Downtown RiverMarket’s, Downtown Monroe’s, and Downtown Monroe Alliance’s social media channels or in any other media and may be copied and displayed in any country provided that you are afforded appropriate attribution as the photographer.
- You are entering this contest at your own risk. You must agree that, regardless of the outcome, you will not challenge the results of the #DoitinDoMo Photo Contest (the “Contest”) or file any claims or suits against the Downtown RiverMarket, Downtown Monroe Alliance, the City of Monroe, their affiliates, directors, officers, or employees, arising from the conduct of the Contest. You agree that Downtown RiverMarket and Downtown Monroe Alliance need not return to you any images you submit and that Downtown RiverMarket and Downtown Monroe Alliance may, in its sole discretion, terminate this contest without any liability to you. If Downtown RiverMarket or Downtown Monroe Alliance terminates the Contest before its completion, Downtown RiverMarket and Downtown Monroe Alliance agrees that it will not use your images for any purpose.
- You promise that you are at least 18 years of age, you are not an employee (or an immediate family member of an employee) of the City of Monroe or Downtown Monroe Alliance Board of Directors.
- You promise that the photographs you submit are your own work and do not (to your knowledge) infringe on the rights of any other person or business.
- You promise that any individual persons depicted in the photographs (except outdoor crowd scenes) have given you permission to use their image or that of their child’s in your photograph. We ask for this promise because we want you to be respectful of the persons you photograph and considerate of their sensitivities concerning the use of their image in your photograph.
- You agree that neither Downtown RiverMarket, Downtown Monroe Alliance, nor City of Monroe are endorsing any organization depicted in the photographs entered in, or chosen as winners of, the Contest.
- You agree that Downtown RiverMarket and Downtown Monroe Alliance will not pay you for your images, whether you win a prize or not.
- You agree that neither Downtown RiverMarket, Downtown Monroe Alliance, nor City of Monroe are acting as an agent, publisher, or intermediary for the photograph(s) you submit. Any inquiries from outside parties about the purchase or use of your photograph(s) will be passed on to you, the photographer, directly. Downtown RiverMarket and Downtown Monroe Alliance hold copyright to the collection of photos that constitute the #DoitinDoMo Photo Contest.
- By entering this Contest, you agree that Downtown RiverMarket or Downtown Monroe Alliance may verify the eligibility, ownership and originality of any submission, and that upon request, you shall submit a written copy of any release, license, or permission you have received from a third party granting you the right to use such submission. You understand that in the event your submission is selected as a winning submission and your ownership rights and the originality of your submission cannot be verified to the satisfaction of the Downtown RiverMarket or Downtown Monroe Alliance, or it is in any other way ineligible, the Downtown RiverMarket shall select an alternate winner based on the same Judging Criteria. Neither Downtown RiverMarket, Downtown Monroe Alliance, nor City of Monroe assume liability to third parties for unverified ownership rights claimed by entrants.
- If after announcing the winners Downtown RiverMarket or Downtown Monroe Alliance determines that a winner has misrepresented, misstated, or mischaracterized his or her submission in any way, or is not the rightful owner of the submission, the submission may be disqualified from the Contest, and any prizes or privileges received by the entrant as a result of winning this contest may be rescinded. Any determinations made by Downtown RiverMarket or Downtown Monroe Alliance in withdrawing and disqualifying any submission will be final.