PV Magazine Student Photo Contest Official Rules Eligibility:

You must be a high school student and currently live on the Palos Verdes Peninsula or attend high school on the Palos Verdes Peninsula in the 2021-22 school year to participate.

To Enter:
1. Submit your digital photograph. Each file should be named with your full name.
2. All submissions should be hi-res .jpg or .tiff files suitable for printing. Minimum 3MB file.
3. We will accept (1) entry per person.
4. All photos should be submitted by April 30th, 2022
5. Written description should include title of the photograph, student’s name, school and grade and 2-3 sentences explaining why the photo is so significant or the inspiration behind it.
6. Submit your entry by clicking below.

General Rules & Limitations:
1. By entering, you represent that: (i) your entry is your own original work; and (ii) you own or have the rights to convey any and all right and title in any material submitted as part of your entry into the Contest.
2. By entering, you grant to PV Magazine a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free license to edit, publish, promote, republish at any time in the future and otherwise use your submission, along with your name and likeness, in any and all media for any purpose, without further permission, notice or compensation (except where prohibited by law). PV Magazine is not responsible for technical, hardware or software failures, or other errors or problems which may occur in connection with the Contest, whether computer, network, technical, mechanical, typographical, printing, human or otherwise, including, without limitation, errors or problems which may occur in connection with the administration of the Contest, the processing or judging of entries, the announcement of the prizes, in any Contest-related materials, or that may limit prize fulfillment or a participant’s ability to enter the Contest. Sponsor reserves the right to amend these official rules and to permanently disqualify from the Contest any person it believes has intentionally violated these official rules.
3. PV Magazine is not responsible for lost, late, inaccurate, incomplete, damaged, illegible, or misdirected entries.
4. All entries may be published on the PV Magazine website, its social media outlets, or its advertising. Nothing in these Contest rules obligate PV Magazine to publish or otherwise use any photo submitted in connection with the Contest.
5. Each entry must be the original creation of the submitting participant. Only non-commercial work may be submitted. Entries may not contain profanity, nudity, pornographic images, violent images, anti-competition messages, illegal material, or material that violates the rights of third parties. Entries containing any forbidden matter or material otherwise deemed by Sponsor to be inappropriate will be disqualified.

**JUDGING:**
1. A panel of judges and PV Magazine  will select the winning entries based equally upon the criteria of skill, originality, and relevance.
2. By entering, you agree to be bound by these Official Rules, and that the decisions of the judges are final and binding in all respects. Judging will begin once all entries have been received on April 30th, 2022.
Winners will be notified by May 30th, 2022.

**PRIZE AWARDS: **
First place Winner will receive a $150 Visa Gift Card and photo featured in PV Magazine print and digital
Second place Winner $75 Visa Gift Card and photo featured in PV Magazine print and digital
Third place Winner $50 Visa Gift Card and photo featured in PV Magazine print and digital

*All questions should be directed to: pvmagazinephotocontest@gmail.com