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HOW TO ENTER:
No Purchase Necessary. Go to the website http://contest.marthawainwright.com/ where you will find the Martha T-Shirt Design Contest website. Once you are connected to the Martha Wainwright T-Shirt Design Contest site, you will be provided with instructions on how to enter your original t-shirt art design along with the Entry Form and Release Form.

Entries must be submitted in a jpeg format (see specifications below) via the Internet. If you are the Selected Entrant you will also be required to sign a hard copy of the Entry Form and Release Form as part of the contest closing documents before the prize will be awarded.

The Contest commences and all entries (including your t-shirt art, Entry Form and Release Form) must be submitted on the website on or (the Contest closing date).

Entrants may submit as many entries as they like as long as the entries meet the following criteria:

  • only jpg images in RGB colour will be accepted (not CMYK);
  • Entries can be hand drawn or created on the computer;
  • A maximum of 4 colours to be used in the design;
  • The image uploaded should be approximately 600 x 600 pixels and under 1 MB file size;
  • The design must be 100% your work;
  • No copyrighted images can be used in anyway;
  • No photos of Martha Wainwright are to be used;
  • You cannot use any of Martha Wainwright's logos unless you draw them yourself and use them in some manipulated way.
  • Retain your hi-resolution version of the design as it will be required to produce the final artwork should you be the Selected Entrant.

PRIZES:
On the website there will be an area for viewers to review and vote on all of the t-shirt design entries. The entries will then be reviewed by Martha. One (1) entry will then be picked from the eligible entries received. The entries will be judged and selected by the judging panel based upon the criteria of 33% originality, 33% creativity and 33% content. Judging will be conducted by the judging panel in its sole and exclusive discretion. All decisions of the judging panel are final. In the event of a tie, a tiebreaker will be conducted based upon skill. For Wisconsin residents only, in the event of a tie, duplicate prizes will be awarded. In the discretion of the judges, the winning entry will appear on a t-shirt which will be produced and sold as Martha merchandise. The Selected Entrant will not receive any compensation from the production or sale of t-shirts. The Selected Entrant will receive the following prizes:
Prizing valued at approx. $500.00

  • 1 (one) T-shirt of the winning design, autographed by the Martha
  • The T-shirt of the winning design featured on tour and online for sale around the world.
  • 2 (two) tickets to one concert of the winner's choice on Martha’s tour and a chance to meet and hang with Martha (*tickets only, travel NOT provided)
  • 1 (one) either iPhone 3 G OR iPod touch 8 GB
  • 1 (one) customized gift bag per the winner's iPod or iPhone from Griffin Technologies

Before being declared a winner, the Selected Entrant if a Canadian resident, must have correctly answered a mathematical skill-testing question posed during a telephone interview or in person, without mechanical or other assistance. Before being declared a winner, the Selected Entrant will be required to sign a Declaration and Release Form confirming compliance with the Contest rules and acceptance of the prize as awarded, releasing Nettwerk Productions, http://contest.marthawainwright.com/and the Artist ("The Sponsors") from any and all liability in association with the contest or the prize and transferring all right, title and interest to the artwork to the Sponsors. The winning artwork will only be included on the t-shirts and the prize awarded on the execution of the release.

The Sponsors reserve the right to cancel this promotion at any time for any reason. The prize is not transferable, refundable, or redeemable for cash. The prize must be accepted as described and as awarded. If a Selected Entrant cannot be reached by 5:00 p.m. (PST) on or a prize notification letter or the prize is returned as undeliverable, or a Selected Entrant is unable or unwilling to comply with the Contest rules, the prize will be forfeited.

ELIGIBILITY:
The Contest is open to everyone worldwide over the age of 12, except for employees of the Sponsors and their affiliated companies, advertising and promotional agencies, and all persons with whom such excepted persons are domiciled. Should an entrant be under the age of majority in the province or state of their residence, a parent or guardian must authorize the minor to enter the Contest by submitting the Entry Form and the Release Form on the minor’s behalf and if a minor is selected as a potential winner, the prize will be awarded to the parent or legal guardian and the parent or legal guardian must sign and return all required documentation.

Individuals may enter this Contest only if entering the Contest will not put them in breach of, or conflict with, any agreements which they are a party to.

GENERAL:
All entrants acknowledge by entering this Contest that any artwork provided on the http://contest.marthawainwright.com/ website as part of this Contest cannot be used by the entrants (or others) for any other purpose whatsoever other than to enter this Contest.

By participating in this Contest, entrants acknowledge compliance with, and agree to be bound by these rules including eligibility requirements and the decisions of the judges, which decisions shall be final and binding upon all Contestants.

Entrants release and hold harmless the Sponsors and any Internet access providers, and their respective divisions, affiliates, related companies, directors, officers, subsidiaries, agents, employees and all others associated with the development and execution of this Contest, from and against any and all liability with respect to or in any way arising from this Contest and the awarding, use, or misuse of any prize, including liability for personal injury or damage to property.

The Sponsors are not responsible for entries which are lost, misdirected or delayed for any reason whatsoever including, but not limited to: technical malfunctions; human error; corrupted data transmission; interruption, deletion, defect or line failures of any telephone network, computer equipment, software or any combination thereof; CDs which are submitted by entrants which are defective or made incorrectly; any inability to access the site; or damage to a user's system occasioned by participating in the Contest. Sponsors are not responsible for lost, late, mutilated, misdirected, illegible, incomplete or postage-due mail or entries or if they violate third party rights or are otherwise not in compliance with these rules. Web entrants must have a valid email address. In the event of a dispute regarding the identity of the person submitting an electronic entry, the entry will be deemed to be submitted by the person in whose name the email account is registered.

No responsibility will be taken for any failure of the Contest website during the promotion, or for any problems or technical malfunctions of a telephone network or lines, computer on-line systems, servers, access providers, computer equipment, software, failure of any entry to be received by Nettwerk Music Group on account of technical problems or traffic congestion on the Internet or at any website, or any combination thereof including any injury or damage to an entrant's or any other person's computer or property related to or resulting from playing or downloading any material in the promotion. The Sponsors reserve the right, in their sole discretion, to cancel or suspend this Contest should a virus, bug or any other cause beyond the reasonable control of the Sponsors corrupt the security or proper administration of the Contest. Any attempt to deliberately damage any website or to undermine the legitimate operation of this promotion is a violation of criminal and civil laws, and should such an attempt be made, the Sponsors reserve the right to seek remedies and damages to the fullest extent permitted by law, including criminal prosecution. Entries are subject to verification and will be declared invalid if they are illegible, mechanically reproduced, mutilated, forged, falsified, altered or tampered with in any way or if they violate third party rights or are otherwise not in compliance with these rules.

Entrants hereby represent and warrant that all artwork and images included in their t-shirt designs are wholly original and that no image or artwork has been copied from any other source or otherwise violate any third party rights. Sponsors will not be responsible or held liable for any images or artwork which are included in any submitted materials which have been copied from any other source.

All entrants to the Contest acknowledge that Martha Wainwright will own all results and proceeds including copyright in and to the entrant's design submitted hereunder. To the extent entrant owns same, entrant hereby assigns such rights to Nettwerk Music Group in perpetuity. Entrant waives any and all moral rights in and to the design and the artwork created hereunder. Entrant acknowledges that Nettwerk Music Group may commercially release or otherwise exploit the artwork design in any manner it deems fit, now or hereinafter invented, without territories limitations, and that entrant shall not be entitled to any payment of any kind as a result of such use or other exploitation. Entrant hereby agrees to indemnify Nettwerk and Artist from any and all breaches of this section and any liability, costs or expenses associated therewithin.

All decisions of the judging panel are final. The chances of being selected depend upon the total number of eligible entries received and upon the decisions of the judging panel. This Contest is subject to all applicable federal, provincial, state and municipal laws and regulations.

No correspondence will be entered into except with the Selected Entrant. Selected Entrant will be notified within two (2) weeks of the contest by mail or telephone. By entering this Contest, except where prohibited by law, the Selected Entrant consents to the use of their name and/or photograph, without compensation, in any publicity carried out by Nettwerk Music Group, http://contest.marthawainwright.com/ and the Artist, in connection with the Contest in any and all media without territorial or time limitations, and they waive all rights with respect to printed, broadcast and other publicity.

All entries become the property of Nettwerk Music Group and none will be returned to the entrants.

The winner will be announced on the http://contest.marthawainwright.com/ website Questions may be emailed to Rachel@nettwerk.com

Nettwerk Music Group: 1545 Wilcox Ave, Ste 200, Los Angeles, CA, 90028