Thread: Design new mascot contest

Tweet

Design the New Halloween Forum Mascot Contest

We are looking for a new mascot to:
· Use in the forum site and design
· Use in promotional materials
· Use in future contests for members
· Other fun stuff


CONTEST:
Design Our New Mascot

PRIZE:
$200. (Two hundred Dollars) USD
(Will only be either sent via PayPal or an address in the USA. )

CRITERIA:
Please keep in mind that we would like to use this mascot on our site and promotional material. It does not have to be complicated. Sometimes simple is good.
All entries should be scalable. It should look good when it is large as well as small.
Must be legal! If you pull graphics from a web site, this is normally not legal. Graphics should be unique and new.

Must not be adult oriented / must be family safe as children will see.

We do not want to limit creative ideas, so we shall not put too much criteria.

Mascot can be almost anything that can relate to Halloween. A skeleton, ghost, pumpkin, etc. Just must be unique to the forum. The mascot should NOT contain our logo as it is to be placed next to our logo.

Accepted Formats:
.PSD file (with all layers / Not Flattened)
or
.Tiff (with all layers / Not Flattened)

Colors:
Designs can be anywhere from 1 color to full color. Photos should not be submitted.

Resolution:
Images should be 300 DPI
Lower quality images cannot be used.

Dimensions
2400 pixels x 2400 pixels / 8 inches x 8 inches in order to insure a quality image.

Submission Deadline:
05/15/10

How to Submit:
Please compress file(s) into .zip file if possible.
Email your designs at support@halloweenforum.com
FTP accesss is available if file is too big for email. Please contact me directly via private message or support@halloweenforum.com at the time that you are ready to upload (permissions will change frequently).


Design Selection:
The community will vote via poll to determine which design(s) that we will utilize. The voting shall begin within 1 week of the submission deadline. Voting will commence for 7 days.

Additional Important Information:
Only submit legal material. You must have the right to submit artwork for use/must not be copyrighted. The winner shall be paid $200 USD paid to United States street address or PayPal account. Void where prohibited by law.

HalloweenForum.com / Safe Site Central exclusive use of design. We reserve the right to use the design for promotion and other merchandise and alter if needed. Your name and other info should not appear within the submitted image(s).

Anyone feel free to PM me or reply to this post with questions/concerns/comments.

All entries must be created for the purpose of this contest.

Who Can Enter:
You must be a member in good standing. (you cannot have been banned from the forum)

Forum staff and sponsors are not eligible.

When:
Contest ends May 15, 2010 at 11:59 pm. For purposes of these Official Rules, all times are Pacific time zone.

After entry deadline, voting will implemented via a poll. Each member of the forum may only vote once. You may use your one vote for your own entry if you wish..

No Cheating:
IP logging is implemented. Any cheating of any kind will result in disqualification. No member may create additional accounts for voting purposes.

Posts and threads may be moderated.

You are not allowed to send unsolicited private/profile messages to encourage people to vote. Remember that all forum rules apply.

PRIZES WILL BE AWARDED TO ONE WINNER


More Legal Stuff:
NO PURCHASE OR ONLINE ACCESS NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN
Participation constitutes entrant's full and unconditional agreement to and acceptance of these Official Rules.
ELIGIBILITY

Open to individuals are 18 years of age or over as of the date of entry and have either a PayPal account OR reside in the United States.
Employees or agents of Sponsor and/or Safe Site Central Inc(s) and their respective parent companies, affiliates, subsidiaries, advertising/promotional agencies, and the members of their immediate families or those persons living in the same household of such individuals are ineligible to enter or win. All federal, state and local laws and regulations apply. Void where prohibited by law.
Any use of robotic, automatic, programmed or the like entry methods will void all such entries by such methods.
E-MAIL CHANGE OF ADDRESS POLICY: It is the sole responsibility of the entrant to notify the Sponsor and/or Safe Site Central Inc in writing if the entrant changes his/her e-mail address. (To do so, write to: support@HalloweenForum.com.
HalloweenForum.com / The Halloween Network / Safe Site Central, Inc
HalloweenForum.com is part of “The Halloween Network” and is owned by Safe Site Central Inc.
The Sponsor and/or Safe Site Central Inc and its agencies are not responsible for lost, interrupted or unavailable network, server or other connections, miscommunication, failed phone or computer hardware or software or telephone transmissions or technical failures, garbled or jumbled transmissions or other errors of any kind, whether human, mechanical or electronic; including without limitation the incorrect or inaccurate capture of entry information online, or for lost, late, incomplete, damaged, destroyed, delayed, stolen, misdirected or illegible entries. Entry materials/data that have been tampered with or altered are void. Once submitted, entries become the sole property of the Sponsor and/or Safe Site Central Inc and will not be returned. In case of dispute as to identity of a winner, such entry will be declared made by the registered user of the e-mail account at the time the entry was submitted, and if a prize is won, and such registered user is a valid entrant, the prize may be awarded to such registered user.
PRIZES
No alternative prize, cash, or other substitution is permitted except by the Sponsor and/or Safe Site Central Inc in the event of prize unavailability. All federal, state, provincial, and local taxes are the sole responsibility of the winner.
WINNERS
Selection of Winner: Winner will be determined by voting via forum poll from all eligible entries received, to be held after the end of the Sweepstakes Period at the Sponsor and/or Safe Site Central Inc's offices. All decisions of the Sponsor and/or Safe Site Central Inc are final and binding. Odds of winning depend on the number of eligible entries received. The winner will be notified by forum, e-mail or U.S. mail within 15 days of the drawing. Winner will have 10 days from notification to accept the prize by e-mail to "support@HalloweenForum.com" The Sponsor and/or Safe Site Central Inc and/or Safe Site Central, Inc is not responsible for and shall not be liable for any late, lost, or misdirected notification, or for winner's unsuccessful efforts to claim any prize.
By accepting and/or using prize, the winner agrees to the use of his/her name, voice and/or likeness for the purpose of advertising, trade, or promotion without further compensation, unless prohibited by law. If a selected winner cannot be contacted, is ineligible, fails to claim a prize, or fails to timely return the completed and executed declaration and releases as required, prize may be forfeited and an alternate winner may be selected. In the event of a dispute regarding who submitted an online entry, the entry will be deemed submitted by the authorized account holder of the e-mail account. GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS
By entering, each participant agrees to be bound by these Official Rules and the decisions of Sponsor and/or Safe Site Central Inc, which shall be final. Sponsor and/or Safe Site Central Inc, agents and representatives of Sponsor and/or Safe Site Central Inc, its parent companies, affiliates, subsidiaries, advertising, promotion, and fulfillment agencies, and legal advisors are not responsible for and shall not be liable for: (i) late, lost, delayed, damaged, misdirected, incomplete, illegible, unintelligible, or postage-due entries; (ii) telephone, electronic, hardware or software program, network, Internet, or computer malfunctions, failures, or difficulties of any kind; (iii) failed, incomplete, garbled, or delayed computer transmissions; (iv) any condition caused by events beyond the control of the Sponsor and/or Safe Site Central Inc that may cause the Sweepstakes to be disrupted or corrupted; (v) any injuries, losses, or damages of any kind arising in connection with or as a result of the prize, or acceptance, possession, or use of the prize, or from participation in the Sweepstakes; or (vi) any printing or typographical errors in any materials associated with the Sweepstakes. Sponsor and/or Safe Site Central Inc reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to suspend or cancel Sweepstakes at any time if a computer virus, bug, or other technical problem corrupts the administration, security, or proper play of the Sweepstakes.
By participating in the Sweepstakes, each participant agrees to release and hold Sponsor and/or Safe Site Central Inc and the employees, officers, directors, shareholders, agents, representatives of Sponsor and/or Safe Site Central Inc, its parent companies, affiliates, subsidiaries, advertising, promotion, and fulfillment agencies, and legal advisors, harmless from any and all losses, damages, rights, claims and actions of any kind in connection with the Sweepstakes or resulting from acceptance, possession, or use of any prize, including without limitation, personal injury, death, and property damage, and claims based on publicity rights, defamation, or invasion of privacy. RESOLUTION OF DISPUTES
Any and all disputes and claims relating to this Promotion shall be resolved by binding arbitration by a single arbitrator selected by a Circuit Court judge of the State of Nevada, Clark County Nevada law shall apply to the resolution, award, enforcement and collection relating to any dispute or claim. Each party shall pay one-half of the costs of the arbitration. The dispute and claims and arbitration proceedings shall at all times be kept confidential except to the extent necessary to enforce or collect the arbitration award.
WINNERS LIST
A list of winners will also be available online at HalloweenForum.com
By using the pages in this site, you agree to these terms and conditions.
Restriction of Liability
HalloweenForum.com will not be liable for any damages or injury caused by, including but not limited to, any failure of performance, error, omission, interruption, defect, delay in operation of transmission, computer virus, or line failure. HalloweenForum.com will not be liable for any damages or injury, including but not limited to, special or consequential damages that result from the use of, or the inability to use, the materials in this site or a site which is linked to this site, even if there is negligence on the part of the HalloweenForum.com or an authorized HalloweenForum.com representative has been advised of the possibility of such damages, or both. The above limitation or exclusion may not apply to you to the extent that applicable law may not allow the limitation or exclusion of liability for incidental or consequential damages.
Disclaimer The material in this site could include technical inaccuracies or typographical errors.
HalloweenForum.com may make changes or improvements at any time.
The Materials in this site are provided "AS IS" and without warranties of any kind either expressed or implied, to the fullest extent permissible pursuant to applicable law, HalloweenForum.com disclaims all warranties or merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose. HalloweenForum.com does not warrant that the functions contained in the material will be uninterrupted or error-free, that defects will be corrected, or that this site or the server that makes it available are free of viruses or other harmful components. HalloweenForum.com does not warrant or make any representations regarding the use of or the result of the use of the material in this site in terms of their correctness, accuracy, reliability, or otherwise.
HalloweenForum.com can revise these Terms and Conditions at any time by updating this posting and without other notice.
Information on the HalloweenForum.com Website, or those of any of HalloweenForum.com's related, affiliated, or subsidiary units, is provided with the understanding that HalloweenForum.com is not rendering professional advice or recommendations. You should not rely on any information on these pages to replace consultations with qualified professionals to meet your individual needs.