Rules

• "Contest Period" - 11:59:59 (midnight) EST November 22, 2014 - 11:59:59 (midnight) EST June 30, 2015
• "The Contest" - iWag's Tiles for Tails Fundraising Contest, which includes both a photo component and a fundraising component run as two separate contests within one. Both require upload of a photo for the contest.
• "Fundraising Contest" - component of The Contest which entails a votes-based fundraising competition to raise money for iWag's renovation of their new Decatur facility.
• "Individual Fundraiser" - single entrant who uploads a photo, makes a donation and solicits others for donations.

• Photographs must contain only dogs (owned or adoptable animals) and no full human faces. Partial faces, hands or arms are ok. 
• Photographs may not be edited or altered (other than minor color, contrast, or sharpness adjustments.)
• There is no limit on the number of photographs that can be entered.
• Photographs taken by a minor must be submitted by a legal guardian.
• Watermarked photography will not be accepted.
• Acceptable photo formats are limited to .jpg, .bmp, and .tif
• Any photograph that includes content that is deemed inappropriate, indecent, or obscene, as determined by the contest administrators in their sole discretion, will be removed from the Contest with no opportunity for a refund.
• Photographs must be uploaded via this contest site.
• Photographs should be high resolution, high quality images.  In the event an uploaded image is not suitable for printing on the tile, you will be contacted for a replacement photograph.  

The "The Tiles for Tails" Fundraising Contest (the "Contest") is open to all legal U.S. residents who are at least eighteen (18) years of age. The Contest is subject to all applicable federal, state and local laws and regulations. Void where prohibited or restricted by law or regulations. 

Online entries must be received between 11:59:59 p.m., Eastern Standard Time ("EST") on November 22, 2014 and 11:59:59 p.m. EDT on June 30, 2015 (the "Contest Period"). All entries and requests become the property of the iWag and will not be acknowledged or returned. By submitting a photo, entrant agrees that iWag may use any submitted photos in donation solicitations or on our site or social media without acknowledgement or recompense. Know that these uses help raise more money for homeless pets, so your submission could continue to help homeless pets even if it does not win a spot on a tile.

You agree that iWag may at any time, including prior to the Contest close, request a larger resolution version of the submitted entry. This request is not to be construed as indication of a winning entry. 

The suggested donation for entry is $5. This is a fundraiser to benefit homeless pets. A donation is not required, but is strongly encouraged. Donations are tax deductible by law. Please save your receipts for your tax records. Life is labs Rescue, d/b/a iWag, is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization.

Fundraising Contest

• Voting is required to participate and win the Fundraising Contest.
• Voting requires a $1 donation per vote. Entrants can and should solicit votes using the tools provided.
• The voting period will begin at 11:59:59 p.m. EST on November 22, 2014 and end at 11:59:59 p.m. EST on June 30, 2015.
• Entrants may vote for their own entries.
• To vote, voter must go to the photo contest site and purchase a minimum of five (5) votes for a $5 donation. Those votes can then be cast for any photo entered in the contest in one vote increments.
• Voters do not have to use all of the votes at the time of donation, nor on a single entry. When voters donate, they will be given the option of applying all of the votes to one (1) entry or setting up an account and storing votes in their account. If voter chooses to store the votes, voter can log in to their account using their ID and password and vote at a later time.
• Votes left unused at the termination of the contest will be considered donations and will not be applied towards any single entry.

Fundraising Contest

Fundraising winners will be determined by public voting. The three (3) Individual Fundraisers who receive the most votes when public voting ends on June 30, 2015 at 11:59:59 p.m. will be the Fundraising winners.

Winners of the Fundraising Contest will be notified by e-mail on or about April 1, 2015. Odds of winning depend on the number of votes each entrant receives.

When you enter the "Tiles for Tails" Photo Contest, you warrant that you are at least eighteen (18) years old as of the date of entry, the photograph is original, that you are the sole owner and copyright holder of that photograph, and that you have not granted exclusive rights of that photograph to any other person or entity. You also warrant that the photograph does not invade the right of privacy of any individual; does not infringe any trademark, trade name, trade secret, intellectual property right, or other common law or statutory right; nor does it contain any material that otherwise violates any criminal prohibition or the personal or proprietary rights of any person or entity.

With regard to any image or content submitted, you agree to grant iWag, its legal representatives, successors, and assigns, the nonexclusive right and permission to use, modify, adapt, reproduce, publish, and distribute the photograph, or any portion thereof, throughout the world, in any printed form and by any kind of mechanical or electronic or any other method or device of reproduction, publication, and distribution known or later developed, during the full term of the copyright, and without notification or payment. iWag agrees that it will never sell the photograph or rights in the photograph to any individual or entity.

You agree that iWag may at any time, including prior to the Contest close, request the full resolution version of the submitted entry. This request is not to be construed as indication of a winning entry.

iWag shall not be responsible for printing, typographical, human or other errors of any kind in any Contest-related materials or for stolen, lost, late, misdirected, damaged, incomplete, or illegible entries. If, for any reason, the Contests are not capable of running as planned, or infection by computer viruses, bugs, or tampering, unauthorized intervention, fraud, actions of entrants, technical failures, or any other causes corrupt or infect the administration, security, fairness, integrity, or proper conduct of the Contests, iWag reserves the right at its sole discretion to disqualify any entry or entrant and/or to cancel, terminate, modify, or suspend the Contests and at its sole discretion award a prize from among all eligible non-suspect entries validly received prior to the action requiring such modification. By entering, all Contestants agree that the Contests are governed by laws of the State of Georgia for the resolution of all claims and disputes (excluding any claims against or disputes involving parties other than iWag relating to any prize awarded in the Contests).

Personally identifiable information provided by entrants and voters will be added to iWag's email list. Entrants and voters will be able to "opt out" of future such communications by following the instructions on any electronic communication we send. Sponsor does not sell, rent, trade or share its email addresses with any third parties for such party's own marketing purposes.

LEGAL WARNING: ANY ATTEMPT BY AN INDIVIDUAL, WHETHER OR NOT AN ENTRANT, TO DELIBERATELY DAMAGE, DESTROY, TAMPER OR VANDALIZE THIS WEB SITE OR INTERFERE WITH THE OPERATION OF THE CONTEST, IS A VIOLATION OF CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LAWS AND SPONSOR RESERVES THE RIGHT TO SEEK DAMAGES AND DILIGENTLY PURSUE ALL REMEDIES AGAINST ANY SUCH INDIVIDUAL TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW.

If you have any other questions about the "Tiles for Tails" Fundraising Contest, please contact Kristie Wilder by email at kristie@i-wag.com. Thank you for participating and supporting iWag's new facility in Decatur!