Origami contest rules and regulations

Requirements

• E-mail all entries as JPEG attachments no larger than 1 MB to lookcloser@sial.com along with the name of your origami masterpiece, your name, address and phone number.
• Selected entries will be uploaded to a gallery on sigma.com/lookcloser along with the artist’s name and location. Be sure to visit often to see if your photo was selected for the gallery.
• No limit on number of entries per person.
• All entries must be received by June 20, 2008.
• The winners will be notified by e-mail on or before July 15, 2008.

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NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN.

Eligibility: The contest is open to lawful residents of the United States who are not employees of Sigma-Aldrich Corporation (the “Sponsor”), its promotional or fulfillment agencies, nor members of their immediate families.

Photograph Requirements: An image in JPEG form or photograph (no larger than 1 MB) of your own original origami work-of-art using an image/subject matter related to antibodies. All images or photographs which meet the size and subject requirements will be accepted. Photographs submitted will not be returned. Entrants may use Sponsor’s origami pattern for purposes of this contest or create one of their own.

How to Enter: No official entry form is required. Multiple entries from a single entrant are permitted but each image or photograph must be entered separately. E-mail all entries as JPEG attachments no larger than 1 MB to lookcloser@sial.com along with the name or description of the origami entered, entrant’s name, address and phone number. Submission of any image or photograph allows Sponsor to use the image or photograph for marketing purposes. All entrants must be received by Sponsor no later than 11:59 p.m. June 20, 2008. Sponsor is not responsible for lost, damaged, or delayed entries. Winners will be notified by phone not later than July 15, 2008. After July 15, entrants may contact Sponsor by mail for a list of winners.

Judging: All entries will be judged by a panel of judges selected by Sponsor. Decisions of the judges will be final. Entries will be judged for originality (30%), creativity (30%) and setting (40%). Selected entries will be uploaded to a gallery on sigma.com/lookcloser along with the entrant’s name and location. Posting to the gallery does not indicate that the photograph is eligible for or has been awarded one of the prizes as non-winning entrants will also be posted. Entrants may visit the website often to view the images or photographs selected for the gallery.

Awards: First prize - digital photograph frame. Second prize winner - digital photograph key chain. Third prize winner - Sigma Life Science photograph/memo holder. Chances of winning are determined by the number of entries received. Total approximate retail value of all prizes awarded: $300. Sponsor will make reasonable efforts to contact all award winners but if Sponsor is unable to contact an award winner, an alternate winner will be selected. The persons who submit the first 50 entries received by Sponsor at the address above will receive a Sigma Life Science® answer cube and will have their entry included in the judging.

Reservations: Entrants must prior to receiving an award certify in writing that the image or photograph is original, was created by entrant and that all ownership rights in and to the image or photograph belong to entrant. Failure to make such certification satisfactory in form and content to Sponsor shall void the award to that entrant. Void where prohibited or restricted by law. No compensation will be offered for any image or photograph entered in the contest or used by Sponsor. Submission of an entry grants the Sponsor the right to publish, use, adapt, edit and /or modify such entry in any way, in any and all media, without limitations and without consideration or acknowledgment to the entrant; the irrecoverable assignment and transfer to Sponsor of any and all rights, title and interest in the entry including copyright; in the event that entrant is selected, the grant of an unconditional right to use the name of entrant of the selected image or photograph for any and all publicity; and, the agreement to be bound by these rules and the decisions of the judges.

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