PBR Art Contest Official Rules and Regulations
NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN THIS CONTEST. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED.
1. ELIGIBILITY: Contest is open to U.S. residents who are twenty one
(21) years of age or older at the time of entry. Employees and their
immediate families of the Pabst Brewing Company (“Sponsor”),
their affiliated companies, agencies, and licensed alcoholic beverage
retailers or wholesalers are not eligible to enter or win. The Contest
begins at 12:01 a.m. (CST) on October 15, 2007 and ends at Midnight
(CST) April 1, 2008.
2. ENTER: To enter contest go to www.pbrart.com,
complete entry form and upload a photo of your entry. Entries
must be entered in one of three categories: Photography, Painting or
Sculpture. You may enter in each category and may enter as many times
as you like. All entries become the property of the Sponsor. Entries
will be neither acknowledged nor returned and contest winners will
be required to submit their original art to Pabst Brewing Company. This
original art will also become the property of the Sponsor.
Photography
Accepted contest photos will feature the Pabst Blue Ribbon beer can
or logo, will be shot digitally and will be at least 4" x 5" or1200
x 1600 pixels in size. Contest submissions must be the original work
of the entrant and the photo must not be altered in any way.
Painting
Accepted paintings will feature the Pabst Blue Ribbon beer can or logo.
Entries must be painted on canvas and their size limited to 3’ Wide
by 5’ Tall. Contest submissions must be the original work of
the entrant and the uploaded entry photo of the painting must not
be altered in any way.
Sculpture
Accepted sculptures will be constructed from empty aluminum Pabst Blue
Ribbon beer cans and are not limited by size or shape. Contest submissions
must be the original work of the entrant and the uploaded entry photo
of the sculpture must not be altered in any way.
3. CONDITIONS OF ENTRY.
By participating, entrants agree (a) to these official rules and to
the decisions of the judges and Sponsor and its agents, which decisions
shall be final in all respects; (b) to release, indemnify and hold
harmless Pabst Brewing Company, their affiliates and subsidiaries
and their respective directors, officers and employees, agents and
assigns from and against any and all claims, liabilities, losses,
damages or injuries of any kind resulting in whole or in part, from
their participation in the contest and the acceptance and use of
a prize; and (c) that Sponsor and its agents are not responsible
for late, lost or misdirected entries or mail. Late, damaged,
incomplete, or illegible entries are void. Sponsor reserves the right,
in its sole discretion to cancel the contest at any time. (d) Entries
may be posted on Sponsor’s website and (e) Sponsor may use
likeness of entries on clothing, point-of-sale materials, posters
or other marketing materials of their choosing.
4. JUDGING.
Entries will be judged by PBC employees or judges assigned to this
contest by PBC. All entries will be judged on creativity (50%), originality
(25%), ability to capture the essence of the brand (25%). One grand
prize winner will be selected in each of 3 artistic categories. One
runner up will be selected in each of the 3 artistic categories.
5. WINNER NOTIFICATION.
Winners will be notified by 4/15/08 by a traceable form of delivery
and telephone. Winners will be required to complete, sign and return
within a specified time period an Affidavit of Eligibility, a Liability
Release, a Publicity Release (where lawful) and a consent to its
use by Sponsor in all media for commercial and other purposes without
additional compensation. Failure to timely return of the required
documents or if a notification be returned as undeliverable will
cause selection to be void and an alternate selected.
6. PRIZE.
There will be 3 Grand Prizes awarded and 3 Runner-up prizes awarded.
The 3 Grand Prize winners will receive $1893 in cash and one year
of beer. The 3 Runner-up winners will receive exactly 1/3 of the
Grand Prize: $631 and 4 months worth of beer. Contest is not valid
in states where the award of cash prizes is prohibited.
No cash substitutions, transfers or assignments of the prize is allowed,
except by sponsor for reason of unavailability, in which case a prize
of equal or greater value will be awarded. All taxes are the sole responsibility
of the winners. Only one prize per household. Winners agree that by
accepting a prize each winner waives all liability against Pabst Brewing
Company, its distributors, agencies, employees, sponsors, and third
party vendors for any injuries, losses or damages of any kind resulting
from winner’s acceptance or use of a prize.
7. WINNERS' LIST.
For Grand Prize winner’s name, send a stamped, self-addressed
envelope to “PBR Art Contest Winner List”, 9014 Heritage
Parkway, #308, Woodridge, IL 60517 by April 15, 2008.
