Everyone who receives a Little Roger is eligible to enter the contest. You can submit up to four pictures in each of the following categories.

Categories based on RWU’s Core Values

• Hitting the Books (Love of learning as an intrinsic value)
• On the Job (Preparation for careers and future study)
• Lab Partner (Collaboration of students and faculty in research)
• Helping Out (Commitment to community service)
• Where in the World? (Appreciation of global perspectives)
  
  Plus

• RWU Spirit/Hawk Pride
• Famous Faces

Entry Rules and Requirements

Photo Formats
Entries may be digital images or print. Please read the specific guidelines for submitting prints and digital images.

How to Enter
Digital photos may be submitted using the online entry form. Prints may be mailed along with completed entry forms to the Little Roger Photo Contest (see further instructions below). Each entry must be accompanied by a completed contest entry form. Entries must be received by Sunday, December 31 2006, at 11:59 p.m. Eastern time.

Number of Entries
An individual may submit four photos per category.

Submitting Digital Images
Digital images should be submitted using the online entry form. Images should be formatted to 72 dpi, no larger than 600 by 450 pixels and no smaller than 300 by 225 pixels. Images should be submitted in JPG (at high quality) format. File sizes must be less than 500K per image. Digital images will not be returned.

Image Modifications
Minor digital enhancement is permitted, but images that have been significantly modified or appear unnatural will be automatically disqualified.

Permitted Modifications:

• Images may be cropped and rotated as necessary as long as the rectangular format is maintained and the size is within the specifications above.
• Images may be resized as long as the aspect ratio is maintained
• Red-eye removal and spot editing
• One-step enhancement (such as "AutoFix", "QuickFix", "Auto Levels", etc.)
• Use of filters to sharpen, soften, blur, despeckle, or remove noise.
• Use of corrective functions to improve the natural appearance of the image, such as levels, contrast, brightness, curves, intensity, tone, hue, saturation, lightness, value, color balance, and tint.

Not Permitted:

• Photos that include these modifications will be automatically disqualified.
• No borders or frames may be added to images.
• No watermarks, signatures, or copyright notices may be added to images. All images will be displayed with the photographer's name.
• Adding or replacing elements in an image is not permitted.
• Artistic filters are not permitted.

Submitting Prints
Prints must be 4 x 6 inches or 5 x 7 inches. Do not send negatives. Attach a label to the back of each print with your name, address and category for submission. Do not write on the photo itself. If submitting multiple entries, number each print to match a corresponding entry form. Prints will not be returned.

Mail print along with entry form to:

Little Roger Photo Contest
c/o Marketing & Communications
Roger Williams University
One Old Ferry Road
Bristol, RI 02809

Return of Photos
Photos, regardless of the medium, will not be returned and become the property of Roger Williams University. Please do not send your only copy of a photo.

Photographer/Copyright
Your submission of the photo and entry form is your guarantee that you are the author and copyright holder of the photo. Anonymous submissions will not be posted.

Photo Subject Restrictions
Photos must be appropriate for posting on a public University website. Obscene, provocative or otherwise questionable content will not be considered. Entries will be approved for posting by the 50th Anniversary Marketing and Publicity Committee. The Marketing and Publicity Committee retains sole discretion as to what constitutes inappropriate content.

Acceptable Image Content
Images that will not be allowed in the Little Roger Photo Contest may include but is not limited to:

• Content created solely to harass a specific individual.
• Material that invades the privacy of a specific individual by posting personal information.
• Material that meets the United States legal definition of "indecent".
• Instructions on how to break the law.
• Pornography of any type
• Material that infringes on the copyright or patent of an individual or corporation.
• Unsolicited advertising of any service, goods, or forum.
• Content intended to interfere with another user's use of the site.
• Content that incites violence against an individual, race, ethnicity, or orientation.
• Content that is deemed grossly defamatory to Roger Williams University
• Any other material that is a violation of applicable state, federal, or international law.

Ownership/Use Rights
By entering the contest, photographers and all persons photographed agree to the following terms:

• Roger Williams University has full rights to use the image in any marketing, recruitment, commemorative material.
• The University may include all or part of the image in any publicity without any fee or other form of compensation to the photographer or subjects in the photos.
• Anyone appearing in a submitted photo agrees to the publication or electronic posting of his or her image; it is the photographer’s responsibility to secure appropriate releases from subjects in his or her images.

Additional Terms and Conditions
Roger Williams University is not responsible for computer system, hardware, software, or program malfunctions or other errors, failures, or delayed computer transactions or network connections that are human or technical in nature.

Furthermore, Roger Williams University is not responsible for: (i) lost, misdirected, misplaced, illegible, unintelligible, incomplete, or late entries or (ii) any act, failure to act, or delay regarding the transmitting or processing of entries.

Roger Williams University reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to cancel or suspend all or any portion of this contest without notice if factors beyond Roger Williams University's control, including technical difficulties, disrupt or corrupt the fair or secure administration or operation of the contest. Void where prohibited. Roger Williams University is entitled to interpret these rules as needed and its decisions are final.

Roger Williams University reserves the right to disqualify any entrant that does not meet the contest rules. If a winner is disqualified or determined to be ineligible, an alternate winner will be selected using the same judging process/criteria described above. Alternate winners are subject to all requirements set forth in these Official Rules.

By participating in the contest, you and all persons pictured agree to release and hold harmless Roger Williams University and its employees, officers, affiliates, agents, and advertising and promotional agencies from any and all damages, injuries, claims, causes of actions, or losses of any kind resulting from your participation in this contest, including infringement of intellectual property rights.

Roger Williams University and its employees, officers, affiliates, agents, and advertising and promotional agencies assume no responsibility or liability for any damages, injuries, claims, causes of actions, or losses of any kind arising in whole or in part from this contest.

Judging
Entries will be judged on the basis of creativity and relevance to the categories. The Marketing and Publicity Committee will judge the entries and all contest decisions are final. Entries that fail to comply with the Official Contest Rules will be disqualified.

Winners (TBD)
Judges will select a first and second place winning photo for each of the contest categories. If fewer than ten eligible photographs are entered in a category, the Marketing and Publicity Sub-Committee may choose to name only a first place winner, or may cancel that category.

In addition, one or more honorable mention winners may be selected in categories with especially large numbers of entries, at the discretion of the judging panel.

Winners will be notified approximately 2-3 weeks after the contest deadline by phone and email using the information on the entry form. Along with a winner notification, winners will be sent an affidavit of eligibility and release. Winner must execute, without making changes, and return this release for receipt by the Marketing and Publicity Committee within 7 days of the date on the winner notification letter. Failure to execute and return this affidavit within 7 days will result in disqualification.

Winning photographs, along with the photographer's name, email address (optional) and information about the photo, will be displayed on the 50th.rwu.edu website following December 2006. No financial compensation is provided to winners.