La JaJa Kids announces

A Spooktacular Halloween Costume Photo Contest Result

The 3 winners are:

Angelina T. (4), Lawrence L. (8), Ethan W. (4)

Facebook “Like” Award winner:

Nicolas H. (4 yrs)

Other winners of holiday gift bags and

Halloween event packages will be notified via e-mails.

La JaJa Kids 2010 Halloween Costume Photo Contest Official Rules

NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. A PURCHASE WILL NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCE OF WINNING.

Entry Conditions: This contest may only be entered from the United States or the District of Colombia. This contest is available only to those persons, 18 or older, who are legal residents of the 50 United States or the District of Columbia. 

Employees of Sponsors of this contest as set forth below (“Sponsors"), any affiliate of Sponsors, any of their advertising or promotional agencies, any provider of any prize offered in this contest or any business or entity involved in the development, production, implementation, administration or fulfillment of this contest, and the immediate family members of any of the above (meaning spouses, parents, siblings and children living in the same household) are not eligible to enter or win.

Entry Timeframe: Contest begins October 1, 2010 12:00:01 a.m. Pacific Time and promptly ends October 28, 2010, 5:00 p.m. Pacific Time.

How to Enter: Navigate the Internet to http://www.lajajakids.com/store and click onto the Enter Contest link to be connected to the Contest Registration Form. Complete and provide all requested information. Following registration, you will be directed to submit your photo(s) in JPEG format, in one of six (6) contest categories as listed below:

All Entries must be family appropriate for all ages. THE DECISION REGARDING THE APPROPRIATENESS OF THE CONTENT OF THE SUBMISSIONS SHALL BE AT THE SOLE DISCRETION OF LA JAJA KIDS.

You may submit as many entries as you like, but there is a limit of one (1) first prize per household. Each photo submitted by you must be an original photo and you must be the photographer. You must also have the permission of any person used as a subject of or that appears in any submitted photo. Any editing/retouching/modifying applied to a submitted photo must have been performed by you as the submitting party and use of stock photos is not allowed. All submitted photos must be original, non-professional, and must not have been previously published or won any previous award, and must not contain any material that would infringe upon third party rights if used in advertising. 

Photo(s) may be taken by any type of camera, but must be submitted digitally in JPEG format with a minimum resolution of 100dpi and a maximum size per photo of 4 megabytes. You will be notified via e-mail if and when your photo(s) have been posted on the site. Photos must be submitted and received by the Sponsors by 5:00 p.m. Pacific Time on October 28, 2010, when the contest promptly ends. Proof of your submission is not proof of the Sponsors’ receipt and the Sponsors’ designated computer is the only valid official time-keeping device for this contest. 

Entries without all of the required information blanks completed will be disqualified. In addition, all late, lost, or otherwise incomplete entries are not considered valid entries and shall be disqualified. Any attempt at or form of entry other than as expressly specified in these rules (including but not limited to automated, copied, third-party or mechanically reproduced entries) is strictly prohibited and will result in disqualification. Sponsors will be collecting personal data about participants when they register and enter the contest. Please review the privacy policies of the Sponsors at http://www.lajajakids.com/store/index.php/policies/. By participating in the contest, entrants agree to all of the terms and conditions of the privacy policies and website terms and conditions of La JaJa Kids. By entering you agree to be bound by these official rules and acknowledge that the decisions of the judges shall be final and binding in all respects. The official rules will be posted at the contest website throughout the contest.

Prizes may not be substituted or transferred; however, if any prize or prize component becomes unavailable the Sponsors reserve the right to unilaterally substitute a prize or prize component of equal or greater value. Taxes and any other expenses not listed above are the sole responsibility of winners. Allow 4-6 weeks after validation for receipt or arrangement of receipt of prize. Gift card prizes are subject to the terms and conditions provided on or with the card. You are not an official contest winner until you are successfully validated and you have duly received an official notification of your winning status from the judging organization.

Judging/Winner Selection: Winners will be selected by a panel of judges using the following criteria in their sole discretion: creativity and originality of photo (50%); composition and arrangement of photo (25%) and relevancy to category topic (25%). Judging will be conducted between October 28 and 30, 2010. Judges will select a total of 3 winners from among all valid entries received.

During the View and Vote period, website visitors may vote for their favorite photo on Facebook. The photo voting is for entertainment purposes only and does not impact the Judging/Winner Selection.

Prize Acceptance: In order to be validated, each potential winner must complete, execute and then return (i) an affidavit confirming the winner’s identification and eligibility, and (ii) an assignment of rights to the winning photo entry. In addition, the Grand Prize Winner will be required to complete, execute and return a Liability and Publicity Release, unless prohibited by law. If such documents are not returned within ten (10) days of the date sent, or if any prize notification is returned as non-deliverable or any winner if found to be ineligible or not in compliance with these official rules, disqualification may result. In the event any selected winner is over 18 years of age but is considered a minor as defined by the laws of his/her state of residence, his/her parent or legal guardian must also sign all required documents. In the event of a dispute as to identity of any online entrant, the official entrant will be deemed the actual individual named on the online entry form.

Acceptance of a prize shall constitute permission by the winner for Sponsors to use the winner’s name, entry photo(s), hometown, likeness, photograph, statements or prize information for advertising and publicity purposes worldwide without limitation and without additional compensation, except where prohibited. Sponsors, their parent companies, affiliates, subsidiaries, designees and advertising and promotion agencies, and their respective directors, officers, employees, representatives and agents, shall not be responsible for any and all liability or any injury, loss or damage of any kind to or of any person or property (including, without limitation, death of any person), arising in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, from the acceptance, possession, use or misuse of a prize, participation in any contest-related activity, or participation in this contest. This contest is void where prohibited or restricted by operation of law or otherwise. No submissions will be returned. No correspondence about submissions will be answered. By entering, you grant an unrestricted, irrevocable, exclusive license to Sponsors, Sponsors’ affiliates, partners and designees, and their respective agents and agencies, to publish, use, adapt, edit and/or modify your entry photo(s) in any way, in any and all media worldwide, without limitation and without further compensation. Entrant agrees that he/she will not use entry photo(s) for any purposes other than in connection with this contest or for personal use. By entering, you warrant and represent that you are the photographer of the submitted photo(s) and that you have obtained all permission necessary for Sponsors to publish or use your photo(s) in any media worldwide, including, but not limited to, permission from all persons depicted in your photo(s) and from any holder of copyrights, trademarks or other rights in materials or other items depicted in your photo(s). By entering, you also agree to confirm to Sponsors any of the above in writing.

Validations: By taking part in this contest, you agree to be bound by these rules and all decisions of the judges. Entries may be disqualified if photo(s) contain materials trademarked, copyrighted, used or submitted elsewhere, or any obscene, defamatory or other offensive or inappropriate material as determined by Sponsors in their sole discretion. Sponsors reserve the right to disqualify any entries which Sponsors, at their sole discretion, determine to be inconsistent with their corporate standards, reputation or consumer expectations. No responsibility is assumed for lost, late, stolen or misdirected mail or entries or any failure or unavailability of hardware, software, electronic communications or Internet uploading or other connections. If integrity of contest is compromised in any manner, Sponsors reserve the right to modify contest and judge entries received that are unaffected by the problem. Sponsors reserve the right to disqualify any person who attempts to tamper with the contest, to harass or interfere with any other entrant, or otherwise acts in an inappropriate or unsportsmanlike way, all as determined by Sponsors in their absolute discretion. Submissions shall be void if incomplete, not legible, or if they contain errors or do not comply strictly with all requirements in these rules.