Sparks Halloween Costume Contest Information & Guidelines
The object of the Halloween photo contest is to have fun! You'll submit a great-looking digital picture of yourself, your child or your pet wearing a terrific Halloween costume. If you win in your category, your winning picture will be posted on the Sparks website and you will win two tickets to the Sparks Opening Day game for the 2010 season.
Photos will be judged on the following qualities:
- Aesthetics of the costume and/or makeup
- Clarity of the photo
- Creativity
- Appropriateness to a family-oriented website
Eligibility
You are eligible to enter a picture into this costume contest if you:
a.) Are a resident of the United States or Canada (contest offer is void if prohibited in your locality)
b.) Are 13 years of age or older. Submissions from children age 12 and under should be made by their parents. Teens should have their parent's or guardian's consent to enter the contest.
c.) Took the costume photo (or photos) yourself. Also, your entries must be pictures of you and/or your own children or your own pet. If a friend is in your picture, as well, you must have your friend's permission to enter your photo into this costume contest. No professional photos may be entered, nor photos that were done which duplicate a studio shot.
Sparks Halloween Costume Contest Dates
Entries for the 2009 Halloween Photo Contest are being accepted as of October 21, 2009. The last date to submit a photo for the contest will be Monday, November 2, 2009 at 5:00pm. Pictures must be received by November 2nd.
The contestants will then have their photos reviewed by a panel of judges chosen by this website. Winners will be announced on Wednesday, November 4.
Entry requirements for the Halloween costume picture contest
In order to be eligible for judging, your Halloween picture must meet the following requirements:
a.) Your photograph must be an original digital photo. It must have been taken by yourself (or by your minor child for whom you are making the submission.) If you do not have a digital camera, you may send a digitally scanned image of your photo, instead.
b.) Your Halloween costume picture must be compatible with the "family friendly" nature of this website. Entries may not contain any content that:
1.) Is explicit nor would be offensive to the many parents reading this website with their young children.
2.) Promotes gangs, dangerous stunts, alcohol, drugs, tobacco, weapons, hatred or other harmful activities.
Number of Entries
Choose your best photos! For the Sparks Halloween Costume Contest, each contestant may submit only ONE picture of each costume, and a maximum of 3 different Halloween costume pictures in total to the competition. Please send good-quality photos. Pictures may be eliminated from the contest before the judging phase for reasons including the following: too dark to see the costume or its wearer; blurry; too small to be seen easily during judging, etc.
Although you may enter up to 3 Halloween costume pictures, you may only win once.
Awarding of Halloween Costume Contest prizes
After the winners of the Sparks Halloween Costume Contests have been decided, the winning pictures will be displayed at www.lasparks.com along with a list of the winner's names. Winners will be contacted by email. (When you enter, please give an email address that you check regularly. It can be difficult or impossible to locate winners who do not check or abandon their email addresses during the contest. LASparks.com will send a follow-up email if you don't answer the first one. However, we reserve the right to award your prize to the next-highest contestant if you do not answer your 2nd winner's announcement within one week.)
How do I enter the contest?
It's simple! Send in an awesome photo of yourself, your child or your pet to contests@la-sparks.com with “Halloween Costume Contest” in the subject line.
Good luck!
