Terms and Conditions for the GlobalGiving 2012 Photo Contest

• The photo contest submission deadline is 11:59pm ET on July 20, 2012.
• All photos must be uploaded to the relevant project page and approved for the GlobalGiving website to be considered for submission.
• Any new photos that must be approved to go on a project page must be submitted by no later than 11:59pm ET on July 18^th.
• Only organizations that have active projects on www.globalgiving.org (not globalgiving.uk or any of our corporate sites) may participate.
• Only the top 15 photos in each category will move on to the voting page. The five categories are:
• Give Knowledge
• Give Hope
• Give Green
• Give Relief
• Give Support
• You will be placed into the category based on the primary theme of the project for which the photo was submitted.
• The top 15 finalists from each category will be chosen by a third-party representative.
• The 15 finalists from each category will be uploaded to GlobalGiving.org for voting.
• Voting takes place from August 1,2012 at noon EDT until August 15, 2012 at noon EDT.
• Votes will be counted based on email address. Only unique email IDs will be counted towards a unique vote.
• Each vote must be confirmed via email. Once a vote has been made the voter will receive an email from GlobalGiving to confirm. Only upon confirmation will that vote be counted.
• An individual may vote for as many photos as they wish, but they may only vote once per photo.
• Any activity not in the spirit of having individuals vote will not be counted towards vote totals and will disqualify an organization from winning any of the prizes.
• GlobalGiving will be monitoring all voting activity and will cross match email addresses, names, countries, and IP addresses to determine the validity of all voters. Votes that are deemed as fraudulent will be removed and may disqualify the organization from winning any prizes.
• The one photo with the most votes overall at noon EDT on August 15 will be awarded a $1,000 bonus to support the organization's work and will be featured on the GlobalGiving homepage for a full day.
• One runner-up from each of the five categories will each be featured for a full day on the GlobalGiving homepage and will be highlighted through GlobalGiving's social media outreach.

If you have any questions, please contact Katherine Sammons at .