Costco Connection - June 2006

Costco Photo Contest 2006 Official Rules 1. To enter, submit an unframed, unmounted black-and- 12. Entries must be postmarked by September 30, white or color picture ( 4" x 6" or 5" x 7") with the entry 2006. Award winners will be notified by December form securely affixed to the back. All digital entries 2006. Winners will be notified by mail. must be submitted as ⁴" x ⁶" or ⁵" x ⁷" 13. Mail entries to: Costco Photo Contest, P.O. Box 34088, photo-quality prints. Seattle, WA 98124-1088. 2. The theme of the contest is “Give Us Your Best Shot.” 14. Contest is void where prohibited or restricted by Winning entries will be those that best reflect the law, where a license is required or where subject to theme. Decisions of the judges are final. tax (other than tax on prizes awarded). All federal, 3. Photos will not be judged unless the entrant’s name, provincial, state and local taxes are the sole I _nternational _{G rand} _{P rize}address, membership number and telephone number responsibility of the winners. have been written legibly on the entry form and 15. All fees and personal expenses incident to redemption attached to the back of the photo. of prizes (as deemed necessary) will be the sole $2,500 Costco Cash card (or equivalent) 4. No purchase necessary. Must be 18 years or older to enter. responsibility of the winners. 5. Entrant must be a current membership cardholder of 16. Prizes must be claimed within 30 days of notifica- N ational P rizes Costco. No prizes will be awarded until entrant’s mem- tion. If not claimed by this date, the prizes will be bership status has been verified as current by Costco. forfeited. All claims thereto following this date will _{F irst} _{P rize:}_$1,500 _Costco _Cash _card 6. One entry per membership cardholder; additional be null and void. entries will be disqualified. Previously published 17. No substitution or transfer of prizes except at the S econd P rize: $1,000 Costco Cash card photographs are acceptable. sole discretion of the sponsor. All restrictions apply. T hird P rize: $500 Costco Cash card 7. Odds of winning will depend on the total number of 18. Each winner must agree in writing that his or her entries submitted. name, likeness, city, winning photo and negative may All winners will also receive: A Fuji QuickSnap Flash ₈_{. P}_hotos _must _be _suitable _for _family _viewing.be used by Costco for promotional and publication one-time-use camera and a scrapbook or photo album. 9. Contestants must know the names and ^purposes ^without ^additional ^{compensation.} ^Prior ^toreceiving prizes, each winner will be required to sign (Honorable mentions to be awarded at judges’ discretion.) ^{addresses of} ^{all identifiable} ^people ⁱⁿ ^their_photograph.a release provided by Costco to this effect and obtain 10. All entries become the property of Costco. Receipt of ^a ^release ^or ^permission ^from ^anyone ^with ^proprietary_entries _cannot _be _acknowledged _and _entries _cannotrights in the winning photograph (such as artwork, _be _returned. _Costco _assumes _no _{responsibility} _fortrademarks or a person’s likeness). Refusal or inability _submitted _photographs.to provide such releases or permissions will result in ₁₁_{. E}_mployees _of _Costco _Wholesale _Corporation _andentrant’s disqualification in this photo contest, and members of their immediate families (spouse/domes- ^any ^prizes ^will ^be ^forfeited._tic _partner _and _any _children _over ₁₈ _years _old _living 19. Costco reserves the right to cancel or suspend the with the employee and having a valid Costco card) are ^contest ^should ^any ^cause ^beyond ^the ^control ^of_not _eligible _to _enter. _Employees _of _sponsoring _compa-Costco affect the administration, security, fairness, _nies _or _members _of _their _immediate _families _are _notintegrity or proper operation of the contest, or for any eligible to enter. A separate contest will be held for ^other ^reason ^it ^deems ^appropriate, ^at ^its ^sole ^andCostco employees and their immediate families. ^absolute ^discretion.

This year, entering the Costco International Photo Contest will be easier than ever. Whether it’s a photo you took hours to set up or one you grabbed in a second, it will take only a few minutes for you to send in your entry. So get snapping!