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Conditions of Entry

1. Entries close 3:00pm on 30th JUNE 2008. Entries must be received at the PO BOX 5177, South Melbourne VIC 3205 on or before this date and time.
2. You must complete the online entry form, submit, print the confirmation page and send this with your entry. Entries submitted without this printed confirmation or without an online application will be ruled invalid. A CD of high res digital images of your entry must be sent with your confirmation form. Entries that do not conform to these specifications will be rejected outright.
3. Entries must be done online and complimented with a physical entry via post, courier or personal delivery. You cannot submit entries via email under any circumstances. This is primarily because we will require an example of the completed project to be submitted with the entry and in most cases this will be a physical example.
4. Niche Group and its partners will not be held responsible for any loss, damage or non-receipt of entries however so caused.
5. Entries will not be returned.
6. Entry into the awards is free.
7. You can enter more than one design in one or more categories or enter the same piece in more than one category if it qualifies.
8. Each category has specific criteria for entry with which you must comply. Items deemed by the short-listing judges not to meet these criteria, will be deemed invalid.
9. Submissions in all categories must be projects completed between January 2007 and June 2008.
10. All entries must be client commissioned works. They must NOT be items created specifically for the awards, speculative works, client pitches, mock-ups or other works not taken to final execution for whatever reason. The Student Portfolio Category is exempt from this condition.
11. By ticking the box on the entry form all entrants warrant that they have permission from all parties including clients, copyright holders and collaborators allowing Desktop and its partners to publish their work in the short-list categories, the Desktop Create: Awards Special Edition and any associated promotional material, posters etc. including the Desktop Create: Awards website, without limitation.
12. By ticking the box on the entry form you indemnify Niche Group, Desktop, its employees and agents and supporting partners from any liability for wrongful use or misrepresentation of the works submitted. You assert that you are the author of the work and own the intellectual and moral rights to the work under the Copyright Act. Wrongful assertion of such rights will render the entry invalid and the entrant accepts all liability for any claim for damages or loss resulting from such wrongful assertion.
13. All entrants must include a 100-word synopsis outlining the detail of the original brief and how the final project delivered upon the brief. By ticking the box on the entry form, you assert the truthfulness of this information and assign copyright in this text to Niche Group, further authorising the editing and publication of this synopsis by Desktop and its partners in the shortlist categories, the Desktop Create: Awards Special Edition and any associated promotional material, posters etc. including the Desktop Create: Awards website, without limitation.
14. All entrants must provide details of the commissioning client and obtain their permission to enter the project into the awards.
15. In the event that an entry is subsequently found to breach any of the terms and conditions of entry, it will be ruled invalid and withdrawn from consideration for an award.
16. In the event that an award winner is subsequently found to breach the terms and conditions of entry, their work may be ruled invalid and the award deemed null and void. The entrant will be liable for any costs incurred and must return the prize(s) received.
17. Judges reserve the right at all times to determine whether an entry qualifies as an acceptable work within the category for which it is submitted. Works the judges deem not acceptable will be ruled invalid.
18. Employees of Niche Group and their immediate family members are ineligible to enter.
19. Terms and conditions may be amended, deleted or added from time to time at our discretion and we will publish the revised terms and conditions on the website. By downloading the entry form and submitting it with your entry you agree to the full terms and conditions so read them carefully.
20. All judges' decisions are final and no correspondence will be entered into relating to the judging process or the outcome.
21. Privacy Information - Desktop, Niche & Create awards maintain a database of registered details. We may send you promotional material or pass on your information to other companies that support the Desktop Create: Awards.