1. Guidelines: To
participate, complete the Official entry form and
create/design/draw an anti-smoking/tobacco cartoon.
Cartoons can consist of 1, 2, or 3 frames. Cartoons
can use text with a 50 word maximum. Entrants must
submit their cartoon(s) on 8 ½" X 11" white
paper and can use colored markers, colored pencils,
crayons, paints, or other single-dimensional
medium/products (Do not apply any additional medium
to the cartoon(s) such as glitter, stickers, or
tobacco products). No computer-aided or
mechanically produced cartoons will be accepted.
Enter as many cartoons as you like, each on
separate 8 ½" X 11" white paper. Entry forms
can be printed from
www.worldsfastestclown.com/cacyentry.html or picked
up at the CACY offices at 1495 West Longview Ave.
Suite 104, Mansfield, Ohio 44906.
2. Deadline for Entry:
All entries must be received by April 30, 2004 at
CACY, 1495 West Longview Ave. Suite 104, Mansfield,
Ohio 44906. Group mailings/deliveries will be
accepted as long as each entry form is attached to
the entrants cartoon(s). CACY reserves the right to
refuse any entry that requires postage due or that
does not meet with the standards of the U.S. Post
Office.
3. Eligibility: Contest
is open to Richland County residents in the
following categories: 2nd/3rd grade, 4th/5th grade,
middle school, high school, and adults. By
entering, all entrants accept and agree to abide by
and be bound by these official rules and the
judges' decision relating to this contest. Entries
must be entrant's own original work, may not have
been published previously, submitted in other
contests, or have won previous awards.
4. Judging: Judging is
based primarily on originality, creativity, and the
ability for the cartoon to express the
anti-smoking/tobacco theme. Secondary is the
cartoon's overall technical quality based on the
entrant's age. Use of any unoriginal or licensed
characters (example: Mickey Mouse), other than
tobacco industry developed characters (example: Joe
Camel), is strictly prohibited.
5. Prize: 1st, 2nd, and
3rd Place in each category will receive an
award/prize along with a copy of the published
winners cartoon book. The Grand Prize winner will
be chosen from the first place finishers. The
contest winner will be contacted by phone and/or
through their school. The prize will be awarded to
the winner if he/she is 18 years old or older, or
it will be awarded in the winner's name to the
parent or legal guardian. No prize substitutions
except as provided herein. All taxes are the sole
responsibility of the prize winner.
6. Legal stuff: By
entering, participants in this contest agree that
the sponsors, their employees, their affiliates,
retail accounts, agencies, and fulfillment
companies shall not be held liable for injury,
loss, or damage of any kind resulting from
participation in this contest or from the
acceptance or use of the prize awarded or from any
prize-related activity. Submission of an entry
constitutes the entrant's and the entrant's
parent/legal guardian's (if applicable) consent to
irrevocably assign and transfer to the sponsors any
and all rights, title, and interest in and to the
entry including, without limitation, all
copyrights. By submitting entry, entrant's and the
entrant's parent/legal guardian's (if applicable)
consent to the use of the winner's name, likeness,
and city information and to waive all moral rights
and grant to sponsors and their agents the right to
modify, adapt, edit, sell, publish and/or use the
entry in any way, in whole or in part, in any and
all media and/or commerce without limitation and
without payment or further consideration to the
entrant. Entries and other correspondence become
the property of sponsor and will not be
returned.
Sponsored by: CACY, Mansfield,
Ohio: Drug Free! Racing, Palm Bay,
Florida
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