|| Need Help? What are the rules for the 'Clip Contest'? 1. Any SportsShooter.com member in good-standing can enter up to 6 images per month in any of four categories (Sports Action, Sports Feature, News, and Feature.) The images must have been shot or initially published sometime in the previous month. They don't need to be published. Only single images can be entered. No multiple image files please. 2. The images don't need to be published. They just need to be shot or initially published during the previous month. For example: during the first 2 weeks of February 2004, you can only enter images that were shot during the month of January 2004. In this example, any photo taken in January 2004 is eligible. 3. All images you enter MUST have been shot or initially published within the specified month of the specified year. Assuming that this is the case, you can enter up to 6 images in 4 categories in any combination. Yes, you can put them all into one category if you wish. But you cannot enter the same picture in more than one category, and if you do, both will be deleted. Please note: We may request a clip from you to prove that the image was published in the specified month - so if you claim it was initially published in June, you should be able to prove it. If you cannot prove it, your entry will be disqualfied. 4. Images can only be entered ONCE. For example: If you shoot a picture in January, and then enter that image in the January contest, you cannot enter that image again once it has been published in February. We consider the entry of "outtake" images made from the same assignment to be the same as if you were entering the same image. If you do that, they will be deleted. 5. Do not put your name in the caption. This is a contest where every photographer must remain anonymous If you put your name in the caption your entry will be disqualified and eliminated from the system. 6. The staff of SportsShooter.com reserves the right to delete any image that we consider to be in poor taste, has technical problems, or violates any of the contest rules. 7. You need to have an ACTIVE membership in order for you to enter and/or vote in the clip contest. If you cancel your membership, or if your membership expires, your points go away and cannot be reclaimed if you rejoin later. 8. You cannot vote for yourself. The system won't allow it. 9. Don't surround your images with any kind of border. No decorative frames, artsy cool borders, or anything else other than just a photograph. 10. Winners are awarded points in the following way: First place in each category gets 30 points. Second place gets 20. Third place gets 10. You don't get any points for entering. However, if your image is calculated as 'Most Popular', you win the monthly 'Shooter's Choice', which is worth 40 points. There's only one of those each month, and it isn't something you vote on. 11. The entrant acknowledges that the entry period of the "Monthly Clip" contest is the first 15 days of each month, and the contest shifts into judging mode during the remaining days of the month, starting at 12 AM MIDNIGHT U.S. EASTERN TIME on the 16th day of each month. 12. Prizes may be substituted for an item of equal or greater value in the event that the product listed is no longer available, for reasons including (but not limited to) the product being discontinued and replaced with a newer model, and restrictions placed on the shipping of certain items to locations outside of the continental United States. THE FOLLOWING APPLIES TO ALL AREAS OF THE CLIP CONTEST SECTION: The images in the contest area are protected by copyright and may not be used in any way, shape, or form beyond the judging process of this contest. By entering any image in this contest, you are verifying that this image was shot within the month stated. Entering an image that was originally taken in a month other than the month specified is grounds for termination of your SportsShooter.com membership. SportsShooter.com is not responsible for errors, omissions, typos, transmission problems, browser cache malfunctions, wrongly categorized images and/or access problems. Please be aware that winning images will be published on the website complete with proper credit lines and copyright information and that submitting any image to the SportsShooter.com 'Clip Contest' gives SportsShooter.com permission to display the image with the other contest winners in the 'Clip Contest' area of the website.