Canon and Microsoft have teamed up for what they’re calling the “Top 100 Photo Contest.” They’re offering a grand prize package worth $10,000, but they’re also offering other prizes including a 1st place prize and people’s choice awards. Knowing that many of you are interested in photography and you come from all over the World, we thought some of you would be able to take some pretty cool photos and might have a shot at winning.
Microsoft managed to incorporate Microsoft Virtual Earth into this by using it to point out their “100 ultimate photo locations around the globe.” They’ve divided the globe into regions which you can click on to view the locations, and then learn about different destinations. To enter the contest, you’ll need to take a photo that keeps with the “general theme” of the Top 100 Iconic Photo Locations around the World. They say this would include photos of historical locations, landscape and travel.
So what happens if you manage to take home the Grand Prize Package? Well, you’ll get $1,000 in cash, your photo will appear in the November 2008 issue of PCPhoto, you’ll get a pretty cool Canon 5D D-SLR Camera, Windows Vista Ultimate, Office 2007 Professional and Expression Media, and several other things. The main prize of the First Place package is a black and white filter, a tripod, Spyder3Studio from Datacolor and an Aero 80 bag from Tamrac. There are also People’s Choice awards which includes the Spyder3Studio software, an Aero 80 bag as well as a 16×20 print of the wining photo.
The only limitations for entering is that you must be 18 years or older, and live in the 50 United States or District of Columbia. You can submit up to three photos.
“The only limitations for entering is that you must be 18 years or older, and live in the 50 United States or District of Columbia.”
If the theme of the contest is, “100 Ultimate Photo Locations Around the World”, why are participants restricted to the U.S.? It contradicts the theme of the contest, don’t you think so?
Not wanting to feed the trolls and such, but for tax purposes aren’t contests usually held in a localized area? Omar and anon do you get publisher clearing house sweepstakes mailings?
I suspect it would be impossible for MS/Canon to make sure that each and every government got the right amount of taxes deducted from your prize should you win. Deduct this percent for whoeverland and this amount for the republic of whateverland.
Here in the US there is an issue with collecting sales tax at the state level, which you can read about elsewhere on this site.
It’s all about the money.
taf
The well known restriction…
Good point Omar! When I started the article I must have been thinking it was going to be available around the World because I made a comment about knowing our readers come from all over the world. Whoops!
Taf, I think your’e right in that it comes down to taxes. I also believe it comes down to laws. Every country and even some states have their own laws regarding contests and it would take a while to check what they all are to make sure the contest is “legal.” The advice I’ve always seen for running contests is to limit it to U.S. only for those reasons, and to people 18 or older.
I imagine there have to be contests out there just for people in certain countries?