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2023 Calendar Photography Contest

Winners Theme Special Spaces Contest Rules

Get your cameras ready!

It's time for our third annual photography contest for the 2023 monthly calendar!

What is this contest? Members of the community submit their photos for a chance to be featured in our monthly calendar. Our team will narrow down the submissions to 40 images, and then the public will vote for their favorites. The top 12 images will make it into the calendar, and the top 3 performing images will get prizes. The calendars are then sold at all ORNL FCU branches, with proceeds benefiting a local nonprofit. This year, Special Spaces has been selected as the recipient!

Please read all rules and guidelines before submitting any images.

THEME: THE BEAUTY OF EAST TENNESSEE

Our theme is "The Beauty of East Tennessee." We are looking for images that are unique to our area and reflect who we are as a community. Whether it be the city vibes or the country vibes—we want to see it all!

When considering what pictures to submit, we ask that you choose images that reveal what it means to be an East Tennessean or what makes our community a great place to thrive. Show us your idea of the East Tennessee lifestyle.

If you choose to include people in your submissions, you are responsible for obtaining the necessary model releases from the individuals and provide those to ORNL Federal Credit Union if requested.

We are looking for images that are unique to our area and reflect who we are as a community.

Whether it be the city or country vibes—we want to see it all!

When considering what pictures to submit, we ask that you choose images that reveal what it means to be an East Tennessean or what makes our community a great place to thrive. Show us your idea of the East Tennessee lifestyle.

 

 

WINNERS ANNOUNCED

 Congratulations to our 12 winners!

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Polecat Falls by Rick McCulley
Sleeping Fox by Christopher Barger
Summer Butterfly by Jeff Parlow
Autumn Deer by Diana Stamberga
Autumn Dock by Rachel Cromer
Spring Cub by Joseph Cooper
Spring Mountain by Nate Bowery
Fourth of July by Grayson Martin
Summer Lake by Tammy Maples
Cades Cove by Sean Sparbanie
Winter Buck by Tanner Walker
Upper Piney Falls by Travis Tracey

What happens next?

Now that the winners have been selected, the calendars are in production and we hope to start selling them in early October! Follow us on social @ornlfcu for real-time updates. 

 

MEET SPECIAL SPACES

Creating dream bedroom makeovers for children with cancer.

Special Spaces has been selected as the local nonprofit to receive the proceeds of the 2023 monthly calendar sales! They provide children with a special space where they can not only sleep, but also play, heal, and spend time away from the challenges of their illness. This amazing organization was founded in Knoxville in 2004, and after being featured on ABC's reality TV show "Secret Millionaire" it went national and now has chapters across the country! All proceeds raised will benefit the Knoxville chapter to help a local child get their dream bedroom! You can read more about this organization on their website by clicking the button below.


Special Spaces

PHOTOGRAPHY CONTEST OFFICIAL ENTRY RULES

NO PURCHASE, OBLIGATION, OR TRANSACTION IS NECESSARY TO ENTER THE PHOTOGRAPHY CONTEST OR RECEIVE PRIZE(S) FOR WINNING THE CONTEST. BEING A MEMBER OF THE CREDIT UNION DOES NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING. VOID WEHRE PROHIBITED BY LAW.

 

  1. All members or ORNL Federal Credit Union and non-members are eligible to participate.
  2. Employees and family members of ORNL Federal Credit Union are eligible to compete in the contest due to a blind judging process.
  3. Participants must be at least 13 years or older to participate.
  4. All images must be submitted in a digital format to ORNL FCU via the Submittable platform. Images emailed to any ORNL FCU email or mailed/brought to a branch will not be accepted.
  5. Winners will be selected by public voting. Judging panel will verify eligibility and contact the winners before publicly announcing.
  6. The winners will be contacted via the email address provided during entry. If no response is received after five (5) business days, a new winner will be selected and the previous winner will forfeit all rights to the prize.
  7. The winners must pick-up their prize at a designated ORNL Federal Credit Union branch within ten (10) days of being notified.
  8. Acceptance of a prize by the contest winner shall constitute and signify a contest winner’s consent to the use of his/her name, voice, photograph, and likeness for publicity of promotion purposes without compensation in any media now existing or hereinafter devised.
  9. Prize winners will be required to sign an Acceptance of Prize-Incentive and/or Authorization to Use Likeness release forms. In the event of non-compliance with these requirements, the prize will be forfeited and an alternate winner selected.
  10. All participants agree to release and hold ORNL Federal Credit Union harmless.
  11. If any dispute or controversy arises with respect to the selection of the winner(s), the decisions of ORNL Federal Credit Union shall be final and binding in all respects.
  12. All applicable taxes are the responsibility of the winners.
  13. By participating in the photography contest, the participant and their heirs, personal representatives, and next of kin forever releases, waives, discharges, and agrees to hold harmless ORNL Federal Credit Union and its Directors, Officers, Employees, Agents, and Sponsors from and against any and all claims, losses, liabilities, and damages arising out of or related to any loss, injury, or damages, whether caused by the negligence of the released parties or otherwise, that may be caused as a result of participation in the photography contest of the receipt of any prize(s).
  14. ORNL Federal Credit Union is not responsible for late, incomplete, or illegible participation entries.
  15. By participating in a promotion contest, the participant accepts and agrees to be bound by these Offical Contest Rules. All decision are in the sole and absolute discretion of ORNL Federal Credit Union. Any violation or non-compliance with these Official Contest Rules will result in disqualification.
  16. Except where prohibited by law, as a condition of participating in an ORNL Federal Credit Union contest, the participant agrees that (1) any and all disputes and causes of action arising out of or in connection with the contest, including awards and prizes, shall be resolved individually, without resort to any form of class action, and exclusively by final and binding arbitration under the rules of the American Arbitration Associate (“AAA”) and held at the AAA regional office nearest the participant; (2) the Federal Arbitration Act shall govern the interpretation, enforcement, and all proceedings at such arbitration; and (3) judgment upon such arbitration may be entered in a court having jurisdiction. The participant hereby waives all rights to claim, punitive, incidental, or consequential damages, or any other damages, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, and the participant further waives all rights to have damages multiplied or increased.
  17. Entering the contest does not entitle any participant to an award or prize. Only the participants selected by public voting and who claim the prize(s) according to these rules will receive the prize listed.
  18. Each individual may enter a maximum of five (5) images into the contest under one (1) submission entry. Duplicate entries will be discarded and not entered in the contest.
  19. ORNL Federal Credit Union is the official sponsor of the contest with a principal place of business located at 221 South Rutgers Avenue, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831 and a mailing address of P.O. Box 365, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831. 
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