Photo Contest

2023 Sicamous Houseboats Photo Contest Closed

The 2023 Sicamous Houseboats Photo Contest is now closed. We would like to thank all of our wonderful participants. We have received so many wonderful photo submissions that selecting a winner will be very difficult.

The winner of the 2023 Sicamous Houseboats Photo Contest will be announced shortly and the winner will be contacted by email.

Judging

All entries received will be judged by Sicamous Houseboats based on photo quality, composition, subject and creativity of image. One grand prize winner will be chosen by August 31st, 2023 and will be contacted at that time. Decision of judges is final and binding in all respects.

Prizes

One (1) Grand Prize will be awarded by August 31st, 2023 for best overall picture. The Grand Prize winner will 4 Night sailing in a G66 Houseboat between September 5th and October 9th, 2023. The Grand Prize will be awarded to the winner judged to have the best overall picture.

Other Information

Entries must be original, neither previously published nor having won any other award. There is no restriction on when the photo was taken. Photos should depict a scene in the Shuswap or Okanagan region.

Sicamous Houseboats reserves the right at its sole discretion to reject and disqualify any entry which Sicamous Houseboats, in its sole discretion, determines to be inconsistent with its reputation. Sicamous Houseboats assumes no responsibility for entries it is unable to process due to technical failures or lost email entries.

By submitting your photo, you grant a nonexclusive, royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, and fully sublicensable right to use, reproduce, adapt, publish, translate, distribute, and display such content throughout in any editorial, public relations, promotional and advertising purposes in any media, including the internet. You grant Sicamous Houseboats, the right to use the name that you submit in connection with such content, if we choose. Entrants who do not agree to this use should not enter this contest. You represent and warrant that you own or otherwise control all of the rights to the content that you submit; that the content is accurate; that use of the content you supply does not violate this policy and will not cause injury to any person or entity; and that you will indemnify, defend and hold harmless, Sicamous Houseboats for all claims resulting from content you supply.

Sicamous Houseboats reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to cancel contest if it becomes technically corrupted or because of non-authorized human intervention. In the event of cancellation, Sicamous Houseboats reserves the right to award the prize to an eligible, non-suspect, entry received prior to date of cancellation. Winners will be required to sign an Affidavit of Eligibility, Ownership and Release of Liability, Publicity and Copyright Assignment unless prohibitted by law, and return these documents within seven days of notification attempt, or forfeit prize.

If forfeited, another Grand Prize winner will be selected. Any applicable local, provincial or federal taxes are the sole responsibility of the winners. By participating, entrants release Sicamous Houseboats, its parent company, affiliates, subsidiaries and agents, respective officers, director, employees and agents from any and all liability or responsibility for any claim arising in connection with participation in the contest or any prize awarded.