Review our official contest rules and guidelines for participating in City-run contests. These rules are designed to provide transparency, protect participants, and maintain the integrity of contests.
ENTRY PERIOD: The contest begins and ends as specified by the City of Port Coquitlam.
ELIGIBILITY:
- Participants must be thirteen [13] years or older and legal residents of Port Coquitlam.
- Participants under nineteen (19) years of age must have parental or guardian consent to claim a prize.
- Employees of the City of Port Coquitlam, as well as their immediate family members, are not eligible to enter.
HOW TO ENTER:
- Share your entry through the City’s social media channels using the designated contest hashtag and tagging the City; OR
- Upload your entry on the City’s contest webpage by commenting on any post related to the contest.
CONTEST RULES:
- Late or corrupt entries will not be accepted.
- The contest is not sponsored, administered, or associated with any social media platforms, including Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter. By entering, participants confirm they are 13+ years of age, release Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter from any liability, and agree to the platforms’ respective terms of use.
- By participating, entrants agree that their submissions may be used for promotional purposes on the City of Port Coquitlam’s social media channels and may remain available for viewing indefinitely at the City’s discretion.
ENTRY GUIDELINES:
- Entries must be original work or submitted with the consent of the creator.
- Entries must not be obscene or inappropriate material, as determined by the City in its sole discretion.
- Participants are responsible for obtaining necessary releases and consents for the use of their entry.
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY:
- By submitting an entry, participants grant the City of Port Coquitlam a non-exclusive, perpetual, royalty-free license to use the entry in any medium, including but not limited to streaming media, film, television, print, and online systems.
- The City of Port Coquitlam reserves the right to use submitted entries in any merchandising, advertising, marketing, or promotional activities.
PRIZES:
- Prize Winners will be chosen at random as specified in the campaign by the City of Port Coquitlam
- Each Prize Winner will receive prizes as detailed by the City of Port Coquitlam
- Prizes must be accepted as awarded and are non-transferable. No substitutions or cash refunds are permitted.
WINNERS AND ODDS:
- Odds of winning depend on the number of eligible entries received.
- Winners must correctly answer a skill-testing question to claim their prize.
- The City of Port Coquitlam is not responsible for late, lost, or misdirected notifications. If a selected winner cannot be contacted within two (2) weeks, the City of Port Coquitlam reserves the right to select an alternate eligible entrant. Once a prize is confirmed, winners have three (3) weeks to arrange for prize pick-up. Failure to do so may result in forfeiture of the prize, and the City reserves the right to award the prize to another eligible entrant.
TERMS AND CONDITIONS:
- By participating, entrants agree to abide by the official rules and accept the decision of the City of Port Coquitlam as final.
- Entrants release and hold harmless the City of Port Coquitlam from any liability arising from participation in the contest or the acceptance, use, or misuse of a prize.
- The City of Port Coquitlam reserves the right to cancel, suspend or amend the contest and to refuse any entry at its sole discretion.
PRIVACY:
- Personal information is collected solely or the purpose of contest entry and engagement with the City of Port Coquitlam.
- Personal information entered on any contest form is collected under the authority of Section 26(c) of the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (FOIPPA) for the purposes of processing your input. If you have any questions or concerns about the collection of this information, please contact the City’s Records and FOIPPA Administrator at 604.927.5250 or [email protected].