My IL 66 Photo Contest
Will you be out exploring the Mother Road this year? Take a selfie!
Take a "selfie" at any Illinois Route 66 landmark and post it on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram with the hashtag #MyIL66 or submit via email to casey@illinoisroute66.org.
Each month, we'll select three photos to be highlighted on our social media outlets, and the photo with the most likes, comments or shares will win an Illinois Route 66 commemorative license plate and an Illinois Route 66 baseball hat!
But it gets even better! Once per year, we'll let voters choose a grand prize winner from the 12 monthly winners. The photo with the most likes, comments, or shares will win our grand prize: A basket full of Illinois Route 66 memorabilia, gift certificates, and more!
Read about our 2016 grand prize winner
Take a "selfie" at any Illinois Route 66 landmark and post it on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram with the hashtag #MyIL66 or submit via email to casey@illinoisroute66.org.
Each month, we'll select three photos to be highlighted on our social media outlets, and the photo with the most likes, comments or shares will win an Illinois Route 66 commemorative license plate and an Illinois Route 66 baseball hat!
But it gets even better! Once per year, we'll let voters choose a grand prize winner from the 12 monthly winners. The photo with the most likes, comments, or shares will win our grand prize: A basket full of Illinois Route 66 memorabilia, gift certificates, and more!
Read about our 2016 grand prize winner
Contest Rules and Restrictions
By submitting a Submission, each Entrant (i) warrants that it is an original Submission owned by the Entrant; and (ii) grants the Illinois Route 66 Scenic Byway and its designees the perpetual, unlimited, non-exclusive, worldwide and irrevocable right to modify, create derivative works of, edit post, publish and/or otherwise use the Submission and all elements embodied therein, including any names and likenesses provided in the Facebook, Twitter or Instagram site, in any manner and in any and all media now known or hereafter developed, without compensation, notification or permission, without limitation as to manner, frequency or duration of use, including, without limitation, in advertising, promotion and on the Internet. A submission must: (11) be Entrant's own original work that is solely owned by Entrant; (2) be a .jpg, .gif, or .jpeg file format; and not exceed 5 MB; (3) be non-confidential; (4) have been legally created; (5) not infringe upon the copyrights, trademarks, rights of privacy, publicity or other intellectual property or other legal or moral rights of any person or entity; (6) not be obscene, lewd, inappropriate, violent or not in keeping with the Byway's image (as determined by the Byway in its sole discretion); and (7) if the photograph includes other individuals, such individuals must be 18 years of age or older and have provided permission to the Entrant to use the photograph as a Submission. Submissions that do not meet the submission criteria set forth above, contain prohibited content, and/or are otherwise deemed by the Byway, in its sole discretion, to be inappropriate or obscene or not in keeping with Byway’s image will not appear on the Website. Byway will have no obligation to post or otherwise use any Submission.
Entrant agrees that Byway shall not have any liability to entrant for any direct, indirect, contributory, vicarious, secondary or other infringement or protection of any copyright in or to entrant’s Submission. Byway has the right to review all Submissions and all Submissions may be posted on the Website, at Byway’s sole discretion. No Submissions will be returned. By making a Submission, entrant hereby grants permission for the Submission to be posted on the Website and otherwise used by Byway in accordance with the grant of rights set forth above. Entrant agrees that Byway and Facebook, Twitter or Instagram are not responsible for any unauthorized use of Submissions by third parties. Byway is not responsible for failed, partial or garbled computer transmissions, or for technical failures of any kind, including but not limited to electronic malfunction or damage of any network, hardware or software. No responsibility is assumed for: any error, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in operation or transmission, communications line failure, theft or destruction or unauthorized access to, or alteration of Entries; any problems or technical malfunctions of any telephone network or lines, computer online systems, servers, providers, computer equipment, or software; failure of any e-mail or electronic Entry to be received on account of technical problems or traffic congestion on the Internet or at any Website, or any combination thereof, including but not limited to any injury or damage to Entrant’s or any other person’s computer related to or resulting from participation in this Sweepstakes. All Entries and Submissions become the property of Byway and will not be returned. All Entries must be received by November 30, 2019. Winner must meet all eligibility requirements. In the event Winner is deemed ineligible, or is not available to claim prize during specified dates, then an alternate winner will be selected at random from eligible Entries received, time permitting.
By submitting a Submission, each Entrant (i) warrants that it is an original Submission owned by the Entrant; and (ii) grants the Illinois Route 66 Scenic Byway and its designees the perpetual, unlimited, non-exclusive, worldwide and irrevocable right to modify, create derivative works of, edit post, publish and/or otherwise use the Submission and all elements embodied therein, including any names and likenesses provided in the Facebook, Twitter or Instagram site, in any manner and in any and all media now known or hereafter developed, without compensation, notification or permission, without limitation as to manner, frequency or duration of use, including, without limitation, in advertising, promotion and on the Internet. A submission must: (11) be Entrant's own original work that is solely owned by Entrant; (2) be a .jpg, .gif, or .jpeg file format; and not exceed 5 MB; (3) be non-confidential; (4) have been legally created; (5) not infringe upon the copyrights, trademarks, rights of privacy, publicity or other intellectual property or other legal or moral rights of any person or entity; (6) not be obscene, lewd, inappropriate, violent or not in keeping with the Byway's image (as determined by the Byway in its sole discretion); and (7) if the photograph includes other individuals, such individuals must be 18 years of age or older and have provided permission to the Entrant to use the photograph as a Submission. Submissions that do not meet the submission criteria set forth above, contain prohibited content, and/or are otherwise deemed by the Byway, in its sole discretion, to be inappropriate or obscene or not in keeping with Byway’s image will not appear on the Website. Byway will have no obligation to post or otherwise use any Submission.
Entrant agrees that Byway shall not have any liability to entrant for any direct, indirect, contributory, vicarious, secondary or other infringement or protection of any copyright in or to entrant’s Submission. Byway has the right to review all Submissions and all Submissions may be posted on the Website, at Byway’s sole discretion. No Submissions will be returned. By making a Submission, entrant hereby grants permission for the Submission to be posted on the Website and otherwise used by Byway in accordance with the grant of rights set forth above. Entrant agrees that Byway and Facebook, Twitter or Instagram are not responsible for any unauthorized use of Submissions by third parties. Byway is not responsible for failed, partial or garbled computer transmissions, or for technical failures of any kind, including but not limited to electronic malfunction or damage of any network, hardware or software. No responsibility is assumed for: any error, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in operation or transmission, communications line failure, theft or destruction or unauthorized access to, or alteration of Entries; any problems or technical malfunctions of any telephone network or lines, computer online systems, servers, providers, computer equipment, or software; failure of any e-mail or electronic Entry to be received on account of technical problems or traffic congestion on the Internet or at any Website, or any combination thereof, including but not limited to any injury or damage to Entrant’s or any other person’s computer related to or resulting from participation in this Sweepstakes. All Entries and Submissions become the property of Byway and will not be returned. All Entries must be received by November 30, 2019. Winner must meet all eligibility requirements. In the event Winner is deemed ineligible, or is not available to claim prize during specified dates, then an alternate winner will be selected at random from eligible Entries received, time permitting.
