Rules

The 5 submissions that receive the most votes will be our shortlisted finalists. 

Tree-Free reserves the right to select additional finalists at our sole discretion.

The finalists will be judged by Tree-Free's Judging Panel to determine the winner. The decision will be final and no correspondence will be entered into.

For submission purposes, please upload a lower resolution jpeg or png file. Winners will need to supply a high resolution file for print production. File requirements will be furnished to all finalists to confirm they are able to comply.

By submitting your artwork you hereby grant a non-exclusive, worldwide royalty-free license to show your submitted image(s) online and in any published materials relating to the promotion of the Tree-Free Talent Challenge, now or in the future. No fee is payable for showing your work in the context of the Talent Challenge. You will retain all rights to your own work.

You will only submit work which is wholly owned by you, was created in response to the competition brief, and does not infringe any copyright or other intellectual property rights. The organizers will not be held responsible should you submit work which is subsequently proven to have infringed any intellectual property rights.

Anyone submitting work which infringes any intellectual property rights will automatically and immediately be disqualified from the competition.

The Organizers reserve the right to disqualify any work not submitted in line with the Submission Guidelines, or which The Organizers deem offensive or unsuitable. All entries will need to be submitted via the designated format.   Entries submitted by any other means will not be considered. Participants acknowledge that Tree-Free is continually creating and licensing greeting cards, and that any designs that Tree-Free publishes in the future that bear any similarity to submitted designs are coincidental and all rights to copyright infringement are hereby waived. 

Contestants automatically accept the terms and conditions of this competition and acknowledge all US laws which may apply.

Failure to adhere to these terms and conditions nullifies contestant privileges to further participate in the Tree-Free Talent Challenge as the organizers see fit to determine.

Finalists will be sent a summary copy of the Tree-Free Licensing Agreement.  If any shortlisted candidate does not agree to any of the terms, they will be requested to retire from the competition prior to the announcement of the finalists. Once a winner has been selected, it is fully expected that they will ultimately sign a Licensing Agreement.  The start date and all contractual details will be agreed directly between the winner and Tree-Free Greetings.

You give permission for your email address to be added to the mailing lists of Tree-Free Greetings, and you may unsubscribe at any time.

Participants are encouraged to submit work well in advance of any given deadline. The Organizers will not be liable for any misadventure, accident, injury, loss or claim that may occur  in connection with participation in the competition; as a consequence of late or lost files or failure of an entry to be received on the website on account of technical problems or traffic congestion or arising from or related to any problem or technical malfunction of computer equipment.