Terms & Conditions
Santa Fe New Mexican Pet Calendar Contest 2027
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1. The Santa Fe Pet Calendar Contest, (“the Contest”), is open to all aged 18 or over (“the Contestants”).
2. Contest will be run by The New Mexican, Inc.
3. By entering the Contest, the Contestants accept these Terms and Conditions together with any specific instructions and terms for the Contest which may be mentioned on-air, in any electronic messages, or on the website, or communicated to Contestants in any other way (“Contest Information”). Such Contest Information shall prevail in the event of there being any inconsistency between these Terms and Conditions and any Contest Information.
4. We may cancel or amend the Contest, Contest Information, or these Terms and Conditions without prior notice. Any changes will be posted either within the Contest Information or these Terms and Conditions. These Terms and Conditions were last updated, July 7, 2026.
5. Our decision in all matters to do with the Content will be final and no correspondence will be entered into.
Entry
6. Employees and members of their immediate families (including any live-in partner or household member) of any of the following may not enter:
a. Company employees
b. Any company or business involved in any capacity in the production of a program to which the Contest relates.
7. Contestants are free to submit as many individual entries as they wish and each entry will be considered separate. However, Contestants can only be shortlisted and selected as a Finalist once (in respect of their entry, the highest number of votes will be used).
8. To enter the Contest, Contestants must do the following:
a. Register an account and upload and submit their entry. Photo file formats accepted are .jpg, .png, .tiff, .psd. Resolution may not be over 16 megabytes.
b. Read and accept the terms and conditions and provide additional contact details so we can contact you if you are selected as a Finalist. Your details will be used solely for the purpose of administrating the competition.
9. A Contestant’s entries must be entirely original to the Contestant, feature only the Contestant’s photos and not include AI-generated imagery.
10. Entries must be completed in accordance with the entry process set out above. No other method of entry will be accepted. Entries which do not meet these criteria may not be considered.
11. Entries will not be complete until Contestants have uploaded their pet’s photo, entry information, and accepted these Terms and Conditions. We reserve the right to disqualify any entries submitted and/or finalized after the Contest has closed.
12. All entries will be subject to approval. We and/or our agents have absolute discretion to accept or reject any entry and to remove any entry already accepted without giving reasons for the decision. We may in particular refuse to upload any photo entry for the following reasons:
a. inclusion of defamatory or malicious content;
b. inclusion of content in photo to which someone else owns the copyright or other intellectual property rights;
c. breach of these Terms and Conditions
13. By entering the Contest, Contestants warrant that all information submitted by them is true, current, and complete. Contestants also warrant that they are the copyright owners of their photos which must be original works and must not infringe the intellectual property rights, privacy, or any other rights of a third party.
14. By entering the Contest, Contestants understand and agree that:
a. the Contestants grant us usage of their entry information for all forms of media for marketing purposes including in print, on internet websites, wireless applications, whether now existing or hereafter developed in any and all media formats and through any and all media distribution and advertising and promotional purposes, without accounting, notification, credit, payment, or other obligation to Contestants. We reserve the right to use (or not use) Contestants’ entries at all and/or as little of the entry as we so choose;
b. the Contestants indemnify the Competition Parties (defined below) from any claim in respect of their entry;
c. to the extent permitted by applicable law, the Contestants unconditionally give us their consent to any act or omission that would otherwise infringe on any moral rights they may have in and in relation to their entries, and they undertake that they will not institute, maintain or support any claim or proceeding for infringement of any moral rights they may have in and/or in relation to their entries.
15. None of our, (including our employees, officers, servants, agents) or any other party or organization (including our employees, officers, servants, agents) involved in the management, promotion, or administration of the Contest, or its entry, or implementation of any prize (or their agents or subsidiaries involved in any way in the Contest or any prize) (together the “Contest Parties”) will accept responsibility or liability for any error, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in operation or transmission, communications line failure, theft, destruction, alteration of, or unauthorized access to entries, or entries lost or delayed whether or not arising during operation or transmission as a result of server functions (including but not limited to security functions by software used by us or any third party), virus, bugs, or other causes outside its control. Proof of submission online is not proof of receipt by us.
16. Any entries which are incomplete, incorrect, incomprehensible, will be void.
17. In the event of any fault, mistake, misunderstanding or dispute concerning the correctness or acceptability of the entry, or the operation of any part of the Contest, or the interpretation of these Terms and Conditions, the decision we make shall be final and no correspondence will be entered into.
18. We will not be liable to reimburse any expenses incurred in entering the Contest.
19. We reserve the right to disqualify any Contestants and/or entries which it believes have not been made in compliance with these Terms and Conditions or to disqualify any Contestant found to have tampered with the entry process or the operation of the Contest or to be acting in an unprofessional or disruptive manner, or with intent to threaten, abuse or harass any other person.
Finalists
20. The public will vote for their favorite Contestants (“the Finalists”) from all eligible entries received.
21. Only the Finalists will be notified.
22. The Finalists first names and surnames may be published.
23. We reserve the right to select an alternative Finalist in the event that a Finalist is unable to be contacted.
Public Vote / Overall engagement
24. We reserve the right to disallow votes if there are reasonable grounds to suspect that fraudulent votes have been cast (i.e. more votes than a human being could possibly submit in the time available without the use of software or other devices designed to make automated votes). We reserve the right to disqualify any Finalist who engages in activity which could be designed to unfairly manipulate the outcome of the Contest.
25. The Finalist who receives the highest number of votes will be the Contest winner.
26. In the event of an equal number of votes, all tied Finalists will be judged by our team, who will determine at its sole discretion which Finalist should win the Contest.
27. We will take all reasonable steps to contact the winner using the details provided by the Finalist when they entered the competition but in the event of any failure to do so or a Finalist’s failure to respond within 48 hours of the results of the Public Vote being determined, We reserve the right, in our absolute discretion, to select an alternative winner from the Finalists.
28. The winner must be available to take part in interviews and/or any other promotional materials and/or events if requested by us. In the event that the winner is not available when required, we reserve the right, in our absolute discretion, to select an alternative winner.
Data Protection and Publicity
29. The first names and surnames of the Finalists and the Contest winner may be available from the date the various Finalists are selected for a minimum period of three months.
30. We may exercise sole discretion to use all Finalists’ names, images, and their comments relating to the Contest experience for promotion of this Contest, or the Contest Parties, and for future promotional, marketing and publicity purposes in any media worldwide without notice and without any fee being paid.
31. The information Contestants supply in connection with the Contest (including their personal details):
a. may be included in a database compiled for the Contest and will be used for the purposes of selecting Finalists;
b. may also be used for inclusion and/or read out in any program produced in connection with the Contest; and
c. will not be supplied to third parties (other than the Contest Parties) other than as is reasonably necessary to select Finalists and administer the Contest.
32. Any personal information provided by the Contestants, will only be used by us in accordance with our Privacy Statement which is accessible for the purposes of the Contest or as otherwise set out in these Terms and Conditions.
Liability
33. Nothing in these Terms and Conditions shall exclude or limit the Contest Parties’ liability for death or personal injury caused by their staff or supplier's negligence or for fraud. Subject to this, none of the Contest Parties can accept any responsibility for any damage, loss, injury or disappointment suffered by any Contestant entering the Contest or as a result of being a Finalist. None of the Contest Parties are responsible for any problems or technical malfunction of any computer on-line systems, servers, or providers, computer equipment, software failure of any email or entry to be received on account of technical problems or traffic congestion on the Internet or at any web site, or any combination thereof, including any injury or damage to Contestant’s or any other person’s computer related to or resulting from participation or downloading any materials in the Contest.
34. None of the Contest Parties promise that the services relating to the Contest will be free from errors or omissions nor that they will be available uninterrupted and in a fully operating condition. These services may be suspended temporarily and without notice in the case of system failure, maintenance or repair or for reasons reasonably beyond the control of any Contest Party. We will not be liable in the event that all or any part of the service relating to the Contest is discontinued, modified or changed in any way.
Standard terms
35. In the event that any Contestant does not, or is unable to, comply with and meet these Terms and Conditions and the Contest Information, We shall be entitled at our sole discretion to disqualify such Contestant, without any further liability to such Contestant. All Contestants must comply with any directions given by any Contest Party including but not limited to any and all relevant laws, rules and regulations, and where applicable.
36. The invalidity or unenforceability of any provision of these Terms and Conditions shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision. In the event that any provision is determined to be invalid or otherwise unenforceable or illegal, these Terms and Conditions shall otherwise remain in effect and shall be construed in accordance with their terms as if the invalid or illegal provision were not contained herein.
37. These Terms and Conditions and the Contest Information shall be exclusively governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of New Mexico.
38. Our Customer Services team may be contacted by email: marketing@sfnewmexican.com.
