Hallmark Snapshots of Love Photo Contest

Hallmark and Filstar distributors is currently holding a photo contest called "Hallmark Snapshots of Love". The theme for this contest are images of parents or images representative of parenthood or families.



To qualify, entries must portray what is best about being a mother or father, a special moment you’ve shared with your own parents or your photo of a picture-perfect mom or dad.

This contest is open to all photographers - professional or non-professional residing in the Philippines, a Filipino citizen aged 10 and above. You may submit as many entries as you wish but can only win once.

Contest requirements:

1) You must have a proof of purchase (single receipt) from any participating retail store as proof of purchase of a Hallmark Mother’s Day and/or Father’s Day card. Receipt should be dated within the contest period: April 16 to June 27, 2010. For participants who will submit their entries online, a scanned image of the receipt must also be uploaded.

2) submission of entry

a) Place your entries, together with the other requirements, in a short brown envelope and drop in promo dropboxes located at all participating stores. Entries must be printed in full color on an 8R (8x10 inches) photo paper

b) Mail your entries to: Hallmark Snapshots of Love Photo Contest c/o
Marketing Group, Filstar Distributors Corporation
11 Brixton St., Brgy. Kapitolyo, Pasig City 1603 Philippines

* Mailed entries must be printed in full color on an 8R (8x10 inches) photo paper and must be enclosed in a short brown envelope along with the other requirements.

c) Upload your photos on www.filstar.com.ph. Entries submitted online must be set to 150 to 300 dpi resolution.

Contest Deadline: last day of submission is on June 27, 2010.

The prizes for the contest is as follows:

1st prize - Apple ITouch
2nd prize - Canon Selphy ES30 Photo Printer
3rd prize - Canon Powershot A480 camera
Consolation prizes: 2 winners of Nokia 5130 XpressMusic

Criteria for judging:

Innovation and Creativity 40%
Message 40%
Image quality 20%

for a total of 100%



upside of the contest:
- you may submit your images online

downside:
- 20% of the cost for prizes above P 10,000 will be shouldered by the winner
- prizes not convertible to cash but transferable
- you need proof of purchase

P.S. To know more about the contest, you may visit the Filstar Distributors contest page.