Here are some drafted guidelines, not yet final but it’s mostly the rules… Davaoenos please share this.

BLOG COMPETITION

RULES AND REGULATIONS

1.       The 75^th Araw ng Dabaw BLOG COMPETITION is open to all Dabawenyo bloggers. Registration will be on the kick-off event in SM City Davao on February 11, 2012, at 1PM.

2.       Each participant can only submit 1 blog entry.  In the event that more than 1 entry is submitted, only the latest entry will be considered. The blog can be published in any blog website. The participant is required to send an email to duawdavao@yahoo.com after the blog has been published. The email should contain the following:

-          Subject : Official Entry to 75^th Araw ng Dabaw Blog Competition

-          Content :   URL of the Blog Entry and Name of Participant

3.       The blog should be guided by the theme of the Davao Tourism Campaign  “Davao : Life is here!” . The blog entries should have a tag/keyword of #Davao, #Araw ng Dabaw, #Davao Life is here, #Davao Tourism and #Araw ng Dabaw Blog Competition.  The following footer is compulsory to identify it as a blog entry :

<p><center><img src=”http://davaotourism.com/wp-content/themes/DavaoCTOO/images/ctoologo.jpg” alt=”Davao life is here” /><br />               <strong>Submitted as an entry to the 75th Araw ng Dabaw Blog Competition</strong></center></p>

4.       The blog can be written in English or Tagalog or Cebuano or a combination of the three.

5.       The competition will start from February 11, 2012 and will end on midnight of February 29, 2012. Winners will be announced on March 13, 2012 during the Mayor & Vice-Mayor’s Appreciation program.

6.       The Blog entry must have a minimum of 400 words and a maximum of 1,000 words.  Images can be added to accentuate the blog article.

7.       Blog entry, including accompanying images, must not in any way violate any intellectual property right. Anyone found to have violated this right in his/her blog entry will automatically be disqualified and will be required to delete the blog article.

8.        The blog must have a feedback/comment module. Part of the criteria for judging is the total number of unique feedbacks/comments received by the blog article.

9.       The decision of the board of judges is deemed final.

10.   All blog entries shall become the property of Duaw Davao Festivals Foundation,Inc.  As such, the foundation has the right to copy, adapt, transmit, distribute, publish, and display the blog entries in part or as a whole.

11.   Blog entries must always be in published mode in the duration of the competition.   

12.   The criteria for judging are as follows:

Relevance to the theme: 40%

Content : 25%

Organization,Flow of Thought,”Easy Reading”: 25%

Unique Count of Comments & Feedback received: 10%

13.   Winners will receive the following:

1^st Prize                                20,000

2^nd Prize               15,000

3^rd Prize                10,000  

Consolation Prize (5) of 5,000 each

14.   The Duaw Davao Festivals Foundation & the City Government of Davao or any of the institutions/agencies involved in the implementation of the Blog Competition shall not be held liable for any copyright infringement committed by the participant. Any other negative results coming from the participant’s failure to follow the rules and regulations will not be the responsibility of the foundation.

15.   Duaw Davao Festivals Foundation employees are not eligible to participate in the competition.

16.   All inquiries should be addressed to Duaw Davao Festivals Foundation at 2864103 or duawdavao@yahoo.com .