TERMS & CONDITIONS OF ENTRY
All entries made before 23:59 on 06 July 2024 will be charged an early bird administration fee of $450 USD per entry which must be paid when submitting your entry or entries.
Entries submitted after the early bird close and before the standard deadline of 29 August 2024 will be charged the standard administration fee of $550 USD.
For entries submitted after the standard deadline will be charged $700 USD, with the late and final deadline for submissions being 23.59 Thursday 05 September 2024.
Please ensure you complete your entries by this date. Please complete all sections of the entry form, entries that are incomplete or exceed the stated word limit of 1000 words will not be accepted.
Please ensure you read the criteria for the awards you are entering. Remember to use evidence such as quotes, figures, and statistics and include as much information as possible on your entry form.
We ask all entrants to supply at least one company and/or client logo. Please supply this in JPEG or PDF format and upload it with your entry under 2MB.
All completed and returned entries will be acknowledged online at the time of submission after payment has been made.
All submitted entries should be as per the cultural norms and standards of Saudi Arabia.
The organisers do not accept any responsibility for the loss or damage of any entry.
The judges’ decision is final, and no correspondence or discussion will be entered into or feedback given regarding the selection of shortlisted nominations or winners.
We reserve the right to shorten entry titles for the purpose of the awards brochure and winners’ trophies. Please try and keep your entry title concise and to the point and follow the entry format stated in The Rules here.
We will not publish your entries without first seeking approval, winners are sometimes asked following the awards if they are willing to allow their entries to be made public for future marketing and promotion.
We reserve the right to extend the closing deadline, amend categories or not award categories should the standard of entries received not reach the required standard.
Please contact awards@atharfestival.com for help if you need further advice.
Payment Terms
If your payment is successful, you will receive an email confirmation to the email address you specified when placing your entry detailing your purchase. You can also download your invoice receipt.
Full payment for award entries is required by the date and time of the entry deadline, should payment not be received by this time, it could result in your entry being removed and not judged.
To withdraw an entry please contact e-mail awards@atharfestival.com
TERMS & CONDITIONS OF JUDGING
The judges’ decision is final, and no correspondence or discussion will be entered into or feedback given regarding the selection of shortlisted nominations or winners.
Shortlisted entrants will be contacted by email (at the address provided in the application) on the shortlist announcement date.
In the interest of transparency, judges will not be reviewing any categories that they have submitted.
Judges will not allow personal relationships or experiences to influence judging marks or decisions and their judging will be impartial and based on the standard of entry, campaign, organisation or product.
Judges will declare any perceived conflict of interest to the event organisers ahead of reading any entries.
All judging discussions are confidential and will not be shared or discussed with anyone outside of the judging panel ahead of the ceremony or thereafter.
Judges will not share confidential material, judging papers or entries with anyone.
Judges can only access entries that they have been provided to score.
Judges will not notify anyone that they have won or that they are shortlisted ahead of the official announcements.
Judges will not provide any feedback to entrants as to why they have not won or were not shortlisted – all requests for feedback must be directed to the awards organiser. You can email awards@atharfestival.com
Should a judge break the rules of conduct and the code is not adhered to, they will be asked to leave the panel and not be invited to judge any future awards.
The judging panel for the awards can be found here and the criteria to be applied by the judges are set out here.
TERMS & CONDITIONS OF TICKET PURCHASES/EVENT/AWARD ENTRIES
Payments made for Festival tickets or Awards entries are not eligibile for refunds or cancellations.
All requests for cancellations must be made in writing to awards@atharfestival.com
Force Majeure
We will not be liable for any failure or delay in performing our obligations where such failure or delay is a result from any of the causes that is beyond our reasonable control.
Such causes include but are not limited to power failure, Internet Service Provider failure, acts of God, epidemic, pandemic, civil unrest, fire, flood, droughts, storms, earthquakes, collapse of buildings, explosion or accident, acts of terrorism, acts of war, governmental action, any change in law/regulations or any action taken by a government or public authority, including without limitation imposing an export or import restriction, quota or prohibition, or any other event that is beyond our reasonable control (“Force Majeure”).
If the event is postponed due to a force majeure event, then any fee payment already been made will be transferred to the new date. Should a physical event not be possible due to causes beyond our control, then the event will be transferred to a virtual online event.
Payment Terms
If your payment is successful, you will receive an automatic email confirmation to the email address you specified when placing your order detailing your purchase. If you do not receive this email, please contact awards@atharfestival.com
Full payment for entries should be paid in advance along with the submission of entries. Any entries that have not been paid for will not be considered for judging process.
Filming & Photography
There may be a professional photographer and video production taking place during the event. Attendees consent to filming and sound recording as members of the audience. Photographs taken at the event are the intellectual property of Athar Festival and its event partners and will be used in promotion and post-event marketing.
Trophies
All trophies are inspected prior to the awards ceremony. Once these trophies have been handed over, you are responsible for the trophy from thereon. We will not cover the cost of a replacement due to damages during or at the award ceremony. Should you require a replacement trophy, please contact awards@atharfestival.com