DHL: Olympic Spirit - Spirit Card Guidelines

How to enter: NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. Contest runs from October 4, 2005 to December 16, 2005. Participants must be a resident of the United States between the ages of 8 and 12 (inclusive) as of December 16, 2005.
Objective: The objective of the contest is to create a painting or drawing that represents "What does Olympic Spirit Mean to Me?" Artwork must be created in color, using paints, watercolors, crayons, felt tip markers, or colored pencils. Final artwork must be no larger than 8.5 inches x 11 inches, two-dimensional, able to be framed, and created on paper, construction paper, or poster board only. Clearly print student's name, age as of December 16, 2005, school name and grade, home address, home telephone number, teacher's name, teacher's e-mail address and phone number, and descriptive title on the back of the artwork (50 words or less).
Entries: Students may submit as many pieces of artwork as they wish but only one (1) student can work on each piece of artwork. All artwork must be the work solely of the student, original, and never previously published.
Submissions: To submit, artwork must be sent to the "DHL U.S. Olympic Spirit Cards Contest", c/o DHL, 1200 South Pine Island Road, Suite 600, Plantation, Florida 33324. Entries must be received no later than December 16, 2005. Entries must be submitted via DHL or U.S. Postal Service.

Teachers submitting artwork on behalf of more than one student may register online at the "DHL U.S. Olympic Spirit Cards Contest" section of the DHL Olympic Spirit micro site, located at www.dhl-usa.com/olympicspirit/, to receive two (2) DHL ShipReady™ envelopes or paks free of charge for the contest submission. DHL is not responsible for entries which are lost, late, incomplete, illegible or damaged.
Finalists: Teachers should identify a winner from among the artworks submitted by their classroom's students. The classroom winner should be selected based upon creativity, originality, artistic merit, understanding and interpretation of "What does Olympic Spirit mean to me," and any other extenuating circumstances surrounding the student and his/her artwork that should be considered by the judges in the decision-making process. The winning artwork should be clearly marked within the submission packet and include a detailed justification from the teacher for selecting the classroom winner.

The winning artwork from each classroom, as selected by the teacher, will be automatically classified as a finalist within the DHL U.S. Olympic Spirit Cards Contest.

DHL reserves the right to identify additional finalists following the above mentioned criteria.
Judging: Entries will be judged on or about January 9, 2006 by a panel of judges comprised of Team DHL members. Entries will be judged based upon creativity, originality, artistic merit, understanding and interpretation of "What does Olympic Spirit mean to me," and any other extenuating circumstances surrounding the student and his/her artwork. Team DHL is comprised of Olympians and past recipients of the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Spirit Award:
- Vonetta Flowers (Bobsled) - 2002 Olympic Gold Medalist, Spirit Award Winner and U.S. Team of the Year
- Scott Hamilton (Figure Skating) - 1984 Olympic Gold Medalist and Spirit Award Winner; Four Time World and US Champion
- Dan Jansen (Speedskating) - 1994 Olympic Gold Medalist; 1988/1994 Spirit Award Winner; Member of Four U.S. Olympic Teams
- Chris Klug (Snowboarding) - 2002 Olympic Bronze Medalist and Spirit Award Winner
- Sarah Will (Paralympic Alpine Skiing) - 2002 Paralympic Gold Medal Sweep (4) and Spirit Award Winner
The judges' and sponsor's decisions on all matters relating to the DHL U.S. Olympic Spirit Cards Contest are final.
Prizes: Participants: All participants in the contest will receive a personalized certificate of participation from DHL and a 2006 DHL U.S. Olympic Spirit commemorative pin. These items will be delivered by DHL to the classroom teacher for distribution in early January 2006.

In addition, entries received will be displayed in Torino, Italy for U.S. Olympic and Paralympic team members to enjoy. Finally, entries will also be displayed at a ceremony honoring the winners of the 2006 U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Spirit Awards Delivered by DHL.
Prizes: Finalists: All contest finalists in the contest will also receive an item of official DHL-U.S. Olympic merchandise. These prizes will be delivered by DHL to the classroom teacher for distribution in early January 2006. In addition, all finalists will have their "Spirit Card" artwork featured in an online DHL U.S. Olympic Spirit Card Gallery located at the "DHL U.S. Olympic Spirit Cards Contest" section of the DHL Olympic Spirit micro site, located at www.dhl-usa.com/olympicspirit/.
Prizes: Grand Prize: In addition to the aforementioned prizes, four (4) Grand Prizes will be awarded in this contest. Each Grand Prize consists of a one-night, two-day, all expenses paid trip for each winner and two companions to the 2006 U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Spirit Awards Delivered by DHL awards ceremony, where they will receive a special award and recognition for their creation of a DHL U.S. Olympic Spirit Card to be presented by a member of the Team DHL judging panel. The awards ceremony will take place in May 2006 and is scheduled to be attended by U.S. Olympians and U.S. Paralympians. Each Grand Prize includes hotel (double occupancy), round-trip coach air transportation from the commercial airport closest to winner's home, ground transport to scheduled events, and meals.

In addition, the four (4) Grand Prize winners will have their artwork framed in a designated U.S. Athlete and U.S. Sponsor Hospitality area in Torino throughout the duration of the 2006 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games in Torino, Italy. The cards will also be prominently displayed at the 2006 U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Spirit Award Delivered by DHL awards ceremony. Following the ceremony, the winning cards will be moved to their permanent display at DHL's U.S. Corporate Headquarters in Plantation, Florida. The cards may also be used in the design of DHL's 2006 Corporate Holiday Greeting Card.
Notification of Winners: Teachers of the four (4) potential Grand Prize winners will be notified by telephone no later than January 16, 2005, in order to coordinate for notification of the winning student and his/her parent or legal guardian.
Restrictions: Except logos or other forms of commercial identification of Olympic sponsors, no commercial identification of any sort should be incorporated in any way in the artwork. No entry will qualify if it is judged to contain distasteful material.
Winners: For a list of winners' names, send a self-addressed, stamped envelope to the "DHL U.S. Olympic Spirit Cards Contest", c/o DHL, 1200 South Pine Island Road, Suite 600, Plantation, Florida 33324.
Consent: By entering the DHL U.S. Olympic Spirit Cards Contest, participants consent to the use of their names and/or photographs, without compensation, in any publicity carried out by or for DHL.