- By participating, artists agree to release and hold harmless Buffalo Toronto Public Media and its affiliates from any and all liability, claims, or actions of any kind arising from their participation in the contest or the use of submitted artwork.
- By submitting a work or works, artists represent and warrant that their work is their own original creation and does not infringe upon the intellectual property rights or other rights of any third party. This includes, but is not limited to, characters, images, or branding associated with public media programs — for example, Arthur, Julia Child, Bob Ross, Big Bird, Rick Steves, Wait Wait... Don’t Tell Me!, and Morning Edition — or any other copyrighted materials.
- Submissions must not contain any material that is defamatory, obscene, political or otherwise unlawful.
- BTPM reserves the right to disqualify entries that are incomplete, offensive, or do not meet the submission requirements.
All decisions by BTPM regarding the contest and its outcomes are final.