Join

1)   Your website must have some content.  It cannot be one page and/or

just graphics and links to other sites.

2)   Your website must not be under construction and/or have missing

graphics and/or links.

3)   Sites must be family friendly.  No hate, bigotry or bashing of others

will be accepted. 

4)   No "Password" or "Members Only" sites are allowed.  All pages must be

viewable.

5)   Blogs are not considered "Websites" and will not be accepted.

6)   No "Commercial Sites" will be accepted.  We are not here to

advertise for others.

7)   All sites need to be in English or have an English mirror to them.

8)   You may use a Guestbook of your choice, however it must accept html code.

Having a Guestbook on your website is a requirement.

9)   Your email must be listed on your website.  It may be text or linked

to a graphic.   (Email Forms are not acceptable.)

10)   You must have our linked banner on your site prior to approval.

This will be checked before your application is approved.

11)   You will be allowed to enter 3 sites with this competition.

However, each site must have different content.

12)   If you are under 13 years of age you must have parental consent

before you can join in compliance with the COPPA Laws.  To protect

the confidentiality of each individual we only use first names or alias.

Email addresses are for correspondence and voting verification.

We do not distribute your information to outside concerns.

13)   No adult material may be on your site at any time.

14)   No Pornography or links to Pornographic sites are permitted

under any circumstances.

15)   Foul language may not be used at any time.

16)   If any site is found to be stealing bandwidth they will be disqualified!

17)   There is to be no stealing of others graphics/work.  If you would like to use

something that belongs to another person, please ask first.

Membership

1)   You must have our linked banner on your site while participating.

This will be checked.  Should you not have a banner or it doesn't

have a link your site will be placed on "Hold" until the problem is resolved.

2)   Leave Of Absence (LOA) is permitted, however you must notify us in

advance, if at all possible, that you will be needing time off.

Leave Of Absence = 1 Week

Extended Leave Of Absence = 2 Weeks

3)   Leave of Absence is not permitted in Semi-Finals and Finals Levels

nor the Championship.  Should you require an LOA during this time you

will be moved to Level 2 upon returning.

4)   Lack of communication with Management may lead to termination of

your membership.

Voting

1)   Our voting schedule is from Monday through Thursday only.  Voting times

are from 12:00AM to 10:00PM EST.  Any votes placed after 10:00PM EST

will be posted the following day.

2)  Self-voting is required at all Levels and those "Self-Voting Requirements" are as follows:

Qualifying Level ~ Must self-vote all 4 days.

Level 1 ~ Must self-vote at least 3 days.

Level 2 ~ Must self-vote at least 3 days.

Level 3 ~ Must self-vote at least 3 days.

Semi-Finals ~ Must self-vote all 4 days.

Finals ~ Must self-vote all 4 days.

Championship ~ Must self-vote all 4 days.

You must self-vote the number of days required for your level

in order to advance to the next level. 

If you do not self-vote the required number of days you will not advance

regardless of the number of votes you have acquired and will  be moved to Level 1.

Lack of voting for an entire week will result in your returning to the Qualifying Level.

Lack of self-voting shows lack of interest in the competition.

Repeat offenses to this rule may result in your removal from the competition.

3)   If you cannot vote on a certain day please advise Management as

to why, otherwise you will be classified as an inactive member.

4)   You may only vote once daily for the sites of your choice.  IP addresses are

recorded and will be checked.  Additional votes from the same IP address

will be classified as ballot stuffing and will be deleted.  This will also be

cause for termination of your membership.

5)   You must be an active member at all times!   If your site doesn't

receive any votes for more then 2 weeks, and your not on LOA,

 then your site will be placed on "Hold" with a possible termination.

Disclaimers

1)   Please know that any winners of this Web Competition will only receive

graphic awards.  No cash prizes will be given out.

2)   If you win the Finals Level three (3) weeks in a row you will qualify to compete in

our next SWC Championship Tournament.  

SWC Championship Tournament runs June 2008 and December 2008.

Retirement is required until the next SWC Championship Tournament

in order to give others a chance at winning.

3)   Should you win the SWC Championship Tournament you will receive a graphic

award and a personalized webset.

4)   Salem's Web Competition will not be held responsible for the content of our

members websites.  We do try to monitor these sites, but it's impossible to

keep track of all the pages and the constant changes.

5)   Salem's Web Competition has the right to refuse any website from

competing without cause.

6)   Salem's Web Competition cannot be held responsible for any lost

votes due to technical difficulties.

7)   Salem's Web Competition reserves the right to revise the rules without prior notice.

If you agree to the above rules you may fill in an application to

join Salem's Web Competition by clicking on the following link.