Prestige Student Scholarship Program – Official Rules
Purpose:
Prestige Photography will award three one-time $1,000 scholarships to the Class of 2025 graduating seniors to support their future academic and career goals.
Eligibility:
Applicants must have been photographed by Prestige Photography for their 2025 senior pictures. They must also be seniors attending a high school where Prestige Photography photographs the Class of 2025. This information must be on the books and records of Prestige Photography on the date of the application. Employees of Lifetouch (“Sponsor”), their immediate families and household members are not eligible. A purchase will not increase the odds of winning.
Application:
Applicants must complete the application form and submit the required essay no later than midnight on January 31st, 2025. The application requires an essay responding to the following topic, “Tell us what senior year means to you and how your Prestige pictures help celebrate your achievements.” The essay format must be one page, 12 point, Times New Roman font with 1” margins, written in English, and not exceed 600 words. The form and essay are the “Application.” Limit one application per Prestige student.
Awards:
Three one-time $1,000 student scholarship winners will be selected from the applications received. Scholarships will be awarded no later than July 31st, 2025.
Selecting the Winners:
Scholarship winners will be selected by the Prestige Photography marketing team. Selection criteria includes grammar (20%), originality (30%), and content in relation to senior pictures (50%). All decisions of the Sponsor will be final and binding.
Notifying the Winners:
The winner’s school will be notified of the name of the winner and the Sponsor will coordinate with the school to award the scholarship at the school’s spring scholarship award night. If the school does not have a spring scholarship or award recognition night, the award will be delivered by express mail or in person to the winner no later than July 31st, 2025. Winners will be notified no later than April 1st, 2025. Award of the scholarship is contingent upon receipt of a signed Affidavit of Eligibility and Publicity Release (Affidavit), (including signature by a parent if the winner is under the age of 18), within 10 days of the date of mailing the notification. Return of the award notification or award as undeliverable, or failure to timely return the Affidavit will result in disqualification, scholarship forfeiture and selection of an alternate winner.
Other Terms:
By submitting an Application, applicant (and his/her parent if under the age of 18), agree as follows: (i) the Application will be the applicant’s original work, (ii) all Applications become the property of the Sponsor and will not be returned, (iii) to comply with the official rules of the Scholarship Program, (iv) all or any part of the Application may be used to promote the Sponsor and its affiliated companies, their products and services, with or without identifying the applicant by name or fictitious name, city and state of resident, with or without the applicant’s likeness, biographical information and scholarship information in any format in any medium without limitation, including the Internet, (v) none of the Sponsor or its shareholders, affiliated companies, directors, employees, agencies, successors or licenses (together “Lifetouch”) will have any liability whatsoever for any injury, loss or damage of any kind related to participation of applicant as a Prestige Photography customer or resulting from the Student Scholarship Program, including without limitation the Application for, acceptance, possession or use of the scholarship and/or use of the Application. All federal, state, and local taxes are the responsibility of the scholarship winner. Lifetouch is not responsible for delays of any kind relating to the Student Scholarship Program due to any reason beyond its control. For a list of scholarship winners, send a self-addressed stamped business size envelope by August 31st, 2025 to Prestige Marketing, Student Scholarship Program, 11000 Viking Drive, Eden Prairie, MN 55344. The laws of the state of Minnesota, USA govern. Void where prohibited.