TO ENTER : To enter, go to the “Best of Show 2012” contest page. Provide your contact information, select your favorites in each category, and click Submit. The contest begins at 9:00 a.m. on 12/29/11 and ends at 12 p.m. on 01/02/2011.

Only one (1) entry per person or email address is permitted per 24 hours.

PRIZES : ONE (1) winner will receive $500 in gas cards. Contest winner will be randomly selected from all eligible entries. The winner will be notified by email by 01/10/2012, and must pick up their prize at the Union-Tribune by 01/27/12. The Union-Tribune is located at 350 Camino de la Reina, San Diego, CA, 92108. Prize pick-up times are 10:00-3:00 Monday-Friday, excluding holidays. The Union-Tribune does not mail or deliver prizes. Winners are responsible for paying all applicable local, state and federal taxes. For tax reporting purposes, winners will be required to provide legal name, address and social security number or forfeit prize. The Union-Tribune Company is not responsible for lost or stolen prizes. All prizes are non-refundable or exchangeable and cash substitutions are not permitted. Unclaimed prizes will be forfeited. The Union-Tribune makes no warranty with respect to any prize and reserves the right to substitute a prize of equal of greater value.

ELIGIBILITY : All contestants must be 18 years of age or older and must show a valid driver’s license or picture ID. You must complete all contact information to be eligible to win. Employees of the Union-Tribune Company, and immediate family members and/or those living in the same household of each are not eligible. The Union-Tribune shall be the sole judge of eligibility and reserves the right to disqualify any entrant for any reason. Winners agree to allow use of name and photos by the Union-Tribune without further compensation. The contest is subject to all federal, state, and local laws and is void where prohibited. In fairness to all, the Union-Tribune cannot discuss the contest by phone, mail or in any other way with the contestants.

OTHER CONDITIONS : The Union-Tribune reserves the right to change, modify, or extend contest dates if it should be deemed necessary. The Union-Tribune reserves the right to suspend or cancel the contest at any time. The Union-Tribune assumes no responsibility for injury or loss that may arise from participation in the contest. The Union-Tribune assumes no responsibility for computer system, phone line, hardware, software or program malfunctions, delayed computer transmissions or network connections that are human or technical in nature. The Union-Tribune reserves the right in its sole discretion to cancel or suspend this contest, in its entirety or in part should virus, bug, tampering, unauthorized intervention, fraud, technical failures, or other causes beyond the Union-Tribune's control corrupt the administration, security, fairness, integrity or proper play of the contest. The Union-Tribune is not responsible for incorrect or inaccurate entry information whether caused by Internet users or by any of the equipment or programming associated with or utilized in the contest by any technical or human errors, which may occur in the processing of the entries in the contest. The Union-Tribune reserves the right to withdraw the transmission of this contest at any time and award the prize from among eligible entries received prior to the date of the withdrawal. The Union-Tribune reserves the right at its sole discretion to disqualify any individual it finds to be tampering with the entry process or the operation of the game or website or to be acting in violation of the official rules.

Thank you for reading this and GOOD LUCK!

This contest is officially sponsored by The San Diego Union-Tribune.