1. Sponsor

This contest is sponsored by Z EGYPT LLC, a limited liability company registered in the State of Michigan, United States of America (the “Company” or “Sponsor”), and is run through its website, zegyptllc.com.

2. Nature of the contest

The Golden Picture Contest is a skill contest in hand coloring. It does not depend on chance or luck in any way, and no winner is ever chosen at random. The winner is the entrant with the best coloring under the published judging criteria in Section 6.

3. Eligibility

• Entry is open to anyone who has reached the legal age — 18 years or older (or the age of majority in their place of residence, whichever is greater) — with no maximum age limit.
• Eligibility is determined by the entrant’s legal residence, not by temporary physical presence.
• Residents of the following U.S. states may not enter the contest (their right to buy and enjoy the albums remains unaffected): Arizona, Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Illinois, Iowa, Louisiana, Maryland, Tennessee, and Vermont.
• Residents of U.S.-sanctioned countries and regions — Iran, North Korea, Syria, Cuba, Russia, Belarus, Venezuela, Myanmar, and the Crimea, Luhansk, and Donetsk regions — may neither purchase from the store nor enter the contest.
• Employees of the company and their first-degree relatives may not enter the contest.

4. Contest period

The contest runs monthly: entries are accepted from the first day of the month until its last day, Egypt time, and the winner is announced within three days of the period’s end. There is one contest picture per month, announced on the website before the month begins.

5. How to enter

• Buy any album from the store during the contest month; every album comes with a unique serial, which is the password that opens the album files.
• Color that month’s golden picture, included with your album, by hand and in your own style, then email a photo of your coloring to contest@zegyptllc.com from the same email used for the purchase, with the subject “Monthly contest entry” and your album serial in the body.
• One serial = one entry. Every serial and the registered purchase email are verified; any invented, reused, or non-issued serial is rejected.
• Every additional album bought in the same month earns one additional entry with the same monthly picture (a new coloring in a different style) — with no cap on the number of entries.
• One prize per person per month; each person’s highest-scoring entry is the one that competes for the prize.

6. Judging

• Entries are judged by a neutral AI judging system against fixed published criteria: coloring quality and neatness 40% — color harmony 30% — creativity 30%.
• Every entry’s scores are documented, and company management reviews the top scores and approves the winner before announcement.
• The coloring must be entirely your own work; any stolen, copied, or AI-colored work is disqualified immediately without notice.
• If two or more entries tie in score, the entry received earliest wins.
• Judging decisions and management approval are final and binding on all entrants.

7. Prizes and funding

• Each month’s prize is announced on the website before the month begins, and the announced prize is final and does not change during the month.
• The prize fund is funded by allocating $0.25 from the price of every album sold; the fund’s balance accumulates across months and is never reset to zero, and the following month’s prize is set from it.
• The grand prize grows with the fund’s balance with no fixed cap — the first grand prize is a brand-new iPhone, or its cash value at the winner’s choice — and is awarded in the month its full value is reached by the fund, after being announced before that month begins; if the threshold is not reached, it rolls over to the next month while the balance keeps accumulating. Rollover applies to the grand prize only; every month’s announced regular prize is always paid in its month.
• Anyone who takes part in all three monthly contests of a season earns the season-completion gift: the exclusive golden album — a guaranteed gift for every completer, not dependent on winning.

8. Winner verification and prize delivery

• Before delivering any prize, the company verifies the winner’s eligibility: serial validity, purchase email, and legal residence, and may request an identity document for this purpose only.
• If the highest-scoring entrant proves ineligible or cannot be verified, their entry is void and the prize passes to the next-highest eligible entry.
• The winner’s name is announced on the website, and an email is sent from the company’s official email to arrange prize delivery.
• The winner is responsible for any taxes on their prize under the law of their residence. If the winner resides in the United States and their prizes in one calendar year reach $600 or more, the company will complete the required tax reporting (Form 1099) and may request a Form W-9 before delivery.

9. General terms

• The company may amend these rules for legal or operational reasons; amendments apply to contests beginning after their publication on the website.
• Entering the contest constitutes acceptance of these rules in full.
• Album purchases are governed by the Refund Policy published in the Terms & Conditions on the website.
• These rules are governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Michigan, USA, whose courts have jurisdiction over any dispute arising from them.
• Questions: info@zegyptllc.com — Entries: contest@zegyptllc.com.
• Our official Facebook Page: facebook.com/Zegyptllc