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OFFICIAL RULES AND CONDITIONS
SPONSOR
This promotion (the "Contest") is sponsored by HarperCollins Publishers, 10 East 53rd Street, New York, New York, 10022 (the "Sponsor").
ELIGIBILITY & ENTRY
NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. To enter, go to http://www.harperteen.com/contests/emilythestrange (the "Site"), and follow the instructions for composing and submitting your unique caption for the illustration/image provided. Only one caption per entry will be allowed. Entries with multiple captions will be rejected. Multiple entries from the same entrant will also be rejected.
Contest is open to legal residents of the United States ages 13 and up as of April 16, 2009, excluding employees and immediate family members of the Sponsor, and its parent, subsidiaries, affiliates, assigns, advertising, promotional and fulfillment agents, attorneys, and other representatives and the persons with whom each of the above are domiciled. Offer void outside the United States and wherever prohibited or restricted by law.
Each entrant in the Contest must be the rightful owner or have authorized use of the e-mail account indicated by the entrant’s e-mail address. In the event of a dispute concerning the identity of the winner submitting an entry, the winner will be deemed to be the person in whose name the e-mail account is opened. The e-mail account must be opened prior to 9:00 a.m. on (EST) on April 16, 2009.
ENTRY PERIOD
Contest will commence on April 16, 2009 (9:00 A.M. EST), and all entries must be received by July 16, 2009 (5:00 P.M. EST).
SELECTION AND NOTIFICATION OF WINNERS
All entries submitted in accordance with these Official Rules will be reviewed and judged by a panel, as selected by the Sponsor. The winning captions will be chosen by the panel of judges based on the caption that best captures Emily’s unique attitude and best represents the Emily image provided. In the event of a tie, the judges will compare the tied entries directly based on the foregoing criteria. If you are not familiar with the Emily or Emily the Strange: The Lost Days, then you can visit www.emilystrange.com or read an excerpt, beginning May 19, 2009, at http://browseinside.harperteen.com/index.aspx?isbn13=9780061452291.
Potential winners will be selected on or about August 1, 2009. All potential winners will be notified by e-mail and requested to complete an Affidavit of Eligibility. If the potential winner fails to return the executed Affidavit of Eligibility within 14 days of notification, an alternate potential winner will be chosen.
PRIZES
One (1) Grand Prize Winner will receive an Epiphone Limited Edition Emily the Strange Gibson G-310 guitar, a signed copy of Emily the Strange: The Lost Days, cool Emily swag, and the chance to have their winning caption posted on HarperTeen.com in September 2009.
Estimated retail value per grand prize item:
- Epiphone Limited Edition Emily the Strange Gibson G-310 guitar: US $499.00
- Signed copy of Emily the Strange: The Lost Days: US $16.99
- Emily swag to include t-shirt, wallet, journal, stickers, and more: US $120.00
Estimated total grand prize value: US $635.99
Five (5) First Prize Winners will each receive a signed copy of Emily the Strange: The Lost Days and cool Emily swag.
Estimated retail value per first prize item:
- Signed copy of Emily the Strange: The Lost Days: US $16.99
- Emily swag to include t-shirt, wallet, journal, stickers, and more: US $120.00
Estimated total first prize value: US $136.99
Approximate retail value of all prizes: US $1,320.94
The prizes are non-transferable and cannot be sold or redeemed for cash. The Sponsor reserves the right to substitute a cash payment of equal value for the prizes. Any federal, state, or local taxes are the sole responsibility of the winners.
CONDITIONS
By entering this Contest, entrants signify their acceptance of the Official Rules and decisions of the judges, which will be final in all respects; and to waive any claim to ambiguity of the Official Rules.
By accepting prizes, the winners grant Sponsor a perpetual, non-exclusive and royalty-free license to use and publicly display the entries in any and all media, now known and hereafter devised, including without limitation the Internet, and for any purposes, including advertisement and promotion, without further compensation, except where prohibited by law.
The entrants release, discharge, and hold harmless Sponsor and its parent, affiliates, subsidiaries, assigns, attorneys, representatives and agents, including advertising, promotion and fulfillment agencies, from any and all liability or damages arising from the use of any prize awarded and the administration of the Contest, including, without limitation, the following: (i) late, lost, incomplete, delayed, misdirected or unintelligible entries, (ii) any printing, typographical, administrative or technological errors in any materials associated with the Contest, and (iii) any damage to the entrant's computer, related equipment, data files, and software resulting from entrant's downloading of information regarding the Contest or participation in the Contest.
Sponsor may only use the personally identifiable information obtained from the entrants in accordance with its privacy policy.
Sponsor reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to modify, cancel or suspend this Contest should a virus, bug, computer problem or other causes beyond Sponsor’s control corrupt the administration, security or proper operation of the Contest. Sponsor may prohibit you from participating in the Contest or winning a prize if, in its sole discretion, it determines that you are attempting to undermine the legitimate operation of the Contest by cheating, hacking or employing other unfair practices or by abusing other entrants or the representatives of Sponsor.
ANY ATTEMPT BY AN ENTRANT TO DELIBERATELY DAMAGE THE WEBSITE OR UNDERMINE THE OPERATION OF THE CONTEST MAY BE IN VIOLATION OF CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LAWS, AND, IN SUCH EVENT, SPONSOR RESERVES THE RIGHT TO PURSUE ITS REMEDIES AND DAMAGES (INCLUDING COSTS AND ATTORNEY'S FEES) TO THE FULLEST EXTENT OF THE LAW.
THE ODDS OF WINNING DEPEND UPON THE NATURE, QUALITY AND NUMBER OF ELIGIBLE ENTRIES.
Any dispute arising from the Contest will be determined according to the laws of the State of New York, without reference to its conflict of laws principles, and the entrants consent to the personal jurisdiction of the State and Federal Courts located in the State and County of New York over them and agree that such courts have exclusive jurisdiction over all such disputes.
For the names of the prize-winners, send an e-mail to emilythestrange@harpercollins.com or a self-addressed stamped envelope (postage not required from Vermont residents) to Children’s Online Marketing, HarperCollins Publishers, 10 East 53rd Street, New York, NY 10022 after August 10, 2009 but before February 10, 2009.
If you have any problems entering this contest or have questions about this contest, please email emilythestrange@harpercollins.com.
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