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Parenting Magazine and Parenting.com "Cookie Countdown"
Recipe Contest Rules
CONTEST INFORMATION The Parenting Magazine and Parenting.com "Cookie Countdown"
Recipe Contest (the "Contest") is sponsored by Parenting Magazine, a division of
Bonnier Corporation ("Organizer"). No purchase is necessary to win. The Contest
is governed solely by these Official Rules and is void where prohibited by law.
Organizer reserves the right to modify scheduling of the contest without prior
notice, or to terminate or suspend the contest without notice, at any time and
for any reason.
ONE (1) GRAND PRIZE: Cuisinart 7-Quart Stand Mixer (value: $450)
ONE (1) FIRST PRIZE: Cuisinart 5.5. Quart Stand Mixer (value: $350);
THREE (3) SECOND PRIZES: Cuisinart 11 Plus(tm) 11-Cup Food Processor (value:
$200)
THREE (3) THIRD PRIZES: Cuisinart 2-qt Heart Baker with Lid plus the 12-inch
Heart Pie Baker (value $80)
No prize substitutions are allowed, and prizes may not be redeemed for cash. For
questions not answered by these Official Rules, please send written
correspondence to Organizer at 2 Park Avenue, 10th floor, New York, NY 10016. No
telephone calls or e-mails, please.
ELIGIBILITY
The Contest is open only to individuals, 18 years of age or older at the time of
entry, who are legal residents of the United States and who are not employed in
the field of food preparation (i.e., earn no more than ten percent of their
annual income from the preparation of food or writing about food). Employees of
Bonnier Corporation (and its parent companies, subsidiaries, or agents), their
immediate families (defined as parents, children, siblings, spouse and
grandparents), and those domiciled with any of the foregoing are not eligible.
By participating in the Contest, participants warrant that they meet the
Contest's eligibility criteria and are eligible to participate under the
applicable law governing procurement of prizes and awards. Participants may be
required to submit proof of eligibility. Organizer reserves the right to
disqualify any participant if Organizer determines that the participant did not
follow these Official Rules, or if participant's entry in the Contest or receipt
of prize would violate applicable law. Organizer reserves the right to
disqualify any individual that, in Organizer's sole discretion, has attempted to
tamper with or exploit the operation of the Contest, or acted in violation of
these Official Rules or applicable law.
IMPORTANT CONTEST DATES
Submissions to the Contest must be received by January 7, 2008 in order to be
eligible; any entry received after January 7, 2008 will be deemed ineligible.
Organizer is not responsible for late, incomplete, invalid, mutilated,
illegible, or misdirected entries.
Potential winners of the Contest will be notified by March 7, 2008.
ENTRY
To enter the Contest, participants must submit an original, unpublished cookie
recipe with a photograph of the cookies. Entrants must register and submit
entries via the Contest website, located at http://www.parenting.com/cookies.
Incomplete entries or entries with inadequate registration information will be
automatically disqualified.
Each entry must be submitted on an individual basis (i.e., no team, joint, or
corporate entries) and all components of the entry must be the original creation
of the submitting participant. Only non-commercial work may be submitted.
Entries may not contain profanity, nudity, pornographic images, violent images,
anti-competition messages, illegal material, or material that violates the
rights of third parties. Entries may not include confidential information, trade
secrets, trademarks or copyrighted material belonging to any person or entity
other than the participant absent a suitable license or permission agreement
(proof of which is required). Entries containing any forbidden matter or
material otherwise deemed by Organizer to be inappropriate will be disqualified.
All information provided by entrant must be complete, true and correct. All
entries become the property of Organizer. By submitting your entry you grant
Organizer a license to use the entry materials in any manner, including, but not
limited to, reviewing, using, reproducing, sublicensing, distributing,
publicizing, and displaying your entry and the materials and works contained
therein. You warrant that you have all requisite right, title, and interest in
such entry materials and works to grant the rights provided herein, including
the right to submit the entry materials and works to Organizer. Organizer may
use the entry materials and works in any manner, including, without limitation,
to sell or distribute the entry materials and works without payment of any
royalty or fee to any person or entity and without your acknowledgment. You
further license Organizer to modify the entry materials and works and create
derivative works from the entry materials and works and acknowledge that the
opportunity to participate in the Contest constitutes valid and sufficient
consideration for such license. By entering, you agree to indemnify and hold
Organizer and its respective officers, directors, employees, agents, parents,
subsidiaries, successors, and assigns harmless from any liability or damages of
any kind, including attorney's fees and costs, resulting from any defects in
your right to license the entry materials, as set out herein, including any
claim of infringement or other violation of proprietary right of any person or
entity.
JUDGING AND WINNING
Organizer will select the winning submission, based equally on the criteria of
originality, taste, and ease of preparation. The decision of the Organizer is
final and not appealable. Based upon the content of submissions, Organizer
reserves the right not to select any winning submissions.
Potential winners may waive their right to receive a prize. Organizer will
attempt to notify the potential winner by reasonable means, using the contact
information provided. If for any reason the potential winner cannot be reached
after reasonable attempt has been made, the prize will be awarded to an
alternate winner. The potential winner will be required to sign and return an
Affidavit of Eligibility and Release of Liability, as well as a publicity
release, except where prohibited by law, within seven (7) days of receipt of
notification as a potential winner. Failure to return a signed affidavit within
seven (7) days may result in forfeiture of the prize, except where prohibited by
law. Potential winners are responsible for ensuring return of all required
materials; proof of sending will not be considered proof of receipt by
Organizer. If any potential winner is under the age of majority in any state,
all affidavits and waivers must be executed by a parent or legal guardian.
Winners are required by law to pay any applicable local, state and federal
taxes, and any other charges including but not limited to duties, customs fees
or other fees on prizes.
PERSONAL INFORMATION AND CONFLICT RESOLUTION
The Organizer may use your personal information, provided by you, to notify you
about this contest and to contact you to ask questions about your entry. The
Organizer may also use your personal information to communicate with you about
similar contests the Organizer holds in the future. Your personal information
may be shared with our employees, independent contractors, agents or other
related and unrelated Organizer entities and/or business partners acting on
Organizer's behalf to notify you about this contest or to notify you about
future contests. We do not share this information with non-Organizer companies
except to the extent necessary to complete the uses described above and, when we
do share it, it is subject to their agreement to treat it as confidential
business information and with the understanding that it may not be used for any
purpose other than to perform their function. Organizer may disclose personal
information in response to legal process, for example, in response to an order
from court or governmental body.
Entry constitutes the participant's agreement that: (1) any and all disputes,
claims, and causes of action arising out of or connected with this Contest, or
any prizes awarded, other than the administration of the Contest or the
determination of winners shall be resolved individually, without resort to any
form of class action; (2) any and all claims, judgments and awards shall be
limited to actual out-of-pocket costs incurred, including costs associated with
entering this Contest but in no event attorneys' fees; and (3) under no
circumstances will entrant be permitted to obtain awards for and entrant hereby
waives all rights to claim punitive, incidental, consequential or any other
damages, other than for actual out-of-pocket expenses, and any and all rights to
have damages multiplied or otherwise increased.
All issues and questions concerning the construction, validity, interpretation
and enforceability of these Official Rules, or the rights and obligations of you
and Organizer in connection with the Contest shall be governed by, and construed
in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York, without regard to its
rules concerning choice of law or conflict of laws.