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BETTER HOMES AND GARDENS WEEKNIGHT STEAK DISHES When prep time for dinner is short, one solution is steak. Choose the cut of steak you like best — tri-tip, top sirloin, ribeye, top loin/strip, tenderloin, T-bone/porterhouse, or flank. Tell us how you prepare the meat — broil, skillet cook, or grll — and how you serve it. Perhaps the cooked meat is sliced in a salad with plenty of veggies and a zesty dressing finished off with a flavorful butter, or accompanied with a weeknight-fast sauce. Send us your newly created recipe for steak durning the week. Your original recipe could be worth up to $400, and winning recipes will be entered to win the 2009 annual Grand Prize — worth up to $10,000 in merchandise. To participate, enter your original recipe(s) (recipes never before published) in our Prize Tested Recipes; contest, which features two new categories each month. Four winning recipes (top two recipes in each category) will be published each month in the magazine and on BHG.com. Monthly Prizes: Two $400, Two $200, Ten $50 honor roll winners. Contest DetailsSubject to Official Rules at BHG.com/recipe/memberRecipes. No purchase necessary. Open to legal U.S. residents, 14 years or older. Void where prohibited. Sponsor: Meredith Corp., Des Moines, Iowa. Entry February contest begins 1/15/09. By mail, send entries to: 0907 Food Dept., Better Homes and Gardens magazine, Des Moines, IA 50309-3023. Online, submit the entry information in an e-mail to PTR@meredith.com. E-mail entries must be received by 11:59 p.m., CT, 2/21/09. Mail entries must be postmarked by 2/21/09 and received by 2/28/09. Entry Information For each Category entered, create your original recipe. Multiple entries are allowed, but each recipe must be submitted as a separate entry and each entry must meet the following requirements: A recipe may be submitted in either of the two monthly Categories. Write or type on each entry the Category you wish to enter. Each recipe may only be submitted for judging in one Category. Multiple entries may be submitted in the same envelope. Recipe entries must be original, and cannot have been previously published, won another competition or contest, or been used for advertising or promotional purposes. Entry must: (1) include recipe name and number of servings the recipe yields, (2) use ingredients that are available in most grocery stores, (3) list ingredients with measurements in order of use, (4) include step-by-step preparation and cooking directions, and (5) include entrant name, age, and complete address with ZIP Code, and telephone number with area code; an e-mail address is optional. Better Homes and Gardens Prize Tested Recipes® Contest Official Rules NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. VOID OUTSIDE THE FIFTY UNITED STATES AND WHERE PROHIBITED. ALL CONTEST ENTRIES ARE SUBJECT TO THE OFFICIAL RULES WHICH GOVERN ALL ASPECTS OF PARTICIPATION AND PRIZE AWARD. THE 2009 CONTEST BEGINS ON June 1, 2008 AND ENDS ON May 31, 2009 ("CONTEST PERIOD"). VOID WHERE PROHIBITED. ELIGIBILITY: Entrants must be legal U.S. residents (excluding Puerto Rico), 14 years of age or older at time of entry, who are not employees of Meredith Corporation, 1716 Locust Street, Des Moines, IA 50309 ("Sponsor"), or any other organizations affiliated with the sponsorship, fulfillment, administration, prize support, advertisement or promotion and/or their respective parent, subsidiary, affiliate and successor companies and members of their immediate families or persons residing at the same address. CONTEST: The 2009 Contest has twelve (12) monthly entry periods during the Contest Period (each a "Monthly Round"). Each Monthly Round will feature two (2) new recipe categories (each a "Category") that will be published in advance by Sponsor in Better Homes and Gardens magazine and posted online at www.bhg.com/recipe/memberRecipes. Entries for either or both of the applicable Monthly Round's Categories may be submitted at 12:00 a.m., CT the first day of the corresponding month during the Contest Period and will remain open until 11:59 p.m., CT the last day of the same month (a Monthly Rounds "Deadline"). Entries submitted by mail must be postmarked on or before the applicable Monthly Rounds Deadline. At the conclusion of each Monthly Round, judges will select one (1) grand prize winner, one (1) first place winner, and five (5) honor roll winners for each of the two Categories. The grand prize winner for each Category (each the "Category Winner") will automatically advance to the final round ("Final Round"). At the conclusion of the 2009 Contest Period, Judges will judge the 24 Category Winners selected during the 2009 Contest Period to determine one (1) 2009 Grand Prize Winner (See WINNER SELECTION below for details). ENTRIES: For each Category entered, create your original recipe. Multiple entries are allowed, but each recipe must be submitted as a separate entry and each entry must meet the following requirements:
THERE ARE TWO WAYS TO ENTER: A) Online, submit the entry information required above in an e-mail to PTR@Meredith.com. B) By Mail. Send entries by postal mail to: 0905 Food Dept., Better Homes and Gardens® magazine, Des Moines, IA 50309-3023. All mailed entries must be neatly written or typed. Proof of mailing is not considered proof of delivery or receipt. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS: By entering the 2009 Contest, entrants agree to assign their intellectual property rights to Sponsor and permit Sponsor to use the recipes in any media, including on the internet, for commercial, editorial, or any other purpose whatsoever. Entrants who do not agree to this use should not enter this 2009 Contest. WINNER SELECTION AND PRIZES: (A) Monthly Rounds: All eligible entries received by the closing time for each Monthly Round will be judged by a qualified panel of judges to select one (1) Category Winner, one (1) first place Category winner, and five (5) honor roll Category winners for each of the two Categories based on creativity (30%), taste (40%), and practicality (30%). In the event of a tie, the entry with the highest score in the Practicality criterion category will be a winner. There will be fourteen (14) winners during each Monthly Round. The author of each recipe selected as a Category Winner will receive $400 cash. The author of each recipe selected as a Category First Prize Winner will receive $200 cash. The author of each recipe selected as a Category Honor Roll Winner will receive $50 cash. (B) Final Round: At the end of the 2009 Contest Period, each of the 24 Category Winners (one from each of the two Monthly Round Categories) will be judged in a Final Round to compete for recognition as the 2009 Prize Tested Recipe of the Year. During the Final Round, the Category Winners will be judged on the same criteria listed above and one (1) Winner will be selected. The author of the recipe winning the Final Round shall receive up to $10,000 in merchandise. Grand Prize winner will receive a 1099 tax form. Prizes are not transferable prior to award and no requests for substitutions will be granted. Sponsor reserves the right to substitute a Grand Prize of equal or greater value if for any reason the advertised Grand Prize is not available for award. All local, state and federal taxes on prizes are the sole responsibility of the winners. The awarding of any prize is contingent upon full compliance with these Official Rules. Entrants agree to be bound by Official Rules and agree that if any winner fails to provide proof of identity, refuses to provide required affidavit, is found to have violated the Official Rules or otherwise does not meet eligibility criteria, prize will be forfeited and awarded to the entry with the next highest score. Entrants understand that Sponsor is not liable for injuries, losses or damages of any kind arising from participation in this promotion and acceptance, possession and use of prizes. Sponsor is not responsible for any typographical or other error in the printing of the offer, administration of the contest or in the announcement of the prize. Only one winner per Monthly Round allowed per household. NOTIFICATION: Potential winners will be contacted approximately sixty (60) days after the close of the applicable Monthly Round or the Final Round, as the case may be. PRIVACY: By entering and providing the required entry information, you acknowledge that Sponsor may also send you information, samples or special offers it believes may be of interest to you about its publication or other complementary goods offered by Sponsor, or other companies it may carefully select. Information collected from online entrants is subject to Sponsors online privacy policy at www.meredith.com/privacy. IF YOU DO NOT WISH TO SHARE YOUR INFORMATION, PLEASE DO NOT ENTER THIS PROMOTION. DISPUTE RESOLUTION: Except where prohibited, by participating Contest entrants agree that: All issues and questions concerning the construction, validity, interpretation and enforceability of these Official Rules, or the rights and obligations of participant(s) and Sponsor and its agents shall be governed by and construed exclusively in accordance with the laws of the State of New York without giving effect to any principles of conflicts of law of any jurisdiction. Entrant agrees that any action at law or in equity arising out of or relating to this Contest, or awarding of the prizes, shall be filed only in the state or federal courts located in the State of New York and entrant hereby consents and submits to the personal jurisdiction of such courts for the purposes of litigating any such action. Except where prohibited, by participating in this Contest, entrant agrees that: (a) any and all disputes, claims, and causes of action arising out of or connected with this Contest, or awarding of the prizes, shall be resolved individually, without resort to any form of class action; and (b) any and all claims, judgments and awards shall be limited to actual out-of-pocket costs incurred, including costs associated with participating in this Contest but in no event attorneys' fees; and (c) under no circumstances will any participant be permitted to obtain awards for and hereby waives all rights to claim punitive, incidental and consequential damages and any other damages, other than for actual out-of-pocket expenses, and any and all rights to have damages multiplied or otherwise increased. Some jurisdictions do not allow the limitations or exclusion of liability for incidental or consequential damages, so the above may not apply to you. OTHER: Sponsor assumes no responsibility for entries it is unable to process due to network, hardware or other technical failures; or any other reason, or incomplete, damaged, misdirected, illegible, stolen or lost entries. Sponsor reserves the right, in its sole discretion to disqualify any person tampering with the entry process, the operation of the web site or otherwise in violation of the rules. Sponsor further reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to cancel, terminate or modify this promotion if not capable of completion as planned, including infection by computer virus, technical corruption, non-authorized human intervention or force majeure. In the event of cancellation, Sponsor reserves the right to award the prizes to eligible mail and online entries received prior to date of cancellation. The use of automated entry systems or any other conduct that impedes the integrity of the contest is prohibited. In the event of a dispute regarding an online entry, entry will be deemed made by the holder of an established e-mail account associated with the entry. Except where prohibited by law: (i) entry constitutes permission to use, modify, publish, transfer, edit or advertise winners' entry, name, hometown, voice, likeness, photograph and any statements regarding this Contest for editorial, public relations, promotional and advertising purposes on behalf of Sponsor without compensation; (ii) potential winners will be required to complete and return an Affidavit of Eligibility/Ownership/Liability Release, Publicity Release and Copyright Assignment within ten (10) days of notification or the entry with the next highest score may become an alternate winner. If winner notification is returned as undeliverable, the entry with the next highest score may become an alternate winner. By participating and winning a prize, winners release Sponsor, its parents, affiliates, subsidiaries and agencies and their respective directors, officers, employees and agents from any and all liability with respect to the prizes won and participation in the contest Subject to all U. S. federal, state and local laws and regulations. Void where prohibited. Taxes on prizes are sole responsibility of winners. For Monthly Round winners' names, available six (6) months after Monthly Round deadline, or after ______, 2009 for Grand Prize Winner's name, send a self-addressed stamped envelope to: BH&G Prize Tested Recipes Winners' List, Food Dept., Better Homes and Gardens® magazine, Des Moines, IA 50309-3023. VT residents may omit return postage. |