The RULES:
NO PURCHASE IS NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN.
A PURCHASE WILL NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCE OF WINNING.
1. The Competition begins February 3, 2015 at 11:59pm (US) Eastern Standard Time (“EST”) and ends April 14, 2015 at 11:59 pm US Eastern Daylight Time (“EDT”). ALL ENTRIES MUST BE RECEIVED BY APRIL 14, 2015 AT 11:59 PM EDT. Information on how to enter and/or to receive prizes form part of these Competition Rules. By submitting an entry, each entrant agrees to the Competition Rules and warrants that his or her entry complies with all requirements set out in the Competition Rules. This is a skill-based competition and chance plays no part in the determination of the Winner.
2. Subject to the limitations set out herein and in the Terms, any individual and/or business entity (such as a corporation, partnership, or limited liability company) may participate (“You”). You must complete registration to participate. Individuals must be older than 18 years of age to participate. You cannot reside in nor be governed by countries that are prohibited by law, regulation (including United States or other applicable export laws and regulations), treaty or administrative act from entering into trade relations (including export of technology) with the United States of America or its citizens. CONTEST IS VOID IN CUBA, IRAN, NORTH KOREA, SUDAN, SYRIA, AND WHERE PROHIBITED. Please visit http://www.treasury.gov/resource-center/sanctions/Programs/Pages/Programs.aspx for a current list of prohibited countries.
3. Your Entry should consist of the application requirements stipulated on this website. The Entry may not, in the sole and unfettered discretion of the Competition Host (“National Geographic Society”), contain obscene, provocative, defamatory, sexually explicit, or otherwise objectionable or inappropriate content.
4. The Content created or provided by You must be your own. You represent and warrant that your Entry is an original work created solely by You, that You own all Intellectual Property in and to the Entry, and that no other party has any right, title, claim or interest in the Entry, except as expressly identified by You to us in writing. By submitting Your Entry, You are providing a royalty-free, perpetual, and non-exclusive license of your Entry and all associated Entry Content to National Geographic Society, as more specifically described in the Terms & Conditions. If there are portions of the Entry that are encumbered by third-party intellectual property rights, it is your responsibility to disclose them, and such third party content may cause your Entry to be disqualified.
5. You may participate by registering, and You may not register more than one true and uniform identity; multiple registrations for a participant using multiple identities are not allowed. We reserve the right to disqualify any Entry made by a participant violating this limitation, regardless of whether all of the respective parties had knowledge of such violation.
6. The application requirements for your Entry are clearly described on this website. Your Entry will be reviewed by five judges, who will be randomly assigned to score your Entry using the trait scoring rubric and judging criteria that are also described on this website. An Evaluation Panel, each member of which is named on this website, will be responsible for scoring your Entry, and up to five (5) members will be randomly assigned to score your Entry. Once a rank order of scores has been calculated, the top 2-5 (or more) Entries will be presented before a separate Selection Committee of up to five (5) or more members. Those Selection Committee members will meet to review and discuss the top Entries and will determine a winner using the same trait scoring rubric as the Evaluation Panel. At least one of the Evaluation Panel members will be independent of National Geographic Society, and at least one member of the Selection Committee will be independent of National Geographic Society.
7. Should You be selected as a Winner, a single cash prize of $10,000 will be awarded to You, so long as the conditions of your success are met, as determined by National Geographic Society, in compliance with all of the stated and relevant Terms. You may not submit any petitions for a division of the Prize. If the Prize is awarded to a participant consisting of a business entity, then such business entity will receive the funds, and it is the responsibility of the governing individuals to make any distributions. The recipient of the $10,000 cash prize will be announced on this Website. Potential winners shall be required to sign and return within ten (10) days following an attempted notification, an Affidavit, Declaration or Certificate of Eligibility, Liability Release, and where legally permissible, a Publicity Release and Warranty of Ownership and License. Failure to execute and deliver any required documents to National Geographic Society by the specified deadline may result in disqualification from the Competition, and selection of an alternate potential winner.
8. While RAMPIT, LLC (“RAMPIT”) is providing an online platform for your participation, RAMPIT is not responsible for the payment of any Prize. Payment of the Prize is the sole responsibility of National Geographic Society, and under the Terms each participant has agreed to look solely to the Competition Host for the payment of the Prize. Please note that the winner of the Prize may be subject to certain taxes. Under the Terms, the winner of the Prize will be solely responsible for paying such taxes. Neither National Geographic Society, as the Competition Host, nor RAMPIT and/or its affiliates will accept responsibility for paying such taxes.
9. By submitting your Entry, you agree to release, discharge and hold harmless National Geographic Society and its partners, affiliates, subsidiaries, advertising agencies, agents and their employees, officers, directors and representatives from any Loss arising out of your participation in this Competition and the acceptance and use, misuse, or possession of any prize. National Geographic Society assumes no responsibility for any error, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, or delay in operation or transmission; communications line failure; theft or destruction of or unauthorized access to Competition entries or entry forms; or alteration of entries or entry forms. National Geographic Society is not responsible for any problems with or technical malfunction of any telephone network or lines, computer online systems, servers or providers, computer equipment, software, failure of any entry to be received on account of technical problems or traffic congestion on the Internet or any website, human errors of any kind, or any combination thereof, including any injury or damage to entrants’ or any other persons’ computers related to or resulting from participation, uploading or downloading of any materials related to this Competition. In the case of entrants who are Australian or UK residents, the preceding two clauses do not operate in respect of any implied condition or warranty the exclusion of which from these Official RULES would contravene any Australian or UK statute or cause any part of these Official RULES to be void.
10. THIS COMPETITION IS VOID WHERE PROHIBITED. Entrants agree that this Competition shall be subject to and governed by the laws of Tennessee and the United States of America and the forum of any dispute shall be in the courts of Davidson County, Tennessee, United States of America. To the extent permitted by law, the right to litigate, to seek injunctive relief or to make any other recourse to judicial or any other procedure in case of disputes or claims resulting from or in connection with this Competition are hereby excluded and any entrant expressly waives any and all such rights. Certain restrictions may apply.
11. If for any reason the Competition is not capable of running as planned, due to infection by computer virus, bugs, worms, Trojan horses, denial of service, tampering, unauthorized intervention, fraud, technical failures or any other causes beyond the control of RAMPIT and/or National Geographic Society that corrupt or affect the administration, security, fairness, integrity, or proper conduct of this Competition, National Geographic Society reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to disqualify any individual(s) who tamper with the process, and/or to cancel, terminate, modify, or suspend the Competition. If National Geographic Society terminates the Competition, it will not retain any rights in the submitted Entries.
12. National Geographic Society, as the Competition Host, reserves the right to disqualify any participant who violates these RULES, the Terms and any standards of behavior expressed or implied in them. We look forward to receiving your most thoughtful and creative Entry.
13. National Geographic guarantees that at least one $10,000 award will be available for a Winner of the Competition. More than one prize may be awarded if the Selection Committee determines, in its sole discretion, that there is more than one winner. However, National Geographic reserves the right not to implement the Entry for any reason it may determine in its sole discretion.
14. The National Geographic Society and its subsidiaries, joint ventures (which includes the National Geographic Channel—US and International), and affiliates’ employees and their immediate family members or those living in the same household are prohibited from entering the Competition.
Contact Information:
You may contact us with any questions or comments about these RULES. Please enter “My Challenge Idea” in the subject line of your email. You may reach us directly at: [email protected].
The Competition Host is National Geographic Society, 1145 17th St., N.W., Washington, D.C. 20036.