Post by aahigashi on May 31, 2007 14:52:12 GMT -5
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Guinness™ Home Bar Contest
OFFICIAL RULES
NO PURCHASE NECESSARY, MUST BE 21 YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER TO ENTER. VOID IN CALIFORNIA AND RESTRICTED IN TENNESSEE. TENNESSEE RESIDENTS ARE PROHIBITED FROM ENTERING ONLINE. ALL ENTRIES FROM TENNESSEE RESIDENTS MUST BE HAND WRITTEN AND MAILED IN.
1. To Enter: This Contest begins at 12:01 AM (EST) on 4/23/07 and ends at 3:00 pm (EST) on 7/13/07. Access the Guinness Website at www.GUINNESS.com and follow the on-screen instructions. Show us why GUINNESS stout belongs in your home during social occasions. Upload a picture of social gatherings in your house and tell us why (in 100 words or less) GUINNESS stout will make your home gatherings more memorable. Photographs must be original, unaltered photographs, 1 MB in size, on which no image editing software has been used. Entry (both essay and photograph) cannot have been previously published or submitted in any other contest . To enter offline, print your name, address, date of birth, and telephone number and the words “Guinness Home Bar Contest” and mail with your essay and photograph to: P.O. Box 1057, Young America, MN 55594-1057. All entries must be postmarked by 7/13/07, and received by 7/20/07. One entry per person by either internet or mail. Multiple entries will automatically result in disqualification. Sponsor assumes no responsibility for lost, late, damaged, misdirected, illegible, incomplete, incorrect or postage-due mail, entries or other Contest materials, all of which are void. Facsimiles or mechanical reproductions will not be accepted. All entries become the property of the sponsor and will not be returned.
2. Prizes: Five (5) grand prizes will be awarded. Winners will receive One Kegerator (setup and contents not included), one set of 4 commemorative Guinness label pint glasses, and one home bar kit consisting of a bar towel, serving tray, cooler, bottle opener, and ser of coasters). Approximate retail value of prize is $2,500.00.
Approximate retail value of all Prizes: $12,500.00.
3. Winner Determination: Judging for all entry materials will be based on 33% originality, 33% adherence to theme and 34% creativity. The Grand Prize Winners will be chosen on or about September 13, 2007, from all eligible entries received, based on the above criteria by independent judges whose decision is final in all matters relating to this Contest. Any contest submission that contains obscene, provocative, lewd or otherwise objectionable contents, or is libelous, reflects poorly on the Guinness brand or alcohol beverage consumption generally, or is otherwise inappropriate for use in advertising or for promotional or publicity purposes will not be considered and the determination of the appropriateness of any Contest submission is at the sole discretion of the Sponsor. Entries must be unpublished and must be the work solely of the entrant. Judges will disqualify entries published in magazines, papers, or any other medium, or entered in national contests. Each contestant will be required to certify, on information or belief, that his/her essay has not been published or publicized and has not been entered in a national contest . Submission of an entry grants Sponsors and its agents the right to publish, use, adapt, edit and/or modify such entry in any way, in any and all media, without limitation, and without consideration to the entrant. Submission of any entry further constitutes the entrant’s consent to irrevocably assign and transfer to the Sponsors any all rights, title and interest in the entry, including, without limitation, all copyrights. . Photographs containing full or partial nudity, defined as the display of the genitals, pubic area, vulva, anus, or anal cleft with less than a fully opaque covering or the showing of the breast with less than a fully opaque covering of any part of the nipple, or any lewd or sexually suggestive gesture will be disqualified . No substitution of prize or cash equivalent except at Sponsor’s sole discretion. Cash equivalent may be less than the approximate retail value of the prize. The winner will be notified by mail and/or telephone on or about 9/30/07, and will be required to sign an affidavit of eligibility and liability release within 7 days of notification or prize will be forfeited and may be awarded to another winner at sponsor's sole discretion. If winner cannot be located or does not respond within 7 days, prize will automatically be forfeited and an alternate winner may be selected at sponsor's sole discretion. Except where prohibited, acceptance of prize constitutes winner’s consent to use of his/her name, likeness and biographical data for advertising and promotional purposes without additional compensation. Prize is not redeemable for cash and is not transferable. Void where prohibited, taxed or restricted by law.
4. Eligibility: This Contest is open only to residents of the United States who are 21 years of age at the time of entry except California and wherever else prohibited or restricted by law. Tennessee residents are prohibited by law from entering online but may mail in entry. Employees of the following entities and members of their families or households are not eligible for participation under any circumstances: Diageo North America, Inc. and its respective affiliates, printers, advertising and promotion agencies, alcohol beverage suppliers, importers, wholesalers, distributors or retailers. All federal, state and local laws apply.
5. General Conditions: No substitution of prize or cash equivalent except at Sponsor’s sole discretion. Cash equivalent may be less than the approximate retail value of the prize. Prize is non-transferable except at the sole discretion of the Sponsor. All federal, state and local taxes on the prize are winner’s sole responsibility. By accepting the prize, winner waives the right to assert as a cost of winning said prize, any and all costs of redemption or travel to redeem said prize and any and all liability that might arise from redeeming or seeking said prize. Sponsor reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to conduct a background check of any criminal records of the Prize winner. To the extent necessary under law, Prize winner shall authorize this background check. Sponsor reserves the right (at its sole discretion) to disqualify Prize winner from any prize element, based on the background check. Void where prohibited, taxed or restricted by law. Except where prohibited, acceptance of prize constitutes winner’s consent to use of his/her name, likeness and biographical data for advertising and promotional purposes without additional compensation. Winner also accepts sole responsibility for any miscellaneous costs relating to acceptance of this prize.
6. Electronic Entries: In the event of a dispute, on-line entries will be deemed made by the authorized account holder of the e-mail address submitted at time of entry. The authorized account holder is the natural person who is assigned to the e-mail address by an internet access provider, on-line service, or other organization that is responsible for assigning e-mail addresses. Sponsor and its agencies are not responsible for lost, late, damaged, illegible, misdirected, incomplete or postage–due mail-in entries, or for on-line entries not received due to lost, failed delayed or interrupted connections or miscommunications, or to other electronic malfunctions, delays, or errors of any kind in the transmission or receipt of entries. Sponsor is not responsible for incorrect or inaccurate entry information, whether caused by web-site visitors or by any human or technological error which may occur in the processing of entries in this Contest. Sponsor reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to cancel or suspend all or a portion of the Contest, should viruses, bugs or other causes beyond control of the Sponsor corrupt the administration, security or proper operation of the Contest. CAUTION: ANY ATTEMPT BY A PERSON TO DELIBERATELY DAMAGE ANY WEBSITE OR UNDERMINE THE LEGITIMATE OPERATION OF THIS CONTEST IS A VIOLATION OF CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LAWS AND SHOULD SUCH AN ATTEMPT BE MADE, SPONSOR RESERVES THE RIGHT TO SEEK DAMAGES FROM ANY SUCH PERSON TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW.
6. Winner’s List: For a list of winners, please send a self-addressed stamped envelope to Guinness Home Bar Contest Winner List Request, P.O. Box 3228, Young America MN 55558-3228. All requests for the winner’s list must be postmarked by 8/24/07 and received by 8/31/07.
Sponsor: DIAGEO – Guinness USA Inc., Norwalk, CT
GUINNESS Draught Stout, ©2007 Guinness & Co., Imported by DIAGEO – Guinness USA Inc.
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