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1. ELIGIBILITY: Open only to legal residents of the fifty United States and the District of Columbia ("United States") and Canada (except Quebec) who are 8-18 years of age. Co-entrant must be living and 50 years or older. Employees, officers, directors (and their immediate families) of the following are not eligible: The Communication Project (TCP Press); Lenovo; Siboney Learning Group; Frame USA; Parenting Coalition International; Generations United. Void in Quebec and where prohibited by law.
2. ENTRY DETAILS: Contest runs to March 29, 2010 at
11:59 pm Eastern Time. All entries must be RECEIVED by
11:59 pm Eastern Time on Monday, March 29, 2010.
Each entry must be submitted by an intergenerational team consisting of one young person 8-18 years old and one older person 50 years or over. The older person CANNOT be a parent; they can be a grandparent, older friend, mentor, aunt/uncle, neighbor, etc.
Submit entries on the Internet at www.legacyproject.org. Each entry submitted must include: 1) entrant's complete name and age (age stated must be as of the date the entry is submitted);
co-entrant's complete name and age (age stated must be as of the date the entry is submitted); the relationship of the entrants
(i.e. grandchild/grandparent or young friend/grandfriend); entrant's complete street address, telephone number (including area code), valid e-mail address; and the total number of words in the entry (not to exceed 300 words). 2) An original, true story about a real event or experience in the older entrant's life. An entry must be in English and not exceed 300 words. All words in an entry are counted – including "a, and, the" and so on, and including a title if one is used (but a title is not required). An entry must be a completely original work and not previously published or submitted in any other competition. If an entry is plagiarized in any way from another source, it will be disqualified. By submitting an entry, entrant acknowledges that he/she has obtained the consent of all third parties whose persons or property are identified in his/her story. Entries determined by the Sponsor and/or judges, in the sole discretion of any party, to be profane or inappropriate, will be automatically disqualified.
Many public libraries, schools, retail businesses and others offer free access to computers and a number of Internet service providers and other companies offer free e-mail accounts. If an entry is faxed or mailed instead, it must be TYPEWRITTEN and RECEIVED by 11:59 pm Eastern Time on Monday, March 29, 2010. Fax your entry to (905) 640-2922 or mail to Listen to a Life Contest, c/o Generations United, 1331 H Street NW, Suite 900, Washington, DC 20005. A faxed or mailed entry must include all items listed above (for an entry submitted on the Internet); e-mail address should be supplied if available but is not required.
Only one entry per team allowed. Entries that violate the Official Contest Rules in any respect will be automatically disqualified.
3. JUDGING DETAILS: All eligible entries will be judged by a committee from The Communication Project. Judging will be based on the following criteria: one-third (1/3) appropriateness to theme; one-third (1/3) writing quality; one-third (1/3) content originality. The judges will take into account the age of the entrant in evaluating entries. Individual results will not be released. All decisions by the judges are final and binding. The Communication Project reserves the right to have judging performed by other persons.
4. PRIZES: The team with the best entry will win the Grand Prize, with runner-up prizes awarded to teams whose entries are ranked #2 to #21. One (1) Grand Prize: A specially autographed copy of Dream, a framed keepsake award certificate from Frame USA, a Lenovo ThinkCentre computer, an iPod nano from Orchard Software, and $800 (team) + $25,000 (school the winning entrant attends) of educational software from Orchard Software. Total approximate Grand Prize retail value is $27,217 (U.S. Dollars). Only one of each of the preceding items will be awarded to the Grand Prize-winning team; other than the $25,000 of software allocated to the winning entrant's school, it is up to the members of the team to decide how the items will be distributed between the two people on the team. Twenty (20) Runner-Up Prizes: A specially autographed copy of Dream, a framed keepsake award certificate from Frame USA, an MP3 player from Orchard Software, $400 of educational software from Orchard Software. Total approximate retail value is $517 (U.S. Dollars). Only one of each of the preceding items will be awarded to each runner-up team and it is up to the members of the team to decide how the items will be distributed between the two people.
Any and all unspecified expenses/costs in conjunction with participation in this Contest and/or acceptance or use of a prize are a winner's sole responsibility. In the event that a prize item is unavailable for any reason, The Communication Project reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to substitute an item of equal/greater value. Prize must be accepted as awarded and is non-transferable. No cash substitutions. If a winner is a minor, the prize will be awarded to the winner's parent or legal guardian on his/her behalf; and the winner's parent or legal guardian must execute all required documents on such minor's behalf.
5. PRIZE CONDITIONS/RESTRICTIONS: Winners will be contacted by phone or e-mail by May 13, 2010. Grand Prize-winning team must complete, sign, and return an Affidavit of Eligibility/Liability Release and Publicity Release within two (2) days of date of prize notification or prize may be forfeited and The Communication Project reserves the right to select another winner. Runners-up will be required to confirm that they have followed, fulfill, and accept all of the Official Contest Rules within two (2) days of date of prize notification or prize may be forfeited and The Communication Project reserves the right to select another winner. Winners are solely responsible for all applicable federal, state/provincial, and local taxes as relates to winning contest prizes.
6. LIMITS OF LIABILITY: By participating, entrant releases and agrees to hold harmless Contest Sponsor, Lenovo, Siboney Learning Group, Frame USA, Parenting Coalition International, Generations United, and their respective parent companies, subsidiaries, affiliates and agencies, officers, directors, employees, and representatives from any and all liability in connection with any injuries, losses, or damages of any kind arising out of this Contest, the prizes as awarded, or the publication of entries. Sponsor is not responsible for any late, lost, stolen, damaged, illegible, incomplete or misdirected entries or postage due mail. Multiple entries submitted by a single team will void all entries from said team. Any and all disputes, claims and causes of action arising out of or connected with this Contest, or any prizes awarded, shall be resolved individually, without resort to any form of class action. 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 attorney's fees. Sponsor reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to cancel, modify or suspend part or all of this Contest should virus, bugs, fraud, non-authorized human intervention or other causes beyond the control of Sponsor corrupt or impair the administration, security, fairness or proper play of the Contest. In such event, the Sponsor will award prizes from all eligible entries received up to the date of cancellation or suspension. Sponsor and its agents, agencies and representatives are not responsible for technical, hardware, software or telephone failures of any kind, lost or unavailable network connections, fraud, incomplete, garbled or delayed computer transmissions, whether caused by the Sponsor, users or by any of the equipment or programming associated with or utilized in the Contest; or by any technical or human error which may occur in the processing of submissions which may damage a user's system or limit a participant's ability to participate in the Contest. Sponsor may prohibit an entrant from participating in the Contest or winning a prize if, in its sole discretion, it determines that said entrant is attempting to undermine the legitimate operation of the Contest by cheating, hacking, deception, or other unfair playing practices (including the use of automated quick entry programs) or intending to annoy, abuse, threaten or harass any other entrants or Sponsor representatives. In the event of a dispute regarding the identity of the person submitting an electronic entry, the entry will be deemed to be submitted by the "authorized account holder" in whose name the e-mail account is registered, provided that person meets all eligibility criteria set forth in the Eligibility section of these Official Contest Rules. "Authorized Account Holder" shall mean the natural person assigned to an e-mail address by an Internet access provider, on-line service provider, or other organization (e.g. business, educational institution, etc.) that is responsible for assigning e-mail addresses for the domain associated with the submitted e-mail address.
CAUTION: Any attempt by an entrant to deliberately damage the web site or undermine the legitimate operation of the Contest may be in violation of criminal and civil laws and should such an attempt be made, Sponsor reserves the right to seek remedies and damages (including attorney's fees) from any such entrant to the fullest extent of the law, including criminal prosecution.
All entries become the property of The Communication Project and will not be returned. By submitting an entry, entrant agrees to permit The Communication Project to, without compensation, use, edit, publish and republish his/her complete entry, in whole or in part, in any medium, including (but not limited to) The Communication Project's website and printed publications, and to copyright the work in which such items appear; and entrant further agrees to execute all documents necessary to confirm such permission. The Communication Project may also transfer these rights in whole or in part to a third party.
By submitting an entry, an entrant agrees that he/she has read, understands, and will comply with these Official Contest Rules and agrees to abide by the decisions of the judges and Sponsor; and, to the extent permitted by law, consents to the use of his/her name, likeness, and/or biographical data for purposes of advertising, promotion, and any publication of the entry without further consent, compensation, or approval.
7. JURISDICTION: The courts of the Province of Ontario, Canada shall have sole jurisdiction of any controversies regarding this Contest, and the laws of the Province of Ontario, Canada, with the sole exception of conflict of laws principles, shall govern the Contest. Each entrant waives any and all objections to jurisdiction and venue in those courts and hereby submits to the jurisdiction of those courts.
8. WINNERS LIST: Prize Winners will be highlighted on the Legacy Project website at www.legacyproject.org by May 13, 2010. A complete list of winners may also be obtained by sending a self-addressed, stamped envelope to The Communication Project by June 30, 2010.
9. SPONSOR: The Communication Project (9 Lobraico Lane, Whitchurch-Stouffville, Ontario, L4A 7X5, Canada).
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