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Contest Rules and Regulations
CELEBRATE 100 YEARS OF ANNE ON PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND
THE 100 YEARS OF ANNE CONTEST (THE “CONTEST”) IS OPEN TO
LEGAL RESIDENTS OF CANADA. NO PURCHASE IS NECESSARY.
PARTICIPANTS UNDER THE AGE OF MAJORITY IN THEIR PROVINCE OR
TERRITORY OF RESIDENCE MUST PROVIDE CONTACT INFORMATION FOR
A PARENT OR GUARDIAN AND THAT PARENT OR GUARDIAN MUST CLAIM
THE PRIZE ON THEIR BEHALF. VOID IN WHOLE OR PART WHERE
PROHIBITED BY LAW. ENTRY IN THIS CONTEST CONSTITUTES
ACCEPTANCE OF THESE CONTEST RULES (THE “CONTEST RULES”).
1. ELIGIBILITY. To be eligible to participate in the
Contest, an individual must be a legal resident of Canada.
To be eligible to win a Grand Prize (defined below) in the
Contest, an individual must:
a. be over the age of majority in their province or
territory of residence, or have a parent or legal guardian
willing to claim the prize and travel to Prince Edward
Island with the winner;
b. be legally able to travel to Prince Edward Island; and
c.be otherwise eligible pursuant to these Contest Rules.
Employees, representatives, or agents of Penguin Group
(Canada) (the “Sponsor”), their respective affiliates,
subsidiaries, related companies, advertising and promotional
agencies, the Jury as defined in Rule 5 below, and the
household members and/or the immediate family of any of the
above, are not eligible to participate in the Contest. For
the purposes of these Contest Rules, “immediate family”
means husband, wife, spouse, mother, father, brother,
sister, son, and/or daughter, whether or not they reside in
the same household.
The Sponsor shall have the right at any time to require
proof of identity and/or eligibility to participate in the
Contest. Failure to provide such proof may result in
disqualification. All personal and other information
requested by and supplied to the Sponsor for the purposes of
this Contest must be truthful, complete, accurate, and in no
way misleading. The Sponsor reserves the right, in its sole
discretion, to disqualify any entrant should any entrant at
any stage supply untruthful, incomplete, inaccurate, or
misleading personal details and/or information.
2. CONTEST PERIOD. The Contest opens at 12:00:01 am ET on
February 9, 2008, and closes at 11:59:59 pm ET on April 30,
2008 (the “Contest Period”).
3. HOW TO ENTER.
a. There is no purchase necessary to enter the Contest. To
enter, write an original letter to Anne of Green Gables
(Anne Shirley) telling her what she means to you. See Rule 5
for the Judging Criteria that will be applied to shortlisted
entries. The letter must be 500 words or less, addressed to
Anne Shirley or Anne or Anne of Green Gables, and include
your full name, Age Category, phone number, email address
(if sending letter by email), and mailing address. Entrants
under the age of majority in their province or territory of
residence must include the name and contact information of a
parent or legal guardian.
Letters can be sent by regular mail to:
ANNE OF GREEN GABLES
NATIONAL LETTER-WRITING COMPETITION
c/o Avonlea
PO BOX 100 Station K
TORONTO ON M4P 0A7
Or by email to: annecontest@ca.penguingroup.com
If entering by email, entrants must include their full name,
Age Category, phone number, email address, mailing address,
and, if the entrant is under the age of majority in his/her
province or territory of residence, the name and contact
information of their parent or legal guardian, at the top of
their email followed by their letter to Anne Shirley.
Letters must be included in the body of the email message.
Attachments will not be considered. In the event of a
dispute as to the identity of the entrant associated with an
email entry, the entry will be deemed to have been made by
the holder of the established email account associated with
the entry.
b. All entries via regular mail must be postmarked April 30,
2008, or earlier, and received by May 7, 2008. Entries sent
via email must be received no later than 11:59:59 pm ET,
April 30, 2008. Proof of sending an entry is not proof of
receipt by the Sponsor.
c. Limit of one (1) entry per person.
d. All entries become the sole property of the Sponsor and
none will be returned for any reason. Entries will be
declared invalid if they are late, illegible, incomplete,
damaged, irregular, mutilated, forged, garbled, or
mechanically or electronically reproduced. No communication
or correspondence will be exchanged with entrants except
with those selected for a prize.
4. PRIZES.
a. GRAND PRIZES: Four (4) Grand Prizes are available to be
won (each a “Grand Prize”). One (1) Grand Prize will be
awarded to the winner (as determined pursuant to Rule 5) in
each of the following four (4) Age Categories: 10 and under;
11 to 14; 15 to 17; and 18 and older (each an “Age
Category”). Each Grand Prize consists of: one (1) CDN$2500
voucher for The Travel Store (www.thetravelstore.ca) to be
used only for travel to Prince Edward Island and for any
travel product sold through The Travel Store and used on
Prince Edward Island; four (4) tickets to Anne of Green
Gables: The Musical (if travel dates permit) (approximate
value: CDN$200); one (1) family pass to Avonlea Village (if
travel dates permit) (approximate value: CDN$45); one (1)
copy of signed editions of each of Before Green Gables, Anne
of Green Gables Collector’s Edition, and Imagining Anne: The
Island Scrapbooks of Lucy Maud Montgomery (approximate
value: CDN$89); one (1) 100th anniversary commemorative coin
issued by the Royal Canadian Mint (approximate value:
CDN$25); and one (1) Anne of Green Gables Collectors package
as issued by Canada Post (approximate value: CDN$15). Each
Grand Prize has an approximate total value of CDN $2874.
Winner is not entitled to monetary difference between actual
prize value and stated approximate prize value, if any.
Grand Prizes must be claimed by July 4, 2008, and all
tickets must be used, and travel completed, by December 31,
2008. Travel arrangements must be made through Tourism PEI
and The Travel Store. In order to make arrangements to claim
the travel voucher, the winner is responsible for contacting
Tourism PEI at 902-368-5540. If the winner is under the age
of majority in his/her province or territory of residence,
the winner must be accompanied on any travel by his/her
parent or legal guardian. Should the winner be unable to
travel before the date set out above, the Grand Prize will
be forfeited and no substitute prize will be awarded. Winner
and winner’s guests will be solely responsible for any and
all expenses not explicitly included in the description of
the Grand Prize, including but not limited to travel and
medical insurance, additional travel expenses that are not
paid for by the CDN $2500 voucher, taxes, gratuities, travel
documentation, fuel, ground transportation, meals,
beverages, telephone calls, and in-room charges. The Sponsor
is not responsible for the inability of the winner or
winner’s guests to participate in any aspect of the Grand
Prize for any reason whatsoever, including but not limited
to lost vouchers or tickets, illness, and travel
restrictions.
b. RUNNER-UP PRIZES: Eight (8) Runner-up Prizes are
available to be won (each a “Runner-up Prize”). One (1)
Runner-up Prize will be awarded to the entrants who come in
second and third place in each of the four Age Categories
(as determined pursuant to Rule 5). Each Runner-up Prize
consists of: one (1) copy of signed editions of each of
Before Green Gables, Anne of Green Gables Collector’s
Edition, and Imagining Anne: The Island Scrapbooks of Lucy
Maud Montgomery (approximate value: CDN$89); one (1) 100th
anniversary commemorative coin issued by the Royal Canadian
Mint (approximate value: CDN$25); and one (1) Anne of Green
Gables Collectors Package as issued by Canada Post
(approximate value: CDN$15). Approximate total value of each
Runner-up Prize is CDN$129.
c. The total approximate value of all prizes is CDN $12,528.
d. Prizes must be accepted as awarded and cannot be
transferred, assigned, substituted or redeemed for cash,
except at the sole discretion of the Sponsor. The Sponsor
reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to substitute a
prize of equal or greater value if any prize (or any portion
thereof) cannot be awarded for any reason.
5. WINNER SELECTION.
The Winners shall be selected as follows:
a. Beginning on May 8, 2008, all eligible Contest entries
will be sorted into the four Age Categories by the Sponsor
or its representative. Sponsor or its representative will
randomly select 5 entries from each Age Category to comprise
the shortlist. The odds of being selected for the shortlist
is dependent on the number of eligible entries received by
the Sponsor for your Age Category. Entrants whose entries
are shortlisted will not be notified and there is no prize
for being shortlisted. After initial random selection, the
shortlisted 20 letters will be sent to a jury made up of 5
judges and chaired by the Right Honourable Adrienne
Clarkson. The jury is comprised of the Chair, Rogers Fine
Print host Carolyn Weaver, bestselling author Roy MacGregor,
granddaughter of L.M. Montgomery Kate Macdonald Butler,
Scott Anderson, Senior Vice President, Content, from CanWest
Global Media, and Robert Waite, Senior Vice President,
Stakeholder Relations and Brand at Canada Post (the “Jury”).
Each shortlisted entry will be judged by the Jury and
awarded points based on the following criteria: 25 points
originality; 25 points spelling and grammar; 25 points
relevance to subject matter; 25 points style (“Judging
Criteria”). Only those letters selected for the shortlist
will be judged by the Jury. On [date] at [location and
time], using the Judging Criteria, the Jury will select the
top three letters in each Age Category and rank the letters
from first place to third place. The entrants whose letters
are judged to be in first place in their Age Category will
be eligible to win a Grand Prize and the entrants whose
letters are judged to be in second and third place in their
Age Category will be eligible to win a Runner-up Prize. Each
selected entrant shall be eligible to win only one (1)
prize. The chance of being selected as a potential winner by
the Jury from the shortlist depends on how your entry is
judged by the Jury based on the Judging Criteria as applied
to your Age Category. Before being declared a winner, the
selected entrant shall be required to correctly answer a
mathematical skill-testing question which shall be
administered by telephone, mail, or email by the Sponsor,
comply with these Contest Rules, and sign and return the
Release (described below).
b. Grand Prize: The Sponsor will attempt to contact entrants
selected to be eligible to win a Grand Prize BY TELEPHONE NO
LATER THAN JUNE 20, 2008. Entrants MUST RESPOND WITHIN FIVE
(5) BUSINESS DAYS OF NOTIFICATION. Upon notification, the
selected entrant or, if the selected entrant is under the
age of majority in his/her province or territory of
residence, the selected entrant’s parent or legal guardian,
must respond by telephone to the contact number provided in
the notification within five (5) business days of such
notification. If the response is not received within that
time, the selected entrant will be disqualified and will not
receive the Grand Prize or any prize and the process will be
repeated in an attempt to award the Grand Prize to the
entrant in that Age Category judged by the Jury to have the
next best entry. This will be the last attempt made to award
the Grand Prize by the Sponsor. The Sponsor is not
responsible for the failure of any person to receive the
notification described above or for the Sponsor to receive a
response.
c. Runner-up Prizes: The Sponsor will attempt to contact
entrants selected to be eligible to win a Runner-up Prize BY
TELEPHONE NO LATER THAN JULY 7, 2008. Entrants MUST RESPOND
WITHIN TEN (10) BUSINESS DAYS OF NOTIFICATION. Upon
notification, the selected entrant or, if the selected
entrant is under the age of majority in his/her province or
territory of residence, the selected entrant’s parent or
legal guardian, must respond by telephone to the number
provided in the notification within ten (10) business days
of such notification. If the response is not received within
that time, the selected entrant will be disqualified and
will not receive the Runner-up Prize and the process will be
repeated in an attempt to award the Runner-up Prize to the
entrant in that Age Category judged by the Jury to have the
next best entry. This will be the last attempt to award the
Runner-up Prize. The Sponsor is not responsible for the
failure of any person to receive the notification described
above or for the Sponsor to receive a response.
6. RELEASE. To be confirmed as a winner, the selected
entrant and his/her guests, if applicable, will be required
to complete, sign, and return a declaration and release
(“Release”) that confirms winner’s, and winner’s guests’ if
applicable: (i) eligibility for the Contest and compliance
with these Contest Rules; (ii) acceptance of or
participation in the prize as offered; (iii) release of the
Sponsor and its parent company, subsidiaries, affiliates,
employees, directors, officers, suppliers, agents, sponsors
and administrators (collectively, the “Releasees”) and the
Jury from any and all liability for any loss, harm, damages,
cost, or expense arising out of participation in this
Contest, participation in any Contest-related activity or
the acceptance, use, or misuse of any prize, including but
not limited to costs, injuries, losses related to personal
injuries, death, damage to, loss or destruction of property,
rights of publicity or privacy, defamation, or portrayal in
a false light, or from any and all claims of third parties
arising therefrom; (iv) grant to the Sponsor and the
Sponsor’s related media partner CanWest Media, the
unrestricted right, in the Sponsor’s or CanWest Media’s
collective or individual discretion, to produce, reproduce,
publish, broadcast, communicate by telecommunication,
exhibit, distribute, adapt, and otherwise use or re-use the
winner’s name, photograph, likeness, voice, biography, and
winning letter entry, in any and all media now known or
hereafter devised, in connection with the Contest and the
promotion and exploitation thereof; and (v) waiver of
his/her moral rights in his/her winning entry. The executed
Release must be returned within five (5) business days of
the date on the cover letter accompanying such form, or the
selected entrant will be disqualified and the prize
forfeited.
7. INDEMNIFICATION BY ENTRANT. By entering the Contest,
entrant releases and holds Releasees harmless from any and
all liability for any injuries, loss, or damage of any kind
to the entrant, Releasees or any other person, including
personal injury, death, or property damage, resulting in
whole or in part, directly or indirectly, from acceptance,
possession, use or misuse of any prize, participation in
this Contest, any breach of these Contest Rules, or in any
prize-related activity. The entrant agrees to fully
indemnify Releasees from any and all claims by third parties
relating to the originality of the entrant’s letter entry
and/or the Sponsor’s or the Sponsor’s media partner CanWest
Media’s right to reproduce the wining letter entry.
8. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY. The Sponsor assumes no
responsibility or liability for lost, late, stolen,
misdirected, mutilated, or incomplete entries,
notifications, responses, replies, or any Release. Sponsor
is not responsible for any technical, hardware, software, or
telephone failures of any kind, lost or unavailable network
connections, or failed, incomplete, garbled or deleted
computer or network transmissions which may limit the
ability to participate in the Contest. Sponsor assumes no
liability for injury or damage which may be caused directly
or indirectly, in whole or in part, from downloading. The
Sponsor is not responsible for any incorrect or inaccurate
information, whether caused 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
administration of the Contest. The Sponsor assumes no
responsibility or liability in the event that the Contest
cannot be conducted as planned for any reason, including
those reasons beyond the control of the Sponsor, such as
tampering, unauthorized intervention, fraud, technical
failures, or corruption of the administration, security,
fairness, integrity, or proper conduct of this Contest.
9. CONDUCT. By participating in the Contest, each entrant
agrees to be bound by the Contest Rules, which will be
posted at the Contest Website at 100YearsofAnne.com
throughout the Contest Period. Entrant further agrees to be
bound by the decisions of the Sponsor, which shall be final
and binding on all entrants in all respects. The Sponsor
reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to disqualify
any entrant found to be: (a) violating the Contest Rules;
(b) tampering or attempting to tamper with the entry
process; and/or (c) acting in an unsportsmanlike or
disruptive manner, or with intent to annoy, abuse, threaten,
or harass any other person. The Sponsor reserves the right
to amend, withdraw or terminate the Contest at any time
without prior notice, subject to applicable law and the
approval of the Régie des alcools, des courses et des jeux
with respect to the province of Quebec.
10. PRIVACY / USE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION. By participating
in the Contest, entrant: (a) grants to the Sponsor the right
to use his/her name, mailing address, email address, and
telephone number (“Personal Information”) for the purpose of
administering the Contest, including but not limited to
contacting and announcing the winners; and (b) acknowledges
that the Sponsor may disclose his/her Personal Information
to third-party agents and service providers in connection
with any of the activities listed in point (a) above.
By accepting a prize in the Contest, winner grants to the
Sponsor and/or CanWest Media the right to use his/her
Personal Information and winning entry for the purposes of
promoting the 100th anniversary of Anne of Green Gables, and
for any publicity or promotional purposes relating to the
Contest, in any and all media now know or hereafter devised,
including, but not limited to, publication online on any
website, in print or on air, without further compensation,
unless prohibited by law, and waives his/her moral rights in
his/her winning entry. Winner acknowledges that the Sponsor
may disclose his/her Personal Information to third-party
agents and service providers of any of the Sponsor in
connection with any of the activities listed above.
The Sponsor will use the entrant’s and winner’s Personal
Information for the purposes identified above.
11. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY. All intellectual property,
including but not limited to trademarks, trade names, logos,
designs, promotional materials, web pages, source code,
drawings, illustrations, slogans, and representations are
owned by the Sponsor and/or their affiliates. All rights are
reserved. Unauthorized copying or use of any copyrighted
material or intellectual property without the express
written consent of its owner is strictly prohibited.
13. LAW. These are official Contest Rules. This Contest is
subject to applicable federal, provincial, and municipal
laws and regulations. These Contest Rules are subject to
change without notice in order to comply with any applicable
federal, provincial, and municipal laws or the policy of any
other entity having jurisdiction over the Sponsor. All
issues and questions concerning the construction, validity,
interpretation, and enforceability of the Contest Rules or
the rights and obligations as between the entrant and the
Sponsor in connection with the Contest shall be governed by
and construed in accordance with the laws of the province of
Ontario including procedural provisions without giving
effect to any choice of law or conflict of law rules or
provisions that would cause the application of any other
jurisdiction’s laws.
14. FOR RESIDENTS OF QUEBEC. For residents of Quebec, any
litigation respecting the conduct or organization of a
publicity contest may be submitted to the Régie des alcools,
des courses et des jeux for a ruling. Any litigation
respecting the awarding of a prize may be submitted to the
Régie only for the purpose of helping the parties reach a
settlement.
15. LANGUAGE DISCREPANCY. In the event of any discrepancy or
inconsistency between the terms and conditions of the
Contest Rules and disclosures or other statements contained
in any Contest-related materials, including but not limited
to the Contest entry form, or point of sale, television,
print or online advertising, the terms and conditions of the
Contest Rules shall prevail, govern, and control. In the
event of any discrepancy or inconsistency between the
English language version and the French language version of
the Contest Rules, the English version shall prevail,
govern, and control.
16. WINNERS LIST. For a list of winners, send a
self-addressed envelope bearing sufficient postage to
[address where a request for a list of winner’s can be
sent]. Requests must be received by November 7, 2008.
m below to
enter.
Entries must be received by April 30, 2008, so start your
letter to Anne today!
Please be sure to read the contest rules and regulations
before entering.
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