CONTEST RULES
No purchase or payment of any kind is necessary to enter or win this contest. A purchase will not increase your chances of winning.
COOKIE MAGAZINE'S ULTIMATE FAMILY-ROOM MAKEOVER CONTEST
Contest begins at 12:01 A.M. ET on 5/27/08 and ends at 11:59 P.M. ET on 6/30/08, when all entries must be received. To enter, log on to www.cookiemag.com/go/hgtv, complete the online entry form, and submit it as instructed. All entries must include (i) a 250-word essay about why your family room needs a makeover; (ii) a photo of your family and your family room (file must not exceed 500 kilobytes); and (iii) the names and ages of all members of the family living at home (collectively, your "Submission"). Entrants represent and warrant that their Submission is the original work of such entrant, that it has not been copied from others, and that it does not violate the rights of any other person or entity. Limit one entry per person and per e-mail address during the promotion period. All entrant information, including e-mail addresses, is subject to the respective privacy policy of the applicable sponsor.
1 JUDGING CRITERIA All entries will be judged on or about 7/1/08 by a panel of judges from the editorial staff of Cookie magazine, who will select fifty (50) finalists based on the following criteria, which will be weighted equally: (i) Problem with your family room (e.g., is it compelling and universal?); (ii) solvability (e.g., are the space's bones good, and will an effective and dramatic makeover result?); and (iii) how the makeover will address your family's needs. HGTV will then judge the Submissions of the fifty (50) finalists based on the same criteria. The single entrant with the highest overall score will be declared the Potential Winner. In the event of a tie, Potential Winner will be selected based on the problem criteria. Any Potential Winner will be notified by mail, e-mail, and/or telephone. If a Potential Winner cannot be contacted, does not respond within three (3) days from the date when the Sponsor first tries to notify him/her, and/or the prize or prize notification is returned as undeliverable, such Potential Winner forfeits all rights to win the Promotion or receive the prize, and an alternate Potential Winner may be selected. Upon contact with a Potential Winner and determination that he/she has met all eligibility requirements of the Promotion , including without limitation the execution of required waivers, publicity, and liability releases and disclaimers, such individual will be declared the "Winner" of the Promotion.
PRIZE The Winner will have his/her family room made over by HGTV's Color Correction team, including painting of walls and/or furniture and installation of flooring and/or lighting. The approximate retail value for materials is $2,500. Actual value of makeover may vary based on amount of labor but will not exceed $2,500. The Winner must agree to appear on HGTV and in Cookie magazine with his/her family and home, and must allow HGTV in his/her home to conduct the makeover to coincide with filming and photography dates determined by Cookie magazine and HGTV. If Winner is unable to comply, Prize is forfeited, and an alternate Winner will be chosen. For the name of the Winner, send a self-addressed stamped envelope to Cookie Magazine's Ultimate Family-Room Makeover Contest, c/o Cookie magazine, 4 Times Square, New York, NY 10036, after 8/4/08 but before 2/4/09.
3 Entries that are lost, late, misdirected, incorrect, garbled, or incompletely received, for any reason, including by reason of hardware, software, browser, or network failure, malfunction, congestion, or incompatibility at Sponsor's servers or elsewhere, will not be eligible. Sponsor, at its sole discretion, reserves the right to disqualify any person tampering with the entry processes or the operation of the website. Use of bots or other automated processes to enter is prohibited and may result in disqualification at the sole discretion of Sponsor. Sponsor further reserves the right to cancel, terminate, or modify any promotion not capable of completion as planned, including by reason of infection by computer virus, bugs, tampering, unauthorized intervention, force majeure, or technical failures of any sort. In the event of a dispute, entries will be deemed submitted by the authorized account holder of the e-mail address submitted at the time of entry. "Authorized account holder" is defined as the natural person who is assigned to an e-mail address by an Internet access provider, online service provider, or other organization (e.g., business, educational institute) that is responsible for assigning e-mail addresses for the domain associated with the submitted e-mail address. Potential Winners will be contacted by e-mail and/or telephone. If any Potential Winner cannot be contacted or does not respond within three (3) days, or the prize or prize notification is returned as undeliverable, such Potential Winner forfeits all rights to any prize, and an alternate Winner may be selected.
4 Income and other taxes, if any, are the sole responsibility of the Winner.
5 Open only to legal residents of California living in a thirty (30)-mile radius of North Hollywood who are at least 18 years of age or older as of the date of entry. Employees of Sponsor, their immediate families, and those living in the same household are not eligible. Entrants agree to abide by these Official Rules, and understand that any violation of the rules may result in disqualification.
6 Subject to all federal, state, and local laws and regulations. Void outside California and where prohibited. Any violation of these rules may result in disqualification. Sponsor is not responsible for errors in the administration or fulfillment of this contest, including without limitation mechanical, human, printing, distribution, or production errors, and may modify or cancel this promotion based upon such errors at its sole discretion without liability.
7 Prizes are not transferable. No substitutions for any prize except by Sponsor, in which case a prize of equal or greater value will be substituted. All decisions of the judges are final and binding in all respects.
8 All entries become the property of Sponsor and will not be acknowledged or returned. The copyright in any Submission shall remain the property of the entrant, but entry into this Promotion constitutes entrant's irrevocable and perpetual permission and consent, without further compensation or attribution, to use, reproduce, print, publish, transmit, distribute, sell, perform, adapt, enhance, or display such Submission for any purpose, including but not limited to editorial, advertising, trade commercial, and publicity purposes by the Sponsor and/or others authorized by the Sponsor, in any and all media now in existence or hereinafter created throughout the world, for the duration of the copyright in the Submission. Sponsor and/or others authorized by the Sponsor shall have the right to edit, adapt, and modify the Submission.
9 Except where prohibited: (i) Acceptance of prize constitutes consent to use Winner's name and likeness for editorial, advertising, and publicity purposes, without further compensation; (ii) Potential Winner may be the subject of a background check and may be required to sign an affidavit of eligibility (including Social Security number) and liability/publicity release, which must be returned within three (3) days of attempted notification, or an alternate winner may be chosen.
10 The Sponsor of the contest is CondÉ Nast Publications, 4 Times Square, New York, NY 10036.
