The SIMPLELEAP Submit Yours Contest
Official Rules
NO PURCHASE IS NECESSARY TO ENTER OR
WIN.
The SIMPLELEAP Submit Yours Contest
(the “Contest”) starts on May 4, 2009 at 12:01 AM Eastern Time (“ET”) and ends
on May 30, 2009 at 11:59 PM ET (“Contest Period”).
ELIGIBILITY: Contest is open to legal all SimpleLeap.com Appetite portal
registrants who are 21 years of age or older. Employees of SimpleLeap
Software, LLC, and their respective parents, subsidiaries, affiliates, and
promotion and advertising agencies, and members of their immediate family
(spouse, parent, sibling, child and their respective spouses, regardless of
where they reside) and persons living in the same household of such employees,
whether or not related, are not eligible to enter or win. Void where prohibited
by law. Contest is subject to all applicable federal, state and local
laws.
HOW TO ENTER:
During the Contest Period, visit
SimpleLeap.com and follow the directions provided to share a recipe. You are
required to register to submit a recipe. Your recipe must be original, must
include a non-copyrighted photo, a detailed recipe description, a descriptive
recipe title, and complete cooking directions. All entrants are required to
comply with any guidelines of Sponsor (incorporated herein by reference). All
entries must be received by 11:59 PM ET on May 30, 2009 to be eligible. Entries
generated by script, macro or other automated means and entries by any means
which subvert the entry process are void. There will be no e-mail or mail
entries accepted. All entries become the sole property of the Sponsor and will
not be returned.
Each entry must be entrant’s own
original work, be in English, cannot be previously published or submitted in
connection with any other contest, be in keeping with the Sponsor’s image and
may not be offensive or inappropriate, as determined by the Sponsor in its sole
discretion, nor can it defame or invade publicity rights or privacy of any
person, living or deceased, or otherwise infringe upon any person’s personal or
property rights or any other third party rights. Sponsor reserves the right to
disqualify any entry that it determines, in its sole discretion, is offensive
or inappropriate, not in keeping with Sponsor’s image or that is otherwise not
in compliance with these Official Rules.
By submitting an entry,
entrant hereby grants permission for the entry to be posted on the any applicable
blog and Sponsor’s and other websites selected by Sponsor. Entrant agrees that
Released Parties (as defined below) are not responsible for any unauthorized
use of entries by third parties. Released Parties do not guarantee the posting
of any entry.
By submitting an entry,
entrant acknowledges and agrees that Sponsor may obtain many entries under this
Contest and that such entries may be similar or identical in theme, idea,
format or other respects to others submitted under this Contest and/or other
contests sponsored by the Sponsor, and waives any and all claims entrant may
have had, may have, and/or may have in the future, that any composition and/or
other works accepted, reviewed and/or used by the Sponsor (or its designees)
may be similar to his/her entry.
JUDGING:
Round 1: All eligible entries received will be judged by the SimpleLeap the following criteria: overall simplicity,
originality, complete details (the “Judging Criteria”). The recipes selected,
as determined by SimpleLeap’s sole discretion, will
be deemed the “winners” for that week, subject to verification of eligibility
and compliance with these Official Rules (for a total of four (4) winners). Sponsor reserves the right not to select a finalist, if, in
its sole discretion, it does not receive a sufficient number of eligible and
qualified entries.
Round 2: The
four (4) winners entries (one from up to four (4)
weeks) will be judged by SimpleLeap’s Judging
Criteria. The qualified recipe, as determined by SimpleLeap
in their sole discretion, will be deemed the “winner”, subject to verification
of eligibility and compliance with these Official Rules. Sponsor and judges reserve the right not to select a
winner, if, in its sole discretion, it does not receive a sufficient number of
eligible and qualified entries. Prize awards are subject to verification of
eligibility and compliance with these Official Rules.
Any individual may only be selected
as a winner once. SimpleLeap’s decisions are final
and binding on all matters relating to this Contest. Potential winners will be
notified by email and may be required to complete an Affidavit of Eligibility,
Liability and Publicity Release (unless prohibited by law). Return of prize or
prize notification as undeliverable, failure to sign and return requested
documentation within fourteen (14) days of date of issuance, the inability to
contact a potential finalist and/or winner within a reasonable time period, or
noncompliance with these Official Rules will result in disqualification and the
prize may be awarded to the runner-up for the applicable blog or the runner-up
finalist (as applicable).
PRIZES:
Winner Prize (4): (1) Amazon gift certificate worth $50.00 and (1) $50.00 worth
of SimpleLeap applications. Approximate
Retail Value (“ARV”): $100 total.
General Prize
Conditions: All prize details are at
the sole discretion of the SimpleLeap Software. All
prizes are awarded “as is” with no warranty or guarantee, either express or
implied. No substitution, transfer, or cash equivalent of prize is permitted,
except by Sponsor, which reserves the right to substitute a prize (or portion
thereof) with one of comparable or greater value, at its sole discretion. Any
and all federal, state and local taxes on the prizes, and any other costs,
fees, and expenses associated with prize acceptance and use not explicitly
stated herein as being awarded, are the sole responsibility of the prize
recipient.
GENERAL: By participating, each entrant agrees: (a) to abide by
these Official Rules and decisions of Sponsor which shall be final and binding
in all respects relating to this Contest; (b) to release, discharge and hold
harmless Sponsor and their respective parents, affiliates, subsidiaries,
dealerships, and advertising and promotion agencies, and the respective
officers, directors, shareholders, employees, agents and representatives of the
forgoing (collectively, “Released Parties”) from any and all injuries,
liability, losses and damages of any kind to persons, including death, or
property resulting, in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, from entrant’s
participation in the Contest or any Contest-related activity or the acceptance,
possession, use or misuse of any awarded prize (including any harm or injuries
that may occur as a result of accepting the Prize); and (c) to the use of
his/her name, voice, performance, photograph/video, image and/or likeness for
programming, advertising, publicity and promotional purposes in any and all
media, now or hereafter known, worldwide and on the Internet, and in perpetuity
by Sponsor and its designees, without compensation (unless prohibited by law)
or additional consents from entrant or any third party and without prior
notice, approval or inspection, and to execute specific consent to such use if
asked to do so.
By submitting an entry, each entrant agrees Sponsor and its
designees shall have an irrevocable, assignable, non-exclusive license to edit, publish, use, adapt, exploit, modify, copy,
disseminate or dispose of any entry, the concepts embodied therein or any
elements thereof, including, without limitation, the proper names of any
persons embodied therein , online, in print, film, television, or in any other
media now known or hereafter devised for advertising and promotional purposes,
worldwide in perpetuity, without compensation, permission or notification to
the entrant or any third party of any kind, except as prohibited by law.
Released Parties are not responsible
for late, lost, damaged, misdirected, incomplete, illegible, undeliverable,
garbled, destroyed or stolen entries; or for any typographical, printing,
human, mechanical, electronic, network or other errors relating to or in
connection with this Contest, including, without limitation, errors or problems
that may occur in connection with the administration of the Contest, the
processing or judging of recipes or posts, the announcement of the prize winners,
the announcement of the prizes, or in any Contest-related materials. Released
Parties are not responsible for entries that fail to enter into the Sponsor’s
processing system, or that are processed, reported, or transmitted late or
incorrectly or are lost or misdirected for any reason including computer,
telephone, paper transfer, human or other error; or for electronic, computer,
or telephone malfunction or error, including inability to access any Web site
associated with the Contest or to process any transaction thereon.
Sponsor may disqualify anyone from
participating in the Contest or winning a prize if, in its sole discretion, it
determines that such person is attempting to undermine the legitimate operation
of the Contest by cheating, deception or other unfair playing practices, or
intending to annoy, abuse, threaten or harass any other entrant or Sponsor’s
representatives. Released Parties are also not
responsible for any incorrect or inaccurate information, whether caused by site
users, tampering, hacking, or by any equipment or programming associated with
or utilized in the Contest. Released Parties are not responsible for injury or
damage to any person's computer related to or resulting from participating in
this Contest or downloading materials from or use of the website. CAUTION: ANY
ATTEMPT TO DELIBERATELY 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 DAMAGES AND OTHER REMEDIES (INCLUDING ATTORNEYS’
FEES) FROM ANY SUCH INDIVIDUAL TO THE FULLEST EXTENT OF THE LAW, INCLUDING
CRIMINAL PROSECUTION. Sponsor reserves the right in its sole discretion to
cancel or suspend any portion of the Contest should causes corrupt the
administration, security or proper play of the Contest and, in the event of
cancellation, to select the winner from among all eligible, non-suspect entries
received up to time of such impairment using the judging procedure outlined
above. In the event of a dispute as to the identity
of an entrant, entry will be deemed to be from the authorized account
subscriber of the e-mail address submitted at time of entry, regardless of the
name that appears on the official entry form and he/she must comply with these
Official Rules. Authorized account subscriber is the natural person who is
assigned the e-mail address by the Internet Service Provider (ISP), on-line
service provider, or other organization responsible for assigning email
addresses.
Request for FINALISTS’ Names: For a list of winners (available each week, beginning May
11, 2009) visit http://www.simpleleap.com/blog.
SPONSOR: SimpleLeap Software, LLC., Incorporated, 2008 Peachtree Road, Atlanta, GA 30305