WintheUlitmateProm.com Ultimate Prom King and Queen Contest Rules


ELIGIBILITY

The WintheUltimateProm.com Prom King and Queen contest is open only to legal residents of the Continental United States (including D.C.) who will be enrolled as a junior or a senior at an accredited high school within the Continental United States during the 2010-2011 school year. SUBMISSION PERIOD The submission period runs from 12:00 AM Mountain Standard Time (“MST”) on February 22st, 2011 until 11:59 PM PT until March 5th, 2011 (the “Submission Period” or the “Upload Phase”). Sponsor’s computer is the official time keeping device for the Contest.

CONTEST PERIOD

The Contest runs from 12:00 AM Mountain Standard Time (“MST”) on March 8st , 2011 until 11:59 PM PT on April 16th, 2011 (the “Contest Period” or “Voting Period”) Sponsor’s computer is the official time keeping device for the Contest. Register, in teams of two, via the online registration form at WintheUltimateProm.com. Completed all the required fields including submitting a team name, mantra and bio. Additionally, follow the directions to upload and submit a video telling us how you would reign as the Ultimate Prom King and Queen. You must be enrolled as a junior or a senior at an accredited high school within the Continental United States during the 2010-2011 school year. See video guidelines below. Note: To participate in the WintheUltimateProm.com Prom King and Queen contest you must be a registered member of YouTube, the online video hosting site, to submit your video and enter the Contest. Membership is free.

VIDEO GUIDELINES
 
All videos must be at least one minute in length and no longer than 10 minutes. Submitted videos must conform to the file type and size specifications for upload as determined by YouTube.com.

One-minute video guidelines are:
- Must be rated E for everyone
- No foul or obscene language
- No provocative gestures

NOTE: Your video(s) will be posted online and viewed by other people.
FOR ALL ENTRIES: Entries must comply with the Terms of Service.

Entries must not be inappropriate, indecent or obscene, as determined by VERGO Marketing Inc. VERGO shall have the right to reject any video submitted if it does not comply with the guidelines. Sponsor may use any video in any media in association with the Contest without attribution or compensation to the contestant. Sponsor is not responsible for lost, late, incomplete, invalid, unintelligible, illegible or misdirected requests.

LIMIT

Each team may enter up to one (1) video during February 22nd through March 5th.

ADDITIONAL ENTRY REQUIREMENTS

Students must also do the following:
    • Submit a Team name
    • Submit a Team mantra
    • Submit a Team bio
    • Upload their completed “How will you reign as The Ultimate Prom King & Queen?” video to YouTube
    • Submit their team YouTube URL link to the WintheUltimateProm.com Prom King & Queen contest registration form

 

PRODUCER/COPYRIGHT

Entry must be submitted by the original creator. You must be the sole owner of the video submitted. Your submission of the video is your guarantee that you are the author and copyright holder of the video. Video may include more than one person but must be submitted by only one team. All persons appearing in video must provide a signed release (two per video).

OWNERSHIP/USE RIGHTS

By entering the Contest, Contestants agree to have their submitted video displayed on the WintheUltimateProm.com website without any fee or other form of compensation, and agree that VERGO Marketing, Inc. may display winning videos in a video gallery on the WintheUltimate4Prom.com and WintheUltimateProm.com blogs, press releases, and other communication channels at their discretion, and may make and retain copies of the video for archival purposes. Videos will be credited to the contestant named in the entry form. In the event that ownership of any video submitted is contested in any manner, Sponsors may disqualify that video and discontinue use of the video.

VERIFICATION/DISQUALIFICATION

Contestants whose videos are chosen as potential winners will be notified on or about April 19st, 2011 by phone, email, and/or mail using the contact information given at the time of entry. PRIZES No cash equivalent and all prizes are nontransferable and no substitution will be made except as provided herein at the Sponsors’ sole discretion. Sponsors reserve the right to substitute any listed prize for one of equal or greater value if the designated prize should become unavailable for any reason. Winners are responsible for all taxes and fees associated with prize receipt and/or use.

PUBLICITY/PROMOTIONAL USE

Except where prohibited, participation in the Contest constitutes Entrant’s irrevocable consent and release to Sponsor and their agents to use, record, reproduce, publish, display, perform and translate: (1) the name, likeness, voice, quotations, opinions and biographical information of the Winners, including without limitation any photograph or recording, for promotional purposes in any media, worldwide, and/or for any other commercial or non-commercial corporate purpose, including without limitation use on merchandise or for marketing, without attribution or further payment or compensation to the Contestant, his or her successors or assigns or any other entity.

GENERAL RULES

By entering or participating in the Contest, Contestants agree to be bound by these Official Rules. Sponsor assumes no responsibility for electronic hardware, programming or software malfunctions, or failures, or line connections, accessibility or availability, or technical failures of any kind, or unauthorized human intervention, or the incorrect or inaccurate capture of any entry or other information, or for the failure to capture any such information. Sponsor is not responsible for: (1) any incorrect or inaccurate information, whether caused by entrants, or by any of the equipment or programming associated with or utilized in the Contest; (2) technical failures of any kind, including, but not limited to malfunctions, interruptions, or disconnections in phone lines or network hardware or software; (3) unauthorized human intervention in any part of the entry process or the Contest; (4) technical or human error which may occur in the administration of the Contest or the processing of entries; or 5) any injury or damage to persons or property which may be caused, directly or indirectly, in whole or in part, from Contestant’s participation in the Contest or receipt or use or misuse of any prize. Further, if, for any reason, the Contest is not capable of running as planned by reason of infection by virus, bugs, worms, tampering, unauthorized intervention, fraud, technical failures, or any other causes which, in the sole opinion of the Sponsor, may corrupt or affect the administration, security, fairness, integrity or proper conduct of this Contest, Sponsor reserves the right, at their sole discretion, to cancel, terminate, modify or suspend the Contest, and select the winners for the Contest, from the entries received prior to the action taken or in other such manner as deemed fair and appropriate by Sponsor. Contestants, by participating in this Contest, hereby waive and release, and agree to hold harmless the Sponsor, YouTube and all promotions and advertising agencies, and their respective parents, subsidiaries, affiliates, distributors, advertising and promotions agencies and all of their respective officers, directors, employees, representatives and agents, from and against, any and all rights, claims and causes of action whatsoever that they may have, or which may arise, against any of them for any liability for any matter, cause or thing whatsoever, including but not limited to any injury, loss, damage, whether direct, compensatory, incidental or consequential, to person, including death and property, arising in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, from their acceptance, possession, use or misuse of the prize in the Contest, or their participation in the Contest.

PERSONAL INFORMATION

The personal information collected through the Contest is subject to Sponsors' privacy statements set forth at WintheUltimateProm.com. Any personal information handled by an agency or vendor of Sponsors’, will be done solely on their behalf and all such information shall be handled exclusively in conformance with Sponsors’ privacy statements.

RELEASE AND INDEMNIFICATION

By entering this Contest, each contestant warrants, represents and agrees that (i) no authorization in addition to the contestant's (which is deemed to be given as a condition of entering this Contest) is necessary to enable the Contest Sponsor or others to use the video as stated in this Contest, (ii) such video is contestant's original work, and (iii) such contestant's submission of the video and the Contest Sponsor's displaying of the video does not violate any other party's copyright, intellectual property rights or other rights. By claiming or accepting a prize in this Contest, each contestant consents to the use of his/her name, voice, picture (both moving and still) or likeness, without compensation, for promotional and/or publicity purposes as determined by the Contest Sponsor. Each prize winner, for himself or herself, and for his or her spouse, dependents, heirs, executors, successors, assigns and agents, agrees to (a) release the Contest Sponsor, its assignees, affiliates and associates named in the release from any and all liability, claims or actions of any kind whatsoever for injuries, damages or lost persons and property which may be sustained in connection with the receipt, entry for or use of a prize and (b) indemnify the Contest Sponsor for any third party claims resulting from the submission or display of the video.

NO LIABILITY

The Contest Sponsor reserves the right to change the terms of this Contest, suspend or cancel it, at any time, if it cannot be conducted as planned for any reason, without liability on the part of the Contest Sponsor, and without prior notice. If in the opinion the Contest Sponsor the administration or integrity of the Contest is compromised or corrupted at any time, the Contest Sponsor reserves the right to modify, suspend or cancel the Contest. SPONSOR/s Win the Ultimate Prom 1375 N. Scottsdale Road., 340 Scottsdale, AZ 85257

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