By entering this contest, you accept these
Rules and agree to be bound by their terms and conditions. If you do not
agree with the Official Rules or do not qualify to participate, please
do not enter the Contest.
To Enter: A maximum of two photos, completed entry form
and tasteful photograph must be submitted to Austinquinnhero (at) gmail
(dot) com. Entrants who do not submit an entry form, and photo will not
be entered into the Contest. ***** These photographs will be
uploaded on Austin's Blog only after the signed release is
received ***** Upon successful submission, Entrants will
receive a confirmation email stating that their entry has been received.
Entrant may only enter himself or with written permission from the
entrant to the person submitting the photograph. Entries will only be
accepted via the above-email address and will be uploaded to Austin
Quinn's blog at http://austinquinn-americashero.blogspot.com/. All entries and photos become
property of the Contest and will not be returned.
The term "Entrant" constitutes both the
party entering the photograph and the gentleman's whose likeness is
contained therein.
Entrant represents and warrants that any
information submitted is owned by the Entrant or used with the owner’s
permission and does not infringe on any third party’s rights or defame
or injure the reputation of any third party. If legal action results due
to a breach of Entrant’s representations and warranties, the Entrant
will indemnify and hold harmless Regan Taylor and Regina Schneider
(”Author”), Sponsor(s) (”Sponsors”), and/or Celebrity Judges (”Judges”)
and will be liable for any costs associated with a defense thereof.
Any expenses incurred by the Entrant to
participate in the Contest are the responsibility of the Entrant.
Deadline: Photos and
entry forms will be accepted from 12:01 a.m. PDT, 07/04/08 to 11:59 p.m.
PDT, 08/31/08. Part 2, the actual balloting will begin as 12:01
a.m. September 1, 2008 and run until 11:59 p.m. November 9, 2008. Austin
Quinn will be announced on November 10, 2008 on the Marine Corps
Birthday.
Eligibility: At least 21
years old (as of 07/04/08) or older may enter the Contest. There are no
size, height or race restrictions. Employees of Author, Sponsors, and
Judges, their parents, divisions, affiliates, subsidiaries and agents,
and immediate families and household members of each are ineligible.
Author and/or Judges’ decisions are final. Incomplete or inaccurate
entries, as well as entries containing false information will be
disqualified. Not withstanding the foregoing, eligibility is subject to
any laws otherwise prohibiting an Entrant’s participation in the
Contest. Therefore, this Contest is void where prohibited by law.
Finalists: From 09/01/08
to 11/09/08, web site visitors to will view the posted entry photographs
and vote for the winner. Web site visitors will use the Entrant’s photo(s) and entry form information to select one winner. All Finalists
will be notified by email. The Finalists will be posted at
http://austinquinn-americashero.blogspot.com
on or about the Marine Corps Birthday). Winning
America's Hero's contest does not guarantee the entrant's photograph or
likeness will ultimately appear on America's Hero's, bookmarks or
other print media.
Winner: Judges will vote
for the winning Austin 09/01/08 - 11/09/08. The Finalist with the highest
score will be the Winner, subject to compliance with the Rules. In event
of a tie, entries involved will be re-judged according to the criteria
listed above by the Author, who will serve as a tiebreaker.
Prizes: Winner/First
Place Prize: (At a minimum) Possible use of the gentleman's image on the cover of
America's Hero and an autographed print copy of America's Hero, $25
Amazon.com gift certificate, $25 Starbucks card, and a free download of
an ebook from Champagne Book's website. Second Place an
autographed print copy
of America's Hero. The Author will not be liable for disputes arising
from claiming of prizes from Sponsors and/or Judges. Taxes on prizes are
winners’ sole responsibility. Prizes are non-transferable. Only
potential Finalists/Winners will be notified. Prizes will be awarded by
11/10/08 or as soon as America's Hero is published (i.e, for the
autographed copy of America's Hero).
Use of Information: Each
Entrant or person who's photograph is entered, consents to the use of
his name, likeness, information, submissions, and image by Author,
Judges, and Sponsors and their agents and its agents assignees for
display and publishing in any media, now known or hereafter developed,
without compensation, in any and all advertising and promotional
materials relating to the Contest, and in conjunction with other
promotions that may be offered by the Contest. The information collected
to enter the Contest will be used to contact the Winner. Additionally,
each Entrant agrees that the Author, Sponsors, and Judges and their
agents and assignees may use this information for marketing purposes and
to contact applicants regarding offers, promotions, and other contests
related to products or services distributed by Author, Sponsors, or
Judges.
Licensing:
By entering the Contest, the Entrant grants the Author, her agents, and assignees
the following irrevocable rights throughout the World:
a) the right to copy, reproduce, and
store Entrant’s image and text, in any and all media for the purposes of
the Contest;
b) the right to publicly perform or cause to be performed the Entrant’s
image and text in any and all media for the purposes of the Contest;
c) the right to record and authorize others to record the Entrant’s
image and text;
d) the right to synchronize the Entrant’s image and, text with other
visual images for the purposes of the Contest;
e) the right to use the Entrant’s name, likeness, and Content Entry form
information for the purposes of the Contest;
f) the right to authorize others to do any or all of the above.
The expression “for the purposes of the
Contest” referred to hereinabove includes:
a) copying, reproduction, public
performance, and use on Contest website, http://austinquinn-americashero.blogspot.com and any other web site associated
with the Contest or Author;
b) use in advertisements, commercials, and other promotions (whether in
or out of context) for the Contest or Author; and
c) embodying the image and text in radio broadcasts, television, motion
picture or Internet programs or other audio-visual productions
synchronized with visual images for use in any and all media and in
advertisements and promotions for such television programs or other
audio-visual productions in connection with the Contest or Author.
General Rules: To the
extent permitted by applicable law, the Contest and the Rules will be
governed, construed, and interpreted under the laws of the state of
California, USA. The Rules are subject to any requirements/limitations
imposed by the Federal Communications Commission. The Rules are subject
to change, however, every effort will be made to contact relevant
parties of notice of such change. Entrants agree to be bound by the
Rules and by the decisions of the Author, Sponsors, and Judges, which
are final and binding in all respects.
The Contest is subject to Federal, state,
provincial, and local laws and regulations. All decisions regarding the
Contest, including but not limited to the Rules, eligibility, voting
methods, voting results, disqualification determinations, and awarding
prizes are at the Author’s sole and exclusive discretion, are final,
binding, and are not subject to challenge or appeal. Author reserves the
right to disqualify Entrants from the Contest for any reason in its sole
discretion.
Author reserves the right to cancel,
suspend and/or modify the Contest, or any part of it, if any fraud,
technical failures or any other factor beyond the Author’s reasonable
control affect the administration, security, or proper administration of
the Contest or Sponsors or Judges otherwise become (as determined in
their sole discretion) incapable of participating in the Contest as
planned. Author and/or Sponsors reserve the right in their sole
discretion to disqualify any individual found to be tampering with the
registration process, voting process or the operation of the Contest or
to be acting in violation of these Rules or any other promotion, or in
an unsportsmanlike or disruptive manner.
Author’s failure to enforce any term of
the Rules shall not constitute a waiver of that provision.
General Release: Author,
Sponsors, Judges or their agents or assignees will not be
responsible for: (a) technical failures of any kind, including but not
limited to telephone, electronic, hardware, software, network, Internet,
or any other computer or communications related malfunctions or
failures; (b) any Contest disruptions, injuries, losses or damages
caused by events, if any, beyond the control of Author, Sponsors, or
Judges; or (c) any technical or human error including, without
limitation, printing or typographical or administrative errors in any
materials associated with the Contest.
Notification of Winner:
Go to
http://austinquinn-americashero.blogspot.com. Requests received after
08/31/08 will not be honored.
