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These are the official rules that govern how the 10K Challenge promotion ("Contest") will operate.
In these rules, "we," "our," and "us" refer to Microsoft Corporation, the sponsor of the Contest. "You," "yourself," "I," "me," and "my" refers to an eligible Contest entrant.
This is a skill-based Contest. Entrants create and submit a web application where the source files and embedded images do not exceed a size of 10 kilobytes. Refer to Section 3 ("WHO CAN ENTER") for eligibility determination and Section 4 ("WHAT CONSTITUTES AN ELIGIBLE ENTRY") for additional entry requirements and details. For purposes of this Contest, the web application that you create and submit in the Contest will be called an "entry." The Contest seeks entries in two (5) separate Contest Categories: Best Overall, People's Choice, Best Design, Best Technical & Notable Mention. All eligible entries received will be automatically entered into all 5 Contest Categories and will be judged using judging criteria described in Section 7 ("HOW ENTRIES WILL BE JUDGED").
This Contest starts at 12:01 p.m. Pacific Time (PT) on August 3, 2011 and ends at 3 p.m. PT on September 21, 2011 ("Entry Period"). Entries must be received within the Entry Period to be eligible.
You are eligible to enter this Contest if you meet the following requirements at time of entry:
To be eligible for judging an entry must meet the following requirements:
In addition:
Entries may NOT contain, as determined by us, in our sole and absolute discretion, any content that:
We reserve the right to reject any entry, in our sole and absolute discretion, that we determine does not meet the above criteria.
Other than what is set forth below, we are not claiming any ownership rights to your entry. However, by submitting your entry, you:
Please note that following the end of this Contest your entry may be posted on a website selected by us for viewing by visitors to that website. We are not responsible for any unauthorized use of your entry by visitors to this website. While we reserve these rights, we are not obligated to use your entry for any purpose, even if it has been selected as a winning entry.
If you (or your parent or legal guardian) do not want to grant us these rights to your entry, please do not enter this Contest.
To submit your web application, navigate to http://10k.aneventapart.com/, and enter the Contest by submitting your web application, as instructed. We will accept (3) entries per person. We are not responsible for entries that we do not receive, or that we are unable to access, for any reason, or for entries that we receive but are not decipherable for any reason.
We will automatically disqualify any incomplete or illegible entry and any entries that we receive that do not meet the requirements described above and in Section 4 ("WHAT CONSTITUTES AN ELIGIBLE ENTRY").
All eligible entries received will be automatically considered for each Contest Category: Best Overall, People's Choice, Best Design, Best Technical & Notable Mentions. Winners in each Contest Category will be determined by the judges panel listed on the home page of the contest.
Following the close of the Entry Period, a panel of judges will review all eligible entries received and, based on the judging criteria, select one grand prize winner (Best Overall), one winner for Best Design, one for Best Technical and 9 Notable Mentions.
We will present eligible entries online within three (3) business days of receipt of valid entry. Between 12:01 p.m. Pacific Time (PT) on August 3, 2011, and 3 p.m. PT on September 21, 2011 ("Public Voting Period"), visitors will be asked to rate each eligible entry by tweeting it, liking it on Facebook, or leaving a comment.
At the conclusion of the Public Voting Period, we will determine one People's Choice winner, based on total weighted ratings received. In the event of a tie between any eligible entries, the tie will be broken by judges, who will judge the tied entries based on the criteria listed above.
We, in our sole discretion, reserve the right to void suspect ratings or take other remedial actions if we suspect any use of robotic, automatic, macro, programmed or similar methods, known or unknown, to impact the integrity of the public rating result.
For both Contest Categories, the decisions of the judges are final and binding. If we do not receive a sufficient number of entries meeting the entry requirements, we reserve the right to not select any winners.
If the An Event Apart event is cancelled for any reason, Sponsor shall have no further obligation to the winner other than to provide the remainder of the prize package.
If you are selected as a potential winner of this Contest:
If you are a potential winner, we will notify you by sending a message to the e-mail address listed on your entry within seven (7) days following winner determination. If the notification that we send is returned as undeliverable, or you are otherwise unreachable for any reason, we may award the prize to an alternate winner.
If there is a dispute as to who is the potential winner, we will consider the potential winner to be the authorized account holder of the e-mail address used to enter the Contest.
If you are a potential winner, we may require you to sign an affidavit of eligibility, liability/publicity release and W-9 or W8-BEN tax form. If you do not sign and return these required forms within the time period listed on the winner notification message, we may disqualify you and select the next highest-scoring entry.
By entering this Contest you (your parent or legal guardian if you are a minor) agree and understand that:
If someone cheats, or a virus, bug, catastrophic event, or any other unforeseen or unexpected event that cannot be reasonably anticipated or controlled, (also referred to as force majeure) affects the fairness and / or integrity of this Contest, we reserve the right to cancel, change or suspend this Contest.
This right is reserved whether the event is due to human or technical error. If a solution cannot be found to restore the integrity of the Contest, we reserve the right to select winners from among all eligible entries received before we had to cancel, change or suspend the Contest.
Computer "hacking" is a crime. If you attempt to compromise the integrity or the legitimate operation of this Contest by hacking or by cheating or committing fraud in ANY way, we may seek damages from you to the fullest extent permitted by law. Further, we may ban you from participating in any of our future Contest, so please play fairly.
We will post the winning entries online after October 3, 2011 at http://10k.aneventapart.com/. This posting will remain active for at least 30 days.
Microsoft Corporation is the sponsor of this Contest.
Microsoft Corporation
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