Dark Score Stories Giveaway (Sweepstakes)
Official Rules
NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR
WIN.
A PURCHASE DOES NOT IMPROVE YOUR
CHANCES OF WINNING.
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Sweepstakes may only be
entered in or from the 50
United States, the
District of Columbia, or Canada.
Entries originating from any other jurisdiction are not
eligible for entry. This Sweepstakes is governed
exclusively by the laws of the United States.
You are not authorized to participate in the Sweepstakes if you
are not located within the 50 United States, the
District of Columbia or Canada.
1. How to Enter. Log onto
www.stephenking.com (“Site”), find and click on the link for
the StephenKing.com Dark Score Stories Giveaway and follow the directions
to enter between 12:00 P.M.
Eastern Time (“ET”) on December 5th, 2011
and 11:59:59 A.M. ET on
December 9th, 2011. To enter, you must be
at least 18 years of age by the start date of the Sweepstakes.
All entrants must have a valid email address and a valid U.S. or Canadian postal address.
Limit one (1) entry per
person/email address/postal address. No automated entry devices and/or programs
permitted. All entries become the sole and exclusive
property of StephenKing.com and receipt of entries will not be
acknowledged or returned. Delivery of prizes requires a street
address (no P.O. Boxes). Sponsor is not responsible for
lost, late, illegible, stolen, incomplete, invalid,
unintelligible, misdirected, technically corrupted or garbled
entries, which will be disqualified, or for problems of any kind
whether mechanical, human or electronic. Only fully
completed entry forms are eligible. Proof of submission
will not be deemed to be proof of receipt by Sponsor.
2. Start/End Dates.
Sweepstakes begins at 12:00
P.M. ET on December 5th, 2011 and ends at 11:59:59 A.M. ET on December 9th, 2011 (“Sweepstakes Period”).
3. Eligibility. Participation
is open only to legal residents of the fifty
United States, the
District of Columbia, or Canada, who are 18 or
older as of date of entry. Void outside of the 50
United States, the
District of Columbia, and Canada. Void where
prohibited by law. Employees, agents and representatives of
Stephen King or StephenKing.com
(together, "Sponsor") and their immediate families
(parents, children, siblings, spouse) or members of the same
household (whether related or not) of such
employees/officers/directors are not eligible to enter.
Sweepstakes may only be entered in or from the 50
United States, the
District of Columbia, and Canada. Entries
originating from any other jurisdiction are not eligible for
entry. You are not authorized to participate in the
Sweepstakes if you are not located within the 50
United States, the
District of Columbia, or Canada. All federal,
state and local laws and regulations apply.
4. Random Drawing/Odds.
Winners will be selected in a random drawing from all eligible
entries received by or about
December 9th, 2011. Odds of winning depend on the number
of eligible entries received for the drawing. By entering
the Sweepstakes, entrants fully and unconditionally agree to be
bound by these rules and the decisions of the judges, which will
be final and binding in all matters relating to the Sweepstakes.
5. Prizes. 3 copies of the
promotional coffee table book, Dark Score Stories. Each winner wins one hardcover
version of the new promotional coffee table book, Dark Score Stories.
Prizes are promotional only, and have no retail value. Prizes
are non-transferable. No substitutions or cash
redemptions. In the case of unavailability of prize,
Sponsor reserves the right to substitute a prize of equal or
greater value. All unspecified expenses are the responsibility
of winners.
6. Notification/Prize Redemption.
Winners will be notified by e-mail on or about December 9th, 2011. If any winner cannot be contacted immediately if
any prize or prize notification is returned as undeliverable, if
any winner rejects his/her prize or in the event of
noncompliance with these Sweepstakes rules and requirements,
such prize will be forfeited and an alternate winner will be
selected from all remaining eligible entries. Upon prize
forfeiture, no compensation will be given. Limit one prize
per person or household. Sweepstakes Entities (defined
below) are not responsible for electronic communications that
are undeliverable as a result of any form of active or passive
filtering of any kind, or insufficient space in entrant’s e-mail
account to receive e-mail messages.
7. Conditions. All federal,
state and local taxes are the sole responsibility of the
winners. Participation in Sweepstakes and acceptance of prize
constitutes each winner's permission for Sponsor to use his/her
name, address (city and state), likeness, photograph, picture,
portrait, voice, biographical information and/or any statements
made by each winner regarding the Sweepstakes or Sponsor for
advertising and promotional purposes without notice or
additional compensation, except where prohibited by law. By
participating, entrants and winners agree to release, indemnify
and hold harmless StephenKing.com, Sponsor, its advertising and
promotion agencies and their respective parent companies,
subsidiaries, affiliates, partners, representatives, agents,
successors, assigns, employees, officers and directors
(collectively, “Sweepstakes Entities”), from any and all
liability, for loss, harm, damage, injury, cost or expense
whatsoever including without limitation, property damage,
personal injury and/or death which may occur in connection with,
preparation for, or participation in Sweepstakes, or
possession, acceptance and/or use or misuse of prize or
participation in any Sweepstakes-related activity and for any
claims based on publicity rights, defamation or invasion of
privacy and merchandise delivery. Sponsor is not
responsible if Sweepstakes cannot take place or if any prize
cannot be awarded due to delays or interruptions due to acts of
God, acts of war, natural disasters, weather or acts of
terrorism. Entrants who do not comply with these Official Rules,
or attempt to interfere with this Sweepstakes in any way shall
be disqualified. There is no purchase or sales presentation
required to participate. A purchase does not increase odds of
winning.
Sponsor reserves the right to restrict or
void online entries or participation from any IP address if any
suspicious entry and/or participation is detected.
WINNERs AGREE THAT each PRIZE IS PROVIDED
AS-IS WITHOUT ANY warranty, representation or guarantee, express
or implied, in fact or in law, WHETHER NOW KNOWN OR HEREINAFTER
ENACTED, relative to the use or enjoyment of the prize,
including, without limitation, ITS quality, merchantability or
fitness for a particular purpose.
8. Additional Terms. In case
of dispute as to the identity of any entrant, entry will be
declared made by the authorized account holder of the email
address submitted at time of entry if that person meets the
eligibility and other requirements of these Official Rules.
"Authorized Account Holder" is defined as the natural person who
is assigned an email address by an Internet access provider,
online service provider, or other organization (e.g., business,
educational, institution, etc.) responsible for assigning email
addresses or the domain associated with the submitted email
address. Any potential winner may be requested to provide
Sponsor with proof that such winner is the authorized account
holder of the email address associated with the winning entry.
Any other attempted form of entry is prohibited; no automatic,
programmed; robotic or similar means of entry are permitted.
Sponsor, its affiliates, partners and promotion and advertising
agencies are not responsible for technical, hardware, software,
telephone or other communications malfunctions, errors or
failures of any kind, lost or unavailable network connections,
web site, Internet, or ISP availability, unauthorized human
intervention, traffic congestion, incomplete or inaccurate
capture of entry information (regardless of cause) or failed,
incomplete, garbled, jumbled or delayed computer transmissions
which may limit one's ability to enter the Sweepstakes,
including any injury or damage to participant's or any other
person's computer relating to or resulting from participating in
this Sweepstakes or downloading any materials in this
Sweepstakes.
Sponsor reserves the right, in
its sole discretion, to cancel, terminate, modify, extend or
suspend this Sweepstakes should (in its sole discretion) virus,
bugs, non-authorized human intervention, fraud or other causes
beyond its control corrupt or affect the administration,
security, fairness or proper conduct of the Sweepstakes. In such
case, Sponsor will select the winner(s) from all eligible
entries received prior to and/or after (if appropriate) the
action taken by Sponsor. Sponsor reserves the right, at its sole
discretion, to disqualify any individual it finds, in its sole
discretion, to be tampering with the entry process or the
operation of the Sweepstakes or web site. Sponsor may
prohibit an entrant from participating in the Sweepstakes or
winning a prize if, in its sole discretion, it determines that
said entrant is attempting to undermine the legitimate operation
of the Sweepstakes by cheating, hacking, deception, or other
unfair playing practices (including the use of automated quick
entry programs) or intending to annoy, abuse, threaten or harass
any other entrants or Sponsor representatives.
CAUTION: ANY ATTEMPT BY AN ENTRANT TO
DAMAGE ANY WEB SITE OR UNDERMINE THE LEGITIMATE OPERATION OF THE
SWEEPSTAKES MAY BE A VIOLATION OF CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LAWS AND
SHOULD SUCH AN ATTEMPT BE MADE, THE SPONSOR RESERVES THE RIGHT
TO SEEK DAMAGES FROM ANY SUCH PERSON TO THE FULLEST EXTENT
PERMITTED BY LAW.
Except where prohibited, as a condition of
participating in this sweepstakes, each entrant agrees that any
and all disputes that cannot be resolved between the entrant and
any Sweepstakes Entity, claims and causes of action arising out
of or connected with this sweepstakes, or the prize awarded, or
the determination of the winners must be resolved individually,
without resort to any form of class action. Further, in any such
dispute, under no circumstances will an entrant be permitted or
entitled to obtain awards for, and hereby waives all rights to
claim punitive, exemplary, incidental or consequential damages.
9. Use of Data.
StephenKing.com will be collecting personal data about entrants
online, in accordance with its privacy policy. Please
review the StephenKing.com privacy policy at
http://www.stephenking.com/privacy_policy.html.
By participating in the Sweepstakes,
entrants hereby agree to StephenKing.com's collection and usage
of their personal information and acknowledge that they have
read and accepted StephenKing.com's privacy policy.
In addition, as a condition of entering the
sweepstakes, each entrant gives consent for Sponsor to obtain
and deliver his or her name, address and other information to
third parties for the purpose of administering this sweepstakes
and complying with applicable laws, regulations and rules.
10. List of Winners. To
find out who won, send a legal-size, self-addressed, stamped
envelope to: Dark Score Stories Sweepstakes Winners,
1380 Hammond Street, Bangor,
ME
04401. Requests must be received
no later than three (3) months following the end of the
Sweepstakes Period.
11. Sponsor. Stephen King,
1380 Hammond Street, Bangor, ME 04401
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