2017 Copenhagen Craftsmen Contest Official Rules
Participation Limited To Tobacco Consumers 21 Years Of Age Or Older Who Are Legal Residents Of The 50 United States And The District of Columbia
No Purchase Or Payment Of Any Kind Necessary To Enter Or Win Void Where Prohibited
Purchase Or Acceptance Of A Product Offer Does Not Improve Your Chances Of Winning
Eligibility: 2017 Copenhagen Craftsmen Contest (the "Contest") is open only to legal residents of the fifty (50) United States and the District of Columbia who are tobacco consumers twenty-one (21) years of age or older at the time of entry. Employees of U.S. Smokeless Tobacco Company LLC, its parent, affiliates, subsidiaries, vendors, and advertising and promotion agencies including HelloWorld, Inc., as well as the immediate family (spouse, parents, siblings and children) and household members of each such employee are not eligible. Noncompliance with any of the above eligibility requirements will result in disqualification. The Contest is subject to all applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations and is void where prohibited.
Presenter: U.S. Smokeless Tobacco Company LLC, 6603 West Broad Street, Richmond, VA 23230.
Administrator: HelloWorld, Inc., 3000 Town Center, Suite 2100, Southfield, MI 48075.
Agreement to Official Rules: Participation in this Contest constitutes entrant's full and unconditional agreement to these Official Rules and Presenter's and Administrator's decisions, which are final and binding in all matters related to this Contest. Winning a prize is contingent upon fulfilling all requirements set forth herein.
Timing: The Contest begins on June 5, 2017, at or about 9:00:00 a.m. Eastern Time ("ET") and ends on July 31, 2017, at 11:59:59 p.m. ET (the "Contest Period"). The Contest consists of three (3) phases (each a "Phase") as outlined below:
Phase Start Date at 12:00:00 a.m. ET (or otherwise noted) End Date at 11:59:59 p.m. ET
Submission June 5, 2017 at or about 9:00:00 a.m. ET July 9, 2017
Judging July 10, 2017 July 16, 2017
Voting July 17, 2017 July 31, 2017
Administrator's computer is the official timekeeping device for the Contest.
How to Enter: To enter the Contest, you must first become a registered user at https://www.freshcope.c
During the Submission Phase, follow the links and instructions to upload one (1) photo that displays your dream project, a short description of the project (minimum of one hundred fifty (150) and maximum of three hundred fifty (350) characters) and a project name (not to exceed twenty-six (26) characters), collectively referred to as your submission ("Submission").
By uploading your Submission, you agree that it conforms to the guidelines and content restrictions below (collectively, the "Guidelines and Restrictions") and that Presenter may disqualify you from the Contest if it believes, in its sole discretion, that your Submission fails to conform to the Guidelines and Restrictions. "Submission" shall mean all information submitted in connection with the Contest including, without limitation, the essay, language, hashtags, and all other content.
Submission Guidelines:
The photo must be in JPEG or PNG format;
The photo must not exceed 5MB in size;
Submission must be your original work that has not won a previous prize or award. Modifying, enhancing or altering a third party's preexisting work does not qualify as entrant's original creation.
The Submission must contain a project name and description; and
The Submission's project name and description must be in English.
Content Restrictions: Entrants represent and warrant that their Submission is the original work of such entrant, it has not been copied from others, it has not previously won awards, it does not violate the rights of any other person or entity, and publication of the Submission via various media including Web posting will not infringe on the rights of any third party. Any such entrant will indemnify and hold harmless Released Parties (defined below) from any claims to the contrary. Any entrant whose Submission includes reference to third parties or contains elements not owned by the entrant must be able to provide legal releases for such use including Presenter's use of such Submission, in a form satisfactory to Presenter, upon request, prior to award of prize and/or naming of entrant as a winner.
All Submission content must also conform to the following submission requirements:
Submissions must not contain images of individuals other than entrant;
Submissions must not contain material that violates or infringes another's rights, including but not limited to privacy, publicity or intellectual property rights, or that constitutes copyright infringement;
Submissions must not disparage Presenter, Administrator or any other person or party affiliated with the promotion and administration of this Contest;
Submissions must not feature brand names or trademarks other than Presenter's mark, which entrant has a limited license to use to incorporate into his/her Submission for this Contest;
Submissions must not contain text or photography not created by entrant;
Submissions must not contain text or photography that is inappropriate, indecent, obscene, hateful, tortious, defamatory, slanderous or libelous;
Submissions must not contain offensive words or statements (including words or symbols that are widely considered offensive to individuals of a certain race, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation or socioeconomic group) and should not invade privacy or other rights of any person, firm or entity;
Submissions must not contain material that is unlawful, in violation of or contrary to the laws or regulations in any jurisdiction where Submission is created;
Submissions that the Presenter deems to be inappropriate, hateful, tortuous, defamatory or slanderous will be disqualified;
Submissions must not contain references that are health- and/or youth-oriented;
Submissions must not contain text that mentions a specific political party, candidate or bill, a specific religion or deity, or controversial activities that are socially divisive;
Submissions must not contain text about commercial activities, promote a business or someone else's business or include buying or selling;
Submissions must not contain or depict the use of tobacco; and
Submissions must not contain stylized drawings, images, photos of items that appear to be cartoons or are cartoon-related.
By entering, entrant certifies that the Submission he/she submitted is his/her own original work and he/she holds all rights to the Submission, that the Submission has not won a previous prize or award and that he/she has followed and complied with the Official Rules of the Contest.
Presenter/Judges reserve the right in their sole discretion to disqualify any entry that, in their sole opinion, does not comply with the above Submission Requirements and these Official Rules in general, including any Submission that refers to, depicts or in any way reflects negatively upon the Presenter or the Contest.
Once submitted, the Submission may not be deleted, canceled or modified by entrant. At the conclusion of the Contest, all material submitted becomes the sole property of Presenter and will not be acknowledged or returned.
Limit: Each entrant may upload one (1) Submission during the Submission Phase. Submissions received from any person or email address in excess of the stated limit will be void. Submissions generated by script, macro or other automated means are void.
In the event of a dispute regarding any Submission, the authorized account holder of the CCN used to register will be deemed to be the entrant. Email addresses will be used solely for win notification and not for entry. Each potential winner may be required to show proof of being the authorized account holder of the winning CCN.
Presenter's Use of Submissions: Uploading a Submission constitutes entrant's grant to Presenter (and those authorized by Presenter) a royalty-free, irrevocable, perpetual, non-exclusive license to use, reproduce, modify, publish, create derivative works from, and display such submissions in whole or in part, on a worldwide basis, and to incorporate it into other works, in any form, media or technology now known or later developed, including for promotional or marketing purposes. If requested, entrant will sign any documentation that may be required for Presenter or its designees to make use of the non-exclusive rights entrant is granting to use the Submission.
Winner Determination: Winners will be determined according to the process set forth below.
Judging Phase: During the Judging Phase, a panel of qualified judges determined by Presenter in its sole discretion will select the twenty (20) entrants with the highest-scoring Submissions (the "Finalists") from among all eligible Submissions based on the following criteria ("Judging Criteria"):
Passion for Project (40%);
Originality / Uniqueness of Project (30%);
Fit to Contest Theme (15%);
Skill / Ability / Know-how to complete project (10%);
Spelling and grammar (5%)
In the event of a tie, the entrant whose Submission received the highest score for Passion for Project, as determined by the qualified judges, in their sole discretion, will be deemed the applicable Finalist from among the tied entrants. Presenter reserves the right to select fewer than the stated number of Finalists, if, in its sole discretion, it does not receive a sufficient number of eligible and qualified Submissions. Presenter will not disclose judging scores.
Voting Phase: To vote for a Finalist Submission, you must first become a registered user at https://www.freshcope.c
During the Voting Phase, the Finalists' Submissions will be posted in an online gallery for voting. Persons who meet the eligibility criteria as set forth in Section 1 will be invited to vote for the Submission they believe has the most appeal. Limit: Each person may vote one (1) time during the Voting Phase. Multiple votes received from any person or email address in excess of the stated number will be void. Any attempt by any Finalist or voter to obtain votes by any fraudulent or inappropriate means, including without limitation, offering prizes or other inducements to members of the public as determined by Presenter in its sole discretion, by using any automated program, by using multiple/different email addresses, identities, registrations and logins, or any other methods, will void those votes for the Finalist's Submission and Finalist may be disqualified as determined by Presenter in its sole discretion. Subject to the Finalist's compliance with these Official Rules, the Finalist whose Submission receives the highest number of valid votes during the Voting Phase will be deemed the potential Grand Prize winner. The nine (9) Finalists with the next-highest scoring Submissions will be deemed the potential First Prize winners. The remaining ten (10) Finalists will be deemed the potential Second Prize winners. In the event of a tie, the entrant whose Submission received the highest score for Passion for Project, as determined by the qualified judges in their sole discretion, will be deemed the potential winner from amongst the tied Finalists. Presenter reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to select an alternate winner should the voting appear to have been tampered with or manipulated in any way.
Winner Requirements: Potential winners will be notified via the email address associated with his/her profile on or around August 2, 2017. If an email address is not on file, winner will be notified via mail. Each potential winner will be required to sign and return a Declaration of Compliance, Liability and Publicity Release ("Declaration"). Declarations will be sent to the email address associated with the profile unless the potential winner requests to receive a Declaration via mail or an email address is not on file. If an email address is not on file, the potential winner will receive the Declaration via mail. Administrator must receive the Declaration within seven (7) days of the date notice or attempted notice is sent in order to claim his/her prize. If a potential winner of any prize cannot be contacted, or fails to sign and return the Declaration or provide any other requested information within the required time period (if applicable), prize is returned as undeliverable, or prize is undelivered based on missing information (including, but not limited to, a valid address and valid phone number), or does not comply with these Official Rules, potential winner forfeits the prize. If a potential winner is disqualified for any reason, the prize will not be awarded to a runner-up. Prizes will be fulfilled approximately 8-10 weeks after the conclusion of the Promotion.
Prizes: ONE (1) GRAND PRIZE: A $25,000 check and a prize pack. All details of prize pack are determined by Presenter in its sole discretion. Approximate Retail Value ("ARV"): $26,300. NINE (9) FIRST PRIZES: One (1) $10,000 check per First Prize winner. TEN (10) SECOND PRIZES: One (1) $1,000 check per Second Prize winner.
Prizes are non-transferable and no substitution or cash redemption will be made except as provided herein at the Presenter's sole discretion. Presenter reserves the right to substitute a prize or a component thereof 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. Winners will be issued an IRS 1099 form for prize value. Limit: One (1) prize per person. Total ARV of all prizes: $126,300.
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Good luck to all who enter!!!
Good luck to all who enter!!!
and disbelief for a while as I never won anything like that..and it came at perfect time as we literally had buckets catching rain in our house Whoever thought flat roofs and skylights are a good idea must of been high.
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and disbelief for a while as I never won anything like that..and it came at perfect time as we literally had buckets catching rain in our house Whoever thought flat roofs and skylights are a good idea must of been high.
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