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Thomson Reuters Media Literacy Contest Official Rules – School Sweepstakes
The 2022 “Thomson Reuters Media Literacy Contest”
OFFICIAL RULES – School Sweepstakes
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1. PROMOTION DESCRIPTION: The 2022 “Thomson Reuters Media Literacy Contest Online Video Sweepstakes (the “Sweepstakes”). The Sweepstakes Period begins at 8am EST on July 15, 2022 at and ends at 5:00 pm EST on October 7, 2022 (the “Entry Period”).
2. ELIGIBILITY: The Sweepstakes is open to Middle and High Schools of the fifty (50) United Sates, District of Columbia, Canada (excluding Quebec). (“Entrants”). Void in Quebec and where prohibited by law.
3. HOW TO ENTER: Encourage your students to submit a video in the “Thomson Reuters “Fact or Fiction” Challenge”. Each school which has five (5) or more students submit a videos which meet the submission criteria will automatically be entered into a random drawing. Students need to complete the contest entry form found here beginning July 15, 2022 (the “Submission”).
4. WINNER SELECTION: Up to five (5) random winners will be selected from among the eligible entrants in a drawing held at the close of the Sweepstakes Period. Winner selection will be subject to Sponsor’s verification of winners’ eligibility. The winners will be notified by email using contact information provided at the time of entry. Sponsor shall have no liability for any winner notification that is lost, intercepted or not received by the potential winner for any reason. If any potential winner does not respond within the time required by Sponsor, or if any winner notification is returned as unclaimed or undeliverable to a potential winner, such potential winner will forfeit his/her prize and an alternate winner may be selected. If any potential winner is found to be ineligible or if he/she has not complied with these Official Rules or declines the prize for any reason, such potential winner will be disqualified, and the prize may be awarded to an alternate winner.
5. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES/INDEMNIFICATION: Each entrant hereby agrees to (a) not hold the Promotion Entities responsible for, and (b) reimburse the Promotion Entities in connection with, any and all third party claims, actions or proceedings of any kind and any and all damages, liabilities, costs and expenses relating to or arising out of any breach or alleged breach of any of the warranties, representations or agreements of entrant hereunder.
6. PUBLICITY RELEASE: By participating in the Sweepstakes, in addition to any other grants which may have been given pursuant to any other agreement entered into between Sponsor and any entrant in or winner of the Sweepstakes, irrevocably grants the Sponsor and its designees and their respective successors, assigns and licensees, the right to use such Entrant’s name in any and all media for any purpose, including without limitation, advertising and promotional purposes as well as in, on or in connection the Sweepstakes or other promotions, and hereby release the Promotion Entities from any liability with respect thereto.
7. PRIZES: Five (5) $500 USD grants will be awarded. Total prize value: $2500 USD.
8. GENERAL PRIZE CONDITIONS: The prize winners shall be solely responsible for any required or applicable federal, state, provincial and/or local taxes and the reporting consequences thereof, and for any other fees or costs associated with the applicable prize. The potential prize winners must execute a Prize Acceptance Form (“Prize Claim Documents”). If a winner fails or refuses to sign and return the Prize Claim Documents within seven (7) days of prize notification (or a shorter time if required by exigencies), the winner may be disqualified and an alternate winner may be selected. Sponsor reserves the right to withhold a prize for any breach of the Official Rules.
9. GENERAL: Entrants agree that the Promotion Entities (a) except in respect of death or personal injury caused by negligence shall not be responsible or liable for any losses, damages or injuries of any kind resulting from participation in the Sweepstakes or any Sweepstakes-related activity, or from entrants’ acceptance, receipt, possession and/or use or misuse of the prize(s), and (b) have not made any warranty, representation or guarantee express or implied, in fact or in law, with respect to the prize(s), including, without limitation, to such prize’s quality or fitness for a particular purpose. Sponsor assumes no responsibility for any damage to an entrant’s computer system which is occasioned by or participating in the Sweepstakes, or for any computer system, phone line, hardware, software or program malfunctions, or other errors, failures, delayed computer transmissions or network connections that are human or technical in nature. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, Sponsor is not responsible for incomplete, illegible, misdirected, misprinted, late, lost, damaged, or stolen submissions, Submission or prize notifications; or for lost, interrupted, inaccessible or unavailable networks, servers, satellites, Internet Service Providers, websites, or other connections; or for miscommunications, failed, jumbled, scrambled, delayed, or misdirected computer, telephone or cable transmissions; or for any technical malfunctions, failures, difficulties or other errors of any kind or nature; or for the incorrect or inaccurate capture of information, or the failure to capture any information. Sponsor reserves the right in its sole discretion to disqualify any individual who is found to be tampering with the entry process or the operation of the Sweepstakes, to be acting in violation of these Official Rules, or to be acting in an unsportsmanlike-like or disruptive manner, or with the intent to disrupt or undermine the legitimate operation of the Sweepstakes, or to annoy, abuse, threaten or harass any other person, and Sponsor reserves the right to seek damages and other remedies from any such person to the fullest extent permitted by law.
10. GOVERNING LAW/JURISDICTION: ALL ISSUES AND QUESTIONS CONCERNING THE CONSTRUCTION, VALIDITY, INTERPRETATION AND ENFORCEABILITY OF THESE OFFICIAL RULES OR THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF ENTRANTS OR SPONSOR IN CONNECTION WITH THE CONTEST SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE INTERNAL LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO ANY CHOICE OF LAW OR CONFLICT OF LAW RULES OR PROVISIONS THAT WOULD CAUSE THE APPLICATION OF ANY OTHER STATE’S LAWS.
11. WINNERS LIST: Contest Winner’s List shall be available on or after October 31st, 2022. To obtain a copy of the winner’s list, send an e-mail to impactinstitute@thomsonreuters.com.