OFFICIAL RULES
NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. A PURCHASE OR PAYMENT OF ANY KIND WILL
NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING
1.
HOW TO ENTER: THE NAME THIS DISH! CONTEST (the “Contest”): Beginning April 12, 2016, at 12:01 AM (ET) through May 3, 2016, at
11:59 PM (ET) (the “Entry Period”), go to foodnetwork.com/namethisdish on a computer or wireless device and complete and
submit the entry form pursuant to the on-screen instructions. All entries must
include your name, address, telephone number, email address and an original
recipe name for the dish that appears in the May 2016 issue of Food Network
Magazine. Important Notice: You may be charged for
visiting the mobile website in accordance with the terms of your service
agreement with your carrier. Please consult your wireless service provider
regarding your pricing plan. You must use a Smartphone device to participate
via your mobile phone. Not all mobile phone providers carry the necessary
service to participate. Check your phone capabilities for specific Internet
instructions. If your data usage exceeds what is allotted by your data plan,
you could be subject to additional fees by your carrier. Please contact your
mobile service provider with any questions regarding your bill. Winner Selection: One (1) Grand
Prize Winner and three (3) Runner-Up Winners (individually and collectively,
the “Winner”) will be selected within (10) ten days from the last day of
Contest. All entries will be judged by editors
of Food Network Magazine (“Judges”) whose decisions are final based on the
following criteria: Originality (50%) and Creativity (50%). It is understood
that the Runners-up will be entrants that have submitted a different name for
the dish than that submitted by the selected Grand Prize Winner. In the unlikely event that two or more valid
entries contain the identical recipe name (including punctuation) and are
selected as Winner, the Judges will draw Winner by random selection. Canadian
winners chosen, as a result of the random draw, will be required to correctly
answer a mathematical skill-testing question as a condition of receiving the
prize. In the event the Sponsor does not receive a sufficient number of
eligible entries, the Sponsor has the right to cancel the Contest. By participating in the Contest, entrant
certifies that his/her entry is original, has not been previously published or
won any award, and does not contain any material that would violate or infringe
upon the rights of any third party, including copyrights, trademarks or rights
or privacy or publicity. Sponsor reserves the right in its sole and unfettered
discretion to disqualify any entry that it believes contains obscene, offensive
or inappropriate content, that does not comply with these official rules or
that is not consistent with the spirit or theme of the contest. The decision of
the Sponsor and judges is final and binding on all matters relating to the
Contest. Prizes & Approximate Retail Value: One (1) Grand Prize Winner will receive a
$500 gift check to foodnetworkstore.com and may have their winning recipe name
and their photo appear in a future issue of Food Network Magazine. (ARV: $500;
total grand prize ARV: $500). Three (3) Runners-Up will each receive a $50 gift
check to foodnetworkstore.com, and their winning recipe name may appear in a
future issue of Food Network Magazine (ARV: $50; total ARV of runners-up
prizes: $150). Total ARV of all prizes awarded: $650. Any difference between
the stated ARV and the actual value of the prize will not be awarded in any
form. Please allow a minimum of two (2) months from date of notification, for
delivery of prizes. Entrants acknowledge that the Grand Prize Winner may be
asked to provide a recent photograph of themselves to be featured in an upcoming
issue of Food Network Magazine.
2.
WINNER NOTIFICATION: Winners will be notified
within two (2) months of the last day of the Contest, via e-mail, and/or at
Sponsor’s discretion, via phone or postal mail. In
the event the Winners doesn’t respond to Sponsor’s notification or does not
accept the prize within five (5) business days of notification, the prize will
be deemed forfeited and alternate Winners will be selected. In the event that any one or more potential Winners fail
to respond as stated above, declines the prize or fails to provide signed
affidavits or releases, such Winners will be deemed to forfeit the prize and
Sponsor will select an alternate Winners from the remaining eligible entrants.
If any alternates similarly fails to respond or declines the prize, Sponsor
will use a reasonable number of attempts, in its discretion, to award the
prizes to another alternates but if it is unable to do so, the prizes will be
finally forfeited and Sponsor shall have no further liability in connection
with this Contest. List of
Winners: For the names of the
Winners, send a separate self-addressed, stamped envelope to Food Network
Magazine, NAME THIS DISH!, May 2016 Winners’ List, Hearst Communications, Inc., 300 West 57th Street NY, NY 10019
within two (2) months from the Winner notification date as specified
above.
3.
ENTRIES: Limit one (1) entry per
person for Contest. Multiple entries
from the same person will be disqualified.
Entries become the property of the Sponsor and will not be returned. Proof of submission does not constitute proof
of receipt. If applicable, lost, late,
misdirected, or incomplete or entry forms that have been tampered with will be
disqualified. Online entrants must have
valid email address and it is entrant’s responsibility to update Sponsor of any
change in email address. If there is a
dispute as to the identity of an online entrant, the prize will be awarded to
the authorized account holder of the email address. The “authorized account holder” is defined as
the natural person to whom the email address is assigned by an internet service
provider, online service provider, carrier, or other organization (e.g.,
business, educational institution, etc.) that is responsible for assigning the
email addresses for the domain associated with the submitted email
address.
4.
ELIGIBILITY: Open to legal residents of the 50 United
States and the District of Columbia, who have reached the
age of majority in their state or territory of residence at time of entry. Legal
residents of Canada (excluding Quebec) who have reached the aforementioned age
in their province of residence at time of entry are also eligible to enter.
Void in Puerto Rico and where prohibited by law. Employees of Sponsor, its
parents, affiliates and subsidiaries, participating advertising and promotion
agencies, independent judging organizations, and prize suppliers (and members
of their immediate family and/or those living in the same of household of each
such employee) are not eligible.
5.
CONDITIONS OF PARTICIPATION: Expenses not specifically included in prize
description and all taxes are the sole responsibility of Winners. Each prize is awarded “as is” with no
warranty or guarantee, either express or implied outside of manufacturer's
limited warranty. No transfer,
assignment or substitution of a prize permitted, except Sponsor reserves the
right to substitute prize for an item of equal or greater value in the event an
advertised prize is unavailable. Winners are required to comply with any and
all applicable federal, state, provincial, if Canadians are eligible to enter,
and local laws, rules and regulations.
All federal, state and local taxes, and any other costs not specifically
provided for in these Official Rules are solely the Winners’ responsibility. If
the actual retail value of any Winner’s prize is $600 or more, the Winner must
complete a W9 form and supply Sponsor with his/her social security number for
tax purposes. An IRS Form 1099 will be
issued in the name of the Winner for the actual value of the prizes received. Sponsor
shall have no responsibility or obligation to the Winners or potential Winners
who are unable or unavailable to accept or utilize prizes as described herein.
Entrants agree to be bound by the terms of these Official Rules and by the
decisions of Sponsor, which are final and binding on all matters pertaining to
this Contest. Winners may be required to
sign and return an Affidavit of Eligibility, a Liability Release and where
legally permissible a Publicity Release within seven (7) days following the date
of first attempted notification. Failure to comply with this deadline may
result in forfeiture of the prize and selection of alternate Winners. Return of any prize/prize notification as
undeliverable may result in disqualification and selection of alternate
Winners. Winners hereby further agrees that it will sign any documents
necessary to transfer copyright of the entry to Sponsor within seven (7) days
following the date of first attempted notification. By entering, Entrant grants
permission for Sponsor, and any of its affiliates and subsidiaries,
participating advertising and promotion agencies, the independent judging
organization and prize suppliers to use the entrant’s submission (including an
altered form of the entry) for editorial, advertising and promotional purposes
without additional compensation, unless prohibited by law. If images are being
submitted to Sponsor as a requirement for entry, Entrants agree that they have
all rights to use the images submitted and to allow Sponsor, any of its affiliates
and subsidiaries, participating advertising and promotion agencies, the
independent judging organization and prize suppliers to reuse any of the
images, without any liability, for editorial, advertising and promotional
purposes. Additionally, acceptance of the prize by Winners constitutes
permission for Sponsor and any affiliates and subsidiaries, participating
advertising and promotion agencies, the independent judging organization and
prize suppliers to use Winner’s name and/or likeness and biographical material
for editorial, advertising and promotional purposes without additional
compensation, unless prohibited by law. By accepting prize, Winners agree to
hold Sponsor, its advertising and promotion agencies and their respective
parent companies, subsidiaries, affiliates, partners, representative agents,
successors, assigns, officers, directors, and employees harmless for any injury
or damage caused or claimed to be caused by participation in the Contest or
acceptance or use of the prize. Sponsor
is not responsible for any printing, typographical, mechanical or other error
in the printing of the offer, administration of the Contest or in the
announcement of the prize.
6.
INTERNET/
mobile: Sponsor is not responsible
for electronic transmission errors resulting in omission, interruption,
deletion, defect, delay in operations or transmission, theft or destruction or
unauthorized access to or alterations of entry materials, or for technical,
network, telephone equipment, electronic, computer, hardware or software
malfunctions or limitations of any kind, or inaccurate transmissions of or
failure to receive entry information by Sponsor or presenter on account of
technical problems or traffic congestion on the Internet, at any Web site, or
via the mobile phone or any combination thereof. If for any reason the Internet or mobile
phone portion of the program is not capable of running as planned, including
infection by computer virus, bugs, tampering, unauthorized intervention, fraud,
technical failures, or any other causes which corrupt of affect the
administration, security, fairness, integrity, or proper conduct of this
Contest, Sponsor reserves the right at its sole discretion to cancel,
terminate, modify or suspend the Contest. Sponsor reserves the right to select
winners from eligible entries received as of the termination date. Sponsor further reserves the right to
disqualify any individual who tampers with the entry process. Sponsor may prohibit an entrant from
participating in the Contest if it determines that said entrant is attempting
to undermine the legitimate operation of the Contest by cheating, hacking,
deception or other unfair playing practices or intending to abuse, threaten or
harass other entrants. Caution: Any
attempt by a participant to deliberately damage any Web site or undermine the
legitimate operation of the Contest is a violation of criminal and civil laws
and should such an attempt be made, Sponsor reserves the right to seek damages
from any such participant to the fullest extent of the law.
7.
DISPUTES/CHOICE OF LAW: Except
where prohibited, each entrant agrees that: (1) any and all disputes, claims
and causes of action arising out of or connected with this or any prize awarded
shall be resolved individually, without resort to any form of class action, and
exclusively by state or federal courts situated in New York, NY, (2) any and
all claims, judgments and awards shall be limited to actual out-of-pocket costs
incurred, but in no event attorneys' fees; and (3) no punitive, incidental,
special, consequential or other damages, including without limitation lost
profits may be awarded (collectively, "Special Damages"), and (4)
entrant hereby waives all rights to claim Special Damages and all rights to
have such damages multiplied or increased.
New York State law, without reference to New York’s choice of law rules,
governs the Contest and all aspects related thereto.
8.
SPONSOR: The Sponsor of this Contest is Hearst Communications, Inc.,
300 W. 57th Street, New York, NY
10019.