Fresh Fruit Recipe Contest - for Bloggers
CONTEST IS OPEN TO LEGAL RESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES AND THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, 18 YEARS OR OLDER, AND SHALL BE CONSTRUCTED AND EVALUATED ACCORDING TO U.S. LAW. DO NOT ENTER THIS CONTEST IF YOU ARE NOT LOCATED IN THE UNITED STATES OR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.
NO PURCHASE NECESSARY.
ELIGIBILITY:
The POM Fresh Fruit Recipe Blogger Contest (the "Contest") is open to all legal residents of the United States and the District of Columbia, age 18 years of age or older, except employees, officers, directors, agents (and their immediate families [spouse, parent, child, sibling and their respective spouses] and household members [whether or not related]) of POM Wonderful (the "Sponsor"), and its respective parents, subsidiaries, divisions, trustees, franchisees, participating vendors, distributors, advertising and promotion agencies and affiliated entities (collectively, with the Sponsor, "Contest Entities"). Void wherever prohibited by law. Contest is governed by U.S. law and subject to all applicable federal, state and local laws and regulations. By entering the Contest, entrants agree to accept and be bound by all terms of these Official Rules and Regulations ("Official Rules").
HOW TO ENTER:
From 12:01 a.m. Pacific Time ("PT") on October 22, 2008 through 11:59:59 p.m. PT on November 30, 2008 (the "Entry Period"), Sponsor will conduct a contest encouraging participants to submit a blog containing a recipe featuring POM WONDERFUL® Fresh Fruit as the primary product and other POM Wonderful products, if desired. There is one (1) way to enter during the Entry Period: visit the POM Wonderful website, located at www.POMWonderful.com and navigate to the FRESH FUN section under OTHER PRODUCTS, Fresh Fruit (or go to: www.pomfresh.com), submit your blog URL or submit your recipe blog on our site (Title, text, image link, etc),. The blog posting must use at least one (1) POM WONDERFUL® Fresh product as an ingredient or garnish. Additionally, you may use other POM WONDERFUL® branded products in your recipe but this is NOT required and will not increase your probability of winning. A "Recipe" may be submitted to any the categories listed on the site or may be listed without a category. You may upload a link to a photo (required) or video of your finished product (optional), and you must complete and submit the online entry form in its entirety. (The online entry form, optional photo or video, and the Recipe will be referred to collectively as the "Submission".) To be eligible: (i) each entry must be received no later than 11:59:59 p.m. PT on November 30, 2008; (ii) recipe must include POM WONDERFUL® Fresh fruit or be meant to be eaten with POM WONDERFUL® Fresh Fruit; (iii) each entry must include full recipe ingredients, instructions and additional information required to produce the recipe; and entrants can specify on their entry into which category they are submitting their recipe. All entries must be submitted in the name of an individual person and the prize can only be awarded to the person whose name is on the winning entry. All entries must be in English. Entrant warrants and represents: (a) he/she is the sole and exclusive author and owner of the Submission, including all rights therein, and that the Recipe has not won any previous awards or competitions; (b) entrant has the full and exclusive right, power and authority to submit the Submission and to grant the Contest Entities the rights to the Submission, including but not limited to the worldwide copyright; (c) no part of the Submission has been aired, or; (d) no rights in the Submission have been previously granted to any person, firm, corporation or other entity. Sponsor reserves the right in their sole discretion to disqualify any Submission at any time in the event it is determined that the Submission is offensive, inappropriate, not in keeping with Sponsor's images or if it is determined that the entrant has not otherwise complied with these Official Rules. If the Submission contains any material or elements that are not owned by the entrant and/or which are subject to the rights of third parties, the entrant is responsible for obtaining, prior to submission of the Submission, any and all releases and consents necessary to permit the use and exhibition of the Submission by Sponsor in the manner set forth in these Official Rules. Sponsor reserves the right to request proof of these permissions in a form acceptable to Sponsor from any participant at any time. Entries generated by script, macro or other automated means will be void. The Contest Entities are not responsible for misdirected, incomplete, lost, late, or inaccurate entries, nor for technical, hardware, or software failures of any kind, lost or unavailable network connections, or failed, incomplete, garbled or delayed computer transmissions or other errors or problems which may limit or affect a person's ability to participate in the Contest, whether human, mechanical, typographical, printing, electronic, network or otherwise, relating to or in connection with the Contest, including, without limitation, errors which may occur in connection with the administration of the Contest, the processing of entries, the announcement of the prizes or in any Contest-related materials. Proof of online submission is not considered proof of delivery or receipt. In the event of sabotage, acts of God, terrorism or threats thereof, computer virus or other events or causes beyond the Sponsor's control, which corrupt the integrity, administration, security or proper operation of the Contest, Sponsor reserves the right, in their sole discretion, to modify, cancel or suspend the Contest. In the event of cancellation, Sponsor reserves the right to judge all eligible, non-suspect Submissions received prior to the event requiring such cancellation using the judging procedure outlined below. False or deceptive Submissions or acts will render the entrant ineligible. Each entrant hereby acknowledges and agrees that the relationship between entrant and Sponsor is not a confidential, fiduciary, or other special relationship, and that entrant's decision to submit his/her Submission to Sponsor for purposes of the Contest does not place Sponsor in a position that is any different from the position held by members of the general public with regard to elements of entrant's Submission. By entering this Contest, entrant acknowledges and agrees that Sponsor may receive many Submissions under this Contest and that such Submissions may be similar or identical in theme, idea, format or other respects to others submitted under the terms of this Contest and/or other contests staged and/or sponsored by Sponsor, and waive any and all claims entrant may have had, may have, and/or may have in the future, that any Submissions and/or other works accepted, reviewed and/or used by other entrants and/or Sponsor (or their designees) may be similar to entrant's Submission. Entrant acknowledges and agrees that Sponsor has not, nor shall have in the future, any duty or liability, direct or indirect, vicarious, contributory, or otherwise, with respect to the infringement or protection of any copyright in and to entrant's Submission. Limit one (1) online Submission per person or e-mail address per day. All entries become the property of Sponsor and will not be returned.
HOW TO WIN/JUDGING:
Judging will begin on December 1, 2008 and will be judged by those appointed by POM Wonderful.
The blog judging will be based on the following criteria;
(i) Use of POM Wonderful Fresh Pomegranate(s) - 30%
(ii) Quality of writing and message - 20%
(iii) Relevance of the message - 20%
(iv) Presentation - 10%
(v) Taste & flavor combination - 10%
(vi) Promote healthy eating/living message - 10%
On or about January 5, 2009 representatives from the POM Wonderful Team and it's affiliates, will potentially prepare and taste each of 10 Finalist recipes and review each of 10 Finalist blogs, and use the above mentioned Judging Criteria to rank the Finalists and select one (1) overall Grand Prize winner. The decision of the judges will be final and binding in all matters. The Winner will be confirmed by e-mail and/or telephone and must meet all eligibility requirements including the timely execution and return of all necessary releases and documents required by Sponsors. The winning recipe may be featured on pomfresh.com, the POM Wonderful blog and on POM Wonderful.com on or after January 30, 2009.
PRIZES:
One (1) Grand Prize Winner will receive twelve (12) monthly checks for $416.67 upon completion of each monthly blog submission. Total annual ARV is $5,000.
Sponsor reserves the right to substitute for any reason whatsoever a prize (or portion thereof) of comparable or greater value, at their sole discretion. The Winner is responsible for the reporting and payment of all taxes (if any) associated with acceptance and use of a prize not specified herein.
GENERAL RULES AND REGULATIONS:
By entering this Contest, participants grant Contest Entities and their designees the right, unless prohibited by law, to use their recipes, names, cities and states of residences, voices, pictures and likenesses, without compensation, notification or approval, for the purpose of advertising and publicizing the goods and services of the Contest Entities and all matters related to the Contest, in any manner or medium, now or hereafter known, throughout the world in perpetuity. Winner will be required to execute an affidavit of eligibility, a liability release, a tax acknowledgment form and, except where prohibited by law, a publicity release, and return those items within ten (10) business days of issuance of notification. Noncompliance within this time period or failure of a potential Winner to respond to a notification attempt within ten (10) days of such attempt may result in disqualification and, at Sponsor's sole discretion; an alternate winner may be selected. If: (i) any prize or prize notification is returned as undeliverable, (ii) a potential Winner declines his or her prize, (iii) a potential Winner fails to comply with any of the Official Rules as outlined herein, such potential Winner will be disqualified and an alternate Winner will be selected by the Judges, based on the Judging Criteria, at the Sponsor's sole discretion. With respect to each participant's submission, entrants hereby irrevocably grant Sponsor, consistent with copyright ownership, the exclusive, perpetual, worldwide right to use the Recipe and Submission materials, in whole or in part, alone or in combination with other material, or as a basis for new material, as Sponsor may determine in their sole discretion and for the purposes of advertising and promoting the Contest and/or the exhibitors thereof, and to use the Recipe and/or Submission materials in connection with the Contest and related advertising and promotion or otherwise, but not as a direct endorsement for any product. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, participants agree that the rights granted hereunder shall include, but not be limited to, the perpetual, worldwide right of Sponsor and their designees to use, edit, adapt, arrange, telecast, cablecast, rerun, record, publish, reproduce, license, print, distribute and/or otherwise exploit, in any language and in all media now known or hereafter devised, the Recipe and/or Submission materials in whole or in part, without any further compensation to participant. Participants may be required to execute any documents necessary to perfect such rights to the Sponsor. The Contest Entities expressly disclaim any responsibility and entrants agree to indemnify and hold harmless the Contest Entities from and against any and all claims, actions, demands and/or liability for injury, damage or loss whatsoever relating to or arising in connection with participation in this Contest (regardless of the cause of such injury, damage or loss) and/or the delivery and/or subsequent use or misuse of the prize awarded (including any travel or activity related thereto).
OFFICIAL RULES OR WINNER LIST REQUESTS:
For a copy of the Official Rules or the Winner's Name (available on or about January 31, 2009), send a self-addressed, stamped envelope (no later than December 15, 2008) to the following address:POM Wonderful Blogger Recipe Contest Winners!, 11444 West Olympic Blvd. Suite 200, Los Angeles, CA 90064. Indicate "Rules Request" or "Winner Name Request" on the front of your envelope.
SPONSOR:
POM Wonderful, 11444 West Olympic Blvd. Suite 200, Los Angeles, CA 90064. Void in Puerto Rico, AK, HI, and wherever prohibited.