The Waterman Fund Essay Contest
The Fine Print (Official Rules)
- Eligibility: Waterman Fund Alpine Essay Contest (the “Contest”) is open only to residents of the fifty (50) United States and the District of Colombia. The Contest is subject to all applicable federal, state and local laws and regulations and is void where prohibited by law. Waterman Fund board members are ineligible.
- Agreement to Official Rules: By participating in the Contest, contestant warrants the s/he fully and unconditionally agrees to and accepts these Official Rules and the decisions of the Waterman Funs, which are final and binding in all matters related to the Contest. Winning the prize is contingent upon fulfilling all requirements set forth herein.
- Timing: The Contest ends at 11:59 p.m. on April 15. Mail-in entries must be postmarked no later than April 15.
- How to Enter the Contest: There are two (2) methods of entering the Contest:
- Electronic essay: Email (in a Word document of compatible format) to essays@watermanfund.org
- Main-In Entry: Mail to Essay Contest, c/o PO Box 1064, East Corinth, Vermont, 05040
- Conditions and Limits:
- No submissions will be acknowledged or returned. The Waterman Fund is not responsible for lost, late, incomplete, invalid, unintelligible, illegible, misdirected or postage-due requests, which are void.
- By entering, entrants represent and warrant that the entries they submit:
- Are their own original creations;
- Do not infringe any other person’s or entity’s rights, including, without limitation, contractual rights, rights of publicity and privacy, trademark, copyright, and patent rights; and
- Have not been submitted previously in a contest of any kind.
- Each contestant may enter one (1) Submission to the Contest.
- The subject of the essay should not present a conflict of interest: i.e., if writer works for a conservation organization, the subject of the essay should not represent what is a priority for the organization.
- Notifying the Contest winner: The winner (s) will be notified by email, phone, or registered mail by July 15.
- Prize: $2000 will be split between the winning and runner up essays, or as the Waterman Fund sees fit. The winning essay will be printed in Appalachia Journal. The winner must agree for his/her essay to be edited by the editor of Appalachia.
- General Conditions and Rights: The Waterman Fund reserves the right to cancel of modify the Contest if fraud, technical failure, or any other factor beyond the Waterman Fund’s reasonable control impairs the integrity of the Contest, as determined by the Waterman Fund in its sole discretion. In such event, the Waterman Fund reserves the right to award the prize at random from among the eligible entries received up to the time of the impairment. In addition, submission of an entry in this contest constitutes entrants’ agreement to grant the Waterman Fund an irrevocable royalty-free worldwide license to reproduce and display the entry or any derivation thereof, credited with the entrant’s first and last name.
- Release: By entering the Contest, contestant agrees to release and hold harmless the Waterman Fund, and each of its representative officers and directors, (collectively the “Released Parties”) from and against any losses, damages, rights, claims or causes of action of any kind arising, in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, out of participation in the Contest, as well as claims based on defamation and infringement of any other person’s or entity’s rights, including, without limitation, contractual rights, rights of publicity and privacy, trademark, copyright, and patent rights.
- Limitations of Liability: The Released Parties are not responsible for: (1) any incorrect or inaccurate information, whether caused by contestants, printing errors or by any of the equipment or programming associated with or utilized in the Contest; (2) technical failures of any kind including, but not limited to malfunctions, interruptions, or disconnections in phone lines or network hardware or software; (3) unauthorized human intervention in any part of the process or the Contest; (4) technical or human error which may occur in the administration of the Contest or the processing of entries; (5) any injury or damage to persons or property which may be caused, directly or indirectly, in whole or in part, from contestants’ participation in the Contest or receipt or use of any prize or while traveling to or from any prize-related activity; or (6) liability in connection with the Content. If for any reason a contestant’s entry is confirmed to have been erroneously deleted, lost, or otherwise destroyed or corrupted, contestant’s sole remedy is another entry in the Contest during the Contest Period.
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