Contest Rules & Regulations
Official Rules
No purchase necessary. Void where prohibited.
This “Express Yourself T-Shirt Contest” (the “Contest”) is sponsored by Raincoast Books (the “Sponsor”).
The Sponsor is the exclusive sponsor and administrator of the Contest. By submitting an entry for the Contest,
each entrant unconditionally agrees to be bound by the Rules and the decisions of the Sponsor, which shall be
final and binding in all respects. Failure to comply with the Rules will result in an automatic disqualification of
the entrant from the Contest.
Who Can Win:
This Contest is open to legal residents of the fifty (50) United States, the District of Columbia and Canada (except Quebec)
who are between the ages of 8 and 16 years of age at the time of entry.
The entrant will need to obtain the consent of his or her parent/legal guardian in order to enter the Contest.
Employees and agents of the Sponsor, their respective parent companies, affiliates, subsidiaries, advertising and
promotional agencies, assignees, licensees and members of their immediate families (spouse and children,
siblings and parents and their spouses) and individuals residing in the domiciles of each of the above are ineligible.
All entries must be received by the Contest Closing Date (as defined below). Void in U.S. territories, Puerto Rico, Quebec and where prohibited.
How to Enter
Internet access is required to enter. The Contest begins on March 1, 2007 at 9:00 a.m. (Pacific) (the “Contest Start Date”) and ends
on May 31, 2007 at 5:00 p.m. (Pacific) (the “Contest Closing Date”) (the “Promotion Period”). Entries for the Contest will only be
accepted via an online entry form at http://www.raincoast.com/paulinebtw. To enter, eligible entrants must
fill out all required fields denoted on the entry form, read and agree to the statement:
"I have obtained the consent of my parent or legal guardian", and click on "submit", at any time during the Promotion Period.
Entries must be made by participants resident within the Eligibility Area and received by the Sponsor within the Promotion Period.
Entries that do not comply with the Rules in all respects are ineligible and void.
Multiply entries per person permitted. Limit of ten (10) entries per person per day.
Conditions of Entry
The entrant, or his or her parent/legal guardian, must be the Registered and Authorized Holder of the E-mail Account
through which the entry is made. For purposes of the Contest, a “Registered and Authorized Holder of the E-mail Account” is
defined as the natural person who is assigned to an e-mail address by an internet service provider, online service provider or
other entity (e.g. business, educational institution, etc.) that is responsible for assigning e-mail addresses for the secondary level
domain name associated with the submitted e-mail address. All entries must be made by an individual from a single computer and
may not be made by proxy, or electronic means such as script, bot, macro or any other similar software or program.
All entries are subject to verification and will be declared invalid if they are illegible, mechanically reproduced, mutilated, forged,
falsified, altered or tampered with in any way.
Random Drawing
The potential winner will be selected by a random draw from among all eligible entries received via the internet by the
Contest Closing Date. The draw will take place on June 1, 2007 at 9:00 a.m. (Pacific) in Vancouver, British Columbia.
Odds of winning will depend on the total number of eligible entries received during the Promotion Period.
The prize will be awarded to the parent/legal guardian of the selected entrant. The parent/legal guardian of the selected
entrant will be notified by email. In the event that the Sponsor is unable to notify the parent/legal guardian of the selected
entrant within five (5) days of selection, the selected entrant will be disqualified and an alternate potential winner will be
selected from all remaining eligible entries. For Canadian residents: Prior to being declared a winner, the parent/legal guardian
of the selected entrant (on his or her behalf and on behalf of the selected entrant) must first: (a) correctly answer, unaided, a
time-limited, mathematical, skill-testing question posed by telephone or email.
Prize/Approximate Retail Value/Odds
One (1) Grand Prize of 5 T-Shirts, approximate retail value per shirt is US $25. Odds of winning are depend on total
number of eligible entries received. Unclaimed prizes will not be awarded. All applicable federal, state and local taxes
on prize are the sole responsibility of the prize winner.
Fulfillment
Prize to be delivered to the Prize Winner by regular mail. Raincoast and affiliated entities are not responsible for prizes lost or damaged in the mail.
Limitation of Liability
The Sponsor and its affiliates, its advertising and promotional agencies, retailers, distributors and suppliers, and each of
their respective directors, officers, employees, agents, representatives and shareholders and all others associated with the
development and execution of the Contest (collectively, the “Released Parties”) shall have no liability and shall be held
harmless in respect of any and all manner of action, causes of action, suits, debts, covenants, contracts, claims and
demands, including legal fees and expenses, whatsoever, including, but not limited to, claims based on negligence,
breach of contract and liability for any physical injury, death or property damage which the entrant or his or her
parent/legal guardian and their respect administrators, heirs, successors or assigns may have by reason or arising
out of the entrant’s and/or his or her parentıs/legal guardian’s participation in the Contest and/or in connection with
the acceptance and/or use or misuse of the grand prize or any element thereof. The Released Parties accept no
responsibility for lost, stolen, delayed, damaged or misdirected entries or for any failure of the websites during the
Promotional Period, for any problems or technical malfunction of any telephone network or lines, computer online systems,
servers, access providers, computer equipment, software, failure of any e-mail or entry to be received by the Sponsor on
account of technical problems or traffic congestion on the internet or at any website, or any combination thereof including
any injury or damage to an entrant’s or any other person’s computer related to or resulting from accessing, playing or
downloading any material in connection with the Contest. The Sponsor reserves the right, in its sole discretion to cancel or
suspend this Contest should a virus, bug or other cause beyond the reasonable control of the Sponsor corrupt the security
or proper administration of the Contest.
Legal
This Contest is subject to all applicable federal, provincial and municipal laws. Any attempt to deliberately damage any
website or to undermine the legitimate operation of this promotion is a violation of criminal and civil laws, and should such
an attempt be made, the Sponsor reserves the right to seek remedies and damages to the fullest extent permitted by law,
including criminal prosecution.
The Sponsor retains the right, in its sole discretion, to terminate, amend or alter the rules of the Contest at any time
without notice for any reason whatsoever.
Privacy
By entering the Contest and voluntarily providing personal information, including, but not limited to the entrant’s
and/or parent/legal guardian’s name, address, age, e-mail address (collectively, the “Entrant Information”),
the entrant and his or her parent/legal guardian consent and agree to the Sponsor’s collection and use of the
Entrant Information to administer the Contest. The consent of the entrant and his or her parent/legal guardian to the
Sponsor’s use of Entrant Information may be revoked at any time (which will also revoke the entrant’s participation in
the Contest or impair the chances of winning) by writing to: Raincoast Books, 9050 Shaughnessy Street, Vancouver,
British Columbia, Canada, V6P 6E5. All entries become the property of the Sponsor and will not be acknowledged or
returned. No correspondence will be entered into except with the selected entrant and individuals requesting a copy
of the Rules. A copy of the Rules may be received by sending a self-addressed stamped envelope to Raincoast Books,
9050 Shaughnessy Street, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, V6P 6E5, before May 31, 2007.
To enter, complete the
form above.
Pauline expresses herself through writing
and drawings. Now it’s your turn. What better way to show the world who you are than to wear your personal expression on your sleeve ... or, um, shirt?