Rules
AWESOME ADVENTURE!
Official Sweepstakes Rules
SPONSOR
This promotion ("the Sweepstakes") is sponsored by HarperCollins Publishers ("HarperCollins"), 10 East 53rd Street, New York, New York, 10022.
ELIGIBILITY
NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. To become eligible to win visit www.awesomeadventurebooks.com to create an account.
The Sweepstakes is open to all legal residents of the United States, excluding employees and immediate family members of HarperCollins, and its parents, subsidiaries, affiliates, assigns, advertising, promotional and fulfillment agents, attorneys, and other representatives and the persons with whom each of the above are domiciled. Offer void outside the United States and wherever prohibited or restricted by law.
Each entrant in the Sweepstakes must be the rightful owner or have authorized use of the e-mail account indicated by the entrant's e-mail address. In the event of a dispute concerning the identity of the winner submitting an entry, the winner will be deemed to be the person in whose name the e-mail account is opened. The e-mail account must be opened prior to 9:00 a.m. (EST) on 8/5/2010.
ENTRY PERIOD
The Sweepstakes will commence on 8/5/10 (9 a.m. EST). The last entry will be accepted on 12/8/10 (5:00 p.m. EST).
HOW TO ENTER
Users earn Sweepstakes entries by creating an online account and completing online game plays on awesomeadventurebooks.com. Users will receive an additional Sweepstakes entry for every complete game they play up to 30 entries.
SELECTION AND NOTIFICATION OF WINNERS
Winners will be selected by a weekly random drawing from all the entries submitted during the Entry Period. The first winner will selected on or about 8/12/10 and the last winner will be selected on or about 12/9/10. All potential winners will be notified by e-mail. Failure to respond within 14 days of notification will deem the potential winner to have forfeited the prize, and an alternate potential winner will be chosen.
By participating, entrants agree to release, discharge, and hold harmless HarperCollins, its parent, subsidiaries, affiliates and assigns, and their respective advertising and promotion agencies from any and all liability or damages associated with acceptance, use or misuse of any prize received in the Sweepstakes.
8/5/2010 — 8/11/2010
One (1) lucky winner will receive Warriors Super Edition SkyClan's Destiny by Erin Hunter Boylan. Prize value: $17.99.
8/12/2010 — 8/18/2010
One (1) lucky winner will receive Nightmare Academy #3: Monster War by Dean Lorey. Prize value: $6.99.
8/19/2010 — 8/25/2010
One (1) lucky winner will receive Saving Sky by Diane Stanley and an Apple iPod Touch 8GB. Prize value: $203.99.
Twenty-five (25) lucky winners will receive an Advance Reading Copy of The Fourth Stall by Chris Rylander. Prize value: $199.75.
8/26/2010 — 9/1/2010
One (1) lucky winner will receive The Big Time by Tim Green and a $50 Best Buy gift card. Prize value: $66.99.
Twenty-five (25) lucky winners will receive an Advance Reading Copy of Best of the Best by Tim Green. Prize value: $199.75.
9/2/2010 — 9/8/2010
One (1) lucky winner will receive Wildfire Run by Dee Garretson and an Apple iPod Touch 8GB. Prize value: $204.99.
Twenty-five (25) lucky winners will receive an Advance Reading Copy of The Doomsday Box by Herbie Brennan. Prize value: $199.75.
9/9/2010 — 9/15/2010
One (1) lucky winner will receive The Familiars by Adam Jay Epstein and Andrew Jacobson and a $50 Best Buy gift card. Prize value: $66.99.
Twenty-five (25) lucky winners will receive an Advance Reading Copy of The Genius Files: Mission Unstoppable by Dan Gutman. Prize value: $199.75.
9/16/2010 — 9/22/2010
One (1) lucky winner will receive Walls Within Walls by Maureen Sherry, illustrated by Adam Stower and an iPad. Prize value: $515.99.
Twenty-five (25) lucky winners will receive advance reading copies of The Secret Zoo: Secrets and Shadows by Brina Chick. Prize value $199.75
9/23/2010 — 9/29/2010
One (1) lucky winner will receive More Scary Stories to tell in the Dark by Alvin Schwartz and illustrated by Brett Helquist. Prize value: $15.99.
9/30/2010 — 10/6/2010
One (1) lucky winner will receive The Healing Wars: Book II: Blue Fire by Janice Hardy and an iPad. Prize value: $515.99.
Twenty-five (25) lucky winners will receive advance reading copies of Take Me to the River by Will Hobbs. Prize value $199.75
10/7/2010 — 10/13/2010
One (1) lucky winner will receive The Last Apprentice: Rise of the Huntress by Joseph Delaney. Prize value: $17.99.
10/14/2010 — 10/20/2010
One (1) lucky winner will receive The Magnificent 12: The Call by Michael Grant. Prize value: $16.99.
10/21/2010 — 10/27/2010
One (1) lucky winner will receive The Secret Life of Ms. Finkleman by Ben H. Winters. Prize value: $16.99.
10/28/2010 — 11/3/2010
One (1) lucky winner will receive My Weird School Daze #11: Mr. Tony Is Full of Baloney! by Dan Gutman. Prize value: $3.99.
11/4/2010 — 11/10/2010
One (1) lucky winner will receive Big Nate by Lincoln Peirce. Prize value: $12.99.
11/11/2010 — 11/17/2010
One (1) lucky winner will receive The Goblin Gate by Hilari Bell. Prize value: $16.99.
11/18/2010 — 11/24/2010
One (1) lucky winner will receive The Voyage of the Dawn Treader by C.S. Lewis. Prize value: $17.99.
11/25/2010 — 12/1/2010
One (1) lucky winner will receive Seekers #1: The Quest Begins by Erin Hunter. Prize value: $16.99.
12/2/2010 — 12/8/2010
One (1) lucky winner will receive A Series of Unfortunate Events #1: The Bad Beginning by Lemony Snicket. Prize value: $12.99.
For a total contest value of $2948.32.
All prizes will be awarded, provided there are at least 168 entrants. Only one prize will be awarded per individual, family, or household. All prizes are non-transferable and cannot be sold or redeemed for cash.
CONDITIONS
By participating, entrants agree to be bound by these Official Rules and the results of the random selection of the winners, which shall be final, and waive any right to claim ambiguity in the Sweepstakes and/or these Official Rules. All federal, state and local tax liabilities arising from this Sweepstakes will be the sole responsibility of the winner. Acceptance of prizes constitutes permission to use the winner's name, likeness, biography, and prize won for purposes of advertising, promotion and publicity without additional compensation, except where prohibited or restricted by law
The entrants release, discharge, and hold harmless HarperCollins and its parent, affiliates, subsidiaries, assigns, attorneys, representatives and agents, including advertising, promotion and fulfillment agencies, from any and all liability or damages arising from the administration of the Sweepstakes and the use or misuse of any prize received in this Sweepstakes, including, without limitation, the following: (i) late, lost, incomplete, delayed, misdirected or unintelligible entries, (ii) any printing, typographical, administrative or technological errors in any materials associated with the Sweepstakes, and (iii) any damage to the entrant's computer, related equipment, data files, and software resulting from entrant's downloading of information regarding the Sweepstakes or participation in the Sweepstakes.
HarperCollins may only use the personally identifiable information obtained from the entrants in accordance with its privacy policy, which may be found at http://www.harpercollinschildrens.com/HarperChildrens/Home/PrivacyPolicy.aspx?TCId=100.
HarperCollins reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to modify, cancel or suspend this Sweepstakes should a virus, bug, computer problem or other causes beyond HarperCollins's control corrupt the administration, security or proper operation of the Sweepstakes. HarperCollins may prohibit you from participating in the Sweepstakes or winning a prize if, in its sole discretion, it determines that you are attempting to undermine the legitimate operation of the Sweepstakes by cheating, hacking or employing other unfair practices or by abusing other entrants or the representatives of HarperCollins.
ANY ATTEMPT BY AN ENTRANT TO DELIBERATELY DAMAGE THE WEBSITE OR UNDERMINE THE OPERATION OF THE SWEEPSTAKES MAY BE IN VIOLATION OF CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LAWS, AND, IN SUCH EVENT, HARPERCOLLINS RESERVES THE RIGHT TO PURSUE ITS REMEDIES AND DAMAGES (INCLUDING COSTS AND ATTORNEY'S FEES) TO THE FULLEST EXTENT OF THE LAW
Any dispute arising from the Sweepstakes will be determined according to the laws of the State of New York, without reference to its conflict of laws principles, and the entrants consent to the personal jurisdiction of the State and Federal Courts located in the State and County of New York over them and agree that such courts have exclusive jurisdiction over all such disputes.
THE ODDS OF WINNING DEPEND UPON THE NUMBER OF ENTRIES RECEIVED.
For the names of the prize winners, e-mail your request to harperchildrens@harpercollins.com after March 1, 2011 or send a self-addressed, stamped envelope to Children's Online Marketing - AWESOME ADVENTURE PRIZE WINNERS, c/o HarperCollins Publishers, 10 E. 53rd Street, 9th floor, New York, NY 10022. All requests for a list of winners must be received by May 1, 2011.
If you have any problems entering this Sweepstakes or have questions about this Sweepstakes, please e-mail HCCSweeps@harpercollins.com.