Creativity 350 Craft Contest

Official Rules

NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN

Description of Contest:  The Creativity 350 Craft Contest (the "Contest") asks you to design a novel Craft that conveys the importance of the number 350 to our global future.  If you want more information about the importance of the number 350, please see: www.350.org.  The public will choose the winning entry from all the entries on the Site in accordance with these Official Rules (the "Rules").

Sponsor: The Contest is sponsored by NameMedia, Inc., its subsidiaries and affiliates ("Sponsor" or "We" or "us"), a Delaware corporation and the owner of the website www.Craftster.org ("the Site"), with principal place of business at 230 Third Avenue, Waltham, MA USA. 

Binding Rules:  The Contest is open to individuals who are at least 18 years of age or older on July 15, 2008 who agree to these Rules ("Entrants"), provided that 350.org's and Sponsor's employees and their families are not eligible to submit an Entry. You may not enter the Contest or win the Prize unless you abide by the Rules.  You acknowledge that by submitting a design (an "Entry"), you are indicating that you understand that the Rules are binding on you. 

Submitting an Entry: To enter the Contest, log on to the Site (www. Craftster.org) between 12:01 a.m. EDT on July 15, 2008 and 11:59 p.m. EDT on August 15, 2008 (the "Contest Period"), and log-in as a returning member or register as a member of the Site.  All Entrants must have a valid e-mail address.  Once registered, each Entrant must follow the onscreen instructions to enter and upload pictures of your Craft in a gif or jpeg format under 2MB in size ("Entry"). You must upload the Entry to the Site during the Contest Period and no later than August 15, 2008 at 11:59 p.m. EDT. You are responsible to determine the coordinating time zone in your location. Only one entry per person is permitted.  Entries will not be returned.

Your Entry must meet all of the following requirements or it will be disqualified. We reserve the right to prescreen, monitor and remove Entries, all at our discretion.

• Your Entry must be original, unpublished, your sole property, and not previously submitted in any other contest.
• Your Entry must relate to the number 350.
• Your Entry must be submitted in a jpeg or gif format under 2MB in size.
• Your Entry must not violate third-party rights including, copyrights, trademarks and any other intellectual property rights. Do not include any third-party trademarks, company names or logos.
• Entries must not depict or incorporate obscenity; disparage any product or person; or contain other offensive or inappropriate content or material.

Intellectual Property Warranty & Rights: By submitting an Entry, you warrant that your Entry is original and that you are the sole and exclusive owner of the design and the Craft.  You retain ownership of all intellectual property rights in and to the Entry that you had before submitting the Entry, provided, that, as a condition of entry, you grant Sponsor and 350.org a perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide, royalty-free, and non-exclusive license to use, reproduce, adapt, modify, publish, distribute, and publicly display the Entry that you submit to this Contest on the Contest page website and in connection with advertising and promotion of the Contest whether on the Site or 350.org or in other marketing or promotional materials. 

Public Viewing and Voting: Entries will be posted for public viewing between August 16 and August 31, 2008 on the Contest page at Craftster.org.  Registered Craftster.org members who are not employees of Sponsor or 350.org may vote for your favorite Entry based on originality, creativity and the effectiveness of conveying the importance of the number 350 by following the instructions on the website.  One vote per person only.  The Prize Winner will be the Entry with the most votes by the close of the Contest Period. 

Prizes:  The Winner will receive: (1) A copy of each of the following Quirk Books craft books: Creepy Cute Crochet, Cube Chic, Field Guide to Knitting, Field Guide to Tools, Knitted Icons, Museum of Kitschy Stitches, Lawnscapes, and Pops; (2) a Copy of the new book by The Naughty Secretary Club plus grab bag of recycled jewelry parts; (3) a L'Art de la table By Myself Kit; (4) a Sublime Stitching Prize Pack; (5) Envirosax Graphic Series reusable shopping pouch with 5 bags; (6) Envirosax Organic Series reusable shopping bags, set of 2 bags; (7) $300 gift card to AllBrands.com plus 350 pounds of carbon offsets from Brighter Planet.com; (8) Coats & Clark grocery bag kit; and (9) Red Heart yarn sampler.  Sponsor reserves the right to substitute prizes of the same or similar value in the event that one or more of the original prizes are not available.

Winner:  The Winner will be notified on or about September 8, 2008 via your Craftster.org account, and asked to provide a mailing address for prize delivery.  The Prize Winner will be required to sign and return an agreement and release with Sponsor and 350.org by September 20, 2008 or the prizes will be forfeited in their entirety and another winner may be selected. By submitting an entry, the Winner agrees to allow use of the Entry, name and/or likeness for advertising by the Site or 350.org, or similar promotions, without compensation, unless prohibited by law.

Legal: The Contest is void where prohibited or restricted by law.  Sponsor, 350.org and their affiliated companies, representatives, agents or employees are not responsible for any claims, injuries, losses or damages of any kind resulting from an Entrant's failure to abide by the Rules.  Entrant shall indemnify Sponsor and 350.org in the event of a third party claim asserting that the design Entry is not original or that Entrant is not the sole and exclusive owner.  Sponsor assumes no responsibility for any failure, malfunction, delay or other human, computer, network, hardware or software errors or telephone or network transmissions or any other technical error that might occur in processing an Entry.  Sponsor reserves the right to withdraw the Contest at any time and award the Prizes from among eligible entries received prior to the date of the withdrawal.  Sponsor reserves the right to disqualify any individual it finds to be tampering with the entry process or voting process or acting in violation of the Rules. Sponsor is not responsible for entries that are illegible, late, tampered with, forged, incomplete, misdirected, lost, misplaced, stolen, destroyed or otherwise not in compliance with the Rules.  All such entries will be disqualified by Sponsor in its sole discretion.  Sponsor expressly reserves the right to disqualify duplicative votes and/or votes that violate the Rules.

Privacy: Submitting a Contest Entry requires you to register with the Site and submit your name, and email address.  The Winner shall supply a valid postal address or risk disqualification. Your personal information will be handled in accordance with the Site's privacy policy. By entering the Contest, you agree that Entrant registration information may be transferred in the United States and used and shared with the Sponsor and 350.org. for the purpose of administering the Contest.

Winner's information:  The Winner will be announced on September 25, 2008.  To obtain the name of the winner, please contact Leah Kramer at upstairs@craftster.org after September 25, 2008.