WRITE YOUR WAY TO COLLEGE SWEEPSTAKES

OFFICIAL RULES

7/24/15-9/30/15

 

NO PURCHASE OR PAYMENT NECESSARY TO ENTER OR CLAIM PRIZE.  A purchase will not improve your odds of winning. 

 

  1. ELIGIBILITY: The Write Your Way To College Sweepstakes (the “Sweepstakes”) is open to individual, legal residents of the 50 United States and the District of Columbia who are 18 years of age or older.  Employees and members of Newell Rubbermaid Inc., Advantage Sales & Marketing LLC d/b/a Integrated Marketing Services (“Administrator”), and each of their respective affiliates, parent companies, subsidiaries, successors and assigns, divisions, suppliers, distributors and advertising, promotional and judging agencies and such employees’/members’ immediate family members (defined as parents, spouses, children and siblings, whether biological, adoptive, step or in-law regardless of where they live) and/or those living in the same household of each (whether related or not)  are not eligible to participate or win a prize. Void where prohibited. This sweepstakes will be construed and evaluated according to U.S. law. This Sweepstakes is sponsored by Sanford, L.P. (“Sponsor”), a subsidiary of Newell Rubbermaid Inc.

 

  1. HOW TO ENTER: The Sweepstakes begins at 12:00:01 AM Eastern Time (“ET”) on 7/24/15 and ends at 11:59:59 PM ET on 9/30/15 (the “Sweepstakes Period”). An eligible entrant may enter the Sweepstakes in one of two ways (1) submit a receipt for the purchase of any two (2) packs of Sharpie, Paper Mate, Mr. Sketch, EXPO or Uniball products (collectively referred to as “Eligible Products”) in a single transaction during the Sweepstakes Period via text message or online or via email (see below), or (2) enter by mail without making a purchase (see below). You may submit a receipt in one of three ways: (1) To submit your receipt for two Eligible Products via text message, text “Write College” to 811811.  You will receive a reply message asking you to reply with a photo of your full receipt for the purchase of the two Eligible Products with the qualifying purchases circled.  Reply with a photo of your marked receipt.  You will receive a second reply text messages confirming receipt of your receipt photo.  If you have not already registered for the program, you will also receive a message asking you to register. Follow the link in that reply message to register for the Sweepstakes. (2) To submit your receipt online, visit the Sweepstakes’ website at www.writecollege.com, and follow the instructions to enter your email address and upload a photo of your receipt for the purchase of the two Eligible Products with the qualifying purchases circled. After your receipt has been uploaded, you will be prompted to register for the program if you have not already registered.  You must register and your receipt must be validated for you to receive an entry into the Sweepstakes.  (3) To submit your receipt via email, take a photo of or scan your receipt and attach to an email to send to: redeem@writecollege.com. You will receive an email confirming receipt of your receipt photo. If you have not already registered for the program, you will receive an email containing a link to register. Follow the link supplied in the reply message to register for the Sweepstakes. Receipt must include the date and time of purchase. Each receipt can only be submitted one (1) time. Message & data rates may apply. By texting WRITE COLLEGE to 811811 you consent to receive up to 10 SMS messages to the number you provided from Snipp Interactive, Inc on behalf of Sponsor. Your consent to the above is not required as a condition of purchase. You must have a text messaging two-way capable phone and appropriate service to enter using the text messaging method.

 

To enter the Sweepstakes without purchase, hand print your complete name, address (no P.O. Boxes), city, state, ZIP code, date of birth and daytime phone number on a 3 1/2” x 5” piece of paper and mail your entry in an envelope (no larger than #10) with postage affixed to: Write Your Way To College Sweepstakes, P.O. Box 590, Wilton, CT 06897-0590 (a “Mail-in Entry”). Mail-in Entries have the same chance of winning as entries submitted with a receipt.  Limit one (1) Mail-in Entry per outer stamped envelope. No mechanically reproduced entries will be accepted. Mail-in Entry must be postmarked by 9/30/15 and received by 10/13/15.

 

Limit one (1) entry per person and per phone number/email address and per household per day regardless of method of entry.  If a person submits more than one (1) entry in one day, only the first entry received that day will be entered into the drawing. Mailed entries are deemed to be submitted on the day on which they are postmarked.  Proof of submission is not proof of receipt by Sponsor. Automated methods of entry, including entry via third party websites, are prohibited. Sponsor reserves the right to disqualify any individual and all entries using such method. Sponsor, Administrator and participating Retailers (“Released Parties”) are not responsible for computer system, phone line, hardware, software or program malfunctions, or other errors, failures or delays in computer transmissions or network connections that are human or technical in nature. All entries become the property of Sponsor and will not be returned. 

 

  1. DRAWING/PRIZES: After the end of the Promotion Period, on or about 10/14/15, a random drawing will be conducted by a representative of Administrator, an independent judging organization, from all eligible entries received, to award the following prizes: One (1) Grand Prize: $30,000, awarded as a payment to a qualified 529 College Savings Plan established for the benefit of the winner or a minor child/legal ward that the winner has legal guardianship over. Two (2) First Prizes: $5,000, awarded as a payment to a qualified 529 College Savings Plan established for the benefit of the winner or a minor child/legal ward that the winner has legal guardianship over. Winner will be required to establish a 529 College Savings Plan account, unless winner already has an existing qualified 529 College Savings Plan account for his/her benefit or the benefit of a minor/legal ward of the winner, in which case the prize will be deposited into that account.  Check will be payable directly to a Section 529 education savings plan account established for the benefit of the winner or their minor child/legal ward. Winner may not be able to make a withdrawal of any kind for up to one (1) year from date 529 account is opened.  An annual account maintenance fee may apply. Non-qualified educational withdrawals may be taxed and an additional penalty may apply.  Winners should check with a tax advisor regarding the tax advantages of a 529 College Savings Plan.  All federal, state and local taxes and any other costs and expenses associated with the acceptance and use of any prize not specified herein are the sole responsibility of each winner. Odds of winning depend on the number of eligible entries received.  Limit: one (1) prize per person, household or family. Total ARV of all Prizes is: $40,000.

 

  1. GENERAL CONDITIONS:  No substitution, exchange or transfer of prize permitted. All federal, state and local taxes on prize are the sole responsibility of the winner. All incomplete or non-conforming entries will be disqualified.  Potential winners will be notified by express mail and/or telephone. Potential winners will be required to sign an Affidavit of eligibility, liability release and Publicity Release (where lawful). Noncompliance by date specified on winner notification letter or return of prize or prize notification as undeliverable will result in disqualification. Unclaimed prizes may not be awarded. Acceptance of prize constitutes winner’s agreement and permission for Sponsor and its agencies to use winner’s name, photograph, quote and/or likeness for advertising, publicity and trade purposes in commerce and in any and all media worldwide without limitation, further notice or compensation, unless prohibited by law. By participating in and/or accepting prize, and entrants and winners as a condition of entry into the Sweepstakes agree to: (a) be bound by these official rules and the decisions of the Sponsor and Administrator, which shall be final and binding in all respects; and (b) to indemnify, release, hold harmless and forever discharge and covenant not to sue Sponsor, Administrator, and their respective parent companies, affiliates, subsidiaries, distributors, agents and promotion and advertising agencies and any other entities involved in the development, execution or fulfillment of this Sweepstakes, and the employees, directors, shareholders, officers, members, agents and assigns of each of the foregoing entities (collectively, the “Released Parties”), from any and all claims, demands, damages, losses and liabilities, of any nature whatsoever, which they may now or hereafter assert, including but not limited to, claims for injury, death, damages, or illness arising out of or relating to or claimed to be arising out of or relating to Sweepstakes, prize acceptance, travel to and from any prize-related activity, or use or misuse of the prize awarded including, without limitation, personal injury, death and property damage. Sponsor and its agents are not responsible for any printing or other errors in Sweepstakes-related material. Should the Sweepstakes be, in Sponsor's sole discretion, compromised by virus, worms, bugs, non-authorized human intervention or other causes which, in the sole discretion of the Sponsor, intentionally or unintentionally corrupt or impair the administration, security, fairness or proper participation in the Sweepstakes, and/or the submission/receipt of Submissions, Sponsor reserves the right at its sole  (but not the obligation) to cancel, terminate, modify or suspend the Sweepstakes or any entry. In such event, Sponsor will conduct a random drawing to choose a winner from among all eligible, non-suspect entries received prior to the time of the action or event warranting the such cancellation, termination, modification or suspension. Released Parties are not responsible for any interruptions in phone service, unavailable network, server, Internet Service Provider (ISP), website or other connections that may limit a person’s ability to enter or participate in the Sweepstakes. In the event of a dispute regarding entries received from multiple users having used the same e-mail account, the authorized subscriber of the e-mail account at the time of entry will be deemed to be the Entrant and must comply with these guidelines. Authorized account subscriber is the natural person who is assigned the e-mail address by the ISP, on-line service provider or other organization responsible for assigning e-mail addresses. This Sweepstakes will be governed by the laws of New York and by entering you consent to jurisdiction and venue in the courts of New York State for the resolution of any disputes.

 

  1. CAUTION: ANY ATTEMPT TO DELIBERATELY DAMAGE ANY WEB SITE OR UNDERMINE THE LEGITIMATE OPERATION OF THE SWEEPSTAKES MAY BE A VIOLATION OF CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LAWS, AND SHOULD SUCH AN ATTEMPT BE MADE, THE SPONSOR RESERVES THE RIGHT TO DISQUALIFY ANY SUCH PERSON AND SEEK DAMAGES FROM HIM/HER TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW.

 

  1. WINNERS LIST: For the names of the prize winners, send an email to be received by 10/30/15 to: Winners@ASMnet.com and include the Sweepstakes Name in the subject line; Write Your Way To College Sweepstakes.  Winners list will be sent after winners have been verified.

 

  1. PRIVACY POLICY: Please see Sponsor’s privacy policy at http://www.newellrubbermaid.com/Pages/PrivacyPolicy.aspx regarding Sponsor’s use of personal information collected in connection with this Sweepstakes. 

 

  1.  SPONSOR: Sanford, L.P., 3500 Lacey Road, 10th Floor, Downers Grove, IL 60515.

 

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