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CBS4 ‘FUTURE LEADERS’
CONTEST
RULES
No purchase or payment of any kind is
necessary to enter or win. A PURCHASE
DOES NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCE OF WINNING. The
contest is void where prohibited by law.
1. How
to Enter the Contest:
(a) The CBS4 FUTURE LEADERS contest
will begin on Monday, September 16th,
2019 and end on Friday, April
17, 2020. Contest is sponsored
by Colorado School of Mines and PDC Energy.
(b) To participate in the contest viewers can enter online at www.cbsdenver.com/futureleaders.
Viewers must fill out an online
electronic registration form with complete name, address, phone number, birth
date, email address, and the essay entry submission field describing why they
or someone they know should be nominated to be profiled on broadcast television
within the CBS4 Future Leaders program. Viewers will be asked to submit an
essay in 250 - 500 words describing why they would like to nominate themselves
or someone they know to win a featured spot in the CBS4 Future Leaders
television campaign. The submission window will take place from 9/16/19– 4/16/20.
During this rolling submission period, viewers will be able to access and fill
out the online registration nomination form. Once a month a judging panel comprised
of CBS4, Colorado School of Mines and PDC Energy representatives will review
all eligible submissions and select one (1) student to be featured within the
next month’s CBS4 Future Leaders television campaign. Selected students will be
notified by phone and/or email on or about the 1st day of every
month. Any eligible nomination received during the submission window from 9/16/19–
4/16/20 can be selected as a monthly winner during the duration of the CBS4 Future
Leaders television campaign.
(c) One entry per person.
(d) Entries will not be acknowledged. CBS4
will not accept phone calls concerning this Contest. Contest sponsors are not
responsible for late, lost, stolen, mangled, misdirected, incomplete, or
illegible entries. Sponsor is not
responsible for technical or computer failures, errors or data loss of any
kind, lost or unavailable Internet connections, or failed, incomplete, garbled
or deleted computer or network transmissions, inability to access any
Web site or on-line service, or any other error or malfunction, or late, lost,
illegible or misdirected entries. Entry materials that have been tampered with
or altered are void. If the judges determine, in their sole discretion, that
there is any suspected or actual electronic tampering with the Contest or if
technical difficulties compromise the integrity of the Contest, the judges
reserve the right to void the entries at issue and/or terminate the Contest and
conduct a random drawing to award the prize among all eligible entries received
as of the termination date. If the Contest is terminated due to tampering or
technical difficulties prior to its expiration date, notice will be posted at
www.CBSDenver.com. If, for any reason, the Contest is not capable of running as
planned, including infection by computer virus, bugs, tampering, unauthorized
intervention, fraud, technical failures, or any other causes beyond the control
of Sponsor which corrupt or affect the administration, security, fairness,
integrity or proper conduct of the Contest, Sponsor reserves the right at its
sole discretion to cancel, terminate, modify or suspend the Contest. Sponsor
reserves the right to disqualify any entrant that tampers with the operation of
the Contest or website or violates the Official Rules of the Contest.
By use of this website and by
entering the Contest, you agree to the Station’s Web Site Terms of Use
Agreement and to the use of your personal information as described in the
Privacy Policy located at: “www.CBSDenver.com”.
(e)
Broadcasts are subject to preemptions and scheduling changes. If such
changes occur they will be posted on the KCNC-TV website.
Entries will be deemed made by the authorized account
holder of the e-mail address submitted at the time of entry. The authorized
account holder is the natural person who is assigned to the e-mail address by
an Internet access provider, online service provider, or other organization
that is responsible for assigning e-mail addresses, or the domain associated
with the submitted e-mail address. No mechanically reproduced entries accepted.
(f)
Odds
of winning depend on specific judging criteria determined by the contest
sponsors.
2. Eligibility
Restrictions:
(a)
The
contest is open to CO residents who are 15
years of age or older (minors must have permission of a parent or legal
guardian). Employees of KCNC-TV, CBS
Corporation, Colorado School of
Mines, other television and radio
stations in the Denver market, and
their parents, affiliates, subsidiaries and advertising agencies and their
immediate family members and persons living in the same household are
ineligible to participate or win.
(b) Viewers are eligible to win a KCNC contest only once every sixty days. Only one winner per household is permitted in
any contest. Viewers are eligible to win a prize valued at $600.00 or more only
once every six months.
(c) All entries become the sole
property of Station and will not be returned.
By entering, entrants agree
to abide by these rules, and warrant and represent that their entry is their
original work.
(d) Contestants are required to provide
truthful information and the Station will reject and delete any entry that it
discovers to be false or fraudulent. The
Station will disqualify any entry from individuals who do not meet the eligibility
requirements, and the Station will
also delete any entry received from persons under the age of 15.
(e) Winners
must be willing to allow their likeness and story to be used in a promotional
campaign surrounding this contest. Winners must be willing to allow CBS4 and Colorado
School of Mines representatives to come to their home or school to film the
process of the student working in their nominated area of study. Winners must
be willing to allow CBS4 and Colorado School of Mines representatives to take
still photos and moving video footage of their learning space. These materials
will be used for CBS4 future marketing purposes.
3. Prizes: Eight (8) Prize Winners
(a)
Prize includes the following: Custom 30-second television announcement
profiling student and student’s area of study. Television announcement will
prominently feature winner’s name, likeness and their work. The prize will also include a $1000 cash
award.
Total prize is valued at $1,000. Eight (8) prize winners will be selected.
(b) Prize can only be won after
the 1st of every month from 10/01/19– 5/1/20.
Prize does
not include items not specified.
(c) All prizes or prize certificates may be picked up at the office
of KCNC-TV, 1044 Lincoln Street, Denver,
CO 80203. Any prize or prize
certificate not claimed within two (2) days of notification will be forfeited
by the winner. In the event that a prize
or prize certificate is mailed to the winner, it will be with the prior written
consent of the winner and therefore, winner assumes the risk of its
arrival. KCNC is not responsible for the safe arrival of a prize or
prize certificate.
(d) Contest prizes are not transferable. Prizes may not be substituted for or redeemed
for cash. Station reserves the right to
substitute prize of comparable value.
4. Selection
of Winners:
(a) Decisions of contest sponsors with respect to the contest are
final. Should selected winner not allow CBS4 and/or Colorado School of Mines representatives
to feature winner's name, biographical information, voice, picture and/or
likeness for purposes of advertising and publicity in any and all media now
known or hereafter invented, winner will be disqualified.
(b)
A
total of eight (8) prize winners will be selected by specific judging criteria
from all online eligible entries on or about the 1st day of every
month from 10/1/19 – 05/01/20 at approximately 10:00am:
(c)
CONTEST
JUDGING CRITERIA: TOTAL
WEIGHT: 100%
i.
Focus on STEM (Science, Technology,
Engineering, Math) studies: WEIGHT 80% - explain why this student is a future STEM leader.
ii.
Supplemental Materials 10% - Include any photos or videos to support the
nomination.
iii.
Additional considerations 10%: Explain any extraordinary circumstances/obstacles the student
has had to overcome in order to pursue his/her STEM studies. How would the $1,000 award be used to further
the student’s STEM studies?
(d)
Winners
will be notified by phone and/or email.
(e) Winners need not
watch/listen or be present to win.
5. Conditions:
(a) Payment of all federal, state and local taxes are the sole
responsibility of the winner and winners may receive an IRS Form 1099 or
equivalent from Station.
(b) By participating in the contest, the winners agree to have
their name, biographical information, voice, or likeness used in any editorial,
advertising or broadcasting material relating to this contest, and to sign a
publicity release, affidavit of eligibility and release of liability prior to
acceptance of the prize. If a prizewinner is a minor, prize may be
awarded to the minor's parent or legal guardian. By
accepting the prize, each winner grants to Station and Sponsor the right to use
the winner's name, biographical information, voice, picture and/or likeness for purposes of editorial, advertising
and publicity in any and all media now known or hereafter invented, without
further permission or additional compensation (except where prohibited by
law). All expenses on receipt and use of
prize are the sole responsibility of winner.
Winners, by acceptance of their prizes, agree to release CBS, Colorado
School of Mines, their respective parents and subsidiaries, and their
respective advertising, promotion and production agencies from any and all
liability, claims or actions of any kind whatsoever for injuries, damages or
losses to persons and property which may be sustained in connection with the
receipt, ownership or use of the prize or while preparing for, participating
in, and/or traveling to any prize-related activity.
6. Contest
sponsors reserve the right to make changes in the rules of the contest which
will become effective upon announcement.
7. Sponsor is not responsible for any typographical or other
errors in the printing, the offering or the administration of the contest or in
the announcement of the prize.
8. Failure
to comply with the contest rules may result in a contestant’s disqualification.
9. To obtain a copy of the official rules
and/or winner’s list, please write by July
31th, 2020 to:
CBS4 Future
Leaders
C/O KCNC-TV
1044
Lincoln Street
Denver,
CO 80203
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