Official Scholarship
Rules
No Purchase Necessary to Apply.
SPONSOR: CIRKLEDIN.COM ("Sponsor")
1. ELIGIBILITY: The Cirkledin.com $2,500 Scholarship
contest is open only to those legal
residents of the fifty (50) United States and the
District of Columbia who are thirteen
(13) years of age or older at the time of
application and who are currently enrolled in
an accredited school or are approved for home
schooling. Current employees, officers,
directors and agents of Sponsor and its related
companies and members of their immediate
families (defined as spouse, parents, siblings and
children) and persons residing at the
same address are not eligible to win. Void where
prohibited.
2. HOW TO ENTER: To enter, submit a complete
scholarship application online at the
Sponsor's Website (www.cirkledin.com) no later than
at
11:59 pm Pacific Time. Limit one (1) Application per
person. Application must fill the
“About Me” section with his/her name and contact
information, and a short original,
previously unpublished written response to the
scholarship topic. No substitutions of
new drafts or corrected pages will be accepted once
you have submitted your original
application. Written responses that are obscene,
pornographic, libelous, or otherwise
objectionable will be disqualified. All Applications
become the property of the Sponsor
and will not be returned. Sponsor assumes no
responsibility for lost, late, misdirected,
or unintelligible applications. By submitting an
application, you fully and
unconditionally accept and agree to these Official
Rules and the decisions of the
Sponsor, which are final and binding.
3. SELECTION OF POTENTIAL WINNERS: The sponsor is
looking for eligible applicants who
submit applications that have a Cirkled In profile
in good standing. On or near , a qualified panel
of judges will select ONE (1)
potential winner based on the criteria of points
earned by the applicant, profile
completeness along with the quality of prompt write
up, from the eligible applicant
list. One applicant can win only one scholarship per
year (starting in January of a
calendar year, e.g Jan 1st – Dec 31st). Sponsor will
select one (1) of the submitted
Applications as the potential Prize Winning
Application. The potential winner will be
notified by e-mail, at which time he/she will be
required to sign further documentation
as explained below. Also, the sponsor will verify
the requirements fulfillment by the
potential winner and potential winner will submit
appropriate documents for this
purpose. Sponsor shall have no liability for any
potential winner notification that is
lost, intercepted or not received by the potential
winner for any reason. Sponsor
reserves the right to choose no Scholarship Prize
Recipient if, in its sole discretion,
it does not receive a sufficient number of eligible
and qualified Applications. Portions
of the Prize Winning Application may be posted on
the Sponsor's Website, or used in
other marketing materials, without further
compensation or notice to the winner.
Sponsor's decision on winner selection will be
final.
4. PRIZES: One (1) winner will receive a Scholarship
Prize in the amount of two thousand
five hundred dollars and zero cents ($2,500.00). The
Scholarship Prize will be a cash
scholarship, either handed over in person or in form
of a cashier’s check that will be
mailed to the winner. The scholarship Prize may not
be assigned, transferred, or
changed, except at the sole discretion of Sponsor.
The awarding of any Scholarship Prize
is contingent upon full compliance with these
Official Rules and subject to Sponsor's
verification of applicant and applicant's
submission. Applicants agree to be bound by
Official Rules and agree that if any Scholarship
Prize Recipient fails to provide proof
of identity, refuses to provide required affidavit,
refuses to complete and provide any
requested tax forms (including IRS W-9 form), is
found to have violated the Official
Rules or otherwise does not meet eligibility
criteria, the Scholarship Prize will be
forfeited and the applicant who submitted the
application with the next highest score
will become an alternate potential Scholarship Prize
Recipient. applicants understand
that Sponsor is not liable for injuries, losses or
damages of any kind arising from
participation in this Scholarship Program and
acceptance, possession and use of
Scholarship Prize. Sponsor is not responsible for
any typographical or other error in
the printing of the offer, administration of the
Scholarship Program or in the
announcement of the Scholarship Prize. Taxes on
prizes are sole responsibility of
Scholarship Prize Recipients. Scholarship Prize
Recipients will be issued 1099 tax
forms. After scholarship is awarded to a winner,
1000 points will be deducted from
his/her accumulated points.
5. PRIVACY: By submitting an application, you
acknowledge that the Sponsor and its
related companies may also call and/or send you
information it thinks may be of interest
to you, subject to Sponsor's privacy policy at https://www.cirkledin.com/privacy-policy/
6. PUBLICITY: Except where prohibited, by accepting
a Scholarship Prize, the Scholarship
Prize Recipients agree that Sponsor may, without any
limitation or further compensation
or notice, use his or her name, voice and/or
likeness in any and all media, worldwide,
for the purpose of advertising and promoting the
Website, the Sponsor, the Scholarship
Program, or any other promotion, contest or
sweepstakes sponsored by Cirkledin.com.
7. OWNERSHIP: By submitting an application, you
acknowledge and agree that: (a) Sponsor
will own your application, including your written
response submission, and (b) as
between you and Sponsor, Sponsor will own all
publishing rights in and to the
application and the written response submission.
Each applicant hereby irrevocably
grants, transfers, sells, assigns and conveys to the
Sponsor, its successors and
assigns, all present and future right, title and
interest of every kind and nature
whatsoever, including, without limitation, all
copyrights, and all rights incidental,
subsidiary, ancillary or allied thereto (including,
without limitation, all derivative
rights) in and to the application and the written
response submission(s) for
exploitation throughout the universe, in perpetuity,
by means of any and all media and
devices whether now known or hereafter devised (the
"Rights"). Sponsor shall have the
right, in its sole discretion, to edit, composite,
morph, scan, duplicate, or alter, the
Application and written response submission(s) for
any purpose which Sponsor deems
necessary or desirable, and each applicant
irrevocably waives any and all so-called
moral rights they may have in the application and
written response submission(s)
submitted by him or her. Each applicant hereby
acknowledges that such applicant does not
reserve any rights in and to the Application and the
written response submissions.
8. DISPUTE RESOLUTION: Except where prohibited, by
participating, Applicant agrees that
all issues and questions concerning the
construction, validity, interpretation and
enforceability of these Official Rules, or the
rights and obligations of participants
and Sponsor and their agents shall be governed by
and construed exclusively in
accordance with the laws of the state of Delaware
without giving effect to any
principles of conflicts of law of any jurisdiction.
Applicant agrees that any action at
law or in equity arising out of or relating to this
Scholarship Program, or awarding of
the prizes, shall be filed only in the state or
federal courts located in the state of
Delaware and Applicant hereby consents and submits
to the personal jurisdiction of such
courts for the purposes of litigating any such
action. Except where prohibited, by
participating in this Scholarship Program, Applicant
agrees that: (a) any and all
disputes, claims, and causes of action arising out
of or connected with this Scholarship
Program, or awarding of the Scholarship Prizes,
shall be resolved individually, without
resort to any form of class action; and (b) any and
all claims, judgments and awards
shall be limited to actual out-of-pocket costs
incurred, including costs associated with
participating in this Scholarship Program but in no
event attorneys' fees; and (c) under
no circumstances will any participant be permitted
to obtain awards for and hereby
waives all rights to claim punitive, incidental and
consequential damages and any other
damages, other than for actual out-of-pocket
expenses, and any and all rights to have
damages multiplied or otherwise increased. Some
jurisdictions do not allow the
limitations or exclusion of liability for incidental
or consequential damages, so the
above may not apply to you.
9. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES/INDEMNIFICATION.
Each person who enters this
Scholarship Program represents and warrants to
Sponsor as follows: (i) the Application,
including the written response submission is the
Applicant's own original, previously
unpublished, and previously unproduced work; (ii)
the written response submission is
wholly original with Applicant and as of the date of
submission, is not the subject of
any actual or threatened litigation or claim; (iii)
the written response submission
neither infringes upon nor violates the intellectual
property rights or other rights of
any other person or entity; (iv) the written
response submission does not and will not
violate any applicable laws, and meets the
Submission Requirements set forth above. Each
Applicant hereby agrees to indemnify and hold the
Sponsor harmless from and against any
and all third party claims, actions or proceedings
of any kind and from any and all
damages, liabilities, costs and expenses relating to
or arising out of any breach or
alleged breach of any of the warranties,
representations or agreements of Applicant
hereunder.
10. FURTHER DOCUMENTATION: Except where prohibited,
potential Scholarship Prize
Recipients (or their parents or legal guardians if
they are minors at the time of
application) will be required to complete and return
an Affidavit of Eligibility,
Publicity/Liability Release, and Copyright
Assignment within ten (10) days of
notification or the Applicant with the Application
with the next highest score will
become an alternate potential Scholarship Prize
Recipient. If notification to a
potential Scholarship Prize Recipient is returned as
undeliverable, the Applicant with
the Application with the next highest score may
become an alternate potential
Scholarship Prize Recipient.
11. NO OBLIGATION TO USE. Sponsor shall have no
obligation (express or implied) to use
any winning Application, or to otherwise exploit a
winning Application or continue the
development, production, distribution or
exploitation thereof, and Sponsor may at any
time abandon the use of the winning Application for
any reason, with or without legal
justification or excuse, and the Scholarship Prize
Recipients shall not be entitled to
any damages or other relief by reason thereof.
12. IMPORTANT. PLEASE READ – GENERAL RELEASE AND
LIMITATIONS ON LIABILITY. By entering
the Scholarship Program, each Applicant acknowledges
and agrees that the Sponsor, its
related companies, affiliates, and each such
company's respective employees, officers,
directors and agents are not responsible for any
costs, injuries, losses, or damages of
any kind arising from or in connection with: (i)
incomplete, lost, late, misdirected or
illegible entries or for failure to receive
Applications due to any cause, including
without limitation human, transmission, or technical
problems, failures, or malfunctions
of any kind, whether originating with sender, or
otherwise, that may limit an
Applicant's ability to participate in the
Scholarship Program; or (ii) any injury or
damage resulting, directly or indirectly, in whole
or in part, from participation in the
Scholarship Program and/or the use of any prize,
including, without limitation, claims,
costs, injuries, losses and damages related to
personal injuries, death, damage to, loss
or destruction of property, or any claims, costs,
injuries, losses, or damages related
to or based on the Applicant's rights of publicity
or privacy, or the Applicant's claim
that he or she has somehow been defamed or portrayed
in a false light. Sponsor assumes
no responsibility for any damage to an Applicant's
computer system which is occasioned
by accessing the Website or participating in the
Scholarship Program, or for any
computer system, phone line, hardware, software or
program malfunctions, or other
errors, failures, delayed computer transmissions or
network connections that are human
or technical in nature, or for the incorrect or
inaccurate capture of information, or
the failure to capture any information. This
scholarship program is subject to all U. S.
federal, state and local laws and regulations. Void
where prohibited.
13. SPONSOR'S RIGHT TO MODIFY, SUSPEND OR TERMINATE.
In the event Sponsor is prevented
from continuing with the Scholarship Program by any
event beyond its reasonable control,
then Sponsor shall have the right in its sole
discretion to modify, suspend, or
terminate the Scholarship Program.
14. GENERAL PROVISIONS. Sponsor reserves the right
in its sole discretion to disqualify
any individual who is found to be tampering with the
application process or the
operation of the Scholarship Program or the Website,
to be acting in violation of these
Official Rules, to be submitting responses
dishonestly or inaccurately, or to be acting
in an unsportsmanlike or disruptive manner. In the
event of a dispute as to the identity
of any entrant, the authorized account holder of the
email address used to enter will be
deemed to be the entrant. The "authorized account
holder" is the natural person assigned
an email address by an Internet access provider,
online service provider or other
organization responsible for assigning email
addresses for the domain associated with
the submitted address. If an Application is
confirmed by Sponsor to have been
erroneously deleted, lost or destroyed, the
entrant's sole remedy shall be another
Application, if time permits. Sponsor's failure to
enforce any term of these Official
Rules shall not constitute a waiver of that or of
any other provision.
15. LIST OF SCHOLARSHIP PRIZE RECIPIENTS: The names
of the Scholarship Prize Recipients
of this Scholarship Program will be posted on the
Cirkledin.com Website.