NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. Void where prohibited.
DURATION: Contest begins at 12:01 a.m. PST on the date indicated on the contest page and end at 11:59 p.m. PST on the second Sunday following the start date, for a duration of two weeks.
ELIGIBILITY: Contest is open to any resident of the United States or Canada, except those residents of Florida, or Quebec.
To enter the contest, submit your answers to the three questions on the current contest page located at http://countrymusic.about.com before the deadline date indicated on the contest page.
You may alternately enter by hand printing on a 3 ½" x 5" postcard your first and last name, street address, city, state, zip code, email address (if any) telephone number, and the three answers to the questions on the contest page, and mailing it to:
Regardless of entry method, you may only enter the contest ONCE.
Entries which are mutilated, altered, incomplete, tampered with, illegible, inaccurate, forged, irregular in any way, or otherwise not in compliance with these Official Rules are also void.
Entries and other submitted material become the property of Sponsors and will not be acknowledged or returned. Sponsors and those working for Sponsors or on the behalf of Sponsors, will not be responsible for lost, late, misdirected, damaged, or postage due mail or e-mail and for Internet, computer hardware and software, phone, and other technical errors, malfunctions, and delays. In the event of a dispute concerning who submitted an e-mail entry, the entry will be deemed to have been submitted by the authorized holder of the e-mail account from which the entry is made. The authorized account holder is the natural person to whom an email address is assigned by an Internet access provider, online service provider or other organization (e.g., business, educational institution, etc.) responsible for assigning email addresses for the domain associated with the submitted email address. Copies of these Official Rules may be obtained by sending a self-addressed, stamped envelope to:
By entering, entrants agree to be bound by the decisions of the judges and these Official Rules and to comply with all federal, state, provincial and local laws and regulations.
Officers, directors, representatives, and employees of Sponsors, their affiliates and subsidiaries, and each of their respective advertising, promotion, publicity, production, and judging agencies, and those with whom they are domiciled, are not eligible to enter.
RESTRICTIONS: Only one entry per person, per contest. Sponsors and their affiliated companies, are not responsible for any failure of any electronic equipment, computer transmissions and/or network connections. Sponsors and their affiliated companies, are not responsible for any inaccuracies in information which may be used in the Contest, or for any technical or human error which may occur in the processing of entries, including data entered by contestants. Sponsors and their affiliated companies, reserve the right to discontinue the Sweepstakes at any time, in which event, only entries received prior that date will be considered.
NOTIFICATION AND AWARDING OF PRIZE(S): Winner, if any, will be notified by email or via telephone and will be required to sign and return an Affidavit of Eligibility. If winner cannot be contacted, is ineligible, fails to claim a prize, or if the Prize Notification or prize is returned as undeliverable, prize will be forfeited. If prize is unclaimed, an alternate winner will be selected. By participating in this contest, if selected as a winner the participant, except where prohibited by law, grants Sponsors and their affiliated companies the right to use their name, likeness, picture, portrait, hometown, voice, biographical information and written submissions and written or oral statements, for advertising and promotional purposes without additional compensation unless required by law.
Sponsors reserves the right in their sole discretion to modify or cancel all or any portions of the Sweepstakes because of technical errors or malfunctions, viruses, hackers, or for other reasons that corrupt the Sweepstakes in any manner. Sponsors also reserve the right in their sole discretion to disqualify any entrant who fails to comply with these Official Rules, who attempts to enter the Sweepstakes in any manner or through any means other than as described in these Official Rules, or who attempts to disrupt the Sweepstakes or to circumvent any of these Official Rules.
PRIZE: The prize is the CD or other prize as described on the contest page. The winner does not pay for shipping. Taxes, fees and all other charges, if any, are the sole responsibility of winner. All federal, state, provincial and local taxes are each winner's sole responsibility.
The prizes will be awarded. Sponsors reserve the right to substitute a prize of equal or greater value at Sponsors’ discretion. By entering, each winner accepts all of the conditions, restrictions, requirements, and/or regulations required by Sponsors and also agrees to accept delivery of prize. Unless otherwise prohibited by law, acceptance of the prize constitutes permission to use winner's name, picture, likeness, address (city and state), and biographical information for advertising and publicity purposes for Sponsors and for this and/or similar promotions, without compensation.
Entrants agree to release and hold harmless Sponsors, their affiliates and subsidiaries, and each of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents, successors, and assigns, from any damage, injury, death, loss, or other liability that may arise from entrant's participation in the Sweepstakes or the awarding, acceptance, use, or misuse of any prize. All entrants agree that United States law shall apply exclusively to the Sweepstakes and that any dispute with respect to the Sweepstakes shall be resolved in either the federal or state courts located in the State of New York.
To obtain a list of prize winners, email countrymusic.guide@about.com. All winners list requests must be received within 30 days of the deadline date of the contest.
Contest is void in Florida, Quebec and where prohibited, taxed or otherwise restricted.
The Sponsors of the Contest are Country Music @ About.com and the record labels, publicists and other companies that provide the prizes
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