ELK Contest - Legal Information

The host of the Prometheus ELK contest (the Contest) is Prometheus Science Bowl, Inc. (Prometheus).

Although Prometheus will accept entries from anyone anywhere, the contest will be judged in English. Any entries in other languages will not be considered.

The Contest is open to everybody except Contest judges. Employees and contractors of Prometheus are eligible to compete in the contest. Any potential conflicts of interest will require relevant judges to recuse themselves.

Prometheus reserves the right to cancel or modify this Contest in the event that an insufficient number of entries are received that meet the minimum judging criteria.

This Contest shall be construed in accordance with U.S. law. All Federal, state and local laws and regulations apply.

Entries identified as finalists will be automatically posted on the Prometheus website together with authors’ names; after Prizes are awarded, contest Winners will be highlighted as such. Prometheus reserves no copyrights to the submitted work; however, by submitting an entry, the applicant hereby grants to Prometheus a worldwide, royalty-free license to so post the entry, as well as use the entry for internal and advertising, marketing and promotional purposes of the Contest, in perpetuity, in any and all media now known or hereafter invented.

By submitting an entry, entrant represents and warrants that the entry is entrant’s own creation and is 100% original work; is not subject to, and does not infringe upon, the rights of any third parties, including without limitation, copyright, trademark or privacy or publicity rights; and is not defamatory, obscene or otherwise illegal. Entrants not complying with these requirements will be subject to disqualification. All entrants must have a valid email address. In case of dispute as to the identity of an entrant, the entry will be declared made by the authorized account holder of the email address submitted at the time of entry. “Authorized Account Holder” is defined as the natural person who is assigned an email address by an Internet access provider, online service provider, or other organization (e.g., business, educational, institution, etc.) responsible for assigning email addresses or the domain associated with the submitted email address. Any other attempted form of entry is prohibited: no automatic, programmed, robotic or similar means of entry are permitted. The Contest Entities are not responsible for technical, hardware, software, telephone or other communications malfunctions, errors or failures of any kind, lost or unavailable network connections, website, Internet, or ISP unavailability, unauthorized human intervention, traffic congestion, incomplete or inaccurate capture of entry information (regardless of cause) or failed, incomplete, garbled, jumbled or delayed computer transmissions which may limit one’s ability to enter this Contest, including any injury or damage to participant’s or any other person’s computer relating to or resulting from participating in this Contest or downloading any materials in this Contest.

All Prizes are subject to United States Income Tax. Winners are required to furnish Prometheus with appropriate tax forms for reporting the Prize, and applicable taxes may be withheld from the Prize.

Void where prohibited by law. Prometheus reserves the right to refuse to award any Prize if doing so violates any applicable laws.

By submitting an entry in the contest, the author agrees to release, indemnify and hold harmless the Contest Entities and each of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents, volunteers, the Contest judges, and their affiliates, heirs, successors and assigns from and against, and waive any right to pursue, any and all claims of any nature whatsoever arising out of or in connection with the Contest, the selection of Winners, and the use of the submitted entry, the author’s name, and biographical information as authorized under these Contest rules.

All decisions of the judges are final and the selection of Winners is at the sole and absolute discretion of Prometheus. Prometheus may at its discretion award less total prizes than listed above under “Prizes.”

Potential winners will be notified by e-mail on or about July 15th 2022, and may be required to execute and return an Affidavit of Eligibility/Release/Prize Acceptance Form within fourteen (14) days of attempted notification. Each participant selected as a potential winner must comply with all terms and conditions set forth in these Official Rules, and winning is contingent upon fulfilling all such requirements. If the winner cannot be contacted within seven (7) calendar days of first notification attempt, if prize or prize notification is returned as undeliverable, if winner rejects his/her prize or in the event of noncompliance with these Contest Official Rules, such prize will be forfeited and an alternate winner will be selected from all remaining eligible entries. Upon prize forfeiture, no compensation will be given.

The names of Winners will be posted on prometheus.science on or about July 15th 2022.

Acceptance of a prize constitutes permission by Winner to use of his/her name, photograph and/or likeness for advertising, publicity and promotion purposes without compensation (unless prohibited by law).

There being nothing to purchase, no purchase is necessary to enter or win. A purchase does not increase your chance of winning.

CAUTION: ANY ATTEMPT BY AN ENTRANT TO DELIBERATELY DAMAGE ANY WEB SITE OR UNDERMINE THE LEGITIMATE OPERATION OF THE PROMOTION MAY BE A VIOLATION OF CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LAWS AND SHOULD SUCH AN ATTEMPT BE MADE, THE CONTEST ENTITIES RESERVE THE RIGHT TO SEEK DAMAGES FROM ANY SUCH PERSON TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW.