Rules

1. INTRODUCTION: Grind Media, LLC (owner and publisher of Newschoolers.com), (“Sponsor”) is offering the Pilot Project Contest ("Contest") as described in these official rules. NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. A PURCHASE DOES NOT IMPROVE YOUR CHANCE OF WINNING. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED.

2. ELIGIBILITY: The Contest is open only to legal residents of the 50 United States and the District of Columbia who are at least 18 of age at the time of entry. Employees of the Sponsor and their respective parents, subsidiaries, affiliated companies, dealers and agents, and the foregoing employees’ household or immediate family members (defined as parent, spouse, child, sibling or grandparent) are NOT eligible to enter the Contest.

3. TIMING: Entry Period begins at 12:01:01 a.m. Pacific Standard Time ("PST") on Tuesday, August 25, 2015 and ends at 11:59:59 p.m. PST on Sunday, September 13, 2015. Voting period begins at 12:01:01 a.m. Pacific Standard Time (“PST”) on Monday, September 14, 2015 and ends at 11:59:59 p.m. PST on Monday, September 21, 2015.

4. HOW TO ENTER: Limit one entry per person. To enter: create a video that best showcases your best ski skills. See Section 6 for judging criteria. Entry methods: Go to Newschoolers.com (http://www.newschoolers.com/contest/137/The-Newschoolers-Pilot-Project---presented-by-7-Mile-Skis) and follow on screen directions on how to enter the contest, upload your video entry, complete all required fields and click submit to enter. Must be a registered Newschoolers.com member to enter.

5. ENTRY/VIDEO REQUIREMENTS: Entry and associated content must be truthful in all respects, original, unpublished, cannot have been submitted in any other competition, and must not infringe or violate any third-party rights, including but not limited to the rights of copyright, trademark and publicity. Entry may be disqualified by Sponsor in its sole discretion if any entry or associated content: (i) disparages Sponsor or its business partners, (ii) causes or may cause reputational harm to Sponsor or its business partners, (iii) infringes or violates any law or regulation, or any third party rights (including but not limited to the rights of copyright, trademark, privacy and publicity), and (iv) contains nudity, sexually explicit content, violence, hate, gore or other offensive material. Sponsor shall retain discretion as to whether an entry and associated content are appropriate for the Contest.

6. JUDGING CRITERIA/VOTING: Voting period begins at 12:01:01 a.m. Pacific Standard Time (“PST”) on Monday, September 14, 2015 and ends at 11:59:59 p.m. PST on Monday, September 21, 2015. Users may only vote once. There will be a total of five (5) individual finalists, which will be determined by highest number of votes from Newschooler.com registered members. Ties will be broken by random drawing. From the five (5) finalists one (1) Grand Prize Winner will be determined by selected judges chosen by Sponsors (“Judge(s)”). Prizes will be awarded based on the following criteria in relation to the Contest theme: persuasiveness of entry. The Grand Prize Winner will be announced on or about September 27, 2015. Winners must comply with all terms and conditions set forth in these Official Rules, and winning is contingent upon fulfilling all such requirements. The decisions of the Sponsor on all matters related to the Contest shall be final and binding in all respects.

7. NOTIFICATION: Starting on or about September 27, 2015 the potential winner will be notified (the "Notification") by email. Within seven (7) days following the actual send date, of the Notification, the potential winner must correctly complete, execute and return the following documents as directed: An Affidavit, Waiver, Release and Indemnity Agreement, including where lawful a Publicity Release. Please note that additional documents may be required at the discretion of Sponsor. Failure to comply with the requirements of this paragraph (or the return of any prize or prize notification as non-deliverable) may result in disqualification and in the forfeiture of any right to a prize, in which case such prize will be awarded to the entrant with the next highest score in accordance with the herein described judging criteria. If the potential winner cannot be contacted within seven (7) days after the first attempt to contact such potential winner, an alternate entrant will be selected in his or her place from all eligible entries received.

8. PRIZES: One (1) Grand Prize Winner will receive the following prize:  An independent contractor opportunity to produce up to six (6) video episodes to be premiered on Newschoolers.com.  Winner will also be paid $400.00 per episode (retail value $400.00 - $2,400.00). Total ARV of all prizes $400.00 - $2,400.00.  PRIZE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Winner will be presented with a services contract to deliver to Sponsor up to six (6) video episodes to be featured on Newschoolers.com beginning on December 1, 2015 until May 30, 2016.  There will be a limit of one (1) episode that can be delivered per month.  All filming, editing and location costs are the responsibility of the winner.  In compliance with federal law and applicable state law, all persons contracted will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work in the United States and required to provide a completed W-9 IRS tax form in addition to any other requirements per applicable labor laws.  Contest prizes are nontransferable, must be accepted as awarded and subject to the conditions herein will be awarded. No substitution may be made, except by Sponsor in the event that a prize or part thereof cannot be awarded for any reason; in such event, Sponsor will in its sole discretion award a substitute prize or part thereof of equal or greater value. Each winner is solely responsible for the following in relation to a Contest prize awarded to him/her: a) any and all applicable taxes (including but not limited to the following taxes: federal, state, local taxes and sales tax); and b) any and all applicable fees and expenses that are not specifically set forth herein as included with a Contest prize and are related to the acceptance, award, enjoyment, installation and use of a Contest prize. Visual prize depictions may not accurately represent an awarded prize. 
9. ENTRANT VERIFICATION: In the event of a dispute regarding which individual submitted any entry, such entry will be deemed submitted by the natural person whose name is on the applicable official entry form, email or essay page.

10. RELEASE: By participating in the Contest and/or accepting a prize, a participant/winner agrees to defend, release and hold harmless the Sponsor (and where applicable a supplier and/or manufacturer of a service or product included with a Contest prize) and their respective parents, subsidiaries, affiliates, divisions, advertising and promotion agencies, and the foregoing companies’ officers, directors, shareholders, members, managers, employees, representatives, agents and all others associated with the development and execution of the Contest (collectively the "Releasees") from and against any actions, claims and/or liability for injury, loss or damage of any kind (including any for the violation or infringement of any proprietary or personal right of any individual or entity, and any personal injury, death and/or property damage) resulting in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, from participation in the Contest, and/or the use, enjoyment, acceptance, installation or possession of a Contest prize. By participating in the Contest and/or accepting a Contest prize, a participant/winner consents to and gives the Sponsor and its representatives, licensees, assignees, parents, subsidiaries, affiliates, divisions, advertising and promotion agencies (collectively the “Licensees”): a) The right to videograph/video a winner (including an awarded Contest prize and throughout a Contest prize activity); and b) The right in perpetuity to use, reuse, publish and display a participant’s/winner’s name, address, entry information (plus associated content), statements, quotes, opinions, picture, portrait, likeness, voice, video, videograph(s), biographical information, prize information, and winner-submitted videograph(s)/video/text/blog(s) (in whole or in part, as may be adapted, edited or modified, as solely determined by Licensees) for advertising, trade, commercial, publicity and promotional purposes in any media now known or hereafter discovered, worldwide, and on the World Wide Web, without review, notification or approval, all without limitation or additional consideration, unless prohibited by law. Participants acknowledge that all entries and associated content, including all related intellectual property rights, become the property of Sponsor and will not be acknowledged or returned and may be used or edited by Sponsor without additional compensation in any and all media, without the further right of approval of entrant, except where prohibited.

11. CONDITIONS: Participants agree that by participating in the Contest they release the Releasees from any liability in connection with: a) Entries that are ineligible as a result of being lost, late, illegible, damaged, incomplete, altered, stolen, postage due or misdirected; b) Any typographical or other human or technical errors in the offer or administration of the Contest, including but not limited to errors in advertising, these official rules, the selection and announcement of a winner(s), or the distribution/awarding of a Contest prize(s); and c) Any omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay, misdirection, damage, line failure, injury, faulty machinery or other mechanical error, technical malfunctions or traffic congestion on the Internet/telephone network, or at any website, or any combination thereof. Entries made by proxy or electronic means such as script, bot, macro, or any other similar software or program are void. Sponsor reserves the right to modify these rules for clarification purposes without materially affecting the terms and conditions of the Contest. If in the Sponsor or Judge(s) opinion, there is any suspected evidence of tampering with any portion of the Contest, or if technical difficulties compromise the integrity of the Contest, the Sponsor reserves the right to modify, or terminate the Contest in a manner deemed appropriate by the Sponsor, at the Sponsor’s discretion. Failure to enforce any term of these official rules shall not constitute a waiver of that provision.

13. LAWS: Subject to all federal, state and local laws and regulations. Void where prohibited or restricted.

14. WINNERS’ LIST: A list of prizewinners will be available by sending a stamped self-addressed envelope after March 15, 2016 to Newschoolers.com Pilot Project Contest - c/o Grind Media, LLC, 831 South Douglas Street, El Segundo, CA 90245 Attn: Legal.

15. USE OF INFORMATION: The collection and use of entrant information will be governed by the following online privacy policy, available for viewing at ‘http://privacy.sourceinterlinkmedia.com/.

16. SPONSOR: Grind Media, LLC (owner and publisher of Newschoolers.com), 831 South Douglas Street, El Segundo, CA 90245.

Prizes

One (1) Grand Prize Winner will receive the following prize:  An independent contractor opportunity to produce up to six (6) video episodes to be premiered on Newschoolers.com.  Winner will also be paid $400.00 per episode (retail value $400.00 - $2,400.00). Total ARV of all prizes $400.00 - $2,400.00

See Rules for all details.