NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. 1. To enter,
print your name, home address, age and phone number,
as indicated on the entry form or on a photocopy of
the entry form or on a separate sheet of paper. IF YOU
ARE UNDER THE AGE OF 18, YOUR ENTRY MUST INCLUDE YOUR
PARENT OR LEGAL GUARDIAN’S SIGNATURE TO BE ELIGIBLE
FOR THE GRAND PRIZE. Mail your “J.K. Rowling
and the Open Book Tour Sweepstakes” completed
entry form to Scholastic, attn: J.K. Rowling
and the Open Book Tour Sweepstakes 557 Broadway, New
York, NY 10012. Sweepstakes begins on July
30, 2007 and entries must be received by August 31.
2007. No other means of entry accepted.
2. All winners will be selected by a random drawing.
Winners will be notified on or about September 14, 2007.
Odds of winning are determined by number of eligible
entries received. Scholastic is not responsible for
late, lost, stolen, misdirected, damaged, mutilated,
postage due, incomplete or illegible entries or mail.
3. Sweepstakes is open to legal residents of the United
States ages 7 and older. Employees, and members of their
families living in the same household, of Scholastic
Inc., its parents, subsidiaries, brokers, distributors,
dealers, retailers, affiliates, and their respective
advertising, promotion and production agencies, are
not eligible to enter. Void where prohibited or restricted
by law. One entry per person.
4. There will be one thousand (1,000) Grand
Prize Winners who will get two tickets to a
J.K. Rowling event at 7 p.m. on October 19, 2007 at
Carnegie Hall in New York City. (Approximate Retail
Value between $150 - $400 depending on designated seat.
Approximate Retail Value of all prizes $287,000.) Winners
are guaranteed seats in Carnegie Hall and all seating
locations will be selected at random. If a winner is
under the age of 18, the winner must bring his/her parent
or legal guardian as the guest.. Tickets must be picked
up at the Carnegie Hall Box Office at 881 Seventh Avenue
at 57th Street, New York, NY 10019. Tickets will be
available for pick-up only on October 15-18, 2007 from
11 a.m. – 6 p.m. and on October 19 from 3 p.m.
– 7 p.m. The event will begin promptly at 7 p.m..
If winner can not pick up tickets or attend the event
on specified dates, prize will be forfeited and the
prize may be awarded to an alternate. All expenses other
than the cost of the two tickets to the event, including
without limitation, all transportation, accommodations,
food, federal, state and local taxes are the winner’s
sole responsibility.
5. All entrants and their guests, as a condition of
entry, agree to release Scholastic Inc., and each prize
provider in this Sweepstakes, their respective parents,
affiliates, subsidiaries, brokers, distributors, dealers,
retailers and agencies, from any and all liability for
injuries or damages of any kind sustained through participation
in this sweepstakes and/or use of a prize once accepted.
6. No cash substitutions, transfers or assignments
of prizes allowed, except by Scholastic in case of unavailability,
in which case a prize of equal or greater value will
be awarded. All matters relating to this Sweepstakes
shall be subject to Scholastic’s sole discretion
and Scholastic’s decisions shall be final and
binding on all entrants and winners and their guests.
Each winner, and his/her guest, will be required to
sign and return an affidavit of eligibility and liability/publicity
release within five (5) days of notification attempt
or an alternate winner may be selected. By accepting
the prize, each winner and their guest grants to Scholastic
the right to use his or her name, likeness, hometown,
biographical information, and entry for purposes of
advertising and promotion without further notice or
compensation, except where prohibited by law. One or
more winners may also be asked to attend and participate
in media and/or public relations events (the “Media
Events”) designated by Scholastic and/or requested
by various media outlets. Upon Scholastic’s request,
and subject to winner’s availability, each winner
agrees to participate in such Media Events without any
further compensation. Scholastic shall have the right,
in its sole discretion, to choose the winners it wishes
to participate in such Media Events. By accepting the
prize, all winners, whether or not chosen to participate
in such Media Events, agree to release Scholastic Inc.,
and its affiliates, subsidiaries, distributors and agencies,
and hold each of them harmless, from any claims relating
to their selection, non-selection, participation or
non-participation in any Media Events.
7. The names of the prize winners (available after
September 21, 2007), will be listed on the Scholastic
website at www.scholastic.com/harrypotter.
You may also obtain a list of the winners by sending
a self-addressed stamped envelope to J.K. Rowling and
the Open Book Tour Sweepstakes by October 12,
2007.
Sponsor: Scholastic Inc., 557 Broadway, New York, NY 10012
