OFFICIAL CONTEST RULES

How to Enter: All members of the TeacherWeb Facebook group that have a paid site may enter the TeacherWeb Teacher Appreciation Week Facebook Contest by nominating themselves or another teacher for Best TeacherWeb site by sending a Facebook Message to TeacherWeb or by emailing promotions@teacherweb.com. Nominations for nominees and nominators must contain a nominee’s: name, link to the TeacherWeb site, email address, grade/subjects taught, the name of their school, and the city, state and zip code where their school is located. 

The nominee submissions will be judged by the TeacherWeb Marketing Team on the following criteria: quality of design, creative usage (i.e. for a project/class), and active and full use of TeacherWeb. Nominations must be submitted by 11:00 p.m. CST on Sunday, May 12, 2013.

On May 13, 2013 at 12:00 p.m. CST five (5) finalists will be announced. The winner of the contest will be chosen by the greatest number of votes received via a Facebook app at facebook.com/TeacherWebInc between 12:00 p.m. CST on May 13, 2013 and 11:59 p.m. CST on May 19, 2013.

CONSUMER DISCLOSURE
TeacherWeb, Inc. (“TeacherWeb”), the sponsor of the TeacherWeb Appreciation Week Facebook Contest, will select five (5) finalists which will be showcased at http://support.teacherweb.com/index.php?action=announcements and https://www.facebook.com/TeacherWebInc. The finalist with the highest number of social votes will be the grand prize winner and will receive a one (1) year subscription to TeacherWeb with a retail value of $40. The remaining four (4) finalists will each receive a Starbucks Gift Card with a retail value of $15. PURCHASING ANY ADDITIONAL GOOD OR SERVICE WILL NOT INCREASE THE ODDS OF WINNING. The total value of all prizes in this Contest is $100.

Prize winners are solely responsible for all federal, state, and local taxes on their prize. All federal, state and local laws and regulations apply. No substitution or transfer of a prize shall be permitted except as provided herein. Limit one prize per person. No substitute prize will be given.

Employees and Directors of TeacherWeb and any participating partner company, their respective parent, affiliated and subsidiary companies, advertising and promotion agencies, judges and legal advisors, and the immediate family or members of the same households of such employees or directors are not eligible. By entering, you agree to these Official Rules and the decisions of TeacherWeb, which are final and binding in all respects. TeacherWeb assumes no responsibility for the lost, late, incomplete, inaccurate, stolen, misdirected, illegible or altered entries. 

This Giveaway is open only to legal residents of the United States who are at least eighteen years old at the time of entry. Entries are limited to individuals only; commercial enterprises and business entities are not eligible. All employees, board members, officers, representatives, agents, and consultants of K-12 schools (or districts), libraries or purchasing consortiums that participate in the Federal Schools and Libraries E-rate Program are disqualified from entering. GIVEAWAY IS VOID IN PUERTO RICO, RHODE ISLAND OR OTHER STATES WHERE VOID AND WHERE PROHIBITED BY LAW. 

The Giveaway is governed by the laws of the United States with venue in Washington, D.C., and all claims must be resolved under District of Columbia law without regard to choice of law rules, first by mediation, and then by arbitration, in the District of Columbia, under the rules of the American Arbitration Association.

TeacherWeb assumes no responsibility for any error, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, or delay in operation or transmission; communications line failure; theft or destruction of or unauthorized access to promotion entries or entry forms; or alteration of entries or entry forms. TeacherWeb is not responsible for any problems with or technical malfunction of any telephone network or lines, computer online systems, servers or providers, computer equipment, software, failure of any e-mail or mailed-in entry to be received on account of technical problems or traffic congestion on the Internet or at any website, or any combination thereof, including any injury or damage to participants' or any other persons' computers related to or resulting from participation or downloading any materials in this Giveaway. In no event shall there be a greater number of prizes awarded than the published number.

By entering this Giveaway, entrants and prize winners: (1) agree to be bound by these Official Rules; (2) agree to release sponsor and its subsidiaries, affiliates, divisions, advertising and promotion, fulfillment and/or judging agencies, related entities from any and all liability for any loss, harm, damages, costs or expenses, including without limitation property damages, personal injury and/or death arising out of participating in this Giveaway, or the acceptance, possession, use or misuse of any prize and claims based on publicity rights, defamation or invasion of privacy and merchandise delivery; and (3) prize winners consent to the use of their names, voices, pictures, and likenesses for advertising and promotional purposes in any medium throughout the world in perpetuity without additional compensation unless prohibited by law. Sponsor reserves the right to prohibit any entrant from participating in the Giveaway if, at their sole discretion, sponsor finds such entrant to be tampering with the entry process or the operation of the Giveaway, or if such entrant repeatedly shows a disregard for, or attempts to, circumvent these Rules, or acts: (a) in a manner the sponsor determines to be not fair or equitable; (b) with an intent to annoy, threaten or harass any other entrant the sponsor; or (c) in any other disruptive manner. Any failure by the sponsor to enforce any of these Rules shall not constitute a waiver of such Rules.

In the event that under your employer’s policies you are not permitted to accept the prize awarded in this Giveaway, your entry will be deemed to be made on behalf of your employer provided your employer assumes the tax obligations associated with the prize and other relevant rules.

Caution: any attempt by any person to deliberately damage any website or undermine legitimate operation of the Giveaway is a violation of criminal and civil laws. Should such an attempt be made, TeacherWeb reserves the right to seek damages from any such person to the fullest extent permitted by law.

If you have any questions about this Giveaway, please contact TeacherWeb Marketing at promotions@teacherweb.com.