SDCC The Poppy War Sweepstakes — Official Rules
SPONSOR
This promotion (the “SDCC The Poppy War Sweepstakes”) is sponsored by HarperCollins
Publishers (“HarperCollins”), 195 Broadway, New York, New York 10007.
The Sweepstakes is in no way sponsored, endorsed or administered by, or associated with,
Facebook.
ENTRY METHOD
NO PURCHASE NECESSARY
To enter, submit the required information in the designated spaces at https://a.pgtb.me/NRFD7g
and press “Submit” to complete your entry (“Entry”). By filling out and submitting this form,
you will automatically be entered into the Sweepstakes. Following successful completion of the
foregoing you will see a confirmation message. This message signifies your Entry has been
received for the Sweepstakes. By participating in the Sweepstakes with HarperCollins, you will
receive by email special offers from HarperCollinsPublishers, Bookperk, Harper Voyager and R.
F. Kuang email alerts. You can unsubscribe from these promotional emails at any time. Multiple
entries are automatically disqualified; only the first entry will be considered. By entering, you are
disclosing your information to HarperCollins and to Shortstack.com and not to Facebook.
ELIGIBILITY
The Sweepstakes is open to all legal residents of the United States eighteen years of age and
older as of July 22nd, 2020 excluding employees and immediate family members of
HarperCollins, and its parent, subsidiaries, affiliates, assigns, advertising, promotional and
fulfillment agents, attorneys, and other representatives and the persons with whom each of the
above are domiciled. Offer void in Rhode Island and wherever prohibited or restricted by law.
Each entrant in the Sweepstakes must be the rightful holder of the email account submitted at
entry. In the event of a dispute concerning the identity of the holder of the email account, the
holder will be deemed to be the person who owns the email address according to the records of
the email service provider. The email account must be opened prior to the commencement of the
Sweepstakes.
ENTRY PERIOD
The Sweepstakes will commence on Wednesday, July 22nd, 2020 at 9 a.m. (PT). The last entry
will be accepted Sunday, July 26th, 2020 at 11:59 p.m. (PT).
SELECTION AND NOTIFICATION OF WINNERS
Fifty (50) potential winners will be selected by a random drawing from among the eligible
entries. Potential winners will be chosen by HarperCollins no later than Sunday, August 9th,
2020. Potential winners will be notified by email and may be required to execute and return an
Affidavit of Eligibility and Release (the “Affidavit”). If a potential winner does not return the
Affidavit within seven (7) days of delivery the prize will be deemed forfeited and an alternate
winner will be chosen.
PRIZES
Fifty (50) winners will receive:
One (1) paperback copy of The Poppy War ($15.99)
Estimated retail value of prize: $15.99
Estimated retail value total prizes: $$799.50
The prizes will be awarded, provided there are at least fifty (50) entries. Prize is non-transferable
and cannot be sold or redeemed for cash. In the event that a prize is unavailable, Sponsor
reserves the right to substitute a cash payment of equal or greater value.
All federal, state and local taxes are the sole responsibility of the winners.
CONDITIONS
By participating, entrants affirm that they have read these Official Rules, agree to be bound by
them and the selection of the winner, which shall be final, and waive any right to claim
ambiguity in the Sweepstakes and/or these Official Rules. Acceptance of prizes constitutes
permission to use the winner’s name, likeness, biography, and prize won for purposes of
advertising, promotion and publicity without additional compensation, except where prohibited
or restricted by law.
The entrants release, discharge, and hold harmless HarperCollins, and Facebook, and their
parent, affiliates, subsidiaries, assigns, attorneys, representatives and agents, including
advertising, promotion and fulfillment agencies, from any and all liability or damages arising
from the administration of the Sweepstakes and the use or misuse of any prize received in this
Sweepstakes, including, without limitation, the following: (i) late, lost, incomplete, delayed,
misdirected or unintelligible entries, (ii) any printing, typographical, administrative or
technological errors in any materials associated with the Sweepstakes, (iii) any damage to the
entrant’s computer, related equipment, data files, and software resulting from entrant’s
downloading of information regarding the Sweepstakes or participation in the Sweepstakes, and
(iv) any personal or other injury resulting from use and enjoyment of the prizes.
HarperCollins may only use the personally identifiable information obtained from the entrants in
accordance with its privacy policy, which may be found at
http://www.harpercollins.com/footer/privacyPolicy.aspx
HarperCollins has entered into a license agreement with Pancake Laboratories, Inc. for
HarperCollins’ use of the Shortstack.com promotions application in connection with the
administration of the Sweepstakes. Shortstack.com may store your personally identifiable
information in accordance with its privacy policy, which may be found at:
http://www.shortstack.com/privacy/
HarperCollins reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to modify, cancel or suspend this
Sweepstakes should a virus, bug, computer problem or other causes beyond HarperCollins’s
control corrupt the administration, security or proper operation of the Sweepstakes.
HarperCollins may prohibit you from participating in the Sweepstakes or winning a prize if, in
its sole discretion, it determines that you are attempting to undermine the legitimate operation of
the Sweepstakes by cheating, hacking or employing other unfair practices or by abusing other
entrants or the representatives of HarperCollins.
ANY ATTEMPT BY AN ENTRANT TO DELIBERATELY DAMAGE THE WEBSITE OR
UNDERMINE THE OPERATION OF THE SWEEPSTAKES MAY BE IN VIOLATION OF
CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LAWS, AND, IN SUCH EVENT, HARPERCOLLINS RESERVES
THE RIGHTTO PURSUE ITS REMEDIES AND DAMAGES (INCLUDING COSTS AND
ATTORNEY’S FEES) TO THE FULLEST EXTENT OF THE LAW.
Any dispute arising from the Sweepstakes will be determined according to the laws of the State
of New York, without reference to its conflict of laws principles, and the entrants consent to the
personal jurisdiction of the State and Federal Courts located in the State and County of New
York over them and agree that such courts have exclusive jurisdiction over all such disputes.
THE ODDS OF WINNING DEPEND UPON THE NUMBER OF ENTRIES RECEIVED.
For the names of the prize winners, e-mail your request to Morrowmarketing@harpercollins.com
no earlier than August 9th, 2020 and no later than February 24th, 2021. You may also send a self-
addressed stamped envelope (postage not required from Vermont residents) to Morrow
Marketing, SDCC The Poppy War Sweepstakes, HarperCollins Publishers, 195 Broadway, New
York, New York 10007 during the time period above.