Midwest Living – 2021 Winter Getaways – Win (1) A check in the amount of $2000.
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OFFICIAL RULES
Void outside the 50 United States, District of Columbia and where prohibited. Do not
proceed to enter if you are not at least 21 years of age and a legal resident of, and located
within, one of the 50 United States, or the District of Columbia, at the time of entry. By
participating, you agree to be bound by these Official Rules and the decisions of the
Sponsor, which are binding and final in all matters relating to this sweepstakes.
NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. A PURCHASE WILL NOT
INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING.
SWEEPSTAKES PERIOD: The 2021 Winter Getaways Sweepstakes (“Sweepstakes”)
begins at 12:00am ET on December 18, 2020 and ends at 11:59pm ET on February 20,
2021.
SPONSOR: Meredith Corporation, 1816 Locust St., Des Moines, Iowa.
HOW TO ENTER: During the Sweepstakes Period, visit
www.midwestliving.com/wintergetaways and follow the instructions provided to submit
a completed online entry form to receive one (1) entry. There is no cost to enter. Entries
generated by script, macro or other automated means or practices, or by any means which
subvert the entry process will be void. All entries must be submitted by 11:59pm ET on
February 20, 2021 to be eligible. All entries become the property of Sponsor and will not
be returned.
LIMIT: One (1) entry per person and per email address, per day. Entries received from
any person or email addressin excess of the stated limitation will be void. You may only
use one (1) email address to enter this Sweepstakes.
ELIGIBILITY: This Sweepstakes is open to legal residents of the 50 United States and
the District of Columbia, 21 years of age or older. Employees of Sponsor, and any other
organizations affiliated with the sponsorship, fulfillment, administration, prize support,
advertisement or promotion of the Sweepstakes and each of their respective parents,
agents, affiliates, subsidiaries, and advertising and promotion agencies, and their
immediate family members (regardless of where they reside) or household members,
whether or not related, are not eligible to enter or win. “Immediate family members” shall
mean spouses, parents,step-parents, children, step-children, siblings, step-siblings, and
their respective spouses. “Household members” shall mean people who share the same
residence at least three months per year.
WINNER SELECTION/DRAWING: On or about February 24, 2021, Sponsor will
conduct a random drawing from among all eligible entries received throughout the
Sweepstakes Period to select one (1) potential winner. Odds of winning depend upon the
number of eligible entries received.
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WINNER NOTIFICATION: Potential winner will be notified via email and/or mail and
will be required to complete and return an Affidavit of Eligibility, IRS W9 form, and
Release of Liability/Publicity within ten (10) days of date of notification or an alternate
winner may be selected in a random drawing from among all remaining eligible entries.
If such documents are not returned within the specified time period, prize or prize
notification is returned as undeliverable, Sponsor is unable to contact potential winner or
potential winner is not in compliance with these Official Rules, prize will be forfeited
and, at Sponsor’s discretion,an alternate winner may be selected.
PRIZE (1): A check in the amount of $2,000. Approximate Retail Value (“ARV”) is
$2,000. Prize is awarded “as is” with no warranty or guarantee, either express or implied
by Sponsor. Winner may not substitute, assign or transfer prize or redeem prize for cash,
but Sponsor reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to substitute prize (or portion thereof)
with one of comparable or greater value. Winner is responsible for all applicable federal,
state and local taxes, if any, as well as any other costs and expenses associated with prize
acceptance and use not specified herein as being provided. All prize details are at
Sponsor’s sole discretion.
PRIVACY: When you enter the Sweepstakes, we collect personally identifying
information about you, including your name, complete mailing address, and email
address. Your information will not be sold or rented to third parties. Entrants must fully
complete and submit all non-optional data requested on the entry form to be eligible.
Incomplete entries are void. Entrants will be given the option to receive commercial e-
mails from Sponsor and participating third parties; however, such emails are optional.
Eligibility to participate in the Sweepstakes is not dependent upon entrant’s consent to
receive e-mails and such consent will not affect entrant’s chances of winning. For more
information about how Sponsor uses the information you provide, see Sponsor’s privacy
policy at http://www.meredith.com/privacy.html.
ARBITRATION: Except where prohibited by law, as a condition of participating in this
Sweepstakes, entrant agrees that: (1) any and all disputes, claims, and causes of action
arising out of or connected with this Sweepstakes, or any prizes awarded, shall be
resolved individually, without resort to any form of class action; and exclusively by final
and binding arbitration under the rules of the American Arbitration Association and held
at a AAA regional office in New York, NY; (2) the Federal Arbitration Act shall govern
the interpretation, enforcement and all proceedings at such arbitration; and (3) judgment
upon such arbitration award may be entered in any court having jurisdiction. Under no
circumstances will entrant be permitted to obtain awardsfor,and entrant hereby waives
all rights to claim punitive, incidental or consequential damages including attorney’s fees
or any other damages, other than for entrant’s actual out-of-pocket expenses (i.e., costs
associated with participating in this Sweepstakes), and entrant further waives all rights to
have damages multiplied or increased.
RELEASES: By participating in this Sweepstakes, entrants agree to release Sponsor, and
any other organizations affiliated with the sponsorship, fulfillment, administration, prize
support, advertisement or promotion of the Sweepstakes and each of their respective
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parents, agents, affiliates, subsidiaries, advertising and promotion agencies, and prize
suppliers, and each of their respective officers, directors, agents, representatives and
employees, as well as each of their respective successors, representatives and assigns
(collectively, the “Released Parties”) from any and all actions, claims, injury, loss or
damage arising in any manner, in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, from
participation in this Sweepstakes and/or acceptance, use or misuse of the prize.
OTHER: Released Parties are not responsible for lost, late, incomplete, damaged,
inaccurate, stolen, undelivered, garbled or misdirected entries or registrations; or for lost,
interrupted or unavailable network, server, Internet Service Provider (ISP), website, or
other connections, availability or accessibility or miscommunications or failed computer,
satellite, telephone or cable transmissions, lines, or technical failure or jumbled,
scrambled, delayed or misdirected transmissions or computer hardware or software
malfunctions, failures or difficulties, or other errors or difficulties of any kind whether
human, mechanical, electronic, computer, network, typographical, printing or otherwise
relating to or in connection with the Sweepstakes, including, without limitation, errors or
difficulties which may occur in connection with the administration of the Sweepstakes,
the processing of entries, the announcement of the prize, or in any Sweepstakes-related
materials. Released Parties are also not responsible for any incorrect or inaccurate
information, whether caused by site users, tampering, hacking or by any equipment or
programming associated with or utilized in the Sweepstakes. Released Parties are not
responsible for injury or damage to entrants’ or to any other person’s computer related to
or resulting from participating in this Sweepstakes or downloading materials from or use
of the website. Sponsor reservesthe right, in its sole discretion to disqualify any person
tampering with the entry process, the operation of the web site or otherwise in violation
of these Official Rules. Should any portion of the Sweepstakes be, in Sponsor’s sole
opinion, compromised by virus, technical corruption, non-authorized human intervention
or other causes including but not limited to war, strikes, health crisis, epidemic,
pandemic, civil disturbances, work stoppage, and/or acts of God, which, in the sole
opinion of the Sponsor, corrupt or impair the administration, security, fairness or proper
play, or submission of entries, Sponsor reserves the right at its sole discretion to suspend,
modify or terminate the Sweepstakes and, if terminated, at its discretion, select the
potential winner from all eligible, non-suspect entries received prior to action taken or as
otherwise deemed fair and appropriate by Sponsor.. In the event of a dispute regarding
online entry, entry will be deemed made by the authorized account holder of the e-mail
account associated with the entry and he/she must comply with these Official Rules. The
authorized account holder is the natural person who is assigned the e-mail addressby the
Internet Service Provider (ISP), on-line service provider, or other organization
responsible for assigning email addresses. CAUTION: ANY ATTEMPT TO
DELIBERATELY DAMAGE THE WEBSITE OR UNDERMINE THE LEGITIMATE
OPERATION OF THIS SWEEPSTAKES IS A VIOLATION OF CRIMINAL AND
CIVIL LAWS, AND SHOULD SUCH AN ATTEMPT BE MADE, SPONSOR WILL
DISQUALIFY ANY SUCH INDIVIDUAL AND RESERVES THE RIGHT TO SEEK
DAMAGES (INCLUDING ATTORNEYS’ FEES) AND OTHER REMEDIES FROM
ANY SUCH INDIVIDUAL TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW.
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Except where prohibited by law, entry constitutes permission to use each entrant’s name,
hometown (city and state), voice, biographical information, likeness, photograph and any
statements regarding this Sweepstakes in all media now known or hereafter discovered,
for any purpose, including without limitation, in connection with, and to promote, market
or advertise, the Sweepstakes, in whole or in part, without review, approval, credit or
attribution, notification or payment from or to entrant or any person or entity, worldwide,
in perpetuity, or on a winner’s list, if applicable. Sweepstakes is subject to all applicable
U. S. federal, state and local laws and regulations. Winner will be issued an IRS 1099 tax
form in the amount of the prize retail value as stated herein.
WINNER’S NAME: For the name of the winner, available after March 1, 2021 send a
separate, self-addressed, stamped envelope to Winner’s Name, Winter Getaways
Sweepstakes 2021, Attn: Jennifer Staiman, Re: Winter Getaways, Midwest Living, 225
Liberty Street 7th Floor, New York, NY 10281.