How it Works
Timeline
- Submissions will be accepted between Monday, November 28th, 2011, 10:00 a.m. EST and Friday, December 9th, 2011, 6:00 p.m. EST. All submissions will be approved by CCS prior to being posted.
- Public voting for one winner for each photo will begin on Monday, December 12th, 2011, 10:00 a.m. EST.
- Voting closes on Monday, December 19th, 2011, 6:00 p.m. EST.
How To Submit Your Caption
Prizes
- The caption with the most votes for each photo will receive a $250 voucher good toward any CCS program through 2012.
Rules
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ELIGIBILITY: The contest is open to everyone including all former and current Cross-Cultural Solutions volunteers. CCS staff, immediate family members of current staff, and former CCS staff members, previous recipients of a CCS voucher from any past CCS contest are not eligible to enter.
- Each entrant must have a Facebook account and have “Liked” the CCS Facebook page.
- Each entrant may submit one caption entry for each photo.
- Captions must be no more than 500 characters in length.
- Captions must not have been copied or transcript by another person. Only the original captions will be accepted.
- Entrants will be notified if they or their captions do not meet the eligibility criteria and another chance may be given to re-submit. Captions that do not meet criteria by the end of the submission period will not be considered for prizes.
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VOTING: Voters may vote once per caption per photo. Voters must allow the CCS Caption Contest Facebook application to access basic information in order to ensure each voter votes no more than once. The caption with the most votes for each of the photos will be the winners.
GENERAL TERMS
- By entering the Cross-Cultural Solutions (CCS) Caption Contest, the entrant has agreed to these Terms. CCS is not responsible for technical failures of any kind, including, but not limited to the malfunctioning of any computer, cable, network, hardware, software, or website. CCS is not responsible for lost, interrupted or unavailable network server or other connections, miscommunications, failed telephone or computer or telephone transmissions or technical failure, jumbled, scrambled or misdirected transmissions, for incorrect or inaccurate entry information, howsoever caused, or other error of any kind whether human, mechanical or electronic.
- Entrants found tampering with or abusing any aspect of the Caption Contest, as solely determined by the judges, will be disqualified. If disqualified for any of the above abuses, CCS reserves the right to terminate entrant’s eligibility to participate in the Caption Contest.
- Any attempt by any person to deliberately undermine the legitimate operation of the Caption Contest may be in violation of criminal and civil law, and, should such an attempt be made, CCS reserves the right to seek damages from any such person to the fullest extent permitted by law. CCS’ failure to enforce any term of these Terms or Official Rules shall not constitute a waiver of that provision.
- CCS reserves the right to terminate, cancel, suspend and/or modify the Caption Contest if fraud, virus or other problem corrupts the administration, security, or proper play of the Caption Contest, as determined by CCS in its sole discretion.
- In such event, CCS reserves the right to determine winners and award the prizes from among the eligible entries received up to the time of the impairment.
PRIVACY
The Caption Contest will adhere to the CCS Privacy Policy when collecting entrant’s and voter’s information: http://www.crossculturalsolutions.org/about/privacy-policy.aspx
PRIZES
- All prizes have no cash value, cannot be transferred, cannot be combined with any other external scholarships or grants, cannot be applied toward the purchase of airfare or other travel expenses (visa, immunizations, etc.) and must be redeemed for a start date between November 14th, 2011 and the last available start date in 2012. Failure to redeem prizes by the end of 2012 will result in forfeiture. Cannot combine vouchers won from previous CCS contests.
- Double or single occupancy room fees still apply in accordance to our Double and Single Occupancy Room Policy.
- Discounts: Alumni, Outreach, Alumni (4+ programs) and Regional Advocate discounts can be used when enrolling in a two week or longer volunteer program as outlined on our Discounts page.
- If the value of all discounts applied exceeds the value of program fee costs, CCS will not issue a refund.
- Once winner has redeemed the prize and enrolled in a start date, entrants cannot switch start dates, unless authorized by a CCS staff member. Any approved switches will require a switch fee according to our Switch Policy.
RIGHTS
- CCS reserves the right to publish any entry and/or use any entry in related promotional material and related CCS products.
- CCS reserves the right to extend or retract the timeline as necessary with advance notice to all Caption Contest participants.
- CCS reserves the right to disqualify any caption that does not meet the contest criteria or is deemed inappropriate.
- By submitting a caption for consideration, the entrant grants CCS the rights to reproduction and exhibition of all captions submitted. These rights include, but are not limited to: publishing captions in print and electronic form and use of the captions for related promotional purposes without further compensation.
- The entrant also confirms that she or he is the original writer of the caption entered in this contest. Accordingly, the entrant hereby agrees to compensate CCS fully regarding any claims that arise out of the use of the caption.
- The entrant consents to the entry of his or her submission and agrees to abide by the contest Terms & Rules.
