Official Rules and Regulations
- No purchase is necessary to enter
- Sleeping Bear Press reserves the right to discontinue the contest at any time
- Start and End Dates: This online contest shall begin accepting entries at 12:01 a.m. EST, Oct. 1, 2008, and end at 5:00 p.m. EST, Nov. 30, 2008
- All entries must be submitted online to SBEvents@cengage.com, using the official project entry form (view entry form)
- Entries must be 300 words or less
- Only classrooms for grades 3-8 in the 48 contiguous United States are eligible
- Teachers for participating classrooms may forward one submission for each participating class to Sleeping Bear Press no later than Nov. 30, 2008, 5:00 p.m.
- The judges shall be employees of Sleeping Bear Press and they will judge the entries based upon the above-stated criteria
- The judges will select three winners by Dec. 12, 2008
- The winning classrooms will be contacted by phone by a representative of Sleeping Bear Press on Dec. 15, 2008. The judges' decision is final
- Winning projects must be implemented by April 30, 2009
- This contest is void where prohibited by law and void in Puerto Rico
- All prizes will be awarded
- "Bear Bucks" are non-transferable and not redeemable in cash
- "Bear Bucks" must be used by winning classroom no later than April 30, 2009
- The school visit by artist Victor Juhasz or author Elissa Grodin shall be scheduled at a time mutually convenient to the school and the individual artist/author
- For a winners list, please send a self-addressed stamped envelope to:
Sleeping Bear Press
310 North Main St., Ste 300
Chelsea, MI 48118
Attn: Contest Winners - Entries are the property of Sleeping Bear Press and none will be returned, including any copyrighted material that shall become the property of Sleeping Bear Press
- All participants are bound by these Official Rules
- Entry in the contest constitutes permission to use the winner’s name and likeness for publicity purposes, without further compensation, where permitted
Please refer all contest questions to: barbara.mcnally@cengage.com.
Sleeping Bear Press is an imprint of Gale, part of Cengage Learning.