COSMO PREGNANCY COVERGIRL T’s & C’s

1.   Instructions on how to enter and prizes form part of these conditions of entry. Participation in this promotion is deemed acceptance of the terms and conditions of entry. The promotion is open to all residents of Australia aged 18 years and over. Employees of the Promoter and their immediate families and agencies associated with this promotion are ineligible to enter.

2. To enter tell us your name, age, pregnancy due date, and tell us in 25 words or less, ‘what you love most about pregnancy’. Also include a recent photo/s of yourself looking your best. Send your completed entry by email to cosmopregnancy@acpmagazines.com.au, with “cover girl” in the subject line. A valid entry must consist of no more than 3 images. Entrants must be pregnant at the time of entry.

3.   The best entry, as determined by the judges, will be deemed the winner and will be chosen to be the Cosmopolitan Pregnancy Cover Girl. The Cosmopolitan Pregnancy Cover Girl winner will appear on the cover of a future issue of Cosmopolitan Pregnancy The winner will need to attend a photo shoot as stipulated by the Promoter.  Cosmopolitan Pregnancy will send a member of their team to the winner's place of residence for the photo shoot. Details of the photo shoot will be provided to the winner at the time of winner notification. The photo shoot is subject to availability of the Photographer and the venue in which the photo shoot is taking place. Both photographer and venue will be determined by the Promoter in its complete discretion. The issue the Cosmopolitan Pregnancy Cover Girl will appear on is to be determined by the promoter. All creative control relating to the photo shoot and the appearance of the winner on the cover of Cosmopolitan Pregnancy will remain with the Promoter at all times. Prize does not include any ancillary costs associated with redeeming the prize. These are the responsibility of the winner.

4. The Promoter reserves the right, at any time, to verify the validity of entries and entrants (including an entrant’s identity, age and place of residence) and to disqualify any entrant who submits an entry that is not in accordance with these Terms and Conditions or who tampers with the entry process. Failure by the Promoter to enforce any of its rights at any stage does not constitute a waiver of those rights.

5.    The promotional period (for entries) commences August 17, 2009 and closes 11.59pm (AEDST) November 17, 2010. The judging will take place at the Promoter’s premises and will begin on November 18, 2010.

6.   The winner will be contacted by email using the contact details provided in their entry. This is a game of skill and chance plays no part in determining the winners. Each entry will be individually judged based on literary and creative merit and originality.

7. It is a condition of accepting the prize that the winner warrant to ACP Magazines that all images they submit are their own that has been previously unpublished in any form of media worldwide and that the winner be available to be photographed and/or interviewed for a future issue of Cosmopolitan Pregnancy.

8. The Promoter will not be responsible for any late, lost, misdirected entries, or incomplete or incorrect entrant contact details. Incomplete, illegible, incorrect and incomprehensible entries will be deemed invalid and will not be included in the judging.

9. Multiple entries accepted but each entry must be submitted separately and must be substantially unique.

10.  The prize is non transferable or exchangeable and (unless otherwise stated) not redeemable for cash.

11.  Entries not completed in accordance with the rules and conditions or received after the closing date will not be considered valid and will not be included in the judging. Indecipherable or incomplete entries will be deemed invalid. The judge’s decision in relation to any aspect of the competition is final and binding on every person who enters. No correspondence will be entered into.

12.  Except for any liability that cannot be excluded by law, the Promoter (including its officers, employees and agents) excludes all liability (including negligence) for any personal injury; or any loss or damage (including loss of opportunity); whether direct, indirect, special or consequential, arising in any way out of the promotion, including, but not limited to, where arising out of the following: (a) any technical difficulties or equipment malfunction (whether or not under the Promoter’s control); (b) any theft, unauthorised access or third party interference; (c) any entry or prize claim that is late, lost, altered, damaged or misdirected (whether or not after their receipt by the Promoter) due to any reason beyond the reasonable control of the Promoter; (d) any variation in prize value to that stated in these conditions of entry; (e) any tax liability incurred by a winner or entrant; and/or (f) participation in the prize.

13.  In the event of war, terrorism, state of emergency or disaster the Promoter reserves the right (subject to reference to all relevant state and territory regulations), to cancel, terminate, modify or suspend the promotion.

14. It is a condition of accepting the prize that the winner agrees to be interviewed and photographed at any time after winner notification by the Promoter or their agents for a story or feature on this promotion to be developed and featured in Cosmopolitan Pregnancy magazine (or any other form of media it deems suitable). This cover shot will feature in Cosmopolitan Pregnancy magazine at a time to be determined by the Promoter.  All control relating to any such cover shot will remain with the Promoter at all times. 

15. Entrants must disclose any issues that may generate negative publicity and impact on the success of this promotion and/or Cosmopolitan Pregnancy magazine. The Promoter can disqualify an entrant for failure to disclose any issues that may generate negative publicity and impact on the success of the Cosmopolitan Pregnancy promotion and/or Cosmopolitan Pregnancy magazine.

16.  If for any reason this competition is not capable of running as planned, including infection by computer virus, bugs, tampering, unauthorised intervention, fraud, technical failures or any other causes beyond the control of the Promoter which corrupt or affect the administration security, fairness, integrity or proper conduct of this competition, the Promoter assumes no responsibility for any error, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in operation or transmission, communications line failure, theft or destruction or unauthorised access to, or alteration of entries.

17. By entering the promotion, each entrant warrants to the Promoter that they are not currently working in the media industry and any other work subsequently submitted is an original artistic work of the entrant which does not infringe the rights of any third party.

18.  It is a condition of accepting the prize that the winner warrants to the Promoter that they understand that any arrangement entered into in relation to the redemption of this prize does not create a relationship between the winner and the Promoter of employer and employee, principal and agent, partnership or joint venture.

By entering this promotion, each entrant acknowledges that the Promoter is entitled to use any of the work (including but not limited to photographs) submitted by an entrant for any purposes whatsoever and in any media for future promotional, marketing and publicity purposes. All entries become the property of the promoter. All entries (including but not limited to photos and related creative works) submitted become the property of the promoter. Entries will not be returned to any entrant. As a condition of entering into this promotion, each entrant agrees to assign unrestricted licence in and to their entry (including but not limited to their photo/es) to the promoter. Each entrant warrants to the Promoter that each entry submitted is a creative work of the entrant which does not infringe the rights of any third party. The entrant agrees to indemnify the promoter against all claims and costs by third parties arising from a breach of the warranty set out in this condition. The promoter is entitled to use any of the entries submitted for any purposes at its discretion, including for any future promotion, marketing and publicity.

19. By accepting the prize the winner agrees to the publication of their works by ACP Magazines (publisher of Cosmopolitan Pregnancy magazine and the Cosmopolitan Pregnancy website) for any purposes whatsoever and in any media for future promotional and publicity purposes. The form in which the licence will be provided will be at the complete discretion of the Promoter.

20.  By entering the promotion, the entrant consents to receipt of any email regarding the promotion from the Promoter and other emails which inform the entrant of the Promoter’s other publications, products, services and events and to promote third party goods and services it may be interested in.

21.  All entries become the property of the Promoter. The collection, use and disclosure of personal information provided in connection with this competition is governed by the Privacy Notice.

22.  The Promoter is ACP Magazines Ltd, ABN 18 053 273 546, 54-58 Park Street, Sydney, NSW 2000.

COSMO PREGNANCY BLOGGER T’s & C’s

1.        Instructions on how to enter and prizes form part of these conditions of entry. Participation in this promotion is deemed acceptance of the terms and conditions of entry. The promotion is open to all residents of Australia aged 18 years and over. Employees of the Promoter and their immediate families and agencies associated with this promotion are ineligible to enter.

2. To enter send your name, age, pregnancy due date, an image, plus a 100-word sample blog to cosmopregnancy@acpmagazines.com.au, with “online blogger” in the subject line.  A valid entry must consist of no more than 100 words in the style of a ‘pregnancy blog’. Entrants must also be pregnant at the time of entry. For the removal of doubt, where an entry is longer than the required 100 word limit, judges will cease viewing entries at the 100 word cut off and will judge the entry on the material they have read up to the point.

3.       The 5 best entries, as determined by the judges, will be deemed the winners and will be chosen to be the Cosmopolitan Pregnancy Blogger. The Cosmopolitan Pregnancy winners will be given the opportunity to create new creative pieces to be published on the Cosmopolitan Pregnancy website and/or on Cosmopolitan Pregnancy enewsletter. The prize does not include remuneration in any form.

4. The Promoter reserves the right, at any time, to verify the validity of entries and entrants (including an entrant’s identity, age and place of residence) and to disqualify any entrant who submits an entry that is not in accordance with these Terms and Conditions or who tampers with the entry process. Failure by the Promoter to enforce any of its rights at any stage does not constitute a waiver of those rights.

5.       The promotional period (for entries) commences August 17, 2009 and closes 11.59pm (AEDST) November 17, 2009. Bloggers will be selected throughout the promotional period to become the next Cosmo Pregnancy blogger.

6.       Finalists/ winners will be contacted by email using the contact details provided in their entry. This is a game of skill and chance plays no part in determining the winners. Each entry will be individually judged based on literary and creative merit and originality.

7. It is a condition of accepting the prize that the winner warrants to ACP Magazines that all creative pieces they submit is their own work that has been previously unpublished in any form of media worldwide.

8. Inclusion of all creative work on the Cosmo Pregnancy website or enewsletter (including but not limited to creative control and date of inclusion) remains at the complete discretion of the Promoter.

9. The Promoter will not be responsible for any late, lost, misdirected entries, or incomplete or incorrect entrant contact details. Incomplete, illegible, incorrect and incomprehensible entries will be deemed invalid and will not be included in the judging.

10. Multiple entries accepted but each entry must be submitted separately and must be substantially unique.

11. Each entry must be the entrants own work.

12.    The prize is non transferable or exchangeable and (unless otherwise stated) not redeemable for cash.

13.     Entries not completed in accordance with the rules and conditions or received after the closing date will not be considered valid and will not be included in the judging. Indecipherable or incomplete entries will be deemed invalid. The judge’s decision in relation to any aspect of the competition is final and binding on every person who enters. No correspondence will be entered into.

14.    Except for any liability that cannot be excluded by law, the Promoter (including its officers, employees and agents) excludes all liability (including negligence) for any personal injury; or any loss or damage (including loss of opportunity); whether direct, indirect, special or consequential, arising in any way out of the promotion, including, but not limited to, where arising out of the following: (a) any technical difficulties or equipment malfunction (whether or not under the Promoter’s control); (b) any theft, unauthorised access or third party interference; (c) any entry or prize claim that is late, lost, altered, damaged or misdirected (whether or not after their receipt by the Promoter) due to any reason beyond the reasonable control of the Promoter; (d) any variation in prize value to that stated in these conditions of entry; (e) any tax liability incurred by a winner or entrant; and/or (f) participation in the prize.

15.     In the event of war, terrorism, state of emergency or disaster the Promoter reserves the right (subject to reference to all relevant state and territory regulations), to cancel, terminate, modify or suspend the promotion.

16. Role as Cosmopolitan Pregnancy blogger is as defined by the Promoter in its complete discretion. The winner will work closely with a member of the Cosmopolitan Pregnancy team as nominated by the Promoter in its complete discretion. It is a condition of entry that the winner sign any documentation (including but not limited to legal documentation) as provided by ACP Magazines Ltd if so requested by ACP Magazines Ltd. The winner may be required to attend meetings with Cosmopolitan Pregnancy staff and these meetings may be in relation to one or more issue of the magazine. These meetings will take place at the Cosmopolitan Pregnancy offices in Sydney as determined by the Promoter. The winner must also be available on an on-going basis by email to provide creative services in relation to their blog as required by the Promoter. In the event the winner is required to attend any meetings at the Cosmopolitan Pregnancy offices, each meeting will be at a time determined by the Promoter (with due notification given to the winner). In the event that a meeting requires the winner to be in attendance at the Promoters premises, the winner will need to make their own way to and from the Promoters premises to attend each meeting. Any costs associated with attending meetings/ functions etc will be the responsibility of the winner.

17. It is a condition of accepting the prize that the winner agrees to be interviewed and photographed at any time after winner notification by the Promoter or their agents for a story or feature on this promotion to be developed and featured in Cosmopolitan Pregnancy magazine (or any other form of media it deems suitable). This story will feature in Cosmopolitan Pregnancy magazine at a time to be determined by the Promoter.  All control relating to any such feature will remain with the Promoter at all times.  Alternatively (to attending a photo shoot), the winner may be requested to provide the Promoter with a suitable photograph to be included in any such feature appearing in Cosmopolitan Pregnancy magazine or on the Cosmopolitan Pregnancy website.

18. Entrants must disclose any issues that may generate negative publicity and impact on the success of this promotion and/or Cosmopolitan Pregnancy magazine.    The Promoter can disqualify an entrant for failure to disclose any issues that may generate negative publicity and impact on the success of the Cosmopolitan Pregnancy  promotion and/or Cosmopolitan Pregnancy magazine.

19.    If for any reason this competition is not capable of running as planned, including infection by computer virus, bugs, tampering, unauthorised intervention, fraud, technical failures or any other causes beyond the control of the Promoter which corrupt or affect the administration security, fairness, integrity or proper conduct of this competition, the Promoter assumes no responsibility for any error, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in operation or transmission, communications line failure, theft or destruction or unauthorised access to, or alteration of entries.

20. By entering the promotion, each entrant warrants to the Promoter that they are not currently working in the media industry , are not a professional blogger currently employed with an ACP Magazines Ltd competitor, that they have not been recognised previously as an established blogger/ journalist in that industry, that their work (as submitted)  has never been published in any publication and that the entry (including but not limited to any blog provided) and any other work subsequently submitted is an original artistic work of the entrant which does not infringe the rights of any third party.

21.    It is a condition of accepting the prize that the winner warrants to the Promoter that they understand that any arrangement entered into in relation to the redemption of this prize does not create a relationship between the winner and the Promoter of employer and employee, principal and agent, partnership or joint venture.

By entering this promotion, each entrant acknowledges that the Promoter is entitled to use any of the work (including but not limited to photographs) submitted by an entrant for any purposes whatsoever and in any media for future promotional, marketing and publicity purposes. All entries become the property of the promoter. All entries (including but not limited to photos and related creative works) submitted become the property of the promoter. Entries will not be returned to any entrant. As a condition of entering into this promotion, each entrant agrees to assign all of their rights, title and interest in and to their entry to the promoter. Each entrant warrants to the Promoter that each entry submitted is a creative work of the entrant which does not infringe the rights of any third party. The entrant agrees to indemnify the promoter against all claims and costs by third parties arising from a breach of the warranty set out in this condition. The promoter is entitled to use any of the entries submitted for any purposes at its discretion, including for any future promotion, marketing and publicity

22. It is a condition of entry that the Promoter is granted an irrevocable license to publish any story/piece/ creative works submitted by the winner (including but not limited to works submitted in connection to the winners submission) in issues of Cosmopolitan Pregnancy chosen at the discretion of the Promoter. By accepting the prize the winner agrees to the publication of their works by ACP Magazines (publisher of Cosmopolitan Pregnancy magazine and the Cosmopolitan Pregnancy website) for any purposes whatsoever and in any media for future promotional and publicity purposes. The form in which the licence will be provided will be at the complete discretion of the Promoter.

23.    By entering the promotion, the entrant consents to receipt of any email regarding the promotion from the Promoter and other emails which inform the entrant of the Promoter’s other publications, products, services and events and to promote third party goods and services it may be interested in.

24.    All entries become the property of the Promoter. The collection, use and disclosure of personal information provided in connection with this competition is governed by the Privacy Notice.

25.    The Promoter is ACP Magazines Ltd, ABN 18 053 273 546, 54-58 Park Street, Sydney, NSW 2000.