TERMS & CONDITIONS (RULES)

1. Overview. This is a fun contest. Interested parties may participate by nominating candidates through twitter and uploading a video to YouTube, depicting why he or she or the person they are nominating is the "Most Eligible Entrepreneur." All entries will be screened for appropriateness, and those deemed eligible/acceptable will be posted on Valley Girl’s website for general public viewing and commenting.
2. Each submission must clearly depict the "Eligible Entrepreneur" theme, in a fun, relevant manner.
3. To Enter. Submitters may visit url for complete Contest details, including information on submitting a nomination and voting.
4. People may nominate him/herself, or be nominated by someone else (the "Submitter"). Prizes, however, will be awarded to the Contestant only.
5. Video entries must be uploaded on youtube. The link should be emailed to valleyloop@gmail.com. Sponsor reserves the right in its sole discretion to accept or reject any entries.
6. More than one submission/nomination may be made by an individual, but must be entered as a separate contest entry. Entries submitted in violation of the Official Contest Rules will not be considered, including inappropriate or offensive entries, as determined by the Sponsor, in their sole discretion.
7. All entries become the property of Sponsor and will not be returned.
8. Eligibility. Submitter and/or Contestant must be at least 18 years of age at time of entry and a legal US citizen.
9. The following are not eligible to participate: a) officers, directors, and employees of the Sponsor, its advertising and promotion agencies, and any other party that is directly involved with the development or implementation of this Promotion; and b) the immediate family members (spouse, parents, children, siblings, and their respective spouses) of employees and household members with whom they may reside (whether related or not). This Promotion is void wherever it may be prohibited and/or restricted by law, and is subject to all applicable federal, state, and local laws.
10. Properly submitted nominations meeting all eligibility requirements will then be judged by the Sponsor, or its independent agent(s), in the Finalist Round, who will determine the "Top 10" entries, which will again be displayed on the Valley Girl’s "Eligible Entrepreneur" Webpage and YouTube Channel .
11. Finalist judging will take place after the contest's end, and will be based on the following criteria: a) Relevance to the Contest Theme (40%), b) Originality and Creativity (40%), and c) and public voting preferences from the Preliminary Round (20%). Ties, if applicable, shall be broken using only criterion a). Criterion a) shall be interpreted to mean how well a submitted video entry depicts the "Eligible Entrepreneur" theme.
12. Any voting that appears to be conducted using unfair methods, including the use by an individual of multiple email addresses, robotic, or third-party means, will be eliminated, and the voting party disqualified.
13. Prizes/Odds. There will be three
14. Prize Awarding. Winners will be selected after the contest has ended. The winners will be notified in writing within 7 days of the final winner selection. As part of the prize claim process, each winner must sign and return an Affidavit of Eligibility, a Liability Waiver, and where allowable, a Publicity Release, within 7 days of notification. If a winner does not comply, or if winner notification is returned as undeliverable, the prize will be forfeited and offered to the Entrant who received the next highest score. This process will be repeated until all three winners have been confirmed.
15. Terms/Conditions. By submitting a video nomination, Submitter warrants and represents that: (i) he/she is the sole and exclusive owner of the copyrights to the video submission, and has obtained a release from all persons appearing in the video, and from all owners of property appearing in the video submitted for consideration; and (ii) the video, or portions thereof, have not been entered in any previous competition or won any previous awards or competitions and is not subject to any lien or encumbrance; and (iii) Submitter has the full and exclusive right, power and authority to submit the video entry, and to grant Sponsor the right to present the submission to the public, without further compensation; and (iv) no rights in the submission have been previously granted to any other person, firm, corporation, or entity.
16. Sponsor reserves the right to disqualify any submission or nomination at any time in the event Sponsor determines, in its sole discretion, that the submission is offensive, inappropriate, not in keeping with Sponsor's image, or that an Entrant has not otherwise complied with these Official Contest Rules.
17. By submitting an entry and in consideration of the opportunity to win one of the prizes described herein which Submitter acknowledges is good and valuable consideration, Submitter confirms to the Sponsor their assigned right to make copies of the work of authorship, the right to make derivative works based on the work of authorship by editing, adapting or altering in any way the original submission, the right to distribute and sell copies of the work of authorship, and the right to publicly perform and publicly display the work of authorship in the United States and throughout the world including use on the Internet or in any other manner of Sponsor's choice, without attribution or further compensation. Use of a submission by Sponsor does not suggest in any way that the Submitter is a winner.
18. By claiming a prize, Submitter agrees that Sponsor and its officers, employees, shareholders, affiliates, agents, and advertising and promotional agencies have no liability whatsoever for any injuries, losses, or damages of any kind related to participation in this Promotion, or from acceptance or use/misuse of any prize offered.
19. Acceptance of a prize shall constitute Submitter's and Contestant's agreement that Sponsor or its agent(s) may use and/or display their respective name(s), likeness, biographical information, video entry (and content) and/or prize information, without limitation, for promotional purposes, without further consideration, except where prohibited by law.
20. All taxes on prizes (if applicable) are the sole responsibility of the winners.
21. Prizes are not transferable or assignable.
22. Sponsor reserves the right, in its sole discretion to cancel, terminate or suspend this Contest for any reason, including if: (a) viruses, bugs, unauthorized human intervention, fraud, technical failure or other causes which corrupt or affect the administration, security, fairness, integrity or proper conduct of the Contest; or (b) earthquake, flood, fire, storm or other natural disaster, act of God, labor controversy or threat thereof, civil disturbance or commotion, terrorism, disruption of the public markets, war or armed conflict (whether or not officially declared). In such event, the prize-winners will be determined by the Sponsor, using the judging criteria above, in Paragraph #5, from all eligible entries received up to the time of such cancellation, termination or suspension.
23. Disputes: Except where prohibited by law, all disputes concerning this promotion will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws, rules and regulations of the state of California without regard to its choice of laws or conflict of laws provisions.
24. LEGAL WARNING: ANY ATTEMPT BY AN INDIVIDUAL, WHETHER OR NOT AN ENTRANT, TO DELIBERATELY DAMAGE, DESTROY, TAMPER OR VANDALIZE THE WEBSITE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS PROMOTION, OR INTERFERE WITH THE OPERATION OF THE SWEEPSTAKES, IS A VIOLATION OF CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LAWS, AND SPONSOR RESERVES THE RIGHT TO SEEK DAMAGES AND DILIGENTLY PURSUE ALL REMEDIES AGAINST ANY SUCH INDIVIDUAL TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW.
25. Privacy Policy. The use of personal contact information gathered in connection with this promotion will be treated in accordance with the Sponsor's Privacy Policy, which can be found www.valleygirl.tv.