Terms & Conditions

 

1. The WYO/ Planeteer Alliance Heartivism Challenge (“the Contest”) is open to registered Planeteers ages 10-23 (“the Contestants”).

2. Contest will be run by  the Captain Planet Foundation, a 501©3 organization incorporated in Georgia, United States. 

3. By entering the Contest the Contestants accept these Terms and Conditions together with any specific instructions and terms for the Contest which may be mentioned on-air, in any electronic messages, or on the website, or communicated to Contestants in any other way (“Contest Information”).  Such Contest Information shall prevail in the event of there being any inconsistency between these Terms and Conditions and any Contest Information.

4. We may cancel or amend the Contest, Contest Information, or these Terms and Conditions without prior notice. Any changes will be posted either within the Contest Information or these Terms and Conditions. These Terms and Conditions were last updated.

5. Our decision in all matters to do with the Content will be final and no correspondence will be entered into. 

Entry

6.  The Contest opens at 9:00am EDT on April 1, 2024. The closing time and date for receipt of entries is 11:59pm April 22, 2024.

7.  Contestants are limited to ONE submission for this contest. 

8. To enter the Contest, Contestants must:

a) Be a registered Planeteer between the ages of 10-23 (see https://planeteeralliance.com/)
b) Read and accept the terms and conditions and provide additional contact details so we can contact you if you are selected as a Finalist. 

9. A Contestant’s submission must be entirely original to the Contestant, feature only the Contestant’s work.

10. Entries will not be complete until Contestants have uploaded their submission entry and accepted these Terms and Conditions. We reserves the right to disqualify any entries submitted and/or finalised after the Contest has closed.

11. All entries are subject to moderation. We and/or their agents have absolute discretion to accept or reject any entries and to remove any entries already accepted without giving reasons for the decision. We may in particular refuse to upload any entries for the following reasons:
(a) inclusion of defamatory or malicious content;
(b) inclusion of content in video entries to which someone else owns the copyright or other intellectual property rights, such as music, singing, trademarks, logos, insignia, location signage, sculpture, posters, pictures, photographs or other artwork, music tracks, snippets of copyrighted programmes, or films made by other users, without the requisite authorisations;
c) breach of these Terms and Conditions
12. By entering the Contest Contestants warrant that all information submitted by them is true, current, and complete. Contestants also warrant that they are the copyright owners of their video entries which must be original works and must not infringe the intellectual property rights, privacy, or any other rights of a third party.

13. By entering the Contest, Contestants understand and agree that:
  • By entering the contest, participants grant permission for their artwork to be considered for use as cover art by WYO.
  • WYO reserves the right to make minor modifications to the selected artwork to ensure compatibility with publication requirements.
14. We will not be liable to reimburse any expenses incurred in entering the Contest.

15. We reserve the right to disqualify any Contestants and/or entries which it believes have not been made in compliance with these Terms and Conditions or to disqualify any Contestant found to have tampered with the entry process or the operation of the Contest or to be acting in an unsportsmanlike or disruptive manner, or with intent to threaten, abuse or harass any other person.

Public Vote / Overall engagement

16. The Public will be invited to vote for their favorite artwork submission. The voting will open using the below factors.
 
- You may vote online for an entry every 24hours. Voting is free.
- A voter may vote for up to three submissions every 24 hour period
- The system also counts the unique votes (to counter vote fraud) (not shown on the front end)
- Number of views
- Number of social shares
- Number of comments
 
You may be subject to your standard internet access charges or data charges if you are using a web browser on your mobile phone.

17. We reserve the right to disallow votes if it has reasonable grounds to suspect that fraudulent votes have been cast (ie more votes than a human being could possibly submit in the time available without the use of software or other devices designed to make automated votes). We reserve the right to disqualify any Finalist who engages in activity which could be designed to unfairly manipulate the outcome of the Public Vote.

18. The Finalist who receives the highest number of public votes & over all engagement will be the Contest winner.

19. In the event of an equal number of votes, all tied Finalists will be judged by our team, who will determine at its sole discretion which Finalist should win the Contest.

20. We will take all reasonable steps to contact the winner using the details provided by the Finalist when they entered the competition but in the event of any failure to do so or a Finalist’s failure to respond within 48 hours of the results of the Public Vote being determined, We reserve the right, in its absolute discretion, to select an alternative winner from the Finalists.

WINNER

21. The winning submission will be invited to work with WYO to develop their artwork into cover art for the band's single "Ignore the Map"
 
Data Protection
 
22. We will follow the Privacy Policy established for the Planeteer Alliance - https://planeteeralliance.com/privacy-policy/ 

Standard terms

23. In the event that any Contestant does not, or is unable to, comply with and meet these Terms and Conditions and the Contest Information, We shall be entitled at its sole discretion to disqualify such Contestant, without any further liability to such Contestant. In these circumstances, any prize won by the Contestant may be forfeited. All Contestants must comply with any directions given by any Contest Party including but not limited to any and all relevant laws, rules and regulations, and where applicable.

24. The invalidity or unenforceability of any provision of these Terms and Conditions shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision. In the event that any provision is determined to be invalid or otherwise unenforceable or illegal, these Terms and Conditions shall otherwise remain in effect and shall be construed in accordance with their terms as if the invalid or illegal provision were not contained herein.

25. These Terms and Conditions and the Contest Information shall be exclusively governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the state of Georgia in the United States.