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We Want To Hear From You
Win $1000 For Your Creative Ideas!
Spring 2007 Ideas From Our Teachers Contest
1. ELIGIBILITY: Contest open to kindergarten through 12th grade teachers who are residents of and teaching within the Fifty (50) United States and the District of Columbia between August 15, 2006 and January 10, 2007. Teachers must be 18 years of age or older as of August 15, 2006. Contest begins January 10, 2007 and ends April 20, 2007. Employees of A&E Television Networks® ("Sponsor"), its parent companies, affiliates, subsidiaries and agencies are not eligible. Judges and their family members are not eligible. This offer is void in Puerto Rico and wherever prohibited and subject to all federal, state and local laws.
2. HOW TO ENTER: Teachers may enter the contest by writing and submitting an original description of an example of a creative way they are incorporating A&E® and The History Channel® programs and resources into their curriculum. The description of the use of materials in class must be legible. Each entry must include the teacher's name, grade(s) taught, school, complete home address and zip code, home telephone number, school telephone number, and local cable system (if known), and should include the following: (a) the name of the project or unit (if appropriate), (b) a brief description of the project, (c) a list of the program(s) used and description of how they were used in class, and (d) any additional materials used in support of the project or unit. The information submitted by teachers will be used solely for the purposes of notifying winners. Teachers may submit entries online by completing the entry form at the Ideas From Our Teachers Contest entry page at www.History.com/classroom or www.AETV.com/class and clicking on the submit button between 12:00:01 a.m. ET on January 10, 2007, and 11:59:59 p.m. ET on April 20, 2007, or by preparing a written or typed submission containing the appropriate information, or completing the entry form found in The Idea Book for Educators™, and either faxing it to Sponsor at (212) 210-1429, or by mailing it to: Ideas From Our Teachers Contest, Community Marketing, A&E Television Networks, 235 E. 45th Street, NY, NY 10017. All fax entries must by submitted by 11:59:59 p.m. ET on April 20, 2007 and all mail-in entries must be postmarked by April 20, 2007, and received by April 27, 2007. Teachers may enter as often as they wish, but each entry must be different and submitted separately by fax or online submission, or mailed in a separate postage-paid envelope.
3. PRIZES: Eight (8) winning submissions will be selected by a panel of educators and/or historians selected by Sponsor on or about June 15, 2007 and a prize of One Thousand Dollars ($1,000) will be awarded for each winning entry. Winners will be notified by telephone. Entries will be judged based on the following criteria: Originality (1/3); How well A&E and/or The History Channel program(s) and resources are incorporated into the lesson (1/3); How well the lesson relates to the subject or topics being taught (1/3). Judges' decisions are final on all matters relating to this contest. Prizes will be awarded by July 31, 2007. Prizes are not transferable; no substitutions are allowed except by Sponsor who reserves the right to award a prize of equal or greater value. All winners will be required to verify address and execute and return an affidavit of eligibility, authenticity, liability/publicity release and assignment of rights within ten (10) days of notification attempt or the prize will be forfeited and an alternate winner selected. Taxes, if any, related to the prize are the responsibility of the individual winners and winners will be issued an IRS 1099 tax form for the actual value of his/her prize. No responsibility or liability is assumed for damages, losses or injury resulting from acceptance or use of any prize.
4. CONDITIONS: Contest is governed by the laws of the State of New York. Any and all disputes relating to this contest shall be resolved solely within the Courts of applicable jurisdiction in the County and State of New York. All entries must be the sole, original work of the entrant. Judges may disqualify previously published essays, those that have won previous awards or competitions or those that are deemed lewd or offensive. Entries become the property of A&E Television Networks and will not be acknowledged or returned. Entrants/winners acknowledge and agree that their entries become the property of A&E Television Networks, which thereby has the right to edit, adapt, modify, reproduce, publish, promote and otherwise use entries in any way it sees fit without any compensation to entrant whatsoever. By entering this contest entrants/winners agree: (1) to release the Sponsor from all liability, loss or damage arising out of their participation in the contest and with respect to their acceptance and use/misuse of the prizes; (2) to be bound by the Official Rules; and (3) to the use of their names and likenesses for advertising and promotional purposes solely in connection with this promotion, in all media worldwide (including online) without additional compensation, except in TN and where otherwise prohibited by law. No responsibility is assumed for lost, misdirected, illegible, damaged, postage due or late entries or mail. No information regarding entries or judging will be disclosed. Sponsor reserves the right to amend, modify or terminate the contest for any reason that prevents or hinders Sponsor's ability to fairly administer the contest. Failure to adhere to any part of these Official Rules, may result in disqualification of entry.
5. WINNERS REQUEST: For a list of winners available after June 30, 2007, send a self-addressed, stamped envelope by July20, 2007 to: Ideas From Our Teachers Contest Winners' List, Community Marketing, A&E Television Networks, 235 E. 45th Street, NY, NY 10017.
6. RULES REQUEST: For a copy of these Official Rules, send a stamped, self-addressed envelope by March 20, 2007, to: A&E IDEAS FROM OUR TEACHERS RULES REQUEST, A&E Television Networks, 235 E. 45th Street, NY, NY 10017.
7. SPONSOR: A&E Television Networks, 235 E. 45th Street, NY, NY 10017. © 2006 A&E Television Networks. All rights reserved.
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