2009 Contest Rules

To provide fair and equal chance of winning to all entrants, the following are the official rules for all Wendy Corsi Staub Community contests.

NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. PURCHASE WILL NOT IMPROVE CHANCES OF WINNING.

The contest is open to current members of the Wendy Corsi Staub Community. All winners must be 18 years of age or older, unless otherwise stated and/or posted. Identification must be produced on request. The prize is not redeemable in cash and must be accepted as awarded. No substitutions will be available.

The author’s travel shall be limited to the lower forty-eight states. Should the grand prize winner reside beyond the continental United States, the author’s travel will be at the discretion of the Wendy Corsi Staub Community. If travel to the grand prize winner’s locale beyond the continental United States is deemed inadvisable by the Wendy Corsi Staub Community, the winner in question shall be awarded four autographed copies of the author’s latest thriller along with an American Express gift card for $500.00, which may be applied toward travel to New York City, where he or she will be treated to dinner with the author on a mutually agreeable date.

By claiming the prize, the winner authorizes the use, without additional compensation of his or her name and/or likeness and/or voice/photograph and municipality of residence for promotion and/or advertising purposes in any manner and in any medium (including without limitation, radio broadcasts, newspapers and other publications and in television or film releases, slides, videotape, distribution over the internet and picture date storage) which Wendy Corsi Staub Community may deem appropriate.

In accepting the prize, the winner, and any guest(s), acknowledges that Wendy Corsi Staub Community may not be held liable for any loss, damages or injury associated with accepting or using this prize(s). Wendy Corsi Staub Community is not liable for any loss arising out of or in connection with or resulting from any contest promoted by Wendy Corsi Staub Community.

Winners will be chosen at random from correct entries received. Entrants must submit entries using the correct contest entry form. Wendy Corsi Staub Community is not responsible for and will not consider incomplete or incorrect entries, or entries sent but not received by Wendy Corsi Staub Community for any reason, as potential contest winners.

Winners of all contests will be contacted at the email address of the member account used to enter the contest, and the person receiving and replying to the winner announcement email will be considered the winner unless they specify another person within the reply email as the winner.

Only one entry per member will be considered for contest entry, unless multiple entries are specifically allowed in the contest posting. Unless otherwise specified in an individual contest post, no person may enter any contest more than once using multiple email addresses.

Claiming of prizes requires an email response to Wendy Corsi Staub Community from the winning sender email address within 30 days of being notified of winning at the email address used to enter. Failure to respond shall mean that the winner forfeits the prize. Wendy Corsi Staub Community is not required to award elsewhere any prizes forfeited by the chosen winner(s).

If the specified prize becomes unavailable due to unforeseen circumstances, Wendy Corsi Staub Community may substitute a prize of like or equal value. Wendy Corsi Staub Community reserves the right to alter any rules of any contest at anytime.