STAPLES - MAKE YOUR IDEA HAPPEN CONTEST

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Monday, February 03, 2014

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Prize Details

(1) Grand Prize: US$25,000 towards Staples products and help from Staples to bring winner's Make Your Idea Happen vision to life, awarded as a $17,500 Staples gift card and a US$7,500 check to defray taxes and a Sponsor-specified series of consultative phone calls with a panel of third party experts to help winner Make Your Idea Happen (based on their availability).
ARV of the Grand Prize is $25,000.

(1) First Place Prize: US$15,000 towards Staples products and help from Staples to bring winner's Make Your Idea Happen vision to life, awarded as a US$10,500 Staples gift card and a US$4,500 check to defray taxes and a Sponsor-specified series of consultative phone calls with a panel of third party experts to help winner Make Your Idea Happen (based on their availability).
ARV of the 1st Place Prize is $15,000.

(1) Second Place Prize: $10,000 towards Staples products and help from Staples to bring winner's Make Your Idea Happen vision to life, awarded as a US$7,000 Staples gift card and a US$3,000 check to defray taxes and a Sponsor-specified series of consultative phone calls with a panel of third party experts to help winner Make Your Idea Happen (based on their availability).
ARV of the 2nd Place Prize is $10,000.

(7) Runner-up Prize: $5,000 towards Staples products and help from Staples to bring winner's Make Your Idea Happen vision to life, awarded as a US$3,500 Staples gift card and a US$1,500 check to defray taxes.
ARV of each Runner-up Prize is $5,000.

(3) Voter Sweepstakes Prize: A $100 Staples gift card.
ARV of each Voter Sweepstakes Prize is $100.

Rules

Open to legal residents of the 50 United States and D.C. and Canada (excluding Quebec), who are 18 years of age and older as of date of Contest Entry.

Limit of (1) Contest Entry per person/email address regardless of method of entry.

Review and Additional Information

How to Enter the Contest:

including your Make Your Idea Happen title (in 30 characters or less) and idea (in 100 words or less) (all components combined constitute the “Contest Entry”).

to Determine Finalists, Finalist Notification and Video Vignettes: At the conclusion of the Contest Period, all eligible Contest Entries (without registration information) will be judged by Sponsor-selected panel(s) of judges based on the following judging criteria: Most Compelling Story and Entrant Demonstrates a Passion for his/her Idea (40%); Originality/Creativity (30%); Suitability for Promotional Purposes (20%); and Best Use of Products to Make the Idea Happen (10%). Please note, Contest Entry may not include any specific brand names not owned by Sponsor. See section 4 for further details. The top 10 Entries that receive the highest scores after judging panel(s) will be deemed the Finalist Entries.

6.Public Voting Period/How to Enter the Voter Sweepstakes: During the Voting Period, the Videos will be posted on MakeYourIdeaHappen.dja.com/FB.php (for Facebook) or MakeYourIdeaHappen.dja.com/microsite.php (non-Facebook) in a Video Gallery (“Video Gallery”) for viewing/voting by the general public. There are two (2) ways to vote:


(1) Visitors (“Voter entrant”) on Facebook will have the opportunity to visit the Video Gallery each day at MakeYourIdeaHappen.dja.com/FB.php, select their favorite Video from the Video Gallery, and complete all required fields of the onscreen registration form to submit (1) vote for their favorite Video and to receive (1) entry (“Voter Entry”) into the Voter Sweepstakes. If entering via Facebook, Voter entrants must “Like” Staples (if they do not already) before voting.

(2) Voter entrants without a Facebook account will have the opportunity to visit the Video Gallery each day at MakeYourIdeaHappen.dja.com/microsite.php, select their favorite Video from the Gallery, and complete all required fields of the onscreen registration form to submit one (1) vote for their favorite Video and to receive one (1) Voter Entry into the Voter Sweepstakes.

Limit (1) Voter Entry/vote per person per day, regardless of method of voting. Voters must be legal residents of the 50 United States and D.C. and Canada (excluding Quebec), who are 18 years of age or older as of date of vote/Voter Entry.

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