Expedition Portal
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Expedition Portal and Cooper Tire are pleased to bring you the Cooper Discoverer Writing contest on the Expedition Portal Forum!
This is your chance to share your story of adventure and enter to win:
Cooper Tire and Expedition Portal want to hear your stories of adventure and discovery. We want to know where you've been, how you got there, and all the fun you had along the way. Log into the Expedition Portal's forum and share your stories with us!
Participants can win in two ways:
Monthly Prize—Win a certificate for a set of five Cooper Discoverer STT Pro tires. Share a story about any adventure you have done and be entered to win a certifitcate for one of four sets of Cooper Discoverer tires that will be given away. If you're a monthly winner you will also be entered in to win the Grand Prize.
Grand Prize—Win a trip to the Overland Expo East 2016, including two Overland Experience Passes plus a $2,500 prepaid gift card for travel expenses and a certificate for a set of five Cooper Discoverer STT Pro tires! Complete a trip from the list of adventures provided by Expedition Portal and submit your story before July 29, 2016, showing proof with a picture of you with a Cooper Discoverer flag (Click the link to download and print your flag). Once you're done share your story of adventure with us!
* Prize packages will not be redeemable for cash value.
Follow these steps:
Monthly Prize
Create an Expedition Portal account. If you are already a member proceed to step two.
Log into Expedition Portal's Forum and proceed to the Exploration and Adventure section, home to the Cooper Discoverer.
Create a new thread in the Adventure and Event Reports section and start writing. Make sure the title of your thread begins with the words COOPER DISCOVERER, to ensure it is recognized as part of the contest.
Grand Prize
Create an Expedition Portal account. If you are already a member proceed to step two.
Log into Expedition Portal's Forum and proceed to the Exploration and Adventure section, home to the Cooper Discoverer.
Complete a trip from the list of adventures provided by Expedition Portal (found in the forum) and submit your story between April 1 and July 29, 2016, showing proof with a picture of you with a Cooper Discoverer flag (link to download provided on expeditionportal.com) at a designated point along the route of the epic adventure trip.
Create a new thread in the Adventure and Event Reports section and start writing. Stories must be 600 words or greater and include a minimum of 4 images, including one with the Cooper Discoverer flag. The words COOPER DISCOVERER must be included in the title and body of the story.
Remember, you don't have to be a professional writer or an award-winning photographer. You don't even need to have used or owned a set of Cooper tires! We just want you to share your story of adventure, but keep in mind that our community of over 100,000 members will be voting on the monthly winner, and our team of editors along with Cooper Tire will be choosing the Grand Prize winner! So, keep it real and don't be shy, this is your chance to share your story and get noticed, maybe even win some amazing prizes too!
Also, if you need help on how to post your story here are some instructions on using the forum.
Timeline, Contest will run April 1, 2016 through July 29, 2016 with four monthly winners and one grand prize winner. (August 2016).
April 1, 2016: Contest begins
April 1 - July 29: Grand Prize Story Submissions
April 1 - April 22: 1st round of story submissions for monthly prize
April 23 - April 29: 1st open peer vote for monthly winner
May 3: 1st monthly winner announced
May 1 - May 22: 2nd round of story submissions for monthly prize
May 23 - May 29: 2nd open peer vote for monthly winner
June 2: 2nd monthly winner announced
June 1 - June 22: 3rd round of story submissions for monthly prize
June 23 - June 29: 3rd open peer vote for monthly winner
July 3: 3rd monthly winner announced
July 1 - July 22: 4th round of story submissions for monthly prize
July 23 - July 29: 4th open peer vote for monthly winner
July 29: Grand Prize story submissions close
July 30 - August 11: Expedition Portal and Cooper Tire will review Grand Prize story submissions
August 2: 4th monthly winner announced
August 12: Grand Prize winner announced
Additional Information
For the monthly prize, forum members will get to vote on their favorite Discoverer story, and after a week of voting, we'll have a winner!
Cooper will award a certificate for one set of five Cooper Discoverer STT Pro tires to the most voted on story each month.
By participating, you automatically agree to the contests rules, terms, and conditions outlined below, including Cooper Tire's and/or Overland International's access and the right of use to participant posted content.
The four winning stories from the monthly prize contest will be eligible for the Grand Prize along with the Grand Prize story submissions.
This contest is open to residents of the 48 continental United States and Canadian residents (excluding Québec) over the age of 18.
Grand Prize eligible adventures must be completed using a four-wheeled vehicle.
Prizes
The monthly prize will be a certificate for one set of five Cooper Discoverer STT Pro tires. Each monthly winner will be chosen by peer vote.
One Grand Prize Winner will be selected by Expedition Portal and Cooper Tire staff from all eligible entries received. The Grand Prize includes two Overland Experience passes to the Overland Expo East 2016 event plus a $2,500 prepaid gift card for travel expenses and a certificate for a set of five Cooper Discoverer STT Pro tires.
None of the prizes may be exchanged for their cash value. All federal, state/provincial, and local taxes are the sole responsibility of winner.
Official Rules
COOPER TIRE EXPEDITION PORTAL WRITING CONTEST OFFICIAL PARTICIPATION RULES, TERMS AND CONDITIONS
NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. A PURCHASE WILL NOT IMPROVE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING.
(1) ELIGIBILITY: Cooper Tire Expedition Portal Writing Contest (“Contest”) is open only to current legal residents of the 48 continental United States and the District of Columbia, who are 18 years of age or older as of the date of entry and to Canadian residents (excluding Québec) who have reached the age of majority in their province of residence at the date of entry. Void where prohibited by law. Employees of Cooper Tire & Rubber Company (“Sponsor”), its dealers, affiliated and subsidiary companies, and advertising and promotional agencies, as well as the immediate family (spouse, mother, father, sister, brother, daughter, or son, regardless of where they live) of such employees or members of their households (whether related or not) are not eligible. Employees of Overland International, Overland Journal and ExpeditionPortal.com (“Host”), its dealers, prize sponsors, and their respective parents, affiliated and subsidiary companies, and advertising and promotional agencies, as well as the immediate family (spouse, mother, father, sister, brother, daughter, or son, regardless of where they live) of such employees or members of their households (whether related or not) are not eligible.
(2) ENTRIES: No purchase necessary to enter or win. A purchase will not improve your chances of winning. Beginning at April 1, 2016 at 12:00 am through July 29, 2016 at 11:59 pm (the “Promotional Period”), visit http://www.expeditionportal.com/cooper and follow the participation instructions. By participating in the contest, by submitting an entry into the contest, participant is agreeing to all contest rules, guidelines, terms and conditions, including the existing rules, terms and conditions of ExpeditionPortal.com and its forum.
Sponsor and Host are not responsible for incomplete, lost, late, or illegible entries; transmission defaults, human or computer server failure, or technical malfunctions and/or delayed, garbled, or corrupted data entries. Sponsor and/or Host are not responsible for printing or typographical errors in any Contest-related materials. All entries become the sole and exclusive property of Sponsor and Host and will not be acknowledged or returned. Sponsor and Host reserve the right to access and print, publish, broadcast or use participant submitted content including copy, story and imagery worldwide in any media now known or hereafter developed, including the World Wide Web, at any time or times, including name, portrait, picture, image, voice, likeness, and biographical information as news or information and for advertising and promotional purposes without additional notice or consideration, except where prohibited by law. Sponsor and Host are not responsible for the quality of the participants' contest related materials, their popularity or the public response they generate. Sponsor and Host are not responsible for any failure, by the participant, to follow the published rules, guidelines, terms and conditions.
By entering and participating this Contest, participants accept and agree to be bound by these Official Rules and the decisions of Sponsor and Host, which shall be final, binding, and conclusive in all respects.
Proof of entry submission does not equate to proof of receipt. In the event of a dispute as to entries submitted by multiple users having the same email account or forum account, the authorized subscriber of the email account or forum account used to enter the Contest at the actual time of entry will be deemed to be the participant and must comply with these rules. Authorized account subscriber is deemed to be the natural person who is assigned an email address by an Internet access provider, online service provider, or other organization that is responsible for assigning email addresses or the domain name associated with the submitted email address.
(3) Monthly Winner Selection: Monthly Winners will be selected based on peer vote, , limiting one vote per forum user. Participants' story threads will be accepted on the Sponsor forum during the first three weeks of each month. Specific dates are outlined in the Timeline posted on the How To Win information readily available to the public on the How To Win Page and are as follows:
Timeline, Contest will run April 1, 2016 through July 29, 2016 with four monthly winners and one grand prize winner.
April 1, 2016: Contest begins
April 1 - July 29: Grand Prize Story Submissions
April 1 - April 22: 1st round of story submissions for monthly prize
April 23 - April 29: 1st open peer vote for monthly winner
May 3: 1st monthly winner announced
May 1 - May 22: 2nd round of story submissions for monthly prize
May 23 - May 29: 2nd open peer vote for monthly winner
June 2: 2nd monthly winner announced
June 1 - June 22: 3rd round of story submissions for monthly prize
June 23 - June 29: 3rd open peer vote for monthly winner
July 3: 3rd monthly winner announced
July 1 - July 22: 4th round of story submissions for monthly prize
July 23 - July 29: 4th open peer vote for monthly winner
July 29: Grand Prize story submissions close
July 30 - August 11: Expedition Portal and Cooper Tire will review Grand Prize story submissions
August 2: 4th monthly winner announced
August 12: Grand Prize winner announced
On the first day of each peer voting period, a survey will be posted by the Host, allowing forum users to vote for one of the stories submitted during the corresponding story submission period. At the end of the peer voting period, the story with the most votes will be selected as the winner for that submission period. Expedition Portal editorial staff will select a winner in the case of a tie. All monthly prize winners will automatically be entered to win the Grand Prize.
(4) Grand Prize Winner Selection:
To be eligible for the Grand Prize the participant must choose from a list of adventures provided by the Host on ExpeditionPortal.com, complete the adventure trip and submit their story on ExpeditionPortal.com along with an image of the participant holding a Cooper Discoverer flag (link to download provided on expeditionportal.com) at a designated point along the route of the epic adventure trip. The trip and the published story must be completed before July 29, 2016. Eligible Grand Prize winners will include the four monthly winners from the monthly contest along with anyone who completes and publishes their story about an epic adventure from the designated list provided. Expedition Portal and Cooper Tire staff will select a Grand Prize winner. The winning piece must be a minimum of 600 words, include a minimum of four images, include the words “Cooper Discoverer” in the title AND body of the story, and detail an overland journey using a four-wheeled vehicle by the writer. The final decision is at the sole discretion of the judges on what best embodies the characteristics of a Cooper Discoverer.
The selected winners will be notified via email, private message through the Expedition Portal Forum, and a public announcement will be made on the Expedition Portal forum within three days of the vote count contingent upon verification. The potential winners are subject to verification of eligibility and compliance with these Official Rules before receiving any prize (as further described in Section 5 below). If a Canadian resident, in order to win and receive a prize, the selected participant must first correctly answer, unaided and without mechanical or electronic assistance, a time-limited mathematical skill-testing question to be administered by telephone. Failure of a winner to correctly answer the skill-testing question in the time allotted will result in disqualification, the forfeiture of his or her interest in the prize, and the awarding of the prize to the participant of the remaining eligible entries whose entry garnered the second most votes. Following verification of the winners, the winners may be announced on Sponsor's and Host's Facebook, Twitter and Instagram pages. Once the winner is verified, shipping of the prize will occur within 1-2 weeks from the date on which the prize is accepted by the winner via e-mail.
PRIZES: Four, monthly prizes of a certificate good for one set of five Cooper Discoverer STT Pro tires (up to $1250, excluding mounting and balancing) (subject to availability of tire sizes) will be awarded based on votes received in the forum, and one Grand Prize Winner will be selected by Expedition Portal and Cooper Tire staff from all eligible entries received. The Grand Prize includes two Overland Experience passes to the Overland Expo East 2016, a $2,500 prepaid gift card for travel expenses and a certificate good for one set of five Cooper Discoverer STT Pro tires (up to $1250, excluding mounting and balancing) (subject to availability of tire sizes). Prizes hold no cash value and may not be redeemed or exchanged for cash in lieu of the prize as described. All federal, state/provincial, and local taxes are the sole responsibility of winner.
All prizes must be claimed by winner (via email, or via posting on Expedition Portal's forum) within two weeks of notification of winning or prize will be forfeited. Odds of winning depend on the number of eligible entries received for the drawing.
No assignment, transfer, or substitution of prize is permitted, except that Sponsor reserves the right to substitute a prize of equal or greater value if the advertised prize is unavailable or for any other reason in Sponsor's sole discretion.
(5) GENERAL CONDITIONS: The Contest is governed by, and these rules will be construed and interpreted pursuant to, the laws of the State of Ohio. The winner must execute and return an Affidavit of Eligibility, a W-9 Form, a Liability Release, and, where lawful, a Publicity Release, which for US residents must include the winner's social security number for tax reporting purposes, within two weeks of notification. A selected winner may be disqualified and, in such case, an alternate winner will be selected from among the remaining eligible entries if a selected winner (i) cannot be reached because the prize notification or prize is returned as non-deliverable; or (ii) fails to return documents by the stated deadline.
Where permitted by law, by accepting the prize, the winner agrees to grant to Sponsor, and its licensees, affiliates, assigns, and Host, the right to print, publish, broadcast, and use, worldwide in any media now known or hereafter developed, including but not limited to the World Wide Web, at any time or times, the winner's name, portrait, picture, image, voice, likeness, and biographical information as news or information and for advertising and promotional purposes without additional notice or consideration.
Sponsor reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to disqualify any individual it finds, in its sole discretion, to be tampering with the entry process or the operation of the Contest; to be acting in violation of the Official Rules; or to be acting in a non-sportsmanlike or disruptive manner, or with intent to annoy, abuse, threaten, or harass any other person. Any use of robotic, automatic, programmed, or like entry methods will void all such entries by such methods.
(6) RELEASE OF LIABILITY: By accepting the prize, the winner agrees, and by entering the Contest, each participant agrees, to release and hold harmless Sponsor, Host, their respective dealers, prize sponsors, and their respective parents, affiliated and subsidiary companies, advertising and promotional agencies, and each of their respective officers, directors, employees, representatives, and agents from any and all liability for any injuries, loss, or damage of any kind to person, including death, and property, arising in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, from acceptance, use, possession, or misuse of any prize, participation in any Contest-related activity, or participation in this Contest.
(6.1) RELEASE OF LIABILITY AS PARTICIPANT: By participating in this contest all participants and anyone included in participant's entry agree to release and hold harmless Sponsor, Host, their respective dealers, affiliated and subsidiary companies, advertising and promotional agencies, and each of their respective officers, directors, employees, representatives, and agents from any and all liability for any injuries, loss, or damage of any kind to person, including death, and property, arising in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, from participation or intended participation in this Contest including participation in any Contest-related activity.
(7) LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY: Sponsor and Host are not responsible for any incorrect or inaccurate information, whether caused by website users or by any of the equipment or programming associated with or utilized in the Contest or by any technical or human error that may occur in the processing of submissions in the Contest. Sponsor and Host assume no responsibility for any error, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in operation or transmission, communications line failure, theft or destruction, or unauthorized access to, or tampering with or hacking of, Sponsor's or Host's websites, or any technical failure or malfunction. Sponsor and Host are not responsible for injury or damage to participants' or to any other person's computer related to or resulting from participating in this Contest or downloading or copying materials from or use of Sponsor's or Host's websites. If, for any reason, the Contest is not capable of running as planned by reason of infection by computer virus, bugs, worms, tampering, hacking, unauthorized intervention, fraud, technical failures, or any other causes that, in the sole opinion of Sponsor and or Host, could corrupt or affect the administration, security, fairness, integrity, or proper conduct of this Contest, Sponsor and or Host reserves the right in its sole discretion to cancel, terminate, modify, or suspend the Contest and select the winner from entries received prior to the action taken, or as otherwise deemed fair and equitable by Sponsor and Host. IN NO EVENT WILL SPONSOR, ITS PARENTS, THE HOST, AFFILIATES, SUBSIDIARIES AND RELATED COMPANIES, THEIR ADVERTISING OR PROMOTION AGENCIES, THEIR RESPECTIVE OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, REPRESENTATIVES AND AGENTS, PRIZE SPONSORS, OR LEGAL REPRESENTATIVES BE RESPONSIBLE OR LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES OR LOSSES OF ANY KIND, INCLUDING DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF A PARTICIPANT'S ACCESS TO AND USE OF SPONSOR'S AND HOST'S INTERNET SITE OR THE DOWNLOADING FROM AND/OR PRINTING MATERIAL DOWNLOADED FROM SAID SITE. WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, EVERYTHING ON SUCH SITE AND ANY PRIZE WON IS PROVIDED “AS IS” WITHOUT WARRANTY OR CONDITION OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED OR COLLATERAL, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES AND CONDITIONS OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR OR GENERAL PURPOSE, AND NON- INFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT WILL SPONSOR, ITS PARENTS, THE HOST, AFFILIATES, SUBSIDIARIES AND RELATED COMPANIES, THEIR ADVERTISING OR PROMOTION AGENCIES, THEIR RESPECTIVE OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, REPRESENTATIVES AND AGENTS, PRIZE SPONSORS, OR LEGAL REPRESENTATIVES BE RESPONSIBLE OR LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES OR LOSSES OF ANY KIND, INCLUDING DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF A PARTICIPANT'S PARTICIPATION IN THIS CONTEST. INCLUDING DAMAGES OR LOSSES TO VEHICLES, PERSONS OR EQUIPMENT THAT MAY OCCUR DURING THE PARTICIPANT'S EFFORTS TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS CONTEST. THE SPONSOR, HOST AND THEIR AFFILIATES AND SUBSIDIARIES ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THE PARTICIPANT'S ACTIONS. BY PARTICIPATING IN THIS CONTEST, WEATHER ON A SELF SELECTED AND SELF DIRECTED ROUTE OR ON ONE OF THE PROVIDED GRAND PRIZE ROUTES, PARTICIPANTS DO SO AT THEIR OWN RISK. SPONSOR, HOST AND AFFILIATES ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE OR LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES OR LOSSES OF ANY KIND THAT THE PARTICIPANT MAY EXPERIENCE IN RELATION TO THIS CONTEST. BY PARTICIPATING, PARTICIPANTS UNDERSTAND AND AGREE TO THE RISKS INVOLVED, AND ACCEPT FULL RESPONSIBILITY AND LIABILITY, RELATED TO EXPLORING THE OUTDOORS, DRIVING ON NON PAVED SURFACES AND INTERACTING WITH UNCONTROLLED NATURAL ENVIRONMENTS. Some jurisdictions may not allow the limitations or exclusion of liability for incidental or consequential damages or exclusion of implied warranties and conditions, so some of the above limitations or exclusions may not apply to you. Check your local laws for any restrictions or limitations regarding these limitations or exclusions.
(8) PRIVACY: By entering the Contest, participants will be sharing their personal information with Sponsor and Host. By entering, participants agree to Sponsor's and Host's use of participant's personal information as described in Sponsor's Privacy Policy at http://us.coopertire.com/Privacy-Policy.aspx.
(9) WINNER'S LIST: The name of the winner may be posted on Sponsor's and Host's Facebook, Instagram and Twitter pages following verification of the winner.
(10) SPONSOR: Cooper Tire & Rubber Company, 701 Lima Avenue, Findlay, Ohio 45840.
This Contest is in no way sponsored, endorsed, or administered by, or associated with, Facebook, Inc., Twitter, Inc. or Instagram Inc. You are providing your information to Sponsor and Host and not to Facebook, Inc., Twitter, Inc. or Instagram Inc. The information you provide will only be used for the purposes described below and as provided in Sponsor's privacy policy available at the link in Section 8 above.
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Privacy Policy Link: http://us.coopertire.com/Privacy-Policy.aspx.
This is your chance to share your story of adventure and enter to win:
Cooper Tire and Expedition Portal want to hear your stories of adventure and discovery. We want to know where you've been, how you got there, and all the fun you had along the way. Log into the Expedition Portal's forum and share your stories with us!
Participants can win in two ways:
Monthly Prize—Win a certificate for a set of five Cooper Discoverer STT Pro tires. Share a story about any adventure you have done and be entered to win a certifitcate for one of four sets of Cooper Discoverer tires that will be given away. If you're a monthly winner you will also be entered in to win the Grand Prize.
Grand Prize—Win a trip to the Overland Expo East 2016, including two Overland Experience Passes plus a $2,500 prepaid gift card for travel expenses and a certificate for a set of five Cooper Discoverer STT Pro tires! Complete a trip from the list of adventures provided by Expedition Portal and submit your story before July 29, 2016, showing proof with a picture of you with a Cooper Discoverer flag (Click the link to download and print your flag). Once you're done share your story of adventure with us!
* Prize packages will not be redeemable for cash value.
Follow these steps:
Monthly Prize
Create an Expedition Portal account. If you are already a member proceed to step two.
Log into Expedition Portal's Forum and proceed to the Exploration and Adventure section, home to the Cooper Discoverer.
Create a new thread in the Adventure and Event Reports section and start writing. Make sure the title of your thread begins with the words COOPER DISCOVERER, to ensure it is recognized as part of the contest.
Grand Prize
Create an Expedition Portal account. If you are already a member proceed to step two.
Log into Expedition Portal's Forum and proceed to the Exploration and Adventure section, home to the Cooper Discoverer.
Complete a trip from the list of adventures provided by Expedition Portal (found in the forum) and submit your story between April 1 and July 29, 2016, showing proof with a picture of you with a Cooper Discoverer flag (link to download provided on expeditionportal.com) at a designated point along the route of the epic adventure trip.
Create a new thread in the Adventure and Event Reports section and start writing. Stories must be 600 words or greater and include a minimum of 4 images, including one with the Cooper Discoverer flag. The words COOPER DISCOVERER must be included in the title and body of the story.
Remember, you don't have to be a professional writer or an award-winning photographer. You don't even need to have used or owned a set of Cooper tires! We just want you to share your story of adventure, but keep in mind that our community of over 100,000 members will be voting on the monthly winner, and our team of editors along with Cooper Tire will be choosing the Grand Prize winner! So, keep it real and don't be shy, this is your chance to share your story and get noticed, maybe even win some amazing prizes too!
Also, if you need help on how to post your story here are some instructions on using the forum.
Timeline, Contest will run April 1, 2016 through July 29, 2016 with four monthly winners and one grand prize winner. (August 2016).
April 1, 2016: Contest begins
April 1 - July 29: Grand Prize Story Submissions
April 1 - April 22: 1st round of story submissions for monthly prize
April 23 - April 29: 1st open peer vote for monthly winner
May 3: 1st monthly winner announced
May 1 - May 22: 2nd round of story submissions for monthly prize
May 23 - May 29: 2nd open peer vote for monthly winner
June 2: 2nd monthly winner announced
June 1 - June 22: 3rd round of story submissions for monthly prize
June 23 - June 29: 3rd open peer vote for monthly winner
July 3: 3rd monthly winner announced
July 1 - July 22: 4th round of story submissions for monthly prize
July 23 - July 29: 4th open peer vote for monthly winner
July 29: Grand Prize story submissions close
July 30 - August 11: Expedition Portal and Cooper Tire will review Grand Prize story submissions
August 2: 4th monthly winner announced
August 12: Grand Prize winner announced
Additional Information
For the monthly prize, forum members will get to vote on their favorite Discoverer story, and after a week of voting, we'll have a winner!
Cooper will award a certificate for one set of five Cooper Discoverer STT Pro tires to the most voted on story each month.
By participating, you automatically agree to the contests rules, terms, and conditions outlined below, including Cooper Tire's and/or Overland International's access and the right of use to participant posted content.
The four winning stories from the monthly prize contest will be eligible for the Grand Prize along with the Grand Prize story submissions.
This contest is open to residents of the 48 continental United States and Canadian residents (excluding Québec) over the age of 18.
Grand Prize eligible adventures must be completed using a four-wheeled vehicle.
Prizes
The monthly prize will be a certificate for one set of five Cooper Discoverer STT Pro tires. Each monthly winner will be chosen by peer vote.
One Grand Prize Winner will be selected by Expedition Portal and Cooper Tire staff from all eligible entries received. The Grand Prize includes two Overland Experience passes to the Overland Expo East 2016 event plus a $2,500 prepaid gift card for travel expenses and a certificate for a set of five Cooper Discoverer STT Pro tires.
None of the prizes may be exchanged for their cash value. All federal, state/provincial, and local taxes are the sole responsibility of winner.
Official Rules
COOPER TIRE EXPEDITION PORTAL WRITING CONTEST OFFICIAL PARTICIPATION RULES, TERMS AND CONDITIONS
NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. A PURCHASE WILL NOT IMPROVE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING.
(1) ELIGIBILITY: Cooper Tire Expedition Portal Writing Contest (“Contest”) is open only to current legal residents of the 48 continental United States and the District of Columbia, who are 18 years of age or older as of the date of entry and to Canadian residents (excluding Québec) who have reached the age of majority in their province of residence at the date of entry. Void where prohibited by law. Employees of Cooper Tire & Rubber Company (“Sponsor”), its dealers, affiliated and subsidiary companies, and advertising and promotional agencies, as well as the immediate family (spouse, mother, father, sister, brother, daughter, or son, regardless of where they live) of such employees or members of their households (whether related or not) are not eligible. Employees of Overland International, Overland Journal and ExpeditionPortal.com (“Host”), its dealers, prize sponsors, and their respective parents, affiliated and subsidiary companies, and advertising and promotional agencies, as well as the immediate family (spouse, mother, father, sister, brother, daughter, or son, regardless of where they live) of such employees or members of their households (whether related or not) are not eligible.
(2) ENTRIES: No purchase necessary to enter or win. A purchase will not improve your chances of winning. Beginning at April 1, 2016 at 12:00 am through July 29, 2016 at 11:59 pm (the “Promotional Period”), visit http://www.expeditionportal.com/cooper and follow the participation instructions. By participating in the contest, by submitting an entry into the contest, participant is agreeing to all contest rules, guidelines, terms and conditions, including the existing rules, terms and conditions of ExpeditionPortal.com and its forum.
Sponsor and Host are not responsible for incomplete, lost, late, or illegible entries; transmission defaults, human or computer server failure, or technical malfunctions and/or delayed, garbled, or corrupted data entries. Sponsor and/or Host are not responsible for printing or typographical errors in any Contest-related materials. All entries become the sole and exclusive property of Sponsor and Host and will not be acknowledged or returned. Sponsor and Host reserve the right to access and print, publish, broadcast or use participant submitted content including copy, story and imagery worldwide in any media now known or hereafter developed, including the World Wide Web, at any time or times, including name, portrait, picture, image, voice, likeness, and biographical information as news or information and for advertising and promotional purposes without additional notice or consideration, except where prohibited by law. Sponsor and Host are not responsible for the quality of the participants' contest related materials, their popularity or the public response they generate. Sponsor and Host are not responsible for any failure, by the participant, to follow the published rules, guidelines, terms and conditions.
By entering and participating this Contest, participants accept and agree to be bound by these Official Rules and the decisions of Sponsor and Host, which shall be final, binding, and conclusive in all respects.
Proof of entry submission does not equate to proof of receipt. In the event of a dispute as to entries submitted by multiple users having the same email account or forum account, the authorized subscriber of the email account or forum account used to enter the Contest at the actual time of entry will be deemed to be the participant and must comply with these rules. Authorized account subscriber is deemed to be the natural person who is assigned an email address by an Internet access provider, online service provider, or other organization that is responsible for assigning email addresses or the domain name associated with the submitted email address.
(3) Monthly Winner Selection: Monthly Winners will be selected based on peer vote, , limiting one vote per forum user. Participants' story threads will be accepted on the Sponsor forum during the first three weeks of each month. Specific dates are outlined in the Timeline posted on the How To Win information readily available to the public on the How To Win Page and are as follows:
Timeline, Contest will run April 1, 2016 through July 29, 2016 with four monthly winners and one grand prize winner.
April 1, 2016: Contest begins
April 1 - July 29: Grand Prize Story Submissions
April 1 - April 22: 1st round of story submissions for monthly prize
April 23 - April 29: 1st open peer vote for monthly winner
May 3: 1st monthly winner announced
May 1 - May 22: 2nd round of story submissions for monthly prize
May 23 - May 29: 2nd open peer vote for monthly winner
June 2: 2nd monthly winner announced
June 1 - June 22: 3rd round of story submissions for monthly prize
June 23 - June 29: 3rd open peer vote for monthly winner
July 3: 3rd monthly winner announced
July 1 - July 22: 4th round of story submissions for monthly prize
July 23 - July 29: 4th open peer vote for monthly winner
July 29: Grand Prize story submissions close
July 30 - August 11: Expedition Portal and Cooper Tire will review Grand Prize story submissions
August 2: 4th monthly winner announced
August 12: Grand Prize winner announced
On the first day of each peer voting period, a survey will be posted by the Host, allowing forum users to vote for one of the stories submitted during the corresponding story submission period. At the end of the peer voting period, the story with the most votes will be selected as the winner for that submission period. Expedition Portal editorial staff will select a winner in the case of a tie. All monthly prize winners will automatically be entered to win the Grand Prize.
(4) Grand Prize Winner Selection:
To be eligible for the Grand Prize the participant must choose from a list of adventures provided by the Host on ExpeditionPortal.com, complete the adventure trip and submit their story on ExpeditionPortal.com along with an image of the participant holding a Cooper Discoverer flag (link to download provided on expeditionportal.com) at a designated point along the route of the epic adventure trip. The trip and the published story must be completed before July 29, 2016. Eligible Grand Prize winners will include the four monthly winners from the monthly contest along with anyone who completes and publishes their story about an epic adventure from the designated list provided. Expedition Portal and Cooper Tire staff will select a Grand Prize winner. The winning piece must be a minimum of 600 words, include a minimum of four images, include the words “Cooper Discoverer” in the title AND body of the story, and detail an overland journey using a four-wheeled vehicle by the writer. The final decision is at the sole discretion of the judges on what best embodies the characteristics of a Cooper Discoverer.
The selected winners will be notified via email, private message through the Expedition Portal Forum, and a public announcement will be made on the Expedition Portal forum within three days of the vote count contingent upon verification. The potential winners are subject to verification of eligibility and compliance with these Official Rules before receiving any prize (as further described in Section 5 below). If a Canadian resident, in order to win and receive a prize, the selected participant must first correctly answer, unaided and without mechanical or electronic assistance, a time-limited mathematical skill-testing question to be administered by telephone. Failure of a winner to correctly answer the skill-testing question in the time allotted will result in disqualification, the forfeiture of his or her interest in the prize, and the awarding of the prize to the participant of the remaining eligible entries whose entry garnered the second most votes. Following verification of the winners, the winners may be announced on Sponsor's and Host's Facebook, Twitter and Instagram pages. Once the winner is verified, shipping of the prize will occur within 1-2 weeks from the date on which the prize is accepted by the winner via e-mail.
PRIZES: Four, monthly prizes of a certificate good for one set of five Cooper Discoverer STT Pro tires (up to $1250, excluding mounting and balancing) (subject to availability of tire sizes) will be awarded based on votes received in the forum, and one Grand Prize Winner will be selected by Expedition Portal and Cooper Tire staff from all eligible entries received. The Grand Prize includes two Overland Experience passes to the Overland Expo East 2016, a $2,500 prepaid gift card for travel expenses and a certificate good for one set of five Cooper Discoverer STT Pro tires (up to $1250, excluding mounting and balancing) (subject to availability of tire sizes). Prizes hold no cash value and may not be redeemed or exchanged for cash in lieu of the prize as described. All federal, state/provincial, and local taxes are the sole responsibility of winner.
All prizes must be claimed by winner (via email, or via posting on Expedition Portal's forum) within two weeks of notification of winning or prize will be forfeited. Odds of winning depend on the number of eligible entries received for the drawing.
No assignment, transfer, or substitution of prize is permitted, except that Sponsor reserves the right to substitute a prize of equal or greater value if the advertised prize is unavailable or for any other reason in Sponsor's sole discretion.
(5) GENERAL CONDITIONS: The Contest is governed by, and these rules will be construed and interpreted pursuant to, the laws of the State of Ohio. The winner must execute and return an Affidavit of Eligibility, a W-9 Form, a Liability Release, and, where lawful, a Publicity Release, which for US residents must include the winner's social security number for tax reporting purposes, within two weeks of notification. A selected winner may be disqualified and, in such case, an alternate winner will be selected from among the remaining eligible entries if a selected winner (i) cannot be reached because the prize notification or prize is returned as non-deliverable; or (ii) fails to return documents by the stated deadline.
Where permitted by law, by accepting the prize, the winner agrees to grant to Sponsor, and its licensees, affiliates, assigns, and Host, the right to print, publish, broadcast, and use, worldwide in any media now known or hereafter developed, including but not limited to the World Wide Web, at any time or times, the winner's name, portrait, picture, image, voice, likeness, and biographical information as news or information and for advertising and promotional purposes without additional notice or consideration.
Sponsor reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to disqualify any individual it finds, in its sole discretion, to be tampering with the entry process or the operation of the Contest; to be acting in violation of the Official Rules; or to be acting in a non-sportsmanlike or disruptive manner, or with intent to annoy, abuse, threaten, or harass any other person. Any use of robotic, automatic, programmed, or like entry methods will void all such entries by such methods.
(6) RELEASE OF LIABILITY: By accepting the prize, the winner agrees, and by entering the Contest, each participant agrees, to release and hold harmless Sponsor, Host, their respective dealers, prize sponsors, and their respective parents, affiliated and subsidiary companies, advertising and promotional agencies, and each of their respective officers, directors, employees, representatives, and agents from any and all liability for any injuries, loss, or damage of any kind to person, including death, and property, arising in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, from acceptance, use, possession, or misuse of any prize, participation in any Contest-related activity, or participation in this Contest.
(6.1) RELEASE OF LIABILITY AS PARTICIPANT: By participating in this contest all participants and anyone included in participant's entry agree to release and hold harmless Sponsor, Host, their respective dealers, affiliated and subsidiary companies, advertising and promotional agencies, and each of their respective officers, directors, employees, representatives, and agents from any and all liability for any injuries, loss, or damage of any kind to person, including death, and property, arising in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, from participation or intended participation in this Contest including participation in any Contest-related activity.
(7) LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY: Sponsor and Host are not responsible for any incorrect or inaccurate information, whether caused by website users or by any of the equipment or programming associated with or utilized in the Contest or by any technical or human error that may occur in the processing of submissions in the Contest. Sponsor and Host assume no responsibility for any error, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in operation or transmission, communications line failure, theft or destruction, or unauthorized access to, or tampering with or hacking of, Sponsor's or Host's websites, or any technical failure or malfunction. Sponsor and Host are not responsible for injury or damage to participants' or to any other person's computer related to or resulting from participating in this Contest or downloading or copying materials from or use of Sponsor's or Host's websites. If, for any reason, the Contest is not capable of running as planned by reason of infection by computer virus, bugs, worms, tampering, hacking, unauthorized intervention, fraud, technical failures, or any other causes that, in the sole opinion of Sponsor and or Host, could corrupt or affect the administration, security, fairness, integrity, or proper conduct of this Contest, Sponsor and or Host reserves the right in its sole discretion to cancel, terminate, modify, or suspend the Contest and select the winner from entries received prior to the action taken, or as otherwise deemed fair and equitable by Sponsor and Host. IN NO EVENT WILL SPONSOR, ITS PARENTS, THE HOST, AFFILIATES, SUBSIDIARIES AND RELATED COMPANIES, THEIR ADVERTISING OR PROMOTION AGENCIES, THEIR RESPECTIVE OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, REPRESENTATIVES AND AGENTS, PRIZE SPONSORS, OR LEGAL REPRESENTATIVES BE RESPONSIBLE OR LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES OR LOSSES OF ANY KIND, INCLUDING DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF A PARTICIPANT'S ACCESS TO AND USE OF SPONSOR'S AND HOST'S INTERNET SITE OR THE DOWNLOADING FROM AND/OR PRINTING MATERIAL DOWNLOADED FROM SAID SITE. WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, EVERYTHING ON SUCH SITE AND ANY PRIZE WON IS PROVIDED “AS IS” WITHOUT WARRANTY OR CONDITION OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED OR COLLATERAL, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES AND CONDITIONS OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR OR GENERAL PURPOSE, AND NON- INFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT WILL SPONSOR, ITS PARENTS, THE HOST, AFFILIATES, SUBSIDIARIES AND RELATED COMPANIES, THEIR ADVERTISING OR PROMOTION AGENCIES, THEIR RESPECTIVE OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, REPRESENTATIVES AND AGENTS, PRIZE SPONSORS, OR LEGAL REPRESENTATIVES BE RESPONSIBLE OR LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES OR LOSSES OF ANY KIND, INCLUDING DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF A PARTICIPANT'S PARTICIPATION IN THIS CONTEST. INCLUDING DAMAGES OR LOSSES TO VEHICLES, PERSONS OR EQUIPMENT THAT MAY OCCUR DURING THE PARTICIPANT'S EFFORTS TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS CONTEST. THE SPONSOR, HOST AND THEIR AFFILIATES AND SUBSIDIARIES ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THE PARTICIPANT'S ACTIONS. BY PARTICIPATING IN THIS CONTEST, WEATHER ON A SELF SELECTED AND SELF DIRECTED ROUTE OR ON ONE OF THE PROVIDED GRAND PRIZE ROUTES, PARTICIPANTS DO SO AT THEIR OWN RISK. SPONSOR, HOST AND AFFILIATES ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE OR LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES OR LOSSES OF ANY KIND THAT THE PARTICIPANT MAY EXPERIENCE IN RELATION TO THIS CONTEST. BY PARTICIPATING, PARTICIPANTS UNDERSTAND AND AGREE TO THE RISKS INVOLVED, AND ACCEPT FULL RESPONSIBILITY AND LIABILITY, RELATED TO EXPLORING THE OUTDOORS, DRIVING ON NON PAVED SURFACES AND INTERACTING WITH UNCONTROLLED NATURAL ENVIRONMENTS. Some jurisdictions may not allow the limitations or exclusion of liability for incidental or consequential damages or exclusion of implied warranties and conditions, so some of the above limitations or exclusions may not apply to you. Check your local laws for any restrictions or limitations regarding these limitations or exclusions.
(8) PRIVACY: By entering the Contest, participants will be sharing their personal information with Sponsor and Host. By entering, participants agree to Sponsor's and Host's use of participant's personal information as described in Sponsor's Privacy Policy at http://us.coopertire.com/Privacy-Policy.aspx.
(9) WINNER'S LIST: The name of the winner may be posted on Sponsor's and Host's Facebook, Instagram and Twitter pages following verification of the winner.
(10) SPONSOR: Cooper Tire & Rubber Company, 701 Lima Avenue, Findlay, Ohio 45840.
This Contest is in no way sponsored, endorsed, or administered by, or associated with, Facebook, Inc., Twitter, Inc. or Instagram Inc. You are providing your information to Sponsor and Host and not to Facebook, Inc., Twitter, Inc. or Instagram Inc. The information you provide will only be used for the purposes described below and as provided in Sponsor's privacy policy available at the link in Section 8 above.
Disclosure Statement
Email Reminders: When entering the Contest using your email address, you can also opt in to our email, pursuant to which Cooper Tire may send periodic email reminders regarding such things as when it is time to change or check your tire pressure, have your tires rotated, or for routine tire maintenance. In order to send you these reminders, you will need to provide personal information, including your name and email address and zip/postal code, and information about your car, including your car's make, type, year, current brand tires, last time tires were rotated, and miles driven per month. Sponsor may use the information you provide for this purpose to keep track of your car's tire rotation needs and send you tire reminders, as you requested. Sponsor may also use the information for various business purposes (as outlined in our privacy policy); however, this personal information will not be sold to third parties, but it may be used as aggregate information to keep track of certain trends. If you later decide that you no longer wish to receive these email reminders, you may follow the instructions in the last email reminder you received, which will explain how to remove yourself from these emailings, or you may email Sponsor at cooperinfo@coopertire.com and request that the email reminders terminate. The page of the website where you signed up for the email reminders will also have a place to permit you to unsubscribe for such reminders. A user must opt-in to the email program and must opt-out in order to refrain from receiving emails.
Privacy Policy Link: http://us.coopertire.com/Privacy-Policy.aspx.
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