Baking in the American South Sweepstakes - Official Rules

Baking in the American South Sweepstakes -- Official Rules

SPONSOR
This promotion (the "Sweepstakes") is sponsored by HarperCollins Focus ("HarperCollins"), 501 Nelson Place, Nashville, TN 37214.

The Sweepstakes is in no way sponsored, endorsed or administered by, or associated with, Facebook.

ENTRY METHOD

NO PURCHASE NECESSARY

To enter, submit the required information in the designated spaces at https://staging.harpercollinsfocus.hcusweb.com/harper-celebrate/baking-in-the-american-south-sweepstakes-atl and press “Submit” to complete your entry (“Entry”). By filling out and submitting this form, you will automatically be entered into the Sweepstakes. Following successful completion of the foregoing you will see a confirmation message. This message signifies your Entry has been received for the Sweepstakes. By participating in the sweepstakes with HarperCollins, you will receive by email special offers from Bookperk and Harper Celebrate and author Anne Byrn. You can unsubscribe from these promotional emails at any time. Multiple entries are automatically disqualified; only the first entry will be considered. By entering, you are disclosing your information to HarperCollins and to Shortstack.com and not to Facebook.

ELIGIBILITY

The Sweepstakes is open to all legal residents of the United States eighteen (18) years of age and older as of July 16, 2024 excluding employees and immediate family members of HarperCollins, and its parent, subsidiaries, affiliates, assigns, advertising, promotional and fulfillment agents, attorneys, and other representatives and the persons with whom each of the above are domiciled. Offer void wherever prohibited or restricted by law.

Each entrant in the Sweepstakes must be the rightful holder of the email account submitted at entry. In the event of a dispute concerning the identity of the holder of the email account, the holder will be deemed to be the person who owns the email address according to the records of the email service provider. The email account must be opened prior to the commencement of the Sweepstakes.

ENTRY PERIOD

The Sweepstakes will commence on July 16, 2024 9:00 a.m. (ET). The last entry will be accepted August 9, 2024 at 12:00 p.m. (ET).

SELECTION AND NOTIFICATION OF WINNERS
THREE (3) potential winners will be selected by a random drawing from among the eligible entries. Potential winners will be chosen by HarperCollins no later than September 9, 2024. Potential winners will be notified by email and may be required to execute and return an Affidavit of Eligibility and Release (the “Affidavit”). If a potential winner does not return the Affidavit within 7 days of delivery the prize will be deemed forfeited and an alternate winner will be chosen.

PRIZES
Each winner will receive the following prize.

One (1) hardbacked copy of Baking in the American South by Anne Byrn (Estimated retail value $44.99)

One (1) Baking in the American South branded apron (Estimated retail value $10)

Estimated value of prize: $60

Total Estimated value of all prizes: $180

The prizes will be awarded, provided there are at least THREE (3) eligible Entries. Prize is non-transferable and cannot be sold or redeemed for cash. In the event that a prize is unavailable, Sponsor reserves the right to substitute a cash payment of equal or greater value.

All federal, state and local taxes are the sole responsibility of the winners.

CONDITIONS

By participating, entrants affirm that they have read these Official Rules, agree to be bound by them and the selection of the winner, which shall be final, and waive any right to claim ambiguity in the Sweepstakes and/or these Official Rules. Acceptance of prizes constitutes permission to use the winner's name, likeness, biography, and prize won for purposes of advertising, promotion and publicity without additional compensation, except where prohibited or restricted by law.

The entrants release, discharge, and hold harmless HarperCollins and Facebook, and their parent, affiliates, subsidiaries, assigns, attorneys, representatives and agents, including advertising, promotion and fulfillment agencies, from any and all liability or damages arising from the administration of the Sweepstakes and the use or misuse of any prize received in this Sweepstakes, including, without limitation, the following: (i) late, lost, incomplete, delayed, misdirected or unintelligible entries, (ii) any printing, typographical, administrative or technological errors in any materials associated with the Sweepstakes, (iii) any damage to the entrant's computer, related equipment, data files, and software resulting from entrant's downloading of information regarding the Sweepstakes or participation in the Sweepstakes, and (iv) any personal or other injury resulting from use and enjoyment of the prizes.

HarperCollins may only use the personally identifiable information obtained from the entrants in accordance with its privacy policy, which may be found at https://staging.harpercollinsfocus.hcusweb.com/privacy-policy/

HarperCollins has entered into a license agreement with Pancake Laboratories, Inc. for HarperCollins’ use of the Shortstack.com promotions application in connection with the administration of the Sweepstakes. Shortstack.com may store your personally identifiable information in accordance with its privacy policy, which may be found at: http://www.shortstack.com/privacy/

HarperCollins reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to modify, cancel or suspend this Sweepstakes should a virus, bug, computer problem or other causes beyond HarperCollins's control corrupt the administration, security or proper operation of the Sweepstakes. HarperCollins may prohibit you from participating in the Sweepstakes or winning a prize if, in its sole discretion, it determines that you are attempting to undermine the legitimate operation of the Sweepstakes by cheating, hacking or employing other unfair practices or by abusing other entrants or the representatives of HarperCollins.

ANY ATTEMPT BY AN ENTRANT TO DELIBERATELY DAMAGE THE WEBSITE OR UNDERMINE THE OPERATION OF THE SWEEPSTAKES MAY BE IN VIOLATION OF CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LAWS, AND, IN SUCH EVENT, HARPERCOLLINS RESERVES THE RIGHT TO PURSUE ITS REMEDIES AND DAMAGES (INCLUDING COSTS AND ATTORNEY'S FEES) TO THE FULLEST EXTENT OF THE LAW.

Any dispute arising from the Sweepstakes will be determined according to the laws of the State of New York, without reference to its conflict of laws principles, and the entrants consent to the personal jurisdiction of the State and Federal Courts located in the State and County of New York over them and agree that such courts have exclusive jurisdiction over all such disputes.

THE ODDS OF WINNING DEPEND UPON THE NUMBER OF ENTRIES RECEIVED.

For the names of the prize winners, e-mail your request to ROBIN.RICHARDSON@HARPERCOLLINS.COM no earlier than JULY 9, 2024 but no later than JANAURY 9, 2025. You may also send a self-addressed stamped envelope (postage not required from Vermont residents) to ROBIN RICHARDSON, HarperCollins Focus, 501 Nelson Place, Nashville TN 37214 during the time period above

Meet The Author

ANNE BYRN is a New York Times bestselling food writer and author. She writes the weekly newsletter Between the Layers, one of the top 20 food and drink newsletters worldwide on Substack. She has authored several cookbooks. Her latest books are A New Take on Cake and Skillet Love, the latter exploring the history and modern uses for the cast-iron skillet. They followed American Cookie and American Cake, which NPR named one of the best cookbooks of 2016. The Cake Mix Doctor and sequels have more than 4 million copies in print, and USA Today called The Cake Mix Doctor the bestselling cookbook the year it debuted.

Byrn’s career began as a food writer for The Atlanta Journal. Her food writing was named the Best Food Section by the Association of Food Journalists. She studied at La Varenne École de Cuisine in Paris and lived in England where she wrote about food and travel for a year. Anne is a contributor to Food52, Bon Appétit, and the Bitter Southerner.

Byrn is a Nashville native and a fifth-generation Tennessean. For several years, she was the food writer for The Tennessean. Byrn has been featured in People magazine, The Washington Post, the New York Times, the New York Times Magazine, Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, Southern Living, Publishers Weekly, and many other publications. She has appeared on Good Morning America, Later Today, CNN, The Food Network, and QVC and has taught cooking classes across the country.

She and her husband live in Nashville.