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Purpose:

The purpose of our 2020 Hoyt Lifeblood Film Contest is to build a better sense of community among bowhunters. Our goal is to give people a platform (viewable by the public) to create and tell their stories. With this project we also hope to reach beyond the hunting community. We want the message of conservation through meaningful and quality storytelling to be told – and by the people who live it. Ultimately, we want to aid in growing and uniting the bowhunting community.

Agreement to Contest Rules:

By participating in the 2020 Hoyt Lifeblood Film Contest (“Contest”), you fully and unconditionally agree to and accept these General Rules, other applicable social site or platform policies and terms, the accompanying Contest Details, and the decisions of Hoyt Archery, Inc. (the “Sponsor”), which are final and binding. Winning a prize is contingent upon fulfilling all requirements set forth in these General Rules and the accompanying Contest Details. Failure to comply with these General Rules and the accompanying Contest Details will void your entry.

Eligibility Requirements:

This Contest will be open to all legal residents of fifty (50) United States and the District of Columbia who are thirteen (13) years of age or older. Employees of Hoyt Archery, Inc., or any of its affiliated companies, as well as the immediate family (spouse, parents, siblings, and children) and household members of each such employee or agent are not eligible. (We apologize to those outside of the U.S. Our lawyers made us do this. You can still submit your films and we would love to share them, but you aren’t eligible to win.)

This Contest is subject to federal, state and local laws and regulations and is void in Puerto Rico and where prohibited.

Entry Period:

The Contest entry period will be from August 15, 2020 at 12:01 am through February 15, 2021 at 11:59 pm.

Entry Requirements:

All Entries must be received by the end of the Entry Period and must contain all requirements specified in the accompanying Contest Details in order to be eligible. Upon submission, all Entries (subject to your rights in the Personal Data (defined below) specified on the entry form) shall become the exclusive property of the Sponsor and will not be acknowledged or returned. The Sponsor reserves the right to, and at its sole discretion may, reject any entry for failure to comply with these Entry Requirements. The Sponsor assumes no responsibility for lost, late, or incomplete entries. Any Entries attempted through the use of agencies or robotic, repetitive, automatic, programmed, or similar methods will be void. Entries may not contain any copyrighted elements other than elements owned by the entrant. Any elements that appear in the Entry, including, without limitation, images, music, audio, speech, or other audiovisual materials used must be entirely original, created and performed by the entrant, obtained by proper license or be in the public domain. Use of any elements that are not original, obtained by proper license or in the public domain will result in disqualification of an Entry in the Sponsor's sole discretion.

Entrant’s Representations:

By submitting an Entry, you represent that it (a) was created by you, (b) does not infringe the rights of any third party, (c) has not previously been entered in any other contest in which that contest received ownership of your film or prohibited you from entering your film in other contests.

Sponsor’s Rights to Entries: 

By submitting an Entry, you grant the Sponsor the unconditional and perpetual right and permission to copyright, reproduce, encode, store, copy, transmit, publish, post, broadcast, display, publicly perform, adapt, modify, create derivative works of, exhibit, and otherwise use the Entry (with or without using the your name) in any media throughout the world for any purpose, without limitation, and without additional review, compensation, or approval from you or any other party. By submitting an Entry, you further agree not to instigate, support, maintain, or authorize any action, claim, or lawsuit against the Sponsor, or any other person, on the grounds that any use of the Entry, or any derivative works, infringe any of your rights, including, without limitation, copyrights, moral rights. You further acknowledge that the Sponsor is in no way obligated to publish or use your Entry in any way. Nothing herein shall constitute an employment, joint venture, or partnership relationship between you and the Sponsor. In no way are you to be construed as the agent or to be acting as the agent of the Sponsor.

Terms:

You may be disqualified from this Contest for failing to comply with these General Rules, the accompanying Contest Details, or the rules, policies and procedures of any social platform or site, as determined in the sole discretion of Sponsor. Repetitive automated electronic submission of entries is specifically prohibited, and any such entries will be disqualified. Entries will be deemed made by the authorized account holder of the email account submitted at the time of entry. In the event of a dispute, the potential winner may be required to provide proof that he/she is the authorized account holder of the identified email account, and Sponsor's decision will be final. Sponsor assumes 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 alteration of, Entries, including any error that may result in an erroneous appearance of qualification for a prize. Sponsor is not responsible for any problem or technical malfunction of any computer equipment or software that results in loss of Entry. Sponsor reserves the right to disqualify any Entry for any reason, in its sole and absolute discretion. Sponsor is also not responsible for any injury or damage to entrant's or any other's computer related to or resulting from playing or downloading any materials. Sponsor reserves the right at its sole discretion, to disqualify any individual (and all of his or her Entries) who tampers with the entry process.


WARNING: ANY ATTEMPT BY ANY PERSON TO DELIBERATELY DAMAGE ANY COMPUTERIZED SITE OR UNDERMINE THE LEGITIMATE OPERATION OF THE CONTEST IS A VIOLATION OF CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LAWS AND SHOULD SUCH ATTEMPT BE MADE, SPONSOR RESERVES THE RIGHT TO SEEK DAMAGE FROM ANY SUCH PERSON TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW.

In the event of a dispute regarding entries received from multiple users having the same email account, the authorized subscriber of the email account at the time of entry will be deemed to be the contestant and must comply with these and any other rules and requirements. Authorized subscriber is the natural person who is assigned the email address by the Internet Service Provider (ISP), online service provider, or other organization responsible for assigning email addresses. Sponsor reserves the right at its sole discretion to disqualify any individual (and void his/her Entries) it finds to be tampering with the Entry process or the operation of any social media platform or site, intending to annoy, abuse, threaten or harass any other contestant, Sponsor, or any of its representatives or to otherwise be acting in violation of these and any other applicable rules and requirements.

Winner Selection.

Contest judges will select the top five (5) entries within 14 days of the end of the Entry Period. In the event of a tie between any of the entries, the entries that score the highest on the more heavily weighted standards will advance. The final top five (5) entries will then be placed on www.hoytlifeblood.com for popular voting until February 28, 2021 at 11.59pm. The top three (3) entries, based on the number of popular votes collected, will be the winners of the prize packages listed below. In the event of a tie between any of the top three (3) entries, the entries that score the highest on the more heavily weighted standards will receive better placement.


Requirements of Potential Winners:

Potential winners may be required to complete and return an affidavit of eligibility and liability/ publicity release (the "Affidavit/Release") within five (5) business days of being notified. If a potential winner fails to sign and return the Affidavit/Release within the required time period, he/she will be disqualified and an alternate entrant may be selected in his/her place in a manner determined by the Sponsor in its sole discretion. If a potential winner is a minor, his/her parent or legal guardian must sign the Affidavit/Release on the potential winner's behalf.



Prizes: 

Any prize details not specified in the Contest Details will be determined by the Sponsor in its sole discretion. Prizes are not transferable or refundable and must be accepted as awarded. No cash or other substitution may be made, except by the Sponsor, who reserves the right to substitute a prize (or component thereof) with another prize (or component thereof) of equal or greater value if the prize is not available for any reason as determined by the Sponsor in its sole discretion. The winner is responsible for any and all other costs and expenses not listed above. Prizes may be reported as income to a winner and the winner will be responsible for all taxes associated with the receipt of a prize. Prizes will be awarded WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND by Sponsor, express or implied, without limitation. Sponsor is not responsible for any fees, costs or additional charges resulting from the use of the prize.

Privacy and Publicity: 

All information submitted by entrants will be treated according to Sponsor’s Privacy Policy, available at https://hoyt.com/legal. Except where prohibited, participation in the Social Promotion constitutes an entrant's consent to the Sponsor's use of his/her name, likeness, voice, opinions, biographical information, and state of residence for promotional purposes in any media without further payment or consideration.



General Conditions:

In the event that the operation, security, or administration of the Contest is impaired in any way for any reason, including, but not limited to fraud, virus, or other technical problem, the Sponsor may, in its sole discretion, (a) suspend the Contest to address the impairment and then resume the Contest in a manner that best conforms to the spirit of these General Rules, (b) award the prizes from among the eligible entries received up to the time of the impairment, or (c) award the prizes in a manner determined by the Sponsor in its sole discretion. The Sponsor reserves the right in its sole discretion to cancel, modify, or suspend the Contest for any reason or to disqualify any individual it finds to be tampering with the entry process or the operation of the Contest or to be acting in violation of these and any other applicable rules and requirements or in an unsportsmanlike or disruptive manner. Any attempt by any person to undermine the legitimate operation of the Contest may be a violation of criminal and civil law, and, should such an attempt be made, the Sponsor reserves the right to seek damages from any such person to the fullest extent permitted by law. Failure by the Sponsor to enforce any provision of these and other applicable rules and requirements shall not constitute a waiver of that provision.

Warranties and Consents: 

By completing and submitting an Entry, you: (a) represent and warrant that (i) you have read, and agree to be bound by, these and other applicable rules and requirements, (ii) based on the General Rules, you are eligible to participate in the Contest, and (iii) all of the information provided as part of your entry is accurate, does not violate any third party's legal rights (including without limitation rights of privacy and publicity), and otherwise does not violate applicable law; (b) consent to the use of your name and/or likeness by the Sponsor for promotional purposes (whether online, in print or through any other media now known or hereafter developed), without additional compensation or authorization unless prohibited by law; and (c) agree to be bound by the interpretations of these and any other applicable rules and requirements by the Sponsor which are final in all matters relating to the Contest; and (d) acknowledge that the Contest is in no way sponsored, endorsed, administered by or associated with Facebook, Twitter, or any social platform or site used for social promotion entry purposes.



Release and Limitations of Liability: 

By participating in the Contest, you agree to release and hold harmless the Sponsor, its parent and affiliates, and their respective owners, officers, directors, employees, and agents, as well as any Contest judges (the "Released Parties") from and against any claim or cause of action arising out of participation in the Contest or receipt or use of any prize, including, but not limited to: (a) any technical errors that may prevent an entrant from submitting an Entry; (b) unauthorized human intervention in the Contest; (c) printing errors; (d) lost, late, postage-due, misdirected, or undeliverable mail; (e) errors in the administration of the Contest or the processing of entries; or (f) injury, death, or damage to persons or property which may be caused, directly or indirectly, in whole or in part, from entrant's participation in the Contest or receipt of any prize. Entrant further agrees that in any cause of action, the Released Parties' liability will be limited to the cost of entering and participating in the Contest, and in no event shall the Released Parties be liable for attorney's fees. ENTRANT WAIVES THE RIGHT TO CLAIM ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER ARISING OUT OF OR CONNECTED IN ANY WAY TO THE CONTEST, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PUNITIVE, CONSEQUENTIAL, DIRECT OR INDIRECT DAMAGES.

Disputes: 

Except where prohibited, entrant agrees that any and all disputes, claims and causes of action arising out of, or connected in any way with, the Contest or any prize awarded shall be resolved individually, without resort to any form of class action, and exclusively by the appropriate court located in the State of Utah. All issues and questions concerning the construction, validity, interpretation and enforceability of these and any other applicable rules or requirements, entrant's rights and obligations, or the rights and obligations of the Sponsor in connection with the Contest, shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of Utah, without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law rules (whether of the State of Utah or any other jurisdiction), which would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of Utah.


Results: 

To request a list of Contest winners, you may send a self-addressed, stamped envelope to the address and point of contact name listed in the Contest Details. Requests must be received within four (4) weeks of the end of the Entry Period. Vermont residents may omit postage.

Contest Details

The 2020 Hoyt Lifeblood Film Contest (“Contest”) will be a collection of videos made and submitted by users of Hoyt bows. We started this contest not to see who kills the largest buck, but to see who can tell the best story and share the hunting lifestyle in creative and positive ways. You do not have to fill your tag to submit. In fact, you don’t have to be a hunter – this could simply be about archery.

Entry Methods:

To enter the Contest, Entrant must submit their video entry, together with the Entrant’s return physical address (not a P.O. Box), and within the Entry Period, using the following method:

Submit at www.hoytlifeblood.com

Video Entries:

All video entries must:

• be approximately ten (10) minutes or shorter
• include a Hoyt® bow as the primary method of take
• be a minimum resolution of 1080p
• include footage that takes place during the 2020 hunting seasons
• include the Hoyt Lifeblood animated logo as part of your intro (logo file is available as a download from www.hoytlifeblood.com)
• be suitable for publication on streaming digital platforms and must be in any of the following formats: 3GPP, AVI, FLV, MOV, MPEG4, MPEGPS, WebM and WMV.
• be formatted for online streaming.

Judging Standards:

Video entries that meet all Contest requirements will be reviewed and judged by an internal team of Hoyt professionals who are passionate about archery and storytelling. The standards by which video entries will be judged include:

• Storytelling skills (30%) – story has a clear message and a unique storyline. Storytelling is compelling, engaging, and entertaining.
• Creativity (30%) – Story is presented in an interesting way. Execution is visually appealing and captivating.
• Emotional Impact (20%) – Creates a lasting impression and elicits an emotional response.
• Sound (10%) – Music (if included) is fitting. Voice and sounds add rather than distract.
• Structure (10%) – Story is arranged logically. Length is approximately 10 minutes or less.

In the event of a tie between any of the top three (3) entries, the entries that score the highest on the more heavily weighted standards will win.

Prize Packages:

The three (3) Contest winners will receive prize packages that include the following:

• Grand Prize: Seven Thousand Dollars ($7,000) and two (2) Hoyt Carbon REDWRX bows.
• Second Prize: Three Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($3,500) and one (1) Hoyt Carbon REDWRX bow.
• Third Prize: One (1) Hoyt bow of choice.

Selection and Notification Process:

The Sponsor will attempt to notify the winners within five (5) business days of the Contest. Winners will be notified via phone, email and first-class mail to the email address and physical address associated with their entry. If a winner cannot be contacted within five (5) business days after the first attempt to contact him/her, the Sponsor may select an alternate winner in his/her place at random from the remaining entries.

Rules:

As further set forth in the General Rules of the Contest:

• Films must be the original work of the applicants. If a film is based upon another person’s life or upon a book or other underlying work, applicant(s) must secure any necessary rights to make such adaptations. However, it is not necessary to submit the adaptation rights agreements to Hoyt. Neither Hoyt nor its jurists investigates or attests to the authenticity of an applicant’s statement of authorship or rights secured. By entering the contest, you represent that you have secured all necessary rights.
• Applicants are solely responsible for obtaining all necessary rights and permissions for third-party materials included in their films, including but not limited to music, trademarks, logos, copyrights, and other intellectual property rights. Hoyt expressly disclaims all liability or responsibility for any violations of the foregoing.
• Films that are shown or otherwise used by Hoyt may not necessarily be selected to be “in competition” for awards purposes. Notifications regarding potential selection for competition status possibly may occur subsequent to notifications of acceptance for exhibition.
• You MUST include your physical address in your entry. Please do not submit a film without giving us your address, which we need for our records.
• Hoyt has no obligation (other than as stated in these rules or on our website) to disclose any of the following information: i) identities of screeners or judges; ii) notes, feedback, or information relating to the submitted project; and/or iii) details regarding the submission review or selection process.
• Hoyt explicitly disclaims any liability or responsibility for any comments, notes, or opinions expressed about a submission, whether by Hoyt employees, partners or the public.
• Winners receiving cash prizes are solely responsible for payment of all applicable local, state, and federal taxes.
• All applicants are solely responsible for all permits and permissions to film and produce commercial content on government, native, or private lands.
• All applicants are solely responsible for obeying all laws, rules, and regulations pertaining to the pursuit and harvest of game
• Applicants may submit multiple films but are required to submit them separately.

Contact Name and Address:

Entrant may contact the Sponsor for further information regarding the Contest or to request that the Entrant’s name be removed from the Contest mailing list. The Sponsor’s name and address is:

Hoyt Archery, Inc.
ATTN: 2020 Hoyt Lifeblood Film Contest
593 N. Wright Brothers Dr.
Salt Lake City, UT 84116
[email protected]