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OFFICIAL RULES
1. The Power of Family Scholarship Program™ is open to pairs of applicants,
consisting of one student applicant (“student”) and one supporter
applicant (“supporter”). Prizes will be awarded to the student applicant.
The student may be of any age, and must intend to pursue studies at an accredited
institution of higher education. It is not necessary for the student to be currently
enrolled in school or college at the time that the application is submitted.
The supporter must be an important person in the student’s life (such as
a parent, guardian, relative, mentor, coach, or other person) and must be at least
18 years of age at the time that the application is submitted.
All applicants, whether they be a student or supporter, must be citizens or legal residents
of the United States (or within its territories or possessions). All applicants, whether they be a student or supporter, must reside in the U.S.
(or within its territories or possessions), with the exception of applicants who are members of the US armed forces. All applicants,
whether they be a student or supporter, are required to have a current Social
Security number, as well as a current and valid mailing address and e-mail address.
Those entries that are not submitted with all required information and that do
not adhere to the rules will not be considered. The volume of entries makes it
impossible to give individual critiques to entrants.
2. If the student is under the age of 18, the student must represent that a parent
or legal guardian has given him or her permission to apply for this scholarship,
and that a parent or legal guardian has reviewed and agreed to the Official Rules
on his or her behalf.
3. No purchase necessary. Participation constitutes each applicant’s (including
both the student’s and the supporter’s) full and unconditional agreement
to and acceptance of these Official Rules.
4. To enter, the student and the supporter must complete and concurrently submit
the official electronic entry form in its entirety (including two separate 500-word
essays, one written by the student and another written by the supporter). All
entry materials must be electronically submitted on the official online application
page of the ScholarshipCoach.com website by the submission deadline of May 15,
2006 at 11:59 p.m. Pacific Standard Time. All entry materials must be completed
in English. Only one entry is permitted per pair of applicants, and no person
may submit a second entry or be part of another pair of applicants.
5. All materials submitted will become the exclusive property of Waggle Dancer
Media, Inc., or its assigns or successors in interest, and will not be returned.
6. Waggle Dancer Media, Inc. will coordinate and administer the scholarship program.
Waggle Dancer Media, Inc. reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to group
submissions into different categories, and compare an entry with other entires
in that same category. (As an example, Waggle Dancer Media, Inc. may choose to
group submissions based upon the age of the student applicant.) Essays will first
be judged by a pre-screening panel appointed by Waggle Dancer Media, Inc. A group
of scholarship finalists will be determined, and a blue-ribbon panel of judges
will be appointed to select the ten scholarship winners. The decisions of the
judges will be final.
7. The scholarships will be awarded on the basis of two separate 500-word essays,
one written by the student and the second written by the student’s supporter.
Each essay should discuss and describe a moment when the student first discovered
a new activity, skill, intellectual discipline, or hobby that sparked a burst
of enthusiasm, passion, or unusual commitment in the student’s life.
Some of the topics that applicants should address in their essays include:
a) How was the student first introduced to the activity?
b) How was the student’s interest encouraged and nurtured?
c) How was mastery of the activity developed?
d) Has this impacted the student’s life in unexpected ways?
e) Has this process of discovery and mastery enabled the student to tap into
other reservoirs of creative and productive power?
f) How has all of this affected the personal relationship between the student
and supporter?
The student’s essay should be written from his or her perspective, and the
supporter’s essay should be written from the supporter’s perspective.
8. Essays will be judged and scored according to pre-defined judging criteria,
which includes:
a) Originality and Creativity
b) Use of Specific Examples and Anecdotes
c) Lessons Learned
d) Significance to Others
e) Cohesion Between Student and Supporter Essays
The score for the student essay and the supporter essay shall be added together
for a total score. In the event of a tie, the submission with the highest combined
score for significance to others will win. In the event of a second tie, the submission
with the highest combined score for originality and creativity will win.
9. Essays must be original and factually accurate, written by the respective applicant,
previously unpublished, free and clear of any other claims of ownership and/or
rights of use, and must not infringe upon any material protected by copyright,
violate any other person’s or entity’s intellectual property, or contain
libelous, untruthful, unauthorized, or illegal content. All essays submitted and
all rights to their publication, including rights to copyright and rights of publicity
and privacy contained therein, shall become commencing at the time of submission
the sole and exclusive property of Waggle Dancer Media, Inc. (or its assigns or
successors in interest, if the case may be) which may use, edit, publish, distribute
and/or excerpt these entries for informational, promotional, and/or any other
purpose without attribution or further compensation, and which may transfer, convey,
encumber, assign, license, distribute and/or sell such rights to any other person
or entities. By submitting an application, each applicant (including both the
student and the supporter) releases any and all claims to ownership and rights
to the essays submitted, including without limitation rights to copyright and
rights of publicity and privacy contained therein, publication rights, and distribution
rights. Waggle Dancer Media, Inc. (or its assigns or successors in interest, if
the case may be) reserves the right to use applicant’s names and home towns
in any publication, advertisement, or promotional materials (whether in printed,
electronic, visual, or audio form) without further notification, permission, or
compensation, except where prohibited by law. Applicants who do not wish to have
personal and/or private facts and portrayals about themselves or others published
and publicized should not include such facts or portrayals in their essays.
10. Students and supporters with winning entries will be notified by e-mail, phone,
or regular mail. Winning students will be awarded a $1,000 scholarship prize from
ScholarshipCoach.com. Prizes will be awarded to the student applicant only, and
cash prizes shall be made payable to the student. At the discretion of the judges,
additional prizes (including additional cash prizes) and additional winners may
be determined. Winners are required to use cash awards for educational purposes
only, and in compliance with all applicable laws. Students and supporters with
winning entries (and a student’s parent or legal guardian for those applicants
under the age of 18 at the time the application was submitted) will be required
to execute affidavits of originality; eligibility and compliance with rules; releases
of liability; affidavits of parental/guardianship approval (for applicants under
the age of 18 at the time the application was submitted); current photographs;
and documentation affirming the release and transfer of rights described in these
Official Rules (including, but not limited to, publication and distribution rights
related thereto) within 10 days of the date specified in the notification, or
the prize will be awarded to an alternate winner. The likelihood of winning will
depend upon the quality of all other entries as judged by the criteria stated
above. Prizes are non-transferable. All prizes will be awarded. All federal, state,
and local laws and regulations apply. Recipients shall be solely responsible for
any and all taxes. Void where prohibited by law.
11. Neither Ben Kaplan, Waggle Dancer Media, Inc., ScholarshipCoach.com, nor any
sponsors of these scholarships (if any), nor any agents, representatives, employees,
subsidiaries or affiliated entities of the aforementioned, assume responsibility
for late, lost, delayed, damaged, incomplete, unintelligible, or misdirected entries;
telephone, electronic, hardware or software program, network, internet, or computer
malfunctions, failures, or difficulties of any kind; failed, incomplete, garbled,
or delayed computer transmissions; or entries that have not been received due
to technical difficulties relating to the electronic transmission of the entry
prior to the deadline for applying. Waggle Dancer Media, Inc. reserves the right
to extend the application deadline in the event of a general inability to submit
entries due to acts of God or third parties, including, but not limited to, technical
difficulties in the receipt of the electronic entries.
12. For the names of winners, send an e-mail request (from the e-mail address
you wish the winners’ names sent to) to info@scholarshipcoach.com. A request for winners’ names can also be made by sending a
stamped self-addressed envelope to: Power of Family Scholarship
Winners, Waggle Dancer Media, P.O. Box 23577, Portland, OR 97281. The list of winners will be available, and winners will be notified, when judging is complete.
13. The following persons and their immediate family members are not eligible
to apply: Employees of Waggle Dancer Media, Inc., employees of the sponsors (if
any) of these scholarships, any of the aforementioned subsidiaries or affiliated
entities, and any person appointed to any of the judging panels.
14. During the application process, applicants, including students, their supporters, and their parents or guardians (if applicable) will be providing personal data and information. Waggle Dancer Media, Inc. and ScholarshipCoach.com (and/or its assigns or successors in interest, as the case may be) may use that information for the following purposes: (a) to fulfill applicants’ requests for products and services, respond to applicants’ inquiries, and/or offer applicants other products or services; (b) to communicate with applicants about events, news and information that may be of interest to them. (By providing this information to us, applicants will be agreeing to receive these communications.); (c) to provide this information to our affiliates, partners, and other third parties, so that they may communicate to applicants and offer their products or services that may be of interest to them. By submitting the scholarship application and essay, applicants agree that such data and information may be used in this manner.
15. In the event of an inconsistency between these Official Rules and any statements,
writings, and representations from Ben Kaplan, ScholarshipCoach.com, Waggle Dancer
Media, Inc., or any other entities, these Official Rules shall apply.
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