ON THE TOWN: STORIES OF NEW YORK IN WORLD WAR II COMPETITION RULES AND RELEASES

Thirteen/WNET New York invites students thirteen years of age and older who are in grades 8-12 to submit a multi-media project featuring interviews with New Yorkers who lived through the World War II years. You may interview just about anyone who has memories of that time -- a soldier who was on the front lines, a woman who went to work in a factory to support the war effort and her family, someone who was a child during the war, or anyone else whose story you would like to tell. Any New Yorker who lived during that period will have a unique story to tell. Be creative and original, and your project could be one of the ten selected winners, and you will be invited to Thirteen's studio for a reception with staff and producers and receive a DVD set of THE WAR!

WHO MAY SUBMIT PROJECTS:

The Competition is open to students who are in grades 8 through 12 and are at least 13 years old at the time of entry.

PROJECT REQUIREMENTS:

Projects may be created by one student or a team of up to five students.

Projects may be created and submitted under the supervision of a teacher; however, students must be the independent creators of their projects.

Projects must incorporate at least one of the following media: video, audio, html, or flash. Use of other media in the creation of the project is encouraged, as long as one of the listed media is also used.

Interviewees should have a connection to metropolitan New York and can have spent the war years at home and/or in military service.

There is no limit on the number of projects that students may enter.

WHEN TO SUBMIT YOUR PROJECT:

Projects must be submitted by December 31, 2007. Projects submitted after that date will not be accepted.

HOW TO SUBMIT YOUR PROJECT:

Mail your project accompanied by a signed Entry Form to:

On the Town: Stories of New York in World War II Competition

c/o Thirteen/WNET - Education Department

450 West 33rd Street

New York, NY 10001

For students under 18 years old, the Entry Form should be signed by a parent or guardian.

COMPETITION JUDGING:

Projects will be reviewed by a panel of educational experts and public television employees chosen by Thirteen/WNET. Projects will be judged on the following elements:

Content (e.g., clear presentation of the topic and interviews);
Conventions (e.g., spelling, grammar, and punctuation);
Layout/Design (e.g., organization of presentation, transitions, and titles);
Technical Elements (e.g., quality of visual and sound files);
Degree of Creativity (e.g., use of special effects); and
Appearance (e.g., impact on the viewing/listening audience).

The panel will select 10 winning projects.

NOTIFICATION OF WINNERS:

Student Creators of the winning projects ("Winners") will be notified by email or phone no later than February 1, 2008. The names and schools of the Winners and selected winning projects may be posted on the Thirteen/WNET website.

PRIZES:

All Winners will receive a DVD set of the THE WAR (approximate value: $130), a one-year membership to Thirteen/WNET, and will be invited to be Thirteen/WNET's guest at a reception in New York, NY to be held on a date to be determined by Thirteen/WNET between February 15, 2008 and April 1, 2008.

The prize (in whole or in part) may not be assigned, transferred, changed or redeemed for cash.

GENERAL PROVISIONS:

The Competition is sponsored by Thirteen/WNET New York, 450 West 33rd Street, New York, NY 10001. Entry Forms and projects will become Thirteen/WNET's property and will not be acknowledged or returned. Neither Thirteen/WNET nor PBS is responsible for lost, late, misdirected, incomplete, or illegible entries or mail. Neither Thirteen/WNET nor PBS is responsible for any claims, injuries, losses or damages of any kind resulting from Competition participation; the awarding, acceptance, use, misuse, possession, loss or misdirection of the prize; participation in any prize-related activity; or from computer malfunction. Thirteen/WNET's decisions are final and non-appealable. Participants agree that submission of their projects constitutes the grant to Thirteen/WNET of an unconditional right to use the Winners' names and addresses (city and state only) for any purpose, including but not limited to outreach, promotion, publicity, marketing, and advertisement of Thirteen/WNET or its programming service; and to provide Winners' names to their school. This Competition is governed by the laws of the State of New York with venue in New York, NY.

ELIGIBILITY:

The Competition is open to all students of Connecticut, New Jersey and New York in grades 8 through 12 who are at least 13 years old at the time of entry, except where prohibited by law. Employees of Educational Broadcasting Corporation (Thirteen/WNET), WLIW L.L.C., and their immediate family members and persons living in the same household of such individuals are not eligible. All federal, state and local laws and regulations apply. Void where prohibited.

DISQUALIFICATION:

Thirteen/WNET reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to disqualify any person in violation of these Competition rules. Thirteen/WNET further reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to cancel, suspend, terminate or modify the Competition if not capable of completion as planned, including due to force majeure, technical corruption, or any other causes beyond Thirteen/WNET's control that corrupt or affect the administration, security, fairness, integrity, or proper conduct of the Competition.

SUBMISSION RELEASE:

By participating in the Competition, participants consent to the use and reuse by Thirteen/WNET of their projects, edited as Thirteen/WNET may deem appropriate, in any and all media now known or hereafter devised, in any and all versions, worldwide in perpetuity for any purpose, including but not limited to outreach, promotion, publicity, marketing or advertisement of Thirteen/WNET and its programming service.

Participants represent that they have obtained the necessary permission from any third parties appearing in their projects to allow Thirteen/WNET to use their projects as set forth in the paragraph immediately preceding this paragraph. Participants grant the rights in this Section whether or not they are selected as Winners. Participants agree not to make any claim against Thirteen/WNET as a result of the use or non-use of their projects (including, without limitation, any claim that such use invades any right of privacy and/or publicity).

Participants understand that they will not be paid any money or receive any form of compensation for giving Thirteen/WNET these rights or reimbursement of any costs incurred in connection with submitting their projects or claiming their prize, including costs of travel to the reception.

RELEASE AND INDEMNITY:

By participating in the Competition, participant agrees to release, discharge and hold harmless Thirteen/WNET from and against any and all claims, liability for any injury, including but not limited to personal injury, bodily injury (including without limitation wrongful death or disability), property damage, or loss or damage of any other kind arising in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, from delivery, non-delivery, acceptance, participation or use of a prize, or from participation in this Competition, or any competition-related activity, whether or not such injury, loss or damage arises in whole or in part from the negligence of Thirteen/WNET, its affiliates, subsidiaries, and agencies and their respective directors, officers, employees and agents.

Participant further agrees that s/he shall indemnify and hold harmless Thirteen/WNET and its grantors, officers, trustees, assignees, agents, licensees, and employees from and against any and all claims, losses, costs, expenses, settlements, demands, and liabilities of every kind, including reasonable attorneys' fees and expenses, arising out of or incurred by reason of the use of the name submitted with the entry, the content of the entry, or the inaccuracy, alleged breach, or actual breach of any representation, warranty, covenant, agreement, or undertaking participant has made herein.

DISCLOSURE:

The names and schools of the Winners and selected winning projects may be posted on Thirteen/WNET's website. Other personal information collected from participants will be used only to contact participants regarding the Competition and will not be shared or used for any other purpose.

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