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RULES

NO PURCHASE IS NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. A PURCHASE WILL NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING. ALL FEDERAL, STATE, LOCAL, AND MUNICIPAL LAWS AND REGULATIONS APPLY. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED.

1. SPONSOR:

The When Words Count Retreat (the “Retreat”) NaNo Free Lodging Giveaway, (the “Give- Away”) is sponsored by When Words Count Press, LLC, P.O. Box 26900 Baltimore, MD 21212, DBA When Words Count Retreat, 1764 Marsh Brook Road Rochester, VT 05767, (“Sponsor”).

2. ELIGIBILITY:

When Words Count Retreat’s “NaNo Give-Away” (“the Contest” or “the Sweepstakes”) is open to any first-time guest who is a legal resident of the fifty (50) United States, the District of Columbia and Canada who is at least eighteen (18) years old at the time of entry and who either has written and published a book or currently is writing a book. Employees of When Words Count Retreat and other companies associated with the promotion of the Contest, and their respective parents, subsidiaries, affiliates and advertising and promotion agencies as well as the immediate family (spouse, parents, siblings, and children) and household members of each such employee are not eligible. Void in Puerto Rico and wherever prohibited by law.

3. AGREEMENT TO OFFICIAL RULES:

Participation in the Contest constitutes entrant’s full and unconditional agreement to, and acceptance of, these Official Rules and the decisions of the Sponsor, which are final and binding. Winning a prize is contingent upon being compliant with the Official Rules and fulfilling all other requirements set forth herein.

4. CONTEST PERIOD:

Contest Period: The contest begins May 18th, 2019 and ends when (36) room night stays are claimed and confirmed by When Words Count Retreat.

5. ONE ENTRY PER HOUSEHOLD:

Limit: one (1) entry per person and per household, through the official website entry form, for the duration of the Contest Period, regardless of method of entry. If we receive multiple entries on the official entry form from an individual or household (even if entered under separate and distinct, email addresses or phone numbers) then all entries from that individual or household shall be disqualified. Entries received from any person, email address or household in excess of the stated limit will be void. All entries become the property of the Sponsor and will not be acknowledged or returned.

6. SELECTION OF THE WINNERs

Winners are selected on a first come, first served basis until the 36 slots for are filled.

7. ROOM AVAILABILITY

Room reservations may be secured on a first come, first served basis by any verified winner who has properly claimed her/his prize by the claim deadline when all 36 slots are claimed.

8. CANCELLATIONS.

Any winner who cancels his reserved prize date and provides at least 14 days advanced, written notice shall receive a one-year credit for the amount of any payments made. The credit shall be good for one year from the date of notification, but the winner shall forfeit the remaining value of his or her prize. Any winner who cancels his or her prize reservation or fails to show up for his or her reserved prize date shall forfeit his or her deposit and/or prize and any unpaid balance shall be considered IMMEDIATELY due and payable.

9. MODIFICATION

Sponsor reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to modify, cancel, postpone, delay, suspend and/or terminate this contest in whole or in part in the event that the contest is not capable of running as planned or as intended by these Official Rules by reason of any of the technical or other disabling causes as described in Rule 4 above or other causes that, in the sole discretion of the Sponsor, impair, corrupt or interrupt the administration, fairness, security or integrity or proper play of the contest, including without limitation, hurricane, fire, flood, epidemic, earthquake, explosion, labor dispute or strike, act of God or public enemy, war, terrorist threat or activity or insurrection.

10. NOT SPONSORED BY FACEBOOK.

This promotion is in no way sponsored, endorsed or administered by, or associated with, Facebook. You understand that you are providing your information to When Words Count Press, LLC and not to Facebook. The information you provide will only be used to send you promotional e-mails, if you opt-in to receive more information.