Rules & Regulations
This Virtual Butter Sculpture Competition (the “Contest”) is sponsored and operated by The Royal Agricultural Winter Fair (“The Royal”). By participating in the Contest, you accept these terms and conditions.
1. Eligibility. To participate in the Contest, the entrant must: (i) be a legal resident of one of the following provinces: British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia, or Newfoundland and Labrador; (ii) be a natural person (i.e., not a corporate entity); (iii) have reached the legal age of majority in his or her jurisdiction of residence at the time of entry into the Contest; and (iv) have complied with the Contest rules and terms as provided herein (collectively, the “Rules”). Employees, officers, directors, agents, mandataires and representatives of The Royal, their affiliates and related companies, advertising and promotion agencies, any winner selection jury member (collectively, “Contest Parties”), and immediate family members (defined as parents, siblings, children, partners and spouses, regardless of where they may reside) and persons living in the same household (whether or not related), of each of the above are not eligible to win. Limit one entry per person.
2. Contest Period and How to Enter. The entry period for the Contest starts October 19, 2020 at 9:00 a.m. EST and ends on November 4, 2020 at 11:59 p.m. EST (the “Contest Period”). To enter the Contest, participants must create a miniature butter sculpture from one pound of butter, and then post a photo of the sculpture on Instagram using #ButterSculptureChallenge and tagging @theroyalfair. Alternatively, participants can send their photo via email to barthur@royalfair.org with the subject line: “Royal Butter Sculpture Challenge”. There are two categories: one for children twelve (12) and under, and one for thirteen (13) and over. No purchase is required to participate in the Contest. On November 5, 2020, a panel of judges from The Royal will review the entries, selecting up to eight (8) finalists per category. The shortlist will be contacted on November 6, 2020, and announced publicly on November 10, 2020 on The Royal’s website, where Canadians will have the opportunity to vote for their favourite sculptures. Two (2) winners, the participants with the highest number of votes in each category, will be announced on November 14, 2020 at 12:00 p.m. EST (the “Announcement Date”). This is not a weekly contest, and all Winners (as defined below) will be drawn on the Announcement Date. Making a purchase from The Royal will not increase or otherwise affect your odds of winning. Entrants may be invited to consent to receive promotional and other informational emails from The Royal. Providing consent to receive such e-mails is not a requirement to participate in the Contest. Entrants are solely responsible for all costs associated with accessing The Royal’s website and/or Contest, and associated with entering the Contest. The Royal does not guarantee continuous, uninterrupted or secure access to The Royal’s website. By entering the Contest, each entrant agrees to be bound by the Rules. Entries that are late, lost, incomprehensible, misdirected, offensive, contain an erroneous email address or that do not otherwise conform to the Rules may be disqualified from the Contest by The Royal in its sole discretion. The Contest Parties are not responsible for and accept no liability whatsoever in relation to, any lost, late, misdirected, offensive, damaged, incomplete, invalid or illegible entries (all of which entries are void). Proof of an entrant’s submission does not constitute proof of receipt of the entry by The Royal.
3. Prizes. Two (2) potential winners will be selected on the Announcement Date, one for the category of children twelve (12) and under, and one for the category of thirteen (13) and over. Each winner will receive: a Royal Rosette, family passes for four (4) to the 2021 Royal Agricultural Winter Fair and a collection of Royal merchandise, valued at $150 (the “Grand Prize”).
The Prizes will be distributed within fourteen (30) days after each Winner has been successfully notified of his/her Prize and fulfilled the requirements set out herein. The Prize must be accepted as awarded and is not transferable, substitutable, refundable, assignable or convertible to cash (except as may be specifically permitted by The Royal in its sole and absolute discretion). The Royal reserves the right, in its sole and absolute discretion, to substitute the Prize or a component thereof, without notice to any entrant or Winner, with a prize of equal or greater retail value, including, without limitation, a cash award. Any costs or expenses (including taxes, duties, or fees on or associated with any Prize) incurred by a Winner in claiming or using any Prize will be the sole responsibility of that Winner.
4. Chances of Winning. The odds of being selected as a potential winner depend on the total number of eligible entries received by The Royal. The Contest does not allocate a certain number of Prizes to any particular jurisdiction or province.
5. Winner Selection. Entries will close at midnight on November 5, 2020 and on November 6, 2020, a panel of judges from The Royal will review the entries, selecting up to eight (8) finalists per category. The shortlist will be contacted on November 7, 2020, and announced publicly on November 10, 2020 on The Royal’s website, where Canadians will have the opportunity to vote for their favourite sculptures. The participants with the highest number of votes in each category on the Announcement Date (November 14, 2020) at 12:00 p.m. will win the Grand Prize. Each entrant selected will be notified by The Royal that they have been selected as a potential winner following the Announcement Date via one (1) e-mail notification, and each selected entrant must respond to said e-mail within seven (7) calendar days of notification (the “Notification E-Mail”).
If the selected entrant for the shortlist or Grand Prize does not clearly respond to the Notification E-Mail or fails to comply with any of the requirements of these Rules, he or she will be disqualified and will not receive the Prize and another entrant may be selected in their stead, in The Royal’s sole discretion; provided however that there is no guarantee that all Prizes will be awarded, in particular if any selected potential winners fail to respond to the Notification E-Mail or fail to claim their Prize. The Royal shall not be liable for any failure of the Winner to receive the Notification E-Mail or any other correspondence from The Royal, regardless of whether such failure was caused by the entrant, any third-party service provider, or The Royal and its employees. Before being declared a definitive winner (“Winner”), a selected entrant will be required: (i) to correctly answer, without assistance of any kind, a time-limited, mathematical skill-testing question to be administered during a pre-arranged telephone call or by e-mail, (ii) to have complied at all times with the Rules, and (iii) to sign and return the form of Winner’s Release supplied by The Royal with the Notification E-Mail. 6. Privacy. By entering the Contest, each entrant consents to the Contest Parties storing, sharing and using all personal information submitted by the entrant with his/her entry for the purposes of administering the Contest, selecting the Winners, and awarding Prizes. Personal information will not otherwise be collected, used or disclosed without consent. For further information about The Royal’s privacy practices, please see The Royal’s Privacy Policy, available at https://www.royalfair.org/policies/.
7. Limitation of Liability and Release. By participating in the Contest, each entrant agrees to (i) confirm compliance with the Rules, (ii) accept all Prizes as awarded, and (iii) release and discharge The Royal Agricultural Winter Fair and its respective departments and agencies, parent(s), related and affiliated companies, subsidiaries, advertising and promotional agencies, counsel, marketing partners, and each of their respective directors, officers, employees, shareholders, successors, sponsors, partners, licensees, subsidiaries, agents, mandataries, artists, advisors, assignees, and all others associated with the administration, development and execution of the Contest (collectively, the “Released Parties”) from and against any and all manner of action, cause of action, claim or demand, liability, obligation, loss or injury, use or misuse of a Prize or any travel related thereto, and any suit, debt, covenant, contract, legal fees and expenses (and judicial and extra-judicial fees and disbursements), including but not limited to, claims based on negligence, breach of contract and fundamental breach, failure of any third-party contractor or supplier used in connection with any aspect of the Contest to perform or deliver any goods or services, any act of God or any other event beyond the Released Parties’ control, any dissatisfaction of any kind by an entrant or Winner with any aspect of the Contest or any Prize, liability for physical injury, death, or property damage which the entrants, guests, their heirs, successors, legatees or assigns have, might have or could have suffered, by reason of or arising out of the entrant’s participation in the Contest and/or in connection with the acceptance and/or use by any Winners of Prizes as awarded; and (iv) indemnify and hold harmless the Released Parties against any loss, damage or expense, including legal fees (and judicial and extra-judicial fees and disbursements), that any of the Released Parties may suffer or incur as a result of any non-compliance by entrants with any of the Rules or participation in the Contest and/or in connection with the acceptance and/or use by any Winner of a Prize.
The Royal is not responsible for: (i) incorrect or inaccurate entry information that may affect a person’s ability to participate in the Contest or be awarded a Prize, including but not limited to human error, technical malfunctions, lost or delayed entries for any reason, mail failures, omission, or any combination thereof, and entries that fail to fully comply with these Rules; (ii) technical failures of any kind, including, but not limited to malfunctions, interruptions, or disconnections in telecommunications lines or network hardware or software; (iii) lost, incomplete, delayed, mutilated or misdirected entries; (iv) injury or damage to entrants’ computers or to any other computer related to or resulting from participating in, or downloading any material regarding the Contest or accepting a Prize; (v) any injury 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 or use or misuse of any Prize, including any related travel; (vi) the security or privacy of information transmitted via computer networks or for breaches of privacy due to interference by third-party computer hackers or otherwise; or (vii) late, lost, misdirected or unsuccessful efforts to notify a potential
8. Intellectual Property. All intellectual property, including but not limited to trademarks, logos, designs, promotional materials, web pages, source codes, images, drawings, illustrations, slogans and representations are owned by The Royal Agricultural Winter Fair or their affiliates, as applicable. All rights reserved. Unauthorized copying or use of any of the aforementioned parties’ intellectual property without their express written consent is strictly prohibited.
9. General. The Contest is subject to applicable federal, provincial and municipal laws, by-laws, and regulations. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, all issues and questions concerning the construction, validity, interpretation and enforceability of the Rules or the rights and obligations of the participants, The Royal or any of the other Released Parties in connection with the Contest shall be governed and construed in accordance with the laws of the Province of Ontario and the federal laws of Canada applicable therein without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law rules or provisions that would cause the application of any other jurisdiction’s laws. Any dispute shall be adjudicated by the courts sitting in Toronto, Ontario. The Contest is void where prohibited by law.
Mass entries, automated entries, entries submitted by third parties, and any entries or Prize claims that are late, fraudulent, offensive or fail to comply with the Rules will be null and void. Subject to applicable law, all decisions of The Royal with respect to all aspects of the Contest are final and binding on all entrants without any right of appeal. The Royal’s failure to enforce any term of these Rules shall not constitute a waiver of that or any other provision. The invalidity or unenforceability of any provision of these Rules shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision.
Subject to applicable law, The Royal reserves the right to cancel, suspend, withdraw, or amend the Contest or Rules in any way and for any reason, without prior notice or obligations. Any change to the Rules will be posted on this webpage.
The Royal reserves the right, in its sole and absolute discretion, to require proof of identity, age and/or eligibility (in a form acceptable to The Royal) for the purposes of verifying the entrant’s eligibility, the legitimacy of any entry and/or Prize claim, or for any other reason The Royal deems necessary, in its sole and absolute discretion, for the purposes of administering the Contest in accordance with the Rules and/or awarding the Prize.
Although the Contest may be accessed through The Royal's Facebook page, Twitter profile, Instagram post(s) and other social media platforms, the Contest is in no way sponsored, endorsed or administered by, or associated with, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, or any other social media platform. Each participant in the Contest fully releases Facebook, Twitter and Instagram from any and all liability associated with the Contest.
