Little Wishes Official Rules

1. NO PURCHASE IS REQUIRED TO ENTER OR WIN. PURCHASING DOES NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING. IN ACCORDANCE WITH APPLICABLE FEDERAL, LOCAL AND MUNICIPAL LAWS AND REGULATIONS. NO WHERE IT IS PROHIBITED.

2. right. Subject to the following additional restrictions, LITTLE WISH COMPETITION open to legal residents of the United States (excluding Puerto Rico) who 18 years or older at the time of admission. Participants must not have been convicted of a felony. Employees and contractors WFAA-TV (“Sponsor”), TEGNA Inc., or SAM PACK AUTO GROUPand each of their respective affiliates, advertising and advertising agencies, and immediate family members and any persons residing with any such employees or contractors are not eligible to enter or win.

3. How Enter. The contest will start at 12:00 Moscow time. January 1, 2023 and ends at 23:59 CST DECEMBER 31, 2023. Sponsor reserves the right to shorten or extend the Contest Period. To log in, log in to the Internet by visiting wfaa.com/littlewishesby filling in all the required information and following all published instructions. All essays must be the entrant’s only original work, must be typed or legible in English, and must be limited 500 words. Judges may disqualify previously published essays/videos or those that have won previous awards or competitions. A qualified expert will review all nominations and submit the list of finalists to the panel of judges. Around the first week of each month, a panel of qualified judges selected by the Sponsor will evaluate that month’s finalists and select one monthly winner. Judges will award up to 50 points for entries that demonstrate compelling need and up to 50 points for the quality of the nominated written essay. The entry of the finalist with the highest total score will be the winner. In the event of a tie for first place, the judges re-evaluate the finalists’ entries with equal results using the same criteria.

Maximum one (1) entry per person. Multiple entries via software or other automated processes will not be counted. Entries not selected as winners will automatically roll over to subsequent Contest months, if applicable.

Multiple participants cannot use the same email address. Sponsor shall not be liable for incomplete, lost, overdue, overdue, misdirected or illegible entries, entries exceeding 500– a word limit that does not comply with the provisions of these Official Rules will be disqualified. All entries become the property of the Sponsor and none will be returned. Entrants acknowledge and agree that Sponsor shall have the right to edit, adapt, modify, reproduce, publish, promote, create sound recordings, broadcast or otherwise display or use the Works in any way it sees fit without limitation or compensation to Entrants. Sponsor also reserves the right to disqualify any entry that allegedly infringes the intellectual property rights of any third party or that Sponsor, in its sole discretion, deems obscene, offensive, or otherwise inappropriate for viewing by a general audience. By participating, you agree to receive emails from or from the Sponsor. You may opt out of receiving such emails by following the instructions on the Contest website or in any email received from Sponsor.

4. Picking a Winner. Approximately on the third Monday of the month following the entry date and prior to the end of the Contest, the WFAA will personally visit one monthly winner (i.e. the last visit will take place in December 2020). If the person who submitted the nomination cannot be contacted within 5 days of the WFAA’s initial attempt on or about the first Monday of the month, or if the selected winner fails to accept the prize, the WFAA will select another winner from the remaining nominations. .

5. Prizes and odds. One (1) Monthly Winner for each month of the Contest from February 2020 to December 2020 inclusive (11 (eleven) winners in total) will receive a prize corresponding to their nomination, valued at least $500.00 and no more than $6,000.00 .

The chances of winning depend on the number of eligible entries received.

6. Winner Notification and Acceptance. Each winner’s nominees will be notified within five business days of being selected by the panel of judges. V the phone number and/or email address provided on the winner’s entry form. If notification is by telephone, Sponsor will call the number provided on the application form during normal business hours and will not leave any message. Failure to contact the nominee by phone after three (3) attempts, return of the email notification as undeliverable, or failure of the winner to respond to the email notification may result in the winner’s disqualification, forfeiture of his or her share of all prizes, and the choice to replace the winner among all remaining eligible applications. Each winner must present a valid photo ID to claim the prize. Winners may waive eligibility for prizes. Prizes are non-assignable and non-transferable. Substitutions are not permitted by the winner. Prizes cannot be exchanged for money. Prizes and individual components of prize packages are subject to availability and Sponsor reserves the right to substitute prizes of equal or greater value. Winners are solely responsible for reporting and paying any taxes on prizes. Winners may be required to complete an affidavit of entitlement/responsibility certifying that the entrant’s entry is the entrant’s original work, that the entry owns the rights to the work, that the entry has not previously received an award or prize in the competition and has not previously been published. , and that entrant has complied with the Official Rules of the Contest, and the releases from liability and publicity (except where prohibited by law), which must be returned in accordance with Sponsor’s instructions. Failure to sign and return the affidavit or waiver, or failure to comply with any term or condition of these Official Rules, may result in the winner being disqualified, forfeiting his or her share of the prize, and awarding the prize to a substitute. winner. Except where prohibited, acceptance of any prize constitutes the winner’s consent to the publication of his or her name, biographical information and images in any media for any commercial or promotional purposes, without internet restrictions, or additional compensation. Prizes not won and claimed by eligible winners in accordance with these Official Rules will not be awarded and will remain the property of the Sponsor.

7. Participation. By participating, entrants agree to be bound by these Official Rules and Sponsor’s decisions. Sponsor reserves the right to disqualify individuals found to be tampering with or otherwise abusing any aspect of this Contest, at Sponsor’s sole discretion. In case of violation of the Competition virus, unauthorized human interference, interference or other causes beyond the reasonable control of the Sponsor that distort or violate the administration, security, fairness or proper conduct of the Contest, Sponsor reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to suspend, modify or terminate the Contest. If the Contest is terminated prior to the stated expiration date, Sponsor reserves the right to award prizes based on entries received prior to the termination date. Sponsors are not responsible for incomplete, lost, late, mailed, misdirected or illegible entries (whether photographs or ballots), poor quality photographs, or failure to receive entries or votes or other electronic communications due to transmission or technical failures. of any kind, including, but not limited to, failures in the operation of any network, hardware or software, whether they originate from the sender or the Sponsor. An authorized account holder with an email address provided during registration will be considered a member. “Authorized Account Holder” means an individual assigned to such an email account by an Internet access provider, online service provider, or other entity responsible for assigning email addresses for the domain associated with such email account. A potential winner may be asked to provide proof that, in the event of a dispute, all online entries will be deemed to have been submitted by the account holder of the ISP from which they were submitted. For these purposes, ISP account holder means the natural person assigned to such ISP account by an Internet access provider, online service provider or other entity responsible for assigning ISP addresses for the domain associated with such ISP account. provider. Any questions regarding the number of entries, votes cast, or ISP account holder are at Sponsor’s sole discretion, and Sponsor reserves the right to disqualify any entries or votes from individuals found to be tampering with or abusing any aspect of the Contest.

8. Copyright. By entering the Contest, each entrant grants Sponsor an exclusive, royalty-free, irrevocable right and license to publish, print, edit or otherwise use the entrant’s submitted work, in whole or in part, for any purpose and by any means or means. (including but not limited to the Internet) around the world for an unlimited period of time, and to grant others the right to do so without any restrictions or additional compensation. Each entrant also agrees that if his/her entry is selected by Sponsor as the winning entry, he/she will sign any additional license or permission that Sponsor may require and will not publicly perform or display their work without Sponsor’s express permission. . .

9. Construction. The invalidity or unenforceability of any provision of these rules shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision. In the event that any such provision is held to be invalid or otherwise unenforceable, these rules shall be construed in accordance with their terms, as if the invalid or unenforceable provision were not contained therein.

10. Sponsor. Little Wish Contest sponsored WFAA-TV. The decisions of the Sponsor and the Contest judges regarding the selection of winners and all other aspects of the Contest are final and binding in all respects. Sponsor is not responsible for typographical, typographical or other unintentional errors in these Official Rules or in other materials related to the Contest. The list of winners is available after December 31, 2023 or a copy of these Official Rules, visit wfaa.com or mail a self-addressed and stamped envelope to Winner List/Official Rules (if applicable), Little Wishes 606 Young St., Dallas, TX 75202. If you have any questions regarding this Contest, please contact Pete Friedman: [email protected] or 214-977-6274.