DEAR FUTURE MAMA SWEEPSTAKES

No purchase necessary. Ends December 12th, 2023 at 11:59 p.m. (ET), U.S. residents only ages 18 and up

SPONSOR
This promotion (the “Sweepstakes”) is sponsored by HarperCollins Focus Publishers L.L.C. (“Harper Horizon”), 501 Nelson Place, Nashville, Tennessee 37214.

ENTRY METHOD

NO PURCHASE NECESSARY

To enter, you must fill out the web form during the Entry Period on the designated landing page, https://www.harpercollinsfocus.com/harper-horizon/meghan-trainor-dear-future-mama/ announcing the Sweepstakes in the manner requested. Include your first name, your last name, your email and the name of a person you would like to nominate to complete your entry (“Entry”). You will then automatically be entered into the Sweepstakes. If your Entry deviates in any way from the above requirements, you may be disqualified without notice. You may fill out the form multiple times, but only your first submission will be considered as an Entry.

Form submissions may be reviewed and we reserve the right to request removal of or disqualify the following types of Entries without notice: abusive, harassing, threatening or attacking others; defamatory, offensive, obscene, vulgar or depicting violence; hateful in language targeting race/ethnicity, religion, gender, nationality or political beliefs; deliberate disruption of discussion (e.g., trolling); violations of intellectual property rights; spamming; commercial solicitation or solicitation of donations; and link baiting (embedding a link in your comment to draw traffic to your own site).

ELIGIBILITY

The Sweepstakes is open to all legal residents of the United States eighteen (18) years of age and older as of December 5th, 2023 excluding employees and immediate family members of HarperCollins, and its parents, subsidiaries, affiliates, assigns, advertising, promotional and fulfillment agents, attorneys, and other representatives and the persons with whom each of the above are domiciled. Offer void in Rhode Island, outside the United States, and wherever prohibited or restricted by law.

Each entrant in the Sweepstakes must be the rightful holder of the email account used to submit the Entry. In the event of a dispute concerning the identity of the holder of the account, the holder will be deemed to be the person who owns the account. The email account must be opened prior to the commencement of the Sweepstakes.

ENTRY PERIOD

The Sweepstakes will commence on December 5th, 2023 at 9:00 AM (ET). The last entry will be accepted December 12th, 2023 at 11:59 p.m. (ET) (form submissions after this time do not count as entries).

SELECTION AND NOTIFICATION OF WINNERS

10 potential winners will be selected by a random drawing from among the eligible Entries made during the Entry Period. Potential winners will be chosen by HarperCollins no later than December 12thth, 2023. Potential winners will be notified through email to the email account submitted in the submission form and will be required to provide a mailing address to HarperCollins by return message. By responding, you will be disclosing your information to HarperCollins and to Shortstack.com and not to Instagram. Potential winners may be required to execute and return an Affidavit or Declaration of Eligibility and Release (the “Affidavit”). If a potential winner does not respond or return the Affidavit, if requested, within seven (7) days of delivery the prize will be deemed forfeited and an alternate potential winner will be chosen. HarperCollins is under no obligation to publicly announce winners or their Comments.

PRIZES

Ten (10) winners will receive each of the following prizes:

One (1) signed [hardcover copy of Dear Future Mama:A TMI Guide to Pregnancy, Birth, and Motherhood from Your Bestie]. Estimated retail value $28.99.

Estimated retail value of all prize: $28.99

Total estimated retail value of all prizes: $289.90

The prizes will be awarded, provided there are at least ten (10) elligible Entries. There is no substitution for any prize. Prizes are non-transferable and cannot be sold or redeemed for cash. In the event that a prize is unavailable, HarperCollins Focus reserves the right to substitute a cash payment of equal or greater value for any prize that has a retail value. If the actual value of a prize is less than the stated estimated retail value, the difference will not be awarded. All federal, state and local taxes are the sole responsibility of the winner.

CONDITIONS

By participating, entrants affirm that they have read these Official Rules, agree to be bound by them and the selection of the winner, which shall be final, and waive any right to claim ambiguity in the Sweepstakes and/or these Official Rules. Acceptance of prizes constitutes permission to use each winner's name, likeness, biography, and prize won for purposes of advertising, promotion and publicity without additional compensation, except where prohibited or restricted by law.

The entrants release, discharge, and hold harmless HarperCollins Focus and Supadu, and their respective parents, affiliates, subsidiaries, assigns, attorneys, representatives and agents, including advertising, promotion and fulfillment agencies, from any and all liability or damages arising from the administration of the Sweepstakes and the use or misuse of any prize received in this Sweepstakes, including, without limitation, the following: (i) late, lost, incomplete, delayed, misdirected or unintelligible entries, (ii) any printing, typographical, administrative or technological errors in any materials associated with the Sweepstakes, (iii) any damage to the entrant's computer, related equipment, data files, and software resulting from entrant's downloading of information regarding the Sweepstakes or participation in the Sweepstakes, and (iv) any personal or other injury resulting from use and enjoyment of the prizes.

HarperCollins Focus may only use the personally identifiable information obtained from the entrants in accordance with its privacy policy, which may be found at: https://www.harpercollins.com/corporate/privacy-policy/

HarperCollins Focus has entered into a license agreement with Pancake Laboratories, Inc. for HarperCollins Focus’ use of the Shortstack.com promotions application in connection with the administration of the Sweepstakes. Shortstack.com may store your personally identifiable information in accordance with its privacy policy, which may be found at: http://www.shortstack.com/privacy/

HarperCollins Focus reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to modify, cancel or suspend this Sweepstakes should a virus, bug, computer problem or other causes beyond HarperCollins Focus's control corrupt the administration, security or proper operation of the Sweepstakes. HarperCollins Focus may prohibit you from participating in the Sweepstakes or winning a prize if, in its sole discretion, it determines that you are attempting to undermine the legitimate operation of the Sweepstakes by cheating, hacking or employing other unfair practices or by abusing other entrants or the representatives of HarperCollins.

ANY ATTEMPT BY AN ENTRANT TO DELIBERATELY DAMAGE THE WEBSITE OR UNDERMINE THE OPERATION OF THE SWEEPSTAKES MAY BE IN VIOLATION OF CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LAWS, AND, IN SUCH EVENT, HARPERCOLLINS FOCUS RESERVES THE RIGHT TO PURSUE ITS REMEDIES AND DAMAGES (INCLUDING COSTS AND ATTORNEY'S FEES) TO THE FULLEST EXTENT OF THE LAW.

Any dispute arising from the Sweepstakes will be determined according to the laws of the State of New York, without reference to its conflict of laws principles, and the entrants consent to the personal jurisdiction of the State and Federal Courts located in the State and County of New York over them and agree that such courts have exclusive jurisdiction over all such disputes.

THE ODDS OF WINNING DEPEND UPON THE NUMBER OF ENTRIES RECEIVED.

For the names of the prize winners, e-mail your request to [email protected]  no earlier than December 12th, 2022 but no later than October 27, 2023. You may also send a self-addressed stamped envelope (postage not required from Vermont residents) to the Dear Future Mama Sweepstakes, Attn: Harper Horizon, HarperCollins Publishers, 501 Nelson Place, Nashville, Tenessee 37214 during the time period above.