Full Terms and Conditions: #MoodMadeCostume18

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We want to see all the amazing costumes you’ve made with Mood Fabrics! Snap a pic of your best make (it could be anything - superheroes, monsters, ballgowns, anything!), tag it with #MoodMadeCostume18 on Instagram before the end of the month and you could be featured on our Facebook page the first week in November, where everyone will vote for the winner!

• • Open only to residents within the 48 contiguous United States
• •  Entrants must be following Mood Designer Fabrics on Facebook and Instagram
• •  Entries must be submitted on Instagram to #MoodMadeCostume18 before midnight on October 31, 2018
• •  Entrant’s Instagram MUST BE PUBLIC or entries will not appear in the hashtag and therefore will not be counted
• •  Winner receives a $100 Mood Fabrics gift card

1. Sponsors

The #MoodMadeCostume18 (“Promotion”), presented by Mood Designer Fabrics (“Mood Fabrics”), 225 W 37th St, New York, NY 10018.

2. Eligibility

Promotion is open only to persons who are 18 years of age or older as of October 01, 2018. In order to submit an entry to the contest, each participant must also be following Mood Designer Fabrics on Instagram and Facebook. Proof of age may be required. Employees, officers, directors and representatives of Mood Fabrics, and immediate family members (spouse and parents, siblings and children and their spouses) and persons living in the same households of each of the above are ineligible to participate. In order to participate you must be able to demonstrate to the satisfaction of the Mood Fabrics that you do not have a current contract for fabric design or any other contractual arrangement that would prohibit you from fully participating in this contest or subsequent contracts requested by Mood Fabrics for merchandising and distribution of your designs on textiles.

3. Territories

The competition and its rules are void where prohibited by law. All federal, state, provincial and/or local laws apply. To be eligible for this contest, participant must be a legal resident of, and physically residing in one of the forty eight (48) contiguous United States. VOID IN ALASKA, HAWAII AND WHERE PROHIBITED BY LAW.

4. Timeline

The Promotion submission period begins at 9:00 a.m. Eastern Standard Time (“EST”) on Monday, October 01, 2018. The contest will close to new entries on Wednesday, October 31, 2018 at 11:59 p.m. EST. Public voting on all Finalist entries will open on the Mood Designer Fabrics Facebook page on Thursday, November 01, 2018 at 12 p.m. EST and end on Wednesday, November 07, 2018 at 11:59 pm EST. Popular vote (made up of total likes and shares from the original Facebook post) will determine the top design. Final results will be announced Thursday, November 08, 2018.

Summary of contest timeline:

• 10/01/2018 - Submissions open at 12 p.m. EST
• 10/31/2018 - Submissions close at 11:59 p.m. EST
• 11/01/2018 - Public voting opens at 9:30 a.m. EST
• 11/07/2018 - Public voting ends at 11:59 p.m. EST
• 11/08/2018 - Mood Designer Fabrics announces winner

5. How to enter a design in the competition

You must be following Mood Designer Fabrics on both Instagram and Facebook. There is no cost or fee to enter. There is no entry limit, however a maximum of one (1) entry per participant may be chosen for the first round of public voting. Designs, look, and/or garments must be original, and cannot have been entered in previous contests. Entries must be submitted through Instagram, using the hashtag #MoodMadeCostume18. Previously entered designs may be disqualified and deemed ineligible to be selected. Multiple entries of the same design may be disqualified

6. Ownership Of Submitted Designs

Each entrant must be the rightful owner of the submitted design. Design submissions will be accepted only through Instagram. Submissions by email, mail, on CD or through any other means will not be included for consideration. Designs submitted for voting must be public, but need not be available for sale. By entering the Promotion, you acknowledge that the design you submit is your own original work, has not been previously published, and does not contain any trademarks, logos, copyrighted material, or any other intellectual property belonging to any third party. You agree to sign any necessary documentation that may be required by Mood Designer Fabrics to certify the use of the rights you granted above. You understand that you will not receive any compensation for use of your design, other than what is described in these Official Rules. If the Sponsors determine in their sole discretion that an Entrant has materially breached a representation or warranty at any time during the Competition, then the Entry will be disqualified.

7. Expectations of Entrants

Participants grant Sponsors the right to use your name, image and/or likeness, and any biographical information that you provide to us, in connection with the Promotion or your design, in all media (now known or later developed), in any manner, throughout the world, in perpetuity, to promote the Promotion of Mood Fabrics.

8. Expectations of Voters

Voting will be open to everyone via the Mood Designer Fabrics Facebook page. Votes by phone, email, or mail will not be accepted. Votes for which Entrants have offered some incentive or compensation, as determined by IP address and other fraud-detection tools, will not be counted.

9. Similar Ideas

Each Entrant understands and acknowledges that: i) the Competition Entities have wide access to ideas, images, artistic works and other creative materials, and those new ideas are constantly being submitted to thereto and/or being developed by other individuals; ii) many designs or images may be competitive with, similar to, or identical to content in the Entry and/or each other in style, concept, rendering, or other respects; iii) Entrants will not be entitled to any compensation as a result of the Mood Fabrics’ use of any such similar or identical material that has been or may be received by any of the Competition Entities from other sources. Except where prohibited by law, each Entrant acknowledges and agrees that the Released Parties do not now and shall not have in the future any duty or liability, direct or indirect, vicarious, contributory, or otherwise, with respect to the infringement or protection of the Entrant’s copyright in and to the Entries. Finally, each Entrant acknowledges that, with respect to any claim by an Entrant relating to or arising out of any Competition Entities' actual or alleged exploitation or use of any Entry or other material submitted in connection with the Competition, the damage, if any, caused to the applicable Entrant will not be irreparable or otherwise sufficient to entitle such Entrant to seek any injunctive or other equitable relief or in any way enjoin, otherwise interfere with, delay, or interrupt the production, distribution, exhibition, or other exploitation of any production based on, or allegedly based on, the Entry, and Entrant’s rights and remedies in any such event shall be strictly limited to the right to recover damages, if any, in an action at law.

10. Prize

Winner will receive a $100 gift card to Mood Designer Fabrics. Mood will also write a social media announcement to be submitted via local, regional, national, and international outlets. The winner will be the creator of the design that receive the greatest number of votes by the time contest voting closes at 11:59 p.m. EST on Wednesday, November 08, 2018. All decisions by the Sponsors as to eligibility of voters, votes, or submitted designs are final. No transfer, assignment, substitution or cash equivalent of any prize element will be permitted. Other expenses are not included and are winner’s sole responsibility unless indicated herein as being awarded. Winner is solely responsible for the reporting and payment of any applicable federal, state and/or local taxes on his/her prize. Winner agrees and acknowledges that Mood Designer Fabrics may share his/her name, address and other contact information with one or more third parties in connection with the awarding and/or delivery of the prize.

11. Contact

If you have any questions email [email protected] The selected finalists and winner will be notified by Instagram Direct Message (via the current Instagram account associated with selected winner’s entry) according to the contest timeline above. Mood Fabrics shall have no liability for any winner notification that is lost, intercepted or not received by a potential winner for any reason. In Mood Fabrics’ sole discretion, a selected winner may be required to forfeit his/her prize and an alternate winner may be selected in accordance with these Official Rules from among the remaining eligible entries if such selected winner: (i) is unreachable or winner notification is returned as undeliverable; (ii) declines or cannot accept, receive or use the prize for any reason; or (iii) fails to comply with these Official Rules. A forfeited prize may not be awarded.

12. General Conditions

By participating in this Promotion, each entrant agrees to be bound by these Official Rules and the decisions of Mood Fabrics, which are final and binding in all respects and cannot be appealed. By entering, each entrant agrees and acknowledges that Mood Fabrics, and each of its respective parent companies, affiliates, divisions, subsidiaries, franchisees and advertising and marketing agencies, and each of their respective employees, officers, shareholders, directors, representatives and agents (collectively, “Released Parties”) are not responsible for and shall not be liable for: (i) late, lost, delayed, misdirected, incomplete, unreadable, inaccurate, garbled or unintelligible entries; (ii) telephone system, facsimile, technical or computer malfunctions, lost connections or transmissions, disconnections or other errors of any kind whether mechanical, human, electronic or otherwise relating to or in connection with the Promotion, including, without limitation, errors which may occur in connection with the administration of the Promotion or the processing of entries; (iii) data corruption, theft, destruction, unauthorized access to or alteration of entry or other materials; (iv) any injuries, losses, costs, expenses or damages to person or property of any kind caused, in whole or part, directly or indirectly, by the prize or resulting from redemption, acceptance, possession, loss or use or misuse of any prize or from participating in the Promotion or any Promotion related activity; (v) inability to participate in the Promotion; or (vi) any printing, typographical, human, administrative or technological errors in any material associated with the Promotion. No more than the number of prizes stated in these Official Rules will be awarded. Mood Fabrics reserves the right, in their sole discretion, to modify, cancel or suspend this Promotion (or any portion of the Promotion) should an error or a virus, bug, computer problem or other cause or problem corrupt or inhibit the administration, security or proper operation of the Promotion and, in such situation, to select the winner from the remaining eligible non-suspect entries received prior to and/or after such action or in such manner as deemed fair and appropriate by Sponsors in their sole discretion. In the event that Promotion is modified, cancelled or suspended, notification of such event will be posted on Mood Fabrics social media. Mood Designer Fabrics may prohibit an entrant from participating in the Promotion or winning a prize if, in their sole discretion, Mood Designs Fabrics determines entrant is attempting to undermine the legitimate operation of the Promotion by cheating, hacking, deception, or other unfair practices or intending to annoy, abuse, threaten or harass any other entrant or any representative of Mood Fabrics. Any attempt by a person to deliberately damage any website or undermine the legitimate operation of the Promotion is a violation of criminal and civil laws and should such an attempt be made, Mood Fabrics reserves the right to seek damages from any such person to the fullest extent of the law. Mood Fabrics has not made and/or are not responsible for any misrepresentation or guaranty, express or implied, in fact or in law, relative to the prizes.

13. Right of Publicity

By accepting a prize, winner agrees and acknowledges that Mood Fabrics and any of their designees may, without any limitation or further compensation, use his or her name, voice, biographical data and/or likeness in any and all media now known or hereinafter devised, throughout the universe and in perpetuity, for any commercial purpose including, but not limited to, advertising and promoting the Promotion or any other promotion, contest or promotion sponsored by Mood Fabrics, except where prohibited by law.

14. Technical Limitation of Liability

To the extent permitted by applicable law, neither Mood Designer Fabrics nor any of their respective parents, subsidiaries, affiliates, advertising and promotion agencies, legal and financial advisers, any and all companies associated with this Competition after these Official Rules are published, and each of their respective officers, directors, shareholders, agents, licensees, licensors and employees, nor any Internet access providers (collectively “Released Parties”) are responsible for incorrect or inaccurate entry of information, human error, technical malfunction, lost/delayed data transmission, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, line failure of any telephone, computer or other network, computer equipment, software or any combination thereof, inability to access the contest entry page or the Mood Fabrics website, or for late, lost, stolen, damaged, misdirected, incorrect, garbled, delayed, undelivered or incomplete Entries, or other materials, except to the extent resulting from the negligence of a Released Party. Any Entry/Entrant information collected during the Competition shall be used only in a manner consistent with the consent given by Entrants, at the time of entry, with these Official Rules.

15. Limitations of Liability

Mood Designer Fabrics disclaim any liability for damage to any computer system related to participating in, or accessing or downloading information in connection with the Promotion. Except where prohibited by law and to the extent that the negative consequences described below are the foreseeable result of matters within the Released Parties’ reasonable control and are the direct consequence of negligence or default by any of them, the Released Parties are not responsible for any incorrect or inaccurate entry of information, human error, technical malfunction, lost/delayed data transmission, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, line failure of any telephone, computer or other network, computer equipment, software or any combination thereof, inability to access the Mood Fabrics website, for the inability to upload or download any Competition-related materials from Mood Designer Fabrics, or for late, lost, damaged, misdirected, delayed, garbled, incorrect inaccurate, stolen, damaged, or incomplete Entries or votes.

16. Applicable Law

By entering the Promotion, each entrant agrees that: (1) any and all disputes, claims, and causes of action arising out of or connected with the Promotion, or any prizes awarded, shall be resolved individually, without resort to any form of class action; (2) any and all claims, judgments and awards shall be limited to actual out of pocket costs incurred, including costs associated with entering the Promotion, but in no event will attorneys’ fees be awarded or recoverable; and (3) under no circumstances will any entrant be permitted to obtain any award for, and each entrant hereby knowingly and expressly waives all rights to seek, punitive, incidental or consequential damages and/or any other damages, other than actual out of pocket expenses, and/or any and all rights to have damages multiplied or otherwise increased. All issues concerning the construction, validity and enforcement of these Official Rules, or the rights and obligations of the entrant and Mood Fabrics, shall be construed and governed by the laws of the state of New York, without regard to conflicts of law. All suits or claims brought in connection with this Promotion must be brought in a state or federal court in New York.