By entering this competition, each individual entrant (for individuals under 18 years old, the individual’s parent or guardian) grants Children Pay Children a worldwide nonexclusive, royalty-free, transferable license to use the essay, or any portion thereof, for Children Pay Children purposes, and grants Children Pay Children a world-wide, non-exclusive, royalty-free, transferable license to use the entrants’ names, likenesses, photographs, and/or biographical information for advertising, publicity, and promotional purposes.

If selected as a winner, each individual (and for individuals under 18 years old, the individual’s parent or guardian) hereby agrees to irrevocably grant and assign exclusively to the Children Pay Children all rights, including copyright interests in the essays, under all laws, treaties and conventions throughout the world, in all forms, languages and media, now or hereafter known or developed without limitation. Use, publication, or dissemination by winners of their respective essay may be permitted at the discretion of Children Pay Children, as approved in writing in advance by Children Pay Children.  Submitting an essay to this competition does not guarantee that the Submission will be displayed or used by Children Pay Children.

Use by Children Pay Children of a Submission does not necessarily reflect the views of the Children Pay Children, and in no event shall Children Pay Children assume or have any responsibility or liability for any Submission, in whole or in part, or for any claims, damages, or losses resulting from the use and/or appearance of any Submission or the contents thereof.

Children Pay Children reserves the right to refuse any Submission in its sole discretion. Children Pay Children also reserves the right at any time during the competition to remove or disqualify any Submission when it believes in its sole discretion that the entrant has: (i) infringed any third party’s copyright; (ii) failed to comply with these Terms and Conditions; or (iii) failed to obtain the necessary consents as set out in these terms and conditions.

Children Pay Children shall not be liable for any claims, costs, liabilities, damages, expenses, and losses arising out of (i) Children Pay Children’s use of the Submission; (ii) the entrant’s participation in the competition; (iii) technical failures of any kind including but not limited to problems or delays arising from software or equipment malfunctions or computer viruses; and (iv) any events outside Children Pay Children’s reasonable control.

By entering this competition, each individual entrant, (and for individuals under 18 years old, the individual’s parent or guardian) represents and warrants that: (i) the entrant is the sole author, creator, and owner of the Submission; (ii) except for material used by permission, none of the intellectual property rights in the Submission, or any portion thereof, has been assigned or transferred to anyone other than the entrant; (iii) the Submission, through its creation and its submission as an entry, does not violate any applicable laws; and (iv) the Submission, through its creation and its submission as an entry, does not infringe upon or violate intellectual property rights held by any third person or party.

Any entrant who supplies false information, enters the Children Pay Children Annual Love Writing Contest by fraudulent means, or is otherwise determined to be in violation of the eligibility criteria or terms of Children Pay Children Love Writing Contest shall be ineligible for any prize and shall be required to forfeit any prize obtained based on such information or means.

By entering a Submission in the Contest, each individual entrant (and for individuals under 18 years old, the individual’s parent or guardian) agrees to comply with and be bound by the official rules and decisions of Children Pay Children.

This Contest is void where prohibited. The Contest shall be governed by, construed and enforced in accordance with the laws in the state of California.