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American Rag Print Design Sweepstakes
Official Rules – No Purchase Necessary

TO ENTER: NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. The “American Rag Print Design Contest” (“Contest”) sponsored by Macy’s (“Sponsor”) begins at 12:01 am Eastern Time (“ET”) on 9/25/07, ends at 11:59 pm ET on 12/15/07, and is open to legal residents of the 50 United States and the District of Columbia. Contestants must be a minimum of 18 years of age at the time of entry, as confirmed by valid government-issued photograph ID. To enter, visit www.AmericanRagCampus.com to find the online entry form. Complete all of the requested information and follow the instructions to create and upload a print entry of your uniquely designed t-shirt print on a male and/or female template at www.AmericanRagCampus.com. Online entries must include a valid e-mail address for the entrant. Entry may not include any copyrighted material including but not limited to images or copy, nor may entry include any profanity, nudity, illegal or immoral conduct or material deemed offensive by the judges. Entry must be the sole original work of the contestant. Any individuals who appear in the imagery on your print, must give written permission for the use of their image if their face is shown. All submissions become the property of the Sponsor and will not be returned. Sponsor will maintain rights to all content of all entry submissions, and will maintain the right to feature submitted artwork on any and all Sponsor merchandise sold and distributed at Sponsor retail locations and online sites. Sponsor reserves the right to alter the submitted artwork and shirt template based on Sponsor’s production needs. Submitted artwork is not guaranteed to be feature or produced as originally submitted.

JUDGING: Entries will be presented online for public voting at www.AmericanRagCampus.com between 9/25/07 and 12/15/07 to measure public appeal. A panel of industry marketing experts will select the potential winners for the male and female templates by 2/1/08 based on the following criteria: public appeal (20%), creativity (32%), originality (32%) and appropriateness to Theme (16%).

PRIZE: (“ARV”) Male Template Grand Prize (1): Macy’s Gift Cards ($1000 ARV each); Female Template Grand Prize (1): Macy’s Gift Cards ($1000 ARV each); Total value of all prizes: $2000. Any taxes and expenses not mentioned above are the winner’s responsibility. All prizes will be awarded. Odds of winning depend upon the number of entries received.

WINNER SELECTION AND VALIDATION: Potential winners will be determined on or about 2/1/08 by a panel of qualified judges under the supervision of RepNation Media LLC, an independent judging agency whose decisions are final on all aspects of the Contest. In the event of a tie, a tie-breaking essay question will be posed to the tied contestants. The tie-breaking questions will be “Tell us in 100 words or less why your print design should be featured at American Rag.” The same panel of judges will judge the submitted essays based on the following criteria: creativity (35%), originality (35%), appropriateness to Theme (20%), and grammar (10%). Potential winners will be notified by certified mail/return receipt requested and required to complete an Affidavit of Eligibility, Liability/Publicity Release and Copyright Assignment. Affidavit must be returned, executed by the winner without any changes, within fourteen (14) days of the date on the notification or the potential winner may be disqualified and a runner-up winner will be selected. In the event that any one entry is created and/or submitted by more than one person, the prize will only be awarded to the person named on the online entry form. If a prize notification or prize returned as undeliverable, that potential winner will be ineligible and a runner-up will be selected. Runner-up winners are subject to the eligibility requirements of these rules. You are not a certified winner until validated and you receive official notification from the judging organization.

GENERAL TERMS: Employees and members of their immediate families (defined as spouses, siblings, parents and children) and households (whether or not related) of Macys, its subsidiaries, affiliated companies, advertising and promotion agencies, electronic media firm, RepNation Media LLC, and anyone involved in the production, development or handling of this Contest are not eligible. Void where prohibited by law. Sponsor reserves the right to correct typographical or clerical efforts in any contest-related materials. All federal, state, and local laws and regulations apply. Contestants agree to be bound by these Rules. Prize acceptance constitutes permission (except where prohibited) to use winner’s name and likeness for publicity purposes without additional compensation. Participants, by participating in this Contest, hereby waive and release, and agree to hold harmless the Sponsor, its subsidiaries, affiliates, advertising and promotion agencies, and all of their respective officers, directors, employees, representatives and agents, from and against, any and all rights, claims and causes of action whatsoever that they may have, or which may arise, against any of them for any liability for any matter, cause of thing whatsoever, including but not limited to any injury, loss, damage, whether direct, compensatory, incidental or consequential, to person, including death and property, arising in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, from their acceptance, possession, use or misuse of a prize in the Contest, or their participation in the Contest, or their participation in any Contest or prize related activity, or any travel related to the Contest, or any travel for any prize related activity. Sponsor and its agents are not responsible for lost, late, misdirected, damaged, incomplete or illegible entries or Internet technical, hardware, software, telephone, or transmission failures of any kind, which may limit a person’s ability to enter the Contest. Sponsor and its agents are not responsible for any injury or damage to contestants’ or any other person’s computer related to or resulting from entering or downloading any materials in the Contest. Sponsor reserves the right to cancel or suspend advertising the Contest on the Internet should a computer virus, unauthorized intervention or other cause corrupt the integrity or proper conduct of the promotion. Sponsor reserves the right to disqualify any contestant found to be disrupting the operation of the Contest or its web site. If the integrity of the Internet portion of the Contest is compromised in any manner, Sponsor reserves the right to modify Contest and judge the winner from valid entries receivedthat are unaffected by the problem. In the event of a dispute as to the identity ofany online contestant, contestant will be deemed the individual named on the online entry form. Any failure by the Sponsor to enforce any of these Rules shall not constitute a waiver of such Rules.

DISPUTES: By entering the Contest, entrants agree that (1) any and all disputes, claims, and causes of action arising out of or connected with the Contest, 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 Contest but in no event attorneys' fees; and (3) under no circumstances will any entrant be permitted to obtain any award for, and entrant hereby waives all rights to claim punitive, incidental or consequential damages and any and all rights to have damages multiplied or otherwise increased and any other damages, other than for actual out-of-pocket expenses, and any and all rights to have damages multiplied or otherwise increased. All issues and questions concerning the construction, validity, interpretation and enforceability of these Official Rules, or the rights and obligations of the entrants and Sponsor in connection with the Contest, shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law rules or provisions that would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of New York. Any legal proceedings arising out of this Contest or relating to these rules shall be instituted only in the federal or state courts located in the State of New York, and the parties consent to jurisdiction therein with respect to any legal proceedings or disputes of whatever nature arising under or relating to these rules. 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 provision is determined to be invalid or otherwise unenforceable or illegal, these rules shall otherwise remain in effect and be construed in accordance with their terms as if the invalid or illegal provision were not contained herein.

USE OF INFORMATION: The information that you provide in connection with the Contest may be used by Sponsor in accordance with its Privacy Policy, which is found at www1.macys.com/service/start/safeshopping/privacy.jsp and which may be updated from time to time.
WINNER’S NAME: For the winner names, send a self-addressed stamped envelope after February 15, 2008 to: American Rag Print Design Winner’s Name, c/o RepNation Media LLC, 75 Ninth Avenue. 4th fl, New York, NY 10011.

SPONSOR: Macys, 151 West 34th Street, New York, NY 10001