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Page 1: Official Rules for the Create Your Dream Poptropica Island ...€¦ · Poptropica Island Creator Kit. You may use any medium, such as pencil, ink or crayons to create your drawings

Create Y

our d

ream

Po

ptro

pic

a I

sland C

ontest

En

ter f

or t

he o

ppor

tuni

ty t

o ha

ve y

our i

dea

laun

ched

into

a b

rand

-new

Isl

and

on P

optr

opic

a! O

ne g

rand

-priz

e w

inne

r will

see

thei

r Isla

nd c

reat

ed

on P

optr

opic

a. T

he g

rand

-priz

e w

inne

r an

d te

n ru

nner

s-up

will

each

re

ceiv

e a

full

set

of P

optr

opic

a bo

oks.

See

offic

ial r

ules

.Fil

l out

thi

s en

try

form

(or a

pho

toco

py o

f it)

or d

ownl

oad

and

prin

t it

from

ww

w.p

engu

in.c

om/

popt

ropi

ca a

nd m

ail i

t to

:

Pen

guin

Yo

ung

Rea

der

s G

ro

up M

arket

ing

345 H

udso

n S

tree

t, 15

th F

l. N

ew Y

ork, NY 1

00

14

Atten

tio

n: crea

te

yo

ur d

rea

m p

optro

pic

a isla

nd c

ontes

t

All e

ntrie

s m

ust

be p

ostm

arke

d on

or b

efor

e 12

/24

/20

13

and

rece

ived

on

or b

efor

e 12

/31

/20

13.

Be c

reat

ive!

Be

orig

inal

! Thi

nk b

ig!

Yo

ur f

ull n

am

e:

Yo

ur a

ge:

parent/g

uardia

n f

ull n

am

e:

mail

ing

address:

pho

ne n

um

ber

:

Yo

ur island n

am

e:

island

Yo

ur P

itch

Dire

ctio

ns: I

n on

e or

tw

o se

nten

ces,

desc

ribe

your

visi

on f

or t

he Is

land

. For

exa

mpl

e:

On

Cryp

tids

Isla

nd, P

optr

opic

ans

sear

ch a

ll ov

er t

he w

orld

for

myt

hica

l mon

ster

s lik

e Bi

gfoo

t an

d th

e Lo

ch N

ess

Mon

ster

Offic

ial R

ules f

or t

he

Create Y

our D

ream

Po

ptro

pic

a I

sland C

ontest

NO

PU

RCH

ASE

NEC

ESSA

RY.

A P

URC

HA

SE W

ILL

NO

T EN

HA

NC

E YO

UR

OPP

ORT

UN

ITY

TO W

IN.

Ope

n to

resi

dent

s of

the

fifty

Uni

ted

Stat

es a

nd th

e D

istric

t of C

olum

bia,

age

s 8–

12.

HO

W T

O E

NTER

1. To

ent

er th

e C

reat

e Yo

ur D

ream

Pop

trop

ica

Islan

d C

onte

st (t

he “C

onte

st”),

read

thes

e O

fficia

l Rul

es a

nd su

bmit

your

idea

for a

new

isla

nd in

Pop

tropi

ca

by c

ompl

etin

g th

e en

try

form

whi

ch c

an b

e do

wnl

oade

d an

d pr

inte

d fro

m w

ww.

peng

uin.

com

/pop

tropi

ca o

r ava

ilabl

e in

the

Popt

ropi

ca Is

land

Cre

ator

Kit.

Yo

u m

ay u

se a

ny m

ediu

m, s

uch

as p

encil

, ink o

r cra

yons

to c

reat

e yo

ur d

raw

ings

and

des

crip

tions

. Eac

h en

try f

orm

mus

t inc

lude

your

firs

t and

last

nam

e, fu

ll m

ailin

g ad

dres

s, ag

e, te

leph

one

num

ber, fi

rst a

nd la

st n

ame

of yo

ur p

aren

t or l

egal

gua

rdia

n, a

nd a

ll re

ques

ted

desc

riptio

ns a

nd d

raw

ings

. Ent

ries m

ust

be s

ent b

y U

S m

ail o

nly

to P

engu

in Y

oung

Rea

ders

Gro

up M

arke

ting,

345

Hud

son

Stre

et, N

ew Y

ork,

NY

1001

4, A

tten

tion:

Cre

ate

Your

Dre

am

Popt

ropi

ca Is

land

Con

test

. Lim

it on

e en

try

per p

erso

n.

2. C

onte

st b

egin

s Au

gust

1, 2

013.

To

be e

ligib

le, a

ll en

trie

s m

ust b

e po

stm

arke

d on

or b

y D

ecem

ber 2

4, 2

013

and

rece

ived

on o

r by

Dec

embe

r 31,

2013

. Su

bmiss

ions

by

fax,

em

ail o

r any

oth

er e

lect

roni

c m

eans

will

not b

e co

nsid

ered

.

3. A

ll en

trie

s be

com

e th

e pr

oper

ty o

f Fam

ily E

duca

tion

Net

wor

k, a

divi

sion

of P

ears

on E

duca

tion,

Inc.

(“FE

N”)

and

will

not b

e re

turn

ed. B

y en

terin

g th

e C

onte

st, c

onte

stan

ts a

gree

to a

bide

by

thes

e ru

les,

and

repr

esen

t and

war

rant

that

the

entr

ies a

re th

eir o

wn

and

orig

inal

cre

atio

ns, a

nd d

o no

t vio

late

or

infr

inge

the

right

s, in

clud

ing,

with

out l

imita

tion,

cop

yrig

hts,

trad

emar

k rig

hts o

r rig

hts o

f pub

licity

/priv

acy,

of a

ny th

ird p

arty

.

4. E

ntrie

s are

voi

d if

they

are

in w

hole

or i

n pa

rt ill

egib

le, in

com

plet

e or

dam

aged

. Pen

guin

You

ng R

eade

rs G

roup

, a d

ivisi

on o

f Pen

guin

Gro

up (U

SA) I

nc.

(“Spo

nsor

”) as

sum

es n

o re

spon

sibilit

y fo

r lat

e, lo

st, d

amag

ed, i

ncom

plet

e, il

legi

ble,

pos

tage

due

or

misd

irect

ed m

ail e

ntrie

s. Sp

onso

r an

d its

par

ent,

subs

idia

ry o

r affi

liate

d co

mpa

nies

are

not

resp

onsib

le fo

r tec

hnic

al m

alfu

nctio

ns o

f any

kin

d w

hich

may

lim

it th

e ab

ility

to p

artic

ipat

e, o

r by

any

hum

an

erro

r whi

ch m

ay o

ccur

in th

e pr

oces

sing

of th

e en

trie

s. If

for a

ny re

ason

the

Con

test

is n

ot c

apab

le o

f bei

ng c

ondu

cted

as

desc

ribed

in th

ese

rule

s, Sp

onso

r sha

ll hav

e th

e rig

ht to

can

cel, t

erm

inat

e, m

odify

or s

uspe

nd th

e C

onte

st.

judg

ing

1. O

n or

abo

ut F

ebru

ary

28, 2

014,

one

Gra

nd P

rize

win

ner a

nd te

n (10

) run

ner-u

p w

inne

rs w

ill b

e se

lect

ed b

y a

qual

ified

pan

el o

f jud

ges

chos

en b

y Sp

onso

r, in

clud

ing

Jeff

Kinn

ey a

nd th

e Po

ptro

pica

cre

ativ

e te

am.

2. E

ntrie

s w

ill b

e ju

dged

bas

ed u

pon

how

cre

ativ

e an

d in

spiri

ng th

e id

eas

are,

with

equ

al w

eigh

t bei

ng g

iven

to e

ach

crite

rion.

The

dec

isio

ns o

f the

ju

dges

and

Spo

nsor

with

resp

ect t

o th

e se

lect

ion

of th

e w

inne

r and

in re

gard

to a

ll m

atte

rs re

latin

g to

this

Con

test

sha

ll be

fina

l and

bin

ding

.

3. W

inne

rs w

ill b

e no

tified

by

tele

phon

e or

mai

l.

priz

es

1. O

ne G

rand

Priz

e w

inne

r will

hav

e hi

s or h

er d

esig

n de

velo

ped

by th

e Po

ptro

pica

cre

ativ

e te

am a

nd la

unch

ed o

n th

e Po

ptro

pica

web

site

in 2

014.

2. G

rand

Priz

e w

inne

r an

d te

n (10

) ru

nner

s-up

will

rec

eive

the

fol

low

ing

Popt

ropi

ca b

ooks

: Pop

trop

ica:

The

Offi

cial

Gui

de; A

stro

-Kni

ghts

Isla

nd;

Skul

ldug

gery

Isla

nd; C

rypt

ids

Islan

d; L

unar

Col

ony;

Penc

il W

arrio

r; Fr

iend

s H

andb

ook

and

Popt

ropi

ca M

ad L

ibs

(Tot

al A

ppro

xim

ate

Reta

il Va

lue

(“ARV

”) of

eac

h pr

ize =

$56.

00).

3. In

the

even

t tha

t the

re is

an

insu

ffici

ent n

umbe

r of q

ualifi

ed e

ntrie

s or i

f the

judg

es d

eter

min

e in

thei

r abs

olut

e di

scre

tion

that

no

or to

o fe

w e

ntrie

s mee

t th

e qu

ality

stan

dard

s est

ablis

hed

to a

war

d th

e pr

izes,

Spon

sor r

eser

ves t

he ri

ght n

ot to

aw

ard

the

prize

s.

elig

ibil

ity

Ope

n to

resi

dent

s of

the

fifty

Uni

ted

Stat

es a

nd th

e D

istric

t of C

olum

bia,

age

s 8–

12. E

mpl

oyee

s of

Spo

nsor

and

its

pare

nt c

ompa

ny, s

ubsi

diar

ies,

affilia

tes o

r oth

er p

artie

s in

any

way

invo

lved

in th

e de

velo

pmen

t, pr

oduc

tion

or d

istrib

utio

n of

this

Con

test

, as w

ell a

s the

imm

edia

te fa

mily

(spo

use,

pa

rent

s, si

blin

gs, c

hild

ren)

and

hou

seho

ld m

embe

rs o

f eac

h su

ch e

mpl

oyee

are

not

elig

ible

to p

artic

ipat

e in

this

Con

test

. Vo

id w

here

pro

hibi

ted

by la

w. A

ll st

ate

and

loca

l res

tric

tions

app

ly.

general

1. N

o ca

sh s

ubst

itutio

n, tr

ansf

er o

r ass

ignm

ent o

f priz

es a

llow

ed. I

n th

e ev

ent o

f the

una

vaila

bilit

y of

a p

rize

or p

rizes

, Spo

nsor

may

sub

stitu

te a

priz

e or

pr

izes o

f equ

al o

r gre

ater

val

ue.

2. A

ll exp

ense

s, in

clud

ing

taxe

s (if

any)

, rel

ated

to re

ceip

t and

use

of p

rizes

are

the

sole

resp

onsib

ility

of th

e w

inne

r.

3. W

inne

r may

be

requ

ired

to e

xecu

te a

n A

ffida

vit o

f Elig

ibilit

y an

d Re

leas

e. T

he A

ffida

vit m

ust b

e re

turn

ed w

ithin

four

teen

(14)

day

s of

not

ifica

tion

or

win

ner w

ill fo

rfei

t the

priz

e an

d an

othe

r win

ner w

ill be

sel

ecte

d. A

s a

sele

cted

win

ner w

ill be

und

er e

ight

een

(18) y

ears

of a

ge, h

is/he

r par

ent o

r leg

al

guar

dian

will

be re

quire

d to

sign

the

Affi

davi

t. Sh

ould

the

ARV

equ

al o

r exc

eed

$600

.00,

win

ner s

hall b

e re

quire

d to

pro

vide

a S

ocia

l Sec

urity

Num

ber

or a

n In

divi

dual

Tax

paye

r Ide

ntifi

catio

n N

umbe

r to

Spon

sor f

or is

suan

ce o

f a 10

99 F

orm

.

4. B

y acc

eptin

g a p

rize,

the

win

ner g

rant

s to

Spon

sor a

nd F

EN th

e rig

ht to

edi

t, ad

apt,

publ

ish, c

opy,

disp

lay a

nd o

ther

wise

use

his/

her e

ntry

in co

nnec

tion

with

th

is C

onte

st w

ithou

t fur

ther

com

pens

atio

n, in

clud

ing

disp

lay

on th

e Po

ptro

pica

web

site,

and

to fu

rthe

r use

the

win

ner’s

nam

e, li

kene

ss a

nd b

iogr

aphi

cal

info

rmat

ion,

with

par

enta

l per

miss

ion,

in a

dver

tisin

g an

d pr

omot

iona

l mat

eria

ls, w

ithou

t fur

ther

com

pens

atio

n or

per

miss

ion,

exc

ept w

here

pro

hibi

ted

by

law.

5. B

y pa

rtic

ipat

ing

in th

e C

onte

st a

nd/o

r acc

eptin

g th

e pr

ize, c

onte

stan

ts re

leas

e Sp

onso

r, FE

N, t

heir

pare

nt, s

ubsid

iary

and

affi

liate

d co

mpa

nies

, aut

hors

w

hose

boo

ks a

re p

rom

oted

her

eby

or th

e ag

enci

es o

f any

of t

hem

, fro

m a

ny li

abilit

y, in

jury

, dam

ages

, cos

t or e

xpen

se, in

clud

ing

reas

onab

le a

ttorn

ey’s

fees

, aris

ing

out o

f or c

onne

cted

to p

artic

ipat

ion

in th

is C

onte

st, in

clud

ing

but n

ot li

mite

d to

cla

ims r

elat

ed to

Spo

nsor

’s or

FEN

’s us

e of

the

entr

ies,

or

the

acce

ptan

ce, p

osse

ssio

n, u

se o

r misu

se o

f any

priz

es.

6. A

ny d

isput

e ar

ising

fro

m t

his

Con

test

will

be d

eter

min

ed a

ccor

ding

to

the

law

s of

the

Sta

te o

f N

ew Y

ork,

with

out

refe

renc

e to

its

confl

ict

of la

w

prin

cipl

es, a

nd th

e en

tran

ts’ c

onse

nt to

the

pers

onal

juris

dict

ion

of th

e st

ate

and

fede

ral c

ourt

s loc

ated

in N

ew Y

ork

Cou

nty

and

agre

e th

at su

ch c

ourt

s ha

ve e

xclu

sive

juris

dict

ion

over

all s

uch

disp

utes

.

win

ners l

ist

For t

he n

ames

of t

he w

inne

rs, s

end

a se

lf-ad

dres

sed,

sta

mpe

d en

velo

pe b

y Ju

ly 7

, 201

4 to

Pen

guin

You

ng R

eade

rs G

roup

, 345

Hud

son

Stre

et,

New

Yor

k, N

Y 10

014,

Att

entio

n: C

reat

e Yo

ur D

ream

Pop

trop

ica

Isla

nd W

inne

rs L

ist.

spo

nso

r

Peng

uin

Youn

g Re

ader

s G

roup

A D

ivis

ion

of P

engu

in G

roup

(USA

) Inc

.34

5 H

udso

n St

reet

New

Yor

k, N

ew Y

ork

1001

4Po

ptro

pica

©20

07–2

013

Pear

son

Educ

atio

n, In

c. A

ll Ri

ghts

Res

erve

d.

978-

3-0

0-2

0151

3-5

Page 2: Official Rules for the Create Your Dream Poptropica Island ...€¦ · Poptropica Island Creator Kit. You may use any medium, such as pencil, ink or crayons to create your drawings

Yo

ur s

to

ry

Dire

ctio

ns: T

ell u

s m

ore

abou

t w

hat

Popt

ropi

cans

will

exp

erie

nce

on y

our I

sland

.

Whe

re d

oes

the

stor

y ta

ke p

lace

? Fo

r exa

mpl

e, A

ncie

nt G

reec

e.

Wha

t is

the

prob

lem

tha

t th

e pl

ayer

nee

ds t

o so

lve?

For

exa

mpl

e, fi

nd t

he fi

ve sa

cred

item

s.

Wha

t kin

ds o

f cha

lleng

es w

ill pl

ayer

s fac

e? Fo

r exa

mpl

e, m

onst

ers,

puzz

les,

unde

rwat

er c

aves

.

Wha

t ki

nds

of c

hara

cter

s liv

e on

you

r isla

nd?

For e

xam

ple,

Ath

ena,

Her

cule

s, an

d Ha

des.

Will

play

ers g

et a

ny sp

ecia

l pow

ers o

r abi

lities

? Fo

r exa

mpl

e, t

he G

rapp

ling

Bowt

ie on

Spy

Isla

nd

Yo

ur m

ain

street

Dire

ctio

ns: I

n th

e bo

x be

low

, dra

w t

he b

uild

ings

, sig

ns, a

nd la

ndm

arks

tha

t Po

ptro

pica

ns w

ill

see

whe

n th

ey v

isit

your

Isla

nd’s

Mai

n St

reet

.

Yo

ur c

ast o

f characters

Dire

ctio

ns: D

raw

thre

e ch

arac

ters

who

live

on y

our I

sland

. Giv

e th

em e

ach

nam

es a

nd d

escr

iptio

ns.

Don’

t fo

rget

to

draw

in sp

ecia

l clo

thes

and

acc

esso

ries t

o m

atch

you

r Isla

nd’s

them

e!

Char

acte

r Nam

e:

Desc

ripti

on:

Char

acte

r Nam

e:

Desc

ripti

on:

Char

acte

r Nam

e:

Desc

ripti

on:


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