To enter, submit a complete scholarship application online at www.JLFAY.org prior to 11:59 pm et the day of the deadline. Limit one (1) application per person. Your written response must be written in English, with correct spelling and grammar. No substitutions of new drafts or corrected pages will be accepted once you have submitted your original manuscript. Written responses that are obscene, pornographic, libelous or supportive of illegal or unlawful activity will be disqualified. All applications and manuscripts become the property of the JLF and will not be returned. The JLF assumes no responsibility for lost, late, misdirected, or unintelligible entries. By submitting an application, you fully and unconditionally accept and agree to these official rules and the decisions of the Sponsor, which are final and binding.
The potential winners will be notified by e-mail when they will be required to sign further documentation as explained below. The JLF shall have no liability for any potential winner notification that is lost, intercepted or not received by the potential winner for any reason. The JLF reserves the right to choose fewer than five (5) scholarship prize recipients if, in its sole discretion, it does not receive a sufficient number of eligible and qualified applications and manuscripts
PRIVACY
By submitting an application, you acknowledge that the JLF may also call and/or send you information that pertains to the scholarship or your application.
DISPUTE RESOLUTION
Except where prohibited, by participating, the applicant agrees that all issues and questions concerning the construction, validity, interpretation and enforceability of these official rules, or the rights and obligations of participants and the JLF and their agents shall be governed by and construed exclusively in accordance with the laws of the State of North Carolina (NC) without giving effect to any principles of conflicts of law of any jurisdiction. Applicant agrees that any action at law or in equity arising out of or relating to this scholarship program, or awarding of the prizes, shall be filed only in the state or federal courts located in the State of NC and applicant hereby consents and submits to the personal jurisdiction of such courts for the purposes of litigating any such action. Except where prohibited, by participating in this scholarship program, the applicant agrees that: (a) any and all disputes, claims, and causes of action arising out of or connected with this scholarship program, or awarding of the scholarship prizes, shall be resolved individually, without resort to any form of class action; and (b) any and all claims, judgments and awards shall be limited to actual out-of-pocket costs incurred, including costs associated with participating in this scholarship program but in no event attorneys’ fees; and (c) under no circumstances will any participant be permitted to obtain awards for and hereby waives all rights to claim punitive, incidental and consequential damages and any other damages, other than for actual out-of-pocket expenses, and any and all rights to have damages multiplied or otherwise increased. Some jurisdictions do not allow the limitations or exclusion of liability for incidental or consequential damages, so the above may not apply to you.
IMPORTANT – PLEASE READ: GENERAL RELEASE AND LIMITATIONS ON LIABILITY
By entering the scholarship program, each applicant acknowledges and agrees that the JLF, its related affiliates, and respective employees, officers, directors and agents are not responsible for any costs, injuries, losses, or damages of any kind arising from or in connection with: (i) incomplete, lost, late, misdirected or illegible entries or for failure to receive applications because of any cause, including without limitation human, transmission, or technical problems, failures, or malfunctions of any kind, whether originating with sender, or otherwise, that may limit an applicant’s ability to participate in the scholarship program; or (ii) any injury or damage resulting, directly or indirectly, in whole or in part, from participation in the scholarship program and/or the use of any prize, including, without limitation, claims, costs, injuries, losses and damages related to personal injuries, death, damage to, loss or destruction of property, or any claims, costs, injuries, losses, or damages related to or based on the applicant’s rights of publicity or privacy, or the applicant’s claim that he or she has somehow been defamed or portrayed in a false light. The JLF assumes no responsibility for any damage to an applicant’s computer system that is occasioned by accessing the Website or participating in the scholarship program, or for any computer system, phone line, hardware, software or program malfunctions, or other errors, failures, delayed computer transmissions or network connections that are human or technical in nature, or for the incorrect or inaccurate capture of information, or the failure to capture any information. This scholarship program is subject to all U. S. federal, state and local laws and regulations. Void where prohibited.
SPONSOR’S RIGHT TO MODIFY, SUSPEND OR TERMINATE
In the event JLF is prevented from continuing with the scholarship program by any event beyond its reasonable control, then Sponsor shall have the right in its sole discretion to modify, suspend, or terminate the scholarship program.
GENERAL PROVISIONS
The JLF reserves the right in its sole discretion to disqualify any individual who is found to be tampering with the application process or the operation of the scholarship program or the Website, to be acting in violation of these official rules, to be submitting responses dishonestly or inaccurately, or to be acting in an unsportsmanlike or disruptive manner. In the event of a dispute as to the identity of any entrant, the authorized account holder of the email address used to enter will be deemed to be the entrant. The “authorized account holder” is the natural person assigned an email address by an Internet access provider, online service provider or other organization responsible for assigning email addresses for the domain associated with the submitted address. If an application is confirmed by Sponsor to have been erroneously deleted, lost or destroyed, the entrant’s sole remedy shall be another application, if time permits. The sponsor’s failure to enforce any term of these official rules shall not constitute a waiver of that or of any other provision.
LIST OF SCHOLARSHIP PRIZE RECIPIENTS
The names of the scholarship prize recipients of this scholarship program will be posted on the JLF Website and possibly in the local newspaper.
The scholarship program is sponsored by:
Junior League of Fayetteville
2605 Fort Bragg Road
Fayetteville, NC 28303
