Official Rules for the
Penguin Young Readers Sweepstakes

NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. A PURCHASE WILL NOT ENHANCE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING.

Open to teachers of pre-kindergarten through 2nd grade students in schools located in the fifty United States and the District of Columbia.

How to Enter:

1. To enter the Penguin Young Readers Sweepstakes ("Sweepstakes"), please read these Official Rules and send an email to schoolandlibrary@us.penguingroup.com with "PYR Sweepstakes" in the subject line. Entrants should include their name, classroom level, name of school, mailing address and phone number in the body of the email. Upon entering, every entrant will receive a free PYR information kit that includes: a curriculum guide to the leveled reading program, a sample paperback leveled reader, a one-sheet with these official rules and an activities poster. PYR kits will be mailed within 2-3 weeks after receiving entry until September 15, 2011. Using the materials in the PYR kit will not increase your chances of winning. Entries may be sent via the above email address only and must be received no later than September 30, 2011 11:59:59 PM, Eastern Time (ET). Limit one entry per classroom and per email account.
2. Entries are void if they are in whole or in part illegible, incomplete or damaged. Sponsor assumes no responsibility for late, lost, damaged, incomplete, illegible, postage due or misdirected entries.
3. Penguin Young Readers Group, a division of Penguin Group (USA) Inc. ("Sponsor") and its parent, subsidiary or affiliated companies are not responsible for technical, hardware or software malfunctions of any kind, lost or unavailable network connections, or failed, incorrect, incomplete, inaccurate, garbled or delayed electronic communications caused by the sender, or by any of the equipment or programming associated with or utilized in this Sweepstakes which may limit the ability to play or participate, or by any human error which may occur in the processing of the entries in this Sweepstakes. If for any reason the Sweepstakes is not capable of being conducted as described in these rules, Sponsor shall have the right to cancel, terminate, modify or suspend the Sweepstakes. In the event of a dispute over the identity of an online entrant, entry will be deemed submitted by the authorized holder of the email account.

Winners:

1. From all eligible entries received, twenty (20) winners will be chosen in a random drawing held on or about October 7, 2011 by Sponsor, whose decisions concerning all matters related to this Sweepstakes are final and binding.
2. Winners will be notified by telephone and/or email. The odds of winning depend on the number of eligible entries received.

Prize:

1. Twenty (20) winner(s) will each receive: a display with 48 Penguin Young Readers leveled readers (Approximate Retail Value = $325.00 each).
2. In the event that there is an insufficient number of entries Sponsor reserves the right not to award the prizes.

Eligibility:

This sweepstakes is open to teachers of pre-kindergarten through 2nd grade students in schools located in the fifty United States and the District of Columbia. Employees of Sponsor, and its parent company, subsidiaries, affiliates, or other parties in any way involved in the development, production or distribution of this Sweepstakes, as well as the immediate family (spouse, parents, siblings, children) and household members of each such employee are not eligible to participate in this Sweepstakes. Void where prohibited by law. All state and local restrictions apply.

General

1. No substitution, transfers or assignments of prizes allowed. In the event of unavailability, Sponsor may substitute a prize of equal or greater value.
2. All expenses, including taxes (if any), related to receipt and use of prize are the sole responsibility of the winners.
3. Winners may be required to execute an Affidavit of Eligibility and Release ("Affidavit") and if so, the Affidavit must be completed and returned within fourteen (14) days of notification or winner will forfeit the prize and another winner will be selected. If a selected winner is under eighteen (18) years of age, his/her parent or legal guardian will be required to sign the Affidavit. Should the ARV of the prize equal or exceed $600.00, Winners shall be required to provide a Social Security Number or a Taxpayer Identification Number to Sponsor for issuance of a 1099 Form.
4. By accepting the prizes, winners grant to Sponsor the right to use their names likenesses, hometowns and biographical information in advertising and promotion materials, including posting on the Sponsor's and author's website, without further compensation or permission, except where prohibited by law.
5. By competing in this Sweepstakes and/or accepting a prize, entrants release Sponsor, its parent, subsidiary or affiliated companies or the advertising agencies of any of them and the authors and/or editors of any books promoted hereby from any and all liability for any loss, harm, injuries, damages, cost or expense arising out of or relating to participation in this Sweepstakes or the acceptance, use or misuse of the prize.
6. Any dispute arising from this Sweepstakes will be determined according to the laws of the State of New York, without reference to its conflict of law principles, and the entrants consent to the personal jurisdiction of the state and federal courts located in New York County and agree that such courts have exclusive jurisdiction over all such disputes.

Winners List:

For a copy of the winners list, send a self-addressed, stamped envelope by April 9, 2012 to: Penguin Young Readers Group, 345 Hudson Street, New York, NY 10014, Attention: School & Library Marketing, PYRG Sweepstakes Winners List.

Sponsor:

Penguin Young Readers Group
A Division of Penguin Group (USA) Inc.
345 Hudson Street
New York, New York 10014