Rules

MICHELOB ULTRA® LEAN GRILLING CONTEST

OFFICIAL RULES

NO PURCHASE OR PAYMENT OF ANY KIND NECESSARY TO ENTER FOR A CHANCE TO WIN.  A PURCHASE OR PAYMENT OF ANY KIND WILL NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING.  THE CONTEST IS INTENDED FOR VIEWING IN CALIFORNIA ONLY AND WILL BE GOVERNED BY UNITED STATES LAW. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED.  

1.         ELIGIBILITY: 

The “Michelob ULTRA Lean Grilling Photo Contest” (“Contest”) is open to legal residents of California who are twenty-one (21) years of age or older at the time of entry.  Employees, contractors, directors, officers and agents of Anheuser-Busch, LLC, its affiliates and subsidiaries, advertising and promotion agencies, wholesale distributors, retail licensees, and all other service agencies involved with the Contest, members of their immediate family (spouse, parent, child and sibling), are not eligible to enter or win.  The Contest is subject to all applicable federal, state and local laws and regulations and is void where prohibited. Participation constitutes entrant’s full and unconditional agreement to these Official Rules and Sponsor’s and Administrator’s decisions which are final and binding in all matters related to this Contest. Winning a prize is contingent upon fulfilling all requirements as set forth herein. 

2.         CONTEST PERIOD:  

Contest begins at 12:00:00 a.m. Pacific Daylight Time (“PDT”) on September 7, 2020 and ends at 11:59:59 p.m. PDT on October 5, 2020 (“Contest Period”).  The Contest is divided into two (2) phases as defined below.  Administrator’s computer is the official time keeping device for this Contest.

3.         PHASE ONE:  CONTEST SUBMISSION PERIOD:  

The Contest Submission Period begins at 12:00:00 a.m. PDT on September 7, 2020 and ends at 11:59:59 p.m. PDT on September 28, 2020 (“Contest Submission Period”).  

To enter, visit https://www.sandiegomagazine.com/ (“Website”) during the Contest Submission Period and follow the online instructions to (1) complete and submit the online entry form; (2) upload a photo of your healthy/lean grilling meal that includes a Michelob ULTRA logo; and, (3) provide a description of your healthy/lean grilling meal (“Entry”).  The essay must be one-hundred (100) characters or less. 

If entering with a mobile phone or other web-enabled device and using your wireless carrier’s network, standard data charges from your wireless carrier may apply. Check with your wireless service provider for details on these and any other applicable charges. Entrants are solely responsible for any such wireless charges. 

All Entries must be received and recorded during the Contest Submission Period. No other forms of entry are valid.  Limit one (1) Entry per person.  See Appendix A for additional Entry Guidelines & Prohibited Content.  Entry must comply with these Official Rules. Sponsor reserves the right, but not the obligation, to review any Entry for violation of these Official Rules and may, at its sole discretion, reject, delete, or otherwise exclude an Entry for any reason, including without limitation, if the Entry contains any Prohibited Content (as defined in Appendix A) or any other commentary or material which Sponsor, in its sole discretion deems inappropriate.           

4.         PHASE ONE:  PUBLIC VOTING TO DETERMINE THE GRAND PRIZE WINNER:

The Public Voting Period begins at 12:00:00 a.m. PDT on September 29, 2020 and ends at 11:59:59 p.m. PDT on October 5, 2020 (“Public Voting Period”).  

            During the Public Voting Period, participants who are residents of California who are twenty-one (21) years of age or older will have the opportunity to vote for their favorite Entry to determine the Grand Prize winner.  To vote, visit https://www.sandiegomagazine.com/ during the Public Voting Period and follow the online instructions to vote for your favorite Entry.   Limit one (1) vote per person per email address per day.  A “day” is defined as a twenty-four (24) hour time period beginning at 12:00:00 a.m. PDT and ending the same day at 11:59:59 p.m. PDT.  Any use of robotic, macro, automatic, programmed or like voting methods will void all such votes.  Any attempt by an entrant and/or his/her family/friends to affiliate him/herself or vote more than the number of times authorized herein using multiple names or email addresses and/or any other fraudulent mechanism, as determined by Sponsor in its sole discretion, shall give Sponsor the right to disqualify an entrant in its reasonable discretion.  Upon conclusion of the Voting Period, the one (1) Entry that receives the most votes during the Public Voting Period will be declared the Grand Prize winner and receive the Grand Prize (subject to verification).  In the event of a tie, a random drawing will conducted by Sponsor from among all tied Entries to determine the Grand Prize winner (subject to verification).  Sponsor’s decisions are final in al matter relating to the random drawing.  See Rule #6 for prize details. 

5.         WINNER NOTIFICATION:  

The prize will be awarded. Potential winner will be notified by email or phone call and will be required to respond to the notification within forty-eight (48) hours indicating whether they can accept the prize. If a potential winner does not respond to the notification within the forty-eight (48) hour time period, prize will be forfeited and an alternate potential winner will be selected. Any alternate potential winner selected will also be required to respond to the notification within the time frame stated above.

Potential winner may be required to complete, sign and return an affidavit of eligibility and liability and, unless prohibited by law, publicity release to Sponsor or Sponsor’s representative within forty-eight (48) hours of prize acceptance. Potential First Prize winners may be required to complete, sign and return an affidavit of eligibility and liability and, unless prohibited by law, publicity release to Sponsor or Sponsor’s representative within forty-eight (48) hours of prize acceptance. Subject to verification of eligibility and compliance with the terms of these Official Rules, including verification that the winner is twenty-one (21) years of age or older, the potential winner will be declared an official winner of the Contest. If Sponsor cannot verify that the potential winner is twenty-one (21) years of age or older prior to winner notification, then the potential winner will be disqualified and an alternate potential winner will be selected. 

            In the event of noncompliance within any stated time period, the prize will be forfeited and an alternate potential winner will be selected. Any alternate potential winner selected will also be required to adhere to the time periods described herein. Any prize notification or prize returned to the Sponsor or its agencies as undeliverable will result in disqualification and the awarding of that prize to an alternate potential winner.

            Released Parties are not responsible for suspended or discontinued Internet, wireless, or land-line phone service or a change in an entrant’s email, phone number or mailing address which may result in a potential winner not receiving initial prize notification or his/her prize information.

6.         PRIZE DETAILS:

            Grand Prize (1 total): Winner will receive one Michelob ULTRA air fryer.  Winner will also receive a “Michelob ULTRA Kitchen Essentials Gift Basket” that includes one (1) Silicone Pot Holder, one (1) Coffee Mug, one (1) Decorative Basket, one (1) White Kitchen Towel, one (1) Blue Striped Kitchen Towel, one (1) Taylor Brand Digital Kitchen Scale, one (1) Taylor Brand Instant Read Thermometer, one (1) Cutting Board, one (1) Metal Whisk, one (1) Silicone Spatula, one (1) Silicone Tongs, one (1) Silicone Serving spoon, one (1) Kitchen Aid Measuring Cups/Spoon Set, one (1) Bormioli Oil Jar and two (2) Michelob Ultra Branded Aprons.  If winner cannot accept the prize as specified, prize will be forfeited and will be awarded to an alternate winner.  Approximate Retail Value is $255.40.  Any difference between stated value and actual value will not be awarded.

Prizes are non-transferable and no cash equivalent or substitution of prize is offered, except at the sole discretion of Sponsor.  If a prize, or any portion thereof, cannot be awarded for any reason, Sponsor reserves the right to substitute prize with another prize of equal or greater value.  Prize winner will be solely responsible for all federal, state and/or local taxes, and for any other fees or costs associated with the prizes they receive, regardless of whether it, in whole or in part, is used. 

If Sponsor so elects, potential winner may be required to submit to a confidential background check. Such background check may include (but is not limited to) investigation of criminal, sexual offenses, or other arrest or conviction record, and any other factor deemed relevant by the Sponsor to help ensure that potential winner will not bring the Sponsor into public disrepute, contempt, scandal or ridicule or reflect unfavorably on the Sponsor.  If requested, potential winner agrees to sign waiver forms authorizing the release of personal and background information. In the event of noncompliance, to be determined at the sole discretion of Sponsor, prize will be forfeited and will be awarded to an alternate winner.

8.         LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY AND RELEASE:  

Anheuser-Busch, LLC,  Administrator and each of their affiliates, subsidiaries, and agencies (collectively the “Released Parties”) are not responsible for lost, late, misdirected, unintelligible, returned or undelivered orders, email, or for lost, interrupted or unavailable satellite, network, server, Internet Service Provider (ISP), Website, or other connections availability, accessibility or traffic congestion, miscommunications, failed computer, network, telephone, satellite or cable hardware or software or lines, or technical failure, or jumbled, scrambled, delayed or misdirected transmissions, computer hardware or software malfunctions, failures or difficulties, or other errors of any kind whether human, mechanical, electronic or network. Persons who tamper with or abuse any aspect of this Offer or Website, or act in violation of the Contest, or act in any manner to threaten or abuse or harass any person, or violate Sponsor’s terms of service, as solely determined by the Sponsor, will be disqualified. Release Parties are not responsible for any incorrect or inaccurate information whether caused by users, tampering, hacking, or by any of the programming or equipment associated with or used in this Offer, and assumes no responsibility for any errors, omission, deletion, interruption or delay in operation or transmission or communication line failure, theft or destruction or unauthorized Website access. Any use of robotic, macro, automatic, programmed or like Submission methods will void all orders, and may subject that participant to disqualification. Release Parties are not responsible for injury or damage to participants or any other person’s computer or property related to or resulting from participating in this Offer.  Should any portion of the Offer be, in the Sponsor’s sole opinion, compromised by virus, worms, bugs, unauthorized human intervention or other causes which, in the sole opinion of the Sponsor, corrupt or impair administration, security, fairness or proper play of this Offer, or submission of orders, Sponsor reserves the right at its sole discretion to suspend, modify or terminate the Offer. In the event of a dispute regarding order received from multiple users having the same email account, the authorized subscriber of the email account used to enter will be deemed to be the participant, and must comply with these Contest.  The authorized account subscriber is the natural person who is assigned the email account by the organization responsible for assigning the email account. All materials submitted become the property of Anheuser-Busch, LLC and will not be returned.

Entrants agree (a) that Sponsor and its parent, subsidiary and affiliated companies, and advertising agencies, and their respective officers, directors, employees, wholesale distributors, representatives and agents, will have no liability whatsoever for, and are released and shall be held harmless by entrants against, any liability, for any injuries, losses or damages of any kind, to persons, including death, or property, or rights of publicity or privacy, defamation, copyright infringement or portrayal in a false light resulting in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, from acceptance, possession, misuse or use of the prize or participation in this Offer or in any Offer-related activity, and (b) winner, by acceptance of prize, except where legally prohibited, grants permission for Sponsor (and agrees to confirm such agreement in writing) and those acting pursuant to its authority to use his/her name, submitted biography, voice and/or likeness and prize information, and/or Submission (and assign the Submission, which may be altered, changed, modified, edited, used alone or with other works, as solely determined by Sponsor) for advertising, trade and Offer purposes without further compensation, at any times or time, in all media now known or hereafter discovered worldwide and on the Internet without notice or review or approval.

9.         PUBLICITY AND COPYRIGHT LICENSE:

You grant Sponsor an exclusive, worldwide, perpetual, irrevocable, unrestricted, royalty-free, sub-licensable and transferrable right and license to exploit your Submission (including, without limitation, your name and likeness and the names and likenesses of any and all persons in the Submission, and any intellectual property rights (e.g. copyright, trademark, etc.) contained in the Submission) in any media now or hereafter known, without any payment or other consideration of any kind, or permission or notification, to you or any third party, for any purpose, including, without limitation, your Submission and any person’s property (physical, personal, intellectual property rights, and indicia) contained therein. The foregoing grant includes, without limitation, the right to reproduce, display, distribute, publicly perform, create derivative works of, alter, amend, broadcast, edit, publish, use, merchandise, license, sublicense, and adapt the Submission in any and all media now or hereafter known, throughout the world, for any purpose, whether commercial in nature or otherwise, including in contexts and circumstances that result in your Submission being associated with a particular Sponsor or Sponsors. Accordingly, you hereby waive any objection to, such use including without limitation, distribution, reproduction, creation of derivative works of, public performance, or display of your Submission, and any claim for compensation whatsoever in connection therewith. Such waiver shall include any claim for infringement of any so-called “Moral Right,” “Droit Moral” or similar right or interest.

10.      DISPUTE RESOLUTION: 

All issues and questions concerning the construction, validity, interpretation and enforceability of these Official Rules, or the rights and obligations of the entrant, Administrator and Sponsor in connection with the Contest, or any claim or dispute that has arisen or may arise between you, Administrator and Sponsor, shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of Missouri without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law rules.  The place of arbitration shall be St. Louis, Missouri.

11.      PRIVACY POLICY:

See Sponsor’s privacy policy located at https://www.michelobultra.com/privacy-policy.html (also a “Website”) for details regarding the use of personal information collected in connection with this Contest.  If you are verified as a prize winner, your first name, last initial, city and state will be included in a publicly-available winner’s list.

12.      SPONSOR: 

Anheuser-Busch, LLC, One Busch Place, St. Louis, MO 63118. 

13.      ADMINISTRATOR: 

San Diego Magazine, 707 Broadway Suite 1100, San Diego, CA 92101

14.      WINNER’S LIST:  

For the name of the winner, hand-print your name and complete address on a 3” x 5” card and mail to: Michelob ULTRA Lean Grilling Contest Winners’ List Request, San Diego Magazine, 707 Broadway Suite 1100, San Diego, CA 92101, for receipt by December 5, 2020.

Ó 2020 Anheuser-Busch, Michelob Ultra® Light Beer, St. Louis, MO

APPENDIX A

ENTRY/SONG GUIDELINES & PROHIBITED CONTENT

Entries/Song must meet the following requirements:

Entry/Song cannot defame, misrepresent or contain disparaging remarks about Sponsor or its products, or other people, products or companies or communicate messages or images inconsistent with the positive images and/or goodwill to which Sponsor wishes to associate.

Sponsor shall have full right and power to copy, publish, broadcast, display, distribute, use, edit, translate, alter, combine with other material, reuse and adapt any or all portions of the Entry/Song in any way and for any purpose whatsoever, at any time, now or in the future, in any media now known or hereafter devised throughout the World in any manner whatsoever and for any purpose.

Entry/Song cannot (a) be sexually explicit or suggestive, violent or derogatory of any ethnic, racial, gender, religious, professional or age group, profane or pornographic, reference nudity or any materially dangerous activity; (b) promote the excessive or irresponsible consumption of alcohol, or promote illegal use of alcohol, drugs, tobacco, firearms/weapons (or the use of any of the foregoing), any activities that may appear unsafe or dangerous or any particular political agenda or message; (c) be obscene or offensive, endorse any form of hate or hate group; (d) contain an image of anyone under 21 years of age; (e) otherwise fails to comply with the Beer Institute Advertising and Marketing Code as made publicly available at the following online location: http://www.beerinstitute.org/assets/uploads/BI-AdCode-5-2011.pdf; (f) contain or reference trademarks, logos or trade dress owned by others, or advertise or promote any brand or product of any kind (other than Michelob ULTRA beer), without permission, or contain any personal identification, such as license plate numbers, personal names, email addresses or street addresses; (g) contain copyrighted materials owned by others without permission; (h) contain materials embodying the names, likenesses, photographs, or other indicia identifying any person, living or dead, without permission; (i) refer to or depict any names, logos or readily recognizable features of a retailer of alcohol beverages (such as a grocery store, convenience store, restaurant, bar, or any other retail location that sells alcohol beverages); or (j) depict, and cannot itself be in, violation of any law.

Each entrant warrants and represents that the Entry/Song: (a) is your original work, (b) has not been previously published; (c) has not received previous awards; and (d) does not infringe upon the copyrights, trademarks, rights of privacy, publicity or other intellectual property or other rights of any person or entity;

Any entrant whose Entry/Song includes likenesses of third parties or contains elements not owned by the entrant (such as, but not limited to, depictions of persons, buildings, trademarks or logos) must be able to provide legal releases for such use including Sponsor’s use of such Entry/Song, in a form satisfactory to Sponsor, upon request, prior to award of prize and/or naming of entrant as a winner.

Any Entry/Song that, in the sole opinion of Sponsor, is not in accordance with the guidelines as stated herein or on the website, or is deemed to be inappropriate for publication is ineligible.

Incomplete, illegible, deceptive or garbled Entries/Song are not eligible.

Any such entrant will indemnify and hold harmless, Sponsor from any claims to the contrary.

By submitting an Entry/Song, you agree that your Entry/Song is gratuitous and made without restriction, that it will not place Sponsor under any obligation other than as stated in these Official Rules, that Sponsor is free to publish or otherwise disclose the ideas contained in the Entry/Song on a non-confidential basis to anyone or otherwise use the ideas without any additional compensation to you. You acknowledge that, by acceptance of your Entry/Song, Sponsor does not waive any rights to use similar or related ideas previously known to Sponsor, or developed by its employees, or obtained from sources other than you.

By participating, you acknowledge that your Entry/Song may be used in Sponsor's sole discretion. Entries/Song are the views/opinions of the individual entrant and do not reflect the views of the Sponsor in any manner. By entering, you acknowledge that Sponsor has no obligation to use or post any Entry/Song you submit.