Official Rules
Overview
Zinch is awarding $2,000 to three schools regional winners and $4,000 to the national winner in hopes of making their prom night something extra special. Schools are nominated, voted upon, and awarded the prize based off users’ votes; the schools with the most votes in each of the four regions (North, South, East, and West) will be declared Regional Winners, and the school with the most votes overall will be declared our Nationwide Winner.
How it Works
Zinch is looking to give four high schools a very special Prom Night. High schools across the nation are nominated within their regions for a chance to win a $2,000 donation towards their school’s prom. Students get to vote on which schools receive the award.
Through the ChampSplash app students can search for their high school and find their current ranking in the competition; if a school isn’t listed then it’s up to you to nominate it! Students are allowed to vote once per day. The schools with the most points in a particular region will be announced as the regional winners ($2,000 prize), and the school with the overall highest point total will be declared our nationwide winner ($4,000).
Students are allowed to vote in two different ways. For any school you want to win, a “Vote Up” for that school adds 1 points to their point total; conversely, any school you vote against, a “Sabotage Vote” will deduct 0.5 point from their total.
In addition to casting a daily vote, students can invite friends and classmates to vote as well! Whenever students log on to vote for a school they’ll find a list of friends just waiting to join in on the fun.
Program Duration
The “Zinch My Prom” competition starts Friday, April 4, 2011 at 12:00 AM PST and will end Saturday, April 30, 2011 at 11:59 PM PST. The winner will be announced Monday, May 2, 2011.
Voting
All voting is public. Users may vote once per day over the duration of the contest.
Users can find their school through the search engine located at the top of the app. Once a user has found their desired school they may cast their vote. Votes are cast under two different options, a “Vote Up” or a “Sabotage Vote.” A “Vote Up” adds one point to the school’s point total, effectively increasing their chance of winning; a “Sabotage Vote” deducts half of a point from the school’s point total, effectively decreasing their chance of winning.
Additionally, students will be given a one-time opportunity to cast two votes on a single day for their school by registering as user with Zinch.com.
Any form of cheating will not be tolerated. Any suspicious activity, as determined solely by Zinch and/or ChampSplash, will lead to disqualification.
Odds
Odds of winning the award may be increased by the number of Friends correctly referred to the ChampSplash app and the number of votes procured. However, such odds will be affected by Friends’ desire to participate in the Program. ALL FEDERAL, STATE AND LOCAL TAXES, AND ANY OTHER COSTS AND EXPENSES, ASSOCIATED WITH THE RECEIPT OR USE OF ANY PRIZE ARE THE SOLE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE WINNER. The award is provided WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, express or implied, without limitation.
Payment Directions
Once the winners have been selected Zinch will contact each chosen school to inform them of their award and arrange the proper channels needed to facilitate payment.
General
A potential winner may be required to sign and return an Affidavit of Eligibility, a Liability Release, and, where legal, a Publicity Release. By entering, participants (1) agree to be bound by the official rules and the decisions of the Zinch which are final and binding in all respects; (2) agree to release Zinch, and its employees and agents from any and all liability, loss, damage or injury resulting from participation in the Program or awarding, receipt, possession use and/or misuse of any prize awarded herein and acknowledge that Zinch and its employees and agents have neither made nor are in any manner responsible or liable for any warranty, representation, or guarantee, express or implied, in fact or in law, relative to any award; and (3) consent to use of his/her name, photograph and/or likeness for advertising and promotional purposes in connection with the Program without additional compensation, unless prohibited by law.
Disputes
This Program is governed by the laws of the United States and the State of California, without respect to conflict of law doctrines. As a condition of participating in this Program, participants agree that any and all disputes which cannot be resolved between the parties, and causes of action arising out of or in connection with this Program, shall be resolved individually, without resort to any form of class action, exclusively before a court located in Utah having jurisdiction. Further, in any such dispute, under no circumstances will participants be permitted to obtain awards for, and hereby waive all rights to claim punitive, incidental or consequential damages, including attorneys' fees, other than participant's actual out-of-pocket expenses, and participant further waives all rights to have damages multiplied or increased.
Miscellaneous
Zinch and/or ChampSplash reserves the right to modify the “Zinch My Prom” competition if fraud or any other factor beyond Zinch’s reasonable control impairs the integrity of the Program as determined by Zinch and/or ChampSplash in their sole discretion.
Questions
For questions, contact Support.
Frequent Asked Questions
How does our school win?
There are four brackets of schools. They are split up by school size. The top school in each bracket will get a $2,000 grant for their prom budget. The school that has the most votes nationally will get an additional $2,000. You can vote for your school once-per-day.
What does sabotage mean?
Every time you sabotage a school, they lose half a vote.
Is this Free?
Completely!
What is Zinch?
Zinch is social network connecting you with 900+ colleges and nearly $2 billion in scholarships. They are also the fantastic sponsor of this grant competition.
Help! I can’t find my school!
Uh oh. Are you sure? If so, click support on the menu and send us a message.
What if my school has a junior and a senior prom, who gets the grant?
For schools that have two separate proms, the grant money would be split between the two proms!
My prom is in April! What should I do?
It’s up to you! If a school wins that already has had their prom, you could save it for next year or use it to pay leftover bills from this year’s prom!
I think my school is in the wrong bracket?
If you really think you are in the wrong bracket, send us a message using the support bottom!
I voted but our ranking isn't changing
Don't worry! Your vote was counted. There is a delay in calculating the rank.
