THE STARBUCKS MINI CONTEST
OFFICIAL RULES

1.  ELIGIBILITY.  The “Starbucks MINI Contest” (“Contest”) is sponsored by Starbucks Corporation (“Sponsor”).  Contest is open only to legal U.S. residents in the fifty (50) United States and the District of Columbia who have reached the age of majority in their state of residence at the time of entry (“Entrants”).  All others are ineligible to enter and will be disqualified.  Employees of Starbucks Corporation, Starbucks Licensed Concepts, their respective parent companies, subsidiaries, affiliates and advertising and promotion agencies and the immediate families (spouses, parents, children and siblings and their spouses) or individuals living in the same household of such employees are ineligible.  Contest begins on or about 9:00 a.m Pacific Time (PT) on June 25, 2009 and ends on or about 5:00 p.m. PT on June 25, 2009 (“Contest Period”). Void where prohibited. 

2.  HOW TO ENTER.  During the Contest Period, eligible Entrants may submit their photograph of their favorite “mini” thing to info@mystarbucksidea.com along with their name and contact information and must be submitted no later than 5:00 p.m. PT on June 25, 2009.  Submissions may be color or black and white and must be submitted by the original photographer.  Entrants must be the sole owner of the copyright of any and all images submitted.  Photographs taken by someone other than Entrant are not eligible for submission.  Photographs must be appropriate for use on the MyStarbucksIdea website.  Obscene, provocative, pornographic or otherwise questionable content will not be considered and Starbucks retain sole discretion as to what constitutes inappropriate content.  Photographs should not contain the Starbucks name and/or logo or any other company name or logo (or any portion thereof).  Photographs containing recognizable people must be accompanied by a signed model release form.  Submissions without the appropriate paperwork will not be considered in the Contest.  Enter as often as you wish, each entry must be unique, original and must be the sole work of Entrant and the content cannot infringe on any copyright, trademark other intellectual property right, or the rights of privacy or publicity or any other right(s) of any third party.  Entrants must abide by and agree to the terms and conditions and privacy policy of the MyStarbucksIdea website.  Submissions that do not comply with all requirements stated herein will not be considered and will be disqualified. Sponsor reserves the right to edit, alter and modify the submissions for its use in its sole discretion.  Sponsor is not responsible for any incorrect or inaccurate information, whether caused by web site users, tampering, hacking or by any of the equipment or programming associated with or utilized in the Contest and assumes no responsibility for any error, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in operation or transmission, communications line failure, theft or destruction or unauthorized access to the data system.  In the event of a dispute as to the identity of a winner based on the email address, the winning entry will be declared by the authorized account holder of the email address from which the winning submission was sent.  Authorized account holder is defined as the natural person who is assigned to the email address by Sponsor (providing that the Authorized account holder meets all eligibility requirements of the Contest).  Sponsor reserves the right in its sole and absolute discretion to refuse, disqualify or withdraw any submissions and/or Entrants at any time during the Contest.  All submissions become the sole property of Sponsor and non-winning submissions will not be acknowledged or returned.
   
3.  JUDGING.  Each eligible headline submission will be judged on the following criteria: a) Creativity (55%), b) Theme Appropriate (20%) and c) Fun (25%).  All eligible entries will be judged by a panel of judges (“Judges”) selected by Sponsor (in its sole discretion).  Assuming sufficient eligible entries are received and are in compliance with these Rules, a winning photograph will be selected and may be posted on the MyStarbucksIdea website on June 26, 2009.  Potential winner is subject to validation and verification of eligibility and compliance with all terms and conditions set forth in these official rules (“Official Rules”).  Winner will be notified by email within 24 hours.  Potential winner may be required to sign and return an Affidavit or Eligibility and Release of Liability/Publicity and Copyright Assignment. 

4.  PRIZES.  (1) Grand Prize:  Approximate Retail Value (“APR”) ($5.00) and the winning photograph may be posted on the MyStarbucksIdea website at Sponsor’s sole discretion.
  
5.  GENERAL CONDITIONS OF PARTICIPATION.  By participating, Entrant represents, warrants and agrees that they meet the eligibility requirements set forth in these Official Rules and that they have all necessary rights, licenses or permissions relating to their submission(s).  Further, by participating Entrants agree: (a) to abide by and be bound to the Official Rules and decisions of Sponsor and/or judges; (b) TO RELEASE AND HOLD HARMLESS THE SPONSOR AND ITS OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, AND CONTRACTORS FROM ANY AND ALL EXISTING OR FUTURE ACTIONS, CLAIMS AND/OR LIABILITIES OF WHATEVER NATURE INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO PERSONAL INJURY, BODILY INJURY (INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION WRONGFUL DEATH AND DISABILITY), PROPERTY DAMAGE, AND EXPENSE (INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION REASONABLE ATTORNEY’S FEES), LOSS OR DAMAGE OF ANY OTHER KIND, ARISING IN WHOLE OR IN PART, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, FROM THEIR PARTICIPATION IN THE CONTEST (IN WHOLE OR IN PART), PARTICIPATION IN CONTEST RELATED OBLIGATIONS OR ACTIVITIES, USE (INCLUDING MODIFICATION, ADAPTATION AND REPRODUCTION) OF RECIPE OR ENTRY MATERIALS DURING OR AFTER THE CONTEST, AND THE ACCEPTANCE, POSSESSION, USE, MISUSE, LOSS OR MISDIRECTION OF ANY PRIZE; (c) winner’s acceptance of a Prize constitutes the grant of an unconditional right  to use his/her name, likeness, voice, photograph, biographical information, statements, and/or submissions, in whole or in part, for any trade, art, advertising, promotional, publicity and any other purposes world-wide without additional compensation and to provide written consent to such use; and (d) to irrevocably transfer and assign all rights and interest in and to the submission to Sponsor, and to execute all documents and perform all acts deemed necessary by Sponsor to perfect and record that transfer and assignment. Sponsor reserves the right at its sole discretion, to disqualify any individual who is not in compliance with these Rules or who cheats, tampers with, or attempts to defraud the Sponsor in any way. If, for any reason, the Contest (or any part thereof) is not capable of running as planned due to, without limitation, tampering, unauthorized intervention, human error, fraud, technical failures, force majeure, or any other cause beyond the reasonable control of Sponsor that, in the sole opinion of Sponsor, could corrupt or affect the administration, security, fairness, integrity, or proper conduct of this Contest, Sponsor reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to cancel, terminate, modify, or suspend the Contest.  Sponsor assumes no responsibility for any error, omission, deletion, defect, damage, theft or destruction or unauthorized access to, or alteration of Entry Materials. Neither participation in this Contest nor anything relating thereto shall in any way obligate or be deemed to obligate Sponsor to use any part of the submissions, nor shall restrict or be deemed to restrict Sponsor’s unlimited right to use, adapt, modify,  or reproduce any part of the submissions. 
  
6.  WINNER’S LIST. For the name of the winners send a self-addressed, stamped envelope to: Anali Orr c/o Starbucks Coffee Company, 2401 Utah Ave S. Seattle, WA. MS-HM1.  Limit one (1) request per person, or household.

7. CONTEST SPONSOR: This Contest is sponsored by: Starbucks Corporation d/b/a Starbucks Coffee Company, 2401 Utah Avenue South, Seattle WA 98134.