kiveo Back Story Contest

New contest!

Objective:

The proper noun 'kiveo' is a name we made up. It is pronounced kih-vee-oh (with a short i, long e, long o).  We need a grandiose backstory. Preferably something involving a grandparent, overcoming adversity and a dying Amazonian (or Papua-New Guinean) rain forest shaman's last wishes.  Ok, maybe that's shooting too high, but we'll take what we can get.

Prizes:

The first prize winner will receive a kiveo tshirt and a kiveo SIGG water bottle. Second and third prize winners will receive kiveo tshirts.  May the best writer/author/producer/you-know-what-you-are win!

How to enter:

Completely original works must be submitted via email to backstory@kiveo.net prior to 11:59 PM Eastern Time Sunday, January 31st, 2010. Entries received after the cutoff date will not be considered.  Your email must contain the following information:

• Name (First and Last)
• Email address
• Telephone number

Entries may be submitted in person or via mail (sorry, we won't pay for a COD!) at:

Entries submitted in person or via mail must be made on CD, DVD or USB removable media and contain seperately attached material (either an electronic or physical document) with the above entry information. Entries submitted in person or via mail must be received by 5:00 PM Eastern Time on Monday, February 1st, 2010.

No personally identifying information will be made public, unless your winning entry includes such material.

Should your submission via email fail (our server can handle pretty big attachements, so don't worry too much about size), shoot us an email to backstory@kiveo.net with the subject "Email Fail" with your contact information and we'll set up an alternative method for delivering your entry.

Rules:

1. Must be an original work, unencumbered by copyrighted materials. 
2. Written entries must be at least 500 words, but fewer than 1500, or in the case of a video or audio submission, no less than 30 seconds in length and no longer than 3 minutes. 
3. kiveo retains rights to all work submitted. 
4. Written entries must be submitted in Word Document, Plain Text or PDF format. 
5. Video submissions must be submitted in MOV, AVI or WMV high definition formats. 
6. Still-frame submissions (a singular picture) or three dimensional works (sculpture, diorama, etc) will not be accepted for the purposes of this promotion.
7. All works may bear 1 (one) reference to the author's insignia (logo) with a single URL to view more information about the author/producer.¹
8. Deadlines for all submissions is January 31st, 2010. 
9. Winners will be announced Friday, February 5th, 2010. 
10. In the case that kiveo cannot make a determination as to a winner, suitable entrants will be posted by February 5th, 2010 for public consideration (IE - a poll!) in which members of the public will be requested to vote on their favorite entry. The poll period will be two weeks, ending February 19th, 2010 at 11:59PM Eastern Time.

Fine Print: This contest is open to internet users worldwide. We will drop ship prizes from our cafepress.com account. Prize recipients not in the US may be responsible for excise or import taxes associated with the receipt of any prizes. kiveo, LLC will not reimburse any charges associated with your participation in this contest. kiveo, LLC retains all rights to submitted material and may use that material in promotional or other manners. If you do not want to relinquish rights to your material, do not enter the contest. Submissions found to contain viruses, spyware, malware or other harmful code will be laughed at, rejected and submitted to law enforcement for further investigation. kiveo, LLC reserves the right to declare no winners, if no suitable content is submitted. In such a case, kiveo will provide logo bumper stickers in lieu of prizes for the three highest quality entries. No purchase necessary to enter.

Rule 7 Clarification

• Works bearing more than one reference to an insignia, logo or URL which is not owned by kiveo, LLC will be disqualified.
• Video and audio works may not use more than 10 seconds for promotion of the original author's insignia or website.
• Written works may not use more than 100 characters (or in the case of embedded images, the total image sizes may not exceed 200 x 200 pixels for all images) for promotion of the original author's insignia or website.
• Works bearing reference or promotion of the original author's insignia or website must provide original content that falls within the minimum length guidelines above. 
  • Specifically, original content for written works must meet the 500 character minimum; characters 501 - 601 may be used for promotional purposes. 
  • Original content for audio and video works must meet the 30 second minimum utilizing seconds 30.1-40.1 in the content timeline for promotional purposes. 
• Works may not exceed previously mentioned lengths for the purpose of including author's promotional material.