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to the rules. 

OFFICIAL RULES. Stray Dog Mustard RECIPE CONTEST 2024

The Stray Dog Mustard Recipe Contest (the “Contest”) is sponsored by Stray Dog Condiments, AKRON, Ohio. (“Sponsor”).

PRIZE STRUCTURE

Best  Sweet  or  Savory  Stray  Dog  mustard        $200  each  

Best  sweet  or  savory  Smoky  Maple  Mustard  (Must  submit  Stray  Dog  mustard  recipe  to  be  eligible for  bonus  Smoky  Maple)    $100  each  

ENTRY PERIOD: The Contest starts at 12:00:01 AM Eastern Time on November 23, 2023 and eligible contestants may submit entries until 11:59:59 PM Eastern Time on February 14, 2024(the “Entry Period”). Entries submitted after the Entry Period will be deemed ineligible to win.

ELIGIBILITY: The Contest is open only to individuals, eighteen (18) years or older at time of entry, who are legal residents of the United States, except where prohibited by law (the “Ineligible States”).

ENTRY: Visit the Contest website straydogcontest.com Each entrant will be required to email  a  photo,  a  description  and submit an original recipe (“Recipe”). The Recipe must: 

• Include detailed, step-by-step preparation instructions

• List each ingredient in exact common U.S. household measurements and order of use in making the Recipe

• Indicate cooking times and number of servings

• Use of the Sponsor products; Stray Dog House Mustard . Actual purchase of Sponsor Product is not required to enter.

NO PURCHASE NECESSARY.

An entrant must  include an original photograph depicting the finished recipe (“Photo”), 

If a Recipe contains a brand name product or a trademark other than Stray Dog, Sponsor may disqualify the Recipe or, at its sole discretion, remove the brand name or trademark from the Recipe prior to judging without notice to entrant. The Recipe must be an original recipe that was created by the person entering the Contest and cannot have previously won a contest or other promotion. Recipe must not have been previously published, must not be awaiting publication, nor may be submitted for publication consideration during the Contest Period. 

HOW TO ENTER: You may only enter electronically. All information provided by entrant must be complete, true and correct. Submissions to the Contest must be received by deadline in order to be eligible; Recipes received after that date will be deemed ineligible to win. All submitted Recipes (including Photos) become the property of Sponsor and will not be acknowledged or returned; Sponsor is not responsible for lost, late, inaccurate, incomplete, damaged, illegible, or misdirected entries. Each Recipe must be submitted on an individual basis (i.e., no team, joint, or corporate entries) and all components of the Recipe (including Photos) must be the original creation of the submitting participant. Only non-commercial work may be submitted. Recipes may not contain profanity, nudity, pornographic images, violent images, anti-competition messages, illegal material, or material that violates the rights of third parties. Recipes may not include confidential information, trade secrets, trademarks or copyrighted material belonging to any person or entity other than the entrant absent a suitable license or permission agreement, proof of which is required. Recipes containing any forbidden matter or material otherwise deemed by Sponsor to be inappropriate will be disqualified. Online entries will be deemed submitted by the authorized account holder of the email address submitted at time of entry. 

The recipe criteria in consideration, which shall be weighted as follow: 

All winners will be notified of final prize(s)  after March  17,  2024. By entering, you agree to be bound by these Official Rules, and that the decisions of the judges are final and binding in all respects. Sponsor reserves the right not to select any winning submissions based upon the quality or content of submissions.

PRIZE AWARDS: Prizes will be awarded within sixty (60) days after winner verification. No prize substitution or transfer is permitted, except that Sponsor reserves the right to substitute a prize of equal or greater value, for any reason. Sponsor is required by law to report prize values to taxing authorities; all taxes and any other incidental expenses on prizes are the sole responsibility of each winner. 

GENERAL RULES & LIMITATIONS: By entering a Recipe with a Photo, you represent that: (i) your Recipe and Photo are your own original works; and (ii) you own or have the rights to convey any and all right and title in any material submitted as part of your entry into the Contest. By entering, you grant to Sponsor a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free license to edit, publish, promote, republish at any time in the future and otherwise use your Recipe and Photo along with your name and likeness, in any and all media for any purpose, without further permission, notice or compensation (except where prohibited by law). By participating in the Contest, you agree to release Sponsor and its parent companies, affiliates, subsidiaries, employees, directors, officers, and agents from any and all liability, claims or actions of any kind whatsoever for injuries, damages or losses to persons and property which may be sustained in connection with the receipt, ownership, possession, use, or misuse of any prize. Sponsor is not responsible for technical, hardware or software failures, or other errors or problems which may occur in connection with the Contest, whether computer, network, technical, mechanical, typographical, printing, human or otherwise, including, without limitation, errors or problems which may occur in connection with the administration of the Contest, the processing or judging of entries, the announcement of the prizes, in any Contest-related materials, or that may limit prize fulfillment or a participant’s ability to enter the Contest. Sponsor reserves the right to amend these Official Rules and to disqualify permanently from the Contest any person it believes has intentionally violated these Official Rules. 

• All other trademarks mentioned in this Contest are the property of their respective owners.