Terms and Conditions

1. The Network Nightmare Contest (the “Contest”) is sponsored by Advanced Knowledge Networks Inc. (“AKN”).
2. The Contest commences May 2, 2011at 12:01am EST, and closes June 30, 2011 at 11:59pm EST.
3. This Contest will be conducted in Canada only and shall be construed and evaluated according to applicable Canadian law.
4. Eligibility:
• This Contest is open to Canadian residents, 18 years of age or older.
• Employees, representatives and agents of AKN are not eligible.
• Representatives of technology vendors are not eligible.
• Qualifying entrants (“Contestants”) are those whose nightmare stories (“Submissions”) have been qualified by the judging panel (“Panel”) according to the process outlined below under “How to Enter”.
• Submissions will only be accepted while Contest is open.
• Only those Entrants who provide the Panel with full contact information including, but not limited to, full name, title, organization and phone number with be considered valid Contestants.  A Panel representative will contact entrants upon acceptance of the Submission (see “How to Enter” below).
5. How to Enter:
• No purchase necessary
• Post your Submission online.  It is not necessary to publish names (personal or organizational).
• Your Submission, once approved, will be publicized within 24 business hours.
• The Panel reserves the exclusive right to deny publication of defamatory statements.
• The Panel reserves the right to contact those entrants that it qualifies as meeting the criteria of network failure stories due to (but not limited to) poor network configurations, breach in security or other applicable network malfunctions, disruptions and/or poor service/support.
6. General Terms and Conditions:
• Contestant Submissions will be judged by the Panel based on applicability to an IT network nightmare and overall effectiveness of the communication.  Winners will be awarded $150 Best Buy gift cards.
• You are giving permission to AKN to publish or use your Submission or portions thereof in any of AKN’s web sites or other marketing materials or initiatives.
• By entering, each entrant warrants and represents the following with respect to his/her Submission: (a) entrant is the sole and exclusive owner of the Submission; (b) the Submission is entrant’s own creation and is 100% original; (c) the Submission will not infringe on any rights of any third party, including but not limited to copyright, trademark, privacy, publicity and/or any other ownership or intellectual property right; (d) the Submission does not violate any third party agreement (including any employment agreements); (e) the Submission complies with AKN’s Contest Terms and Conditions and (f) the Submission has not won any kind of award, competition or contest.