The 24-Hour Zine Challenge
Creators can take months—or even years to perfect a book. That’s not what this challenge is about.
Zines (DIY self-published booklets or pamphlets) aren’t about lengthy perfection, they’re about sharing ideas with a punk ethos. That means anyone can make one and they can be about anything. Really, the main rule is there are no rules. We’ve seen zines about music, mental health, body positivity, and how to take a poop in the woods. They can be serious or silly. They can use words, photos, illustrations, or a mix of all three.
The 24-Hour Zine Challenge is simple: Make a 24-page zine in 24 hours on July 24, 2022. Do it, and we’ll print it for free.*
We said there are no rules, but here are the guidelines for this challenge:
- Create your zine on July 24, 2022.
- Share your finished zine’s title and summary on Twitter, Facebook, or Instagram.
- Make sure to tag @blurbbooks and use the hashtags #24HourZine and #Sweepstakes.
- Watch your messages for a coupon to print your zine for free!*
Tell us you finished by July 24, 2022 at 11:59:59 pm PT. We’ll pick fifty winners and direct message all winners with a coupon to print and ship their zine for free.
Don’t have social media? You can submit your zine’s title and summary by emailing submissions@blurb.com.
*NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. Legal residents of the 50 United States and D.C., 18 years or older. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED. Enter Promotion by July 24, 2022, at 11:59:59 PM PST by creating a zine and posting the name and summary of the zine on Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter, or enter by email without creating a zine. Fifty (50) winners will receive a coupon to print and ship their zine for free (ARV: $8.58). Official Rules available at www.blurb.com/blog/24-hour-zine-challenge/. Sponsor: Blurb, Inc., 600 California St. 11th Floor, San Francisco, CA 94108.
OFFICIAL RULES (“Official Rules”)
NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER, WIN OR CLAIM PRIZES. A PURCHASE OR PAYMENT WILL NOT INCREASE AN ENTRANT’S CHANCES OF WINNING. THE PROMOTION IS IN NO WAY SPONSORED, ENDORSED, ADMINISTERED BY, OR ASSOCIATED WITH FACEBOOK, INSTAGRAM, OR TWITTER.
THESE OFFICIAL RULES CONTAIN AN ARBITRATION AGREEMENT, WHICH REQUIRES THAT ALL DISPUTES BE RESOLVED SOLELY BY BINDING ARBITRATION, AND ENTRANTS AGREE TO ONLY PURSUE CLAIMS AGAINST SPONSOR AND SPONSOR ENTITIES AND/OR SEEK RELIEF ON AN INDIVIDUAL BASIS, AND ENTRANTS WAIVE THE ABILITY TO BRING CLAIMS IN A CLASS ACTION FORMAT, OR AS A PLAINTIFF OR CLASS MEMBER IN ANY CLASS OR REPRESENTATIVE ACTION OR PROCEEDING.
VOID WHERE PROHIBITED OR RESTRICTED BY LAW.
24HourZine (“Promotion”) is sponsored by Blurb, Inc. (“Sponsor”), 600 California St. 11th Floor, San Francisco, CA 94108.
1. PROMOTION PERIOD: The Promotion begins on July 24, 2022 at 12:01 AM Pacific Standard Time (“PST”) and ends on July 24, 2022, at 11:59:59 PM PST (“Promotion Period”). The Sponsor’s computer is the Promotion’s official clock.
2. ELIGIBILITY: This Promotion is offered only to individuals who are at least eighteen (18) years old at the time of entry and are legal residents of the fifty United States or the District of Columbia. Employees of Sponsor, and any of its owners, parent companies, affiliates, directors, subsidiaries, franchisees, representatives, advertising, promotion and production agencies, agents (collectively, the “Promotion Entities”) and their immediate family members (i.e., spouse, parent, child, sibling, and the “steps” of each) and persons living in the same household of each (whether related or not) are not eligible to participate in the Promotion. Void where prohibited or restricted by law. All federal, state and local laws apply. Participation constitutes entrant’s full and unconditional agreement to these Official Rules and Sponsor’s decisions, which are final and binding in all matters related to the Promotion. Winning a prize is contingent upon fulfilling all requirements set forth herein. Entrants and/or potential winners may be required to provide proof of identification and eligibility as required by Sponsor. If it is discovered or suspected that an entrant has registered or attempted to register for the Promotion using multiple identities, all of that entrant’s entries will be declared null and void and any prize such entrant might have been entitled to win will not be awarded to and may be revoked from such entrant. Use of any automated system or any like methods to participate in the Promotion is prohibited and will result in disqualification of any entrant attempting such use.
3. HOW TO ENTER THE PROMOTION: There are two ways to enter the Promotion:
Option 1: Create a zine (as defined herein) and post the name and summary to social media as instructed during the Promotion Period. For purposes of this Promotion, a zine will consist of a 24-page digital magazine on any topic of your choosing (the “zine”). In order to enter via Option 1, you must create a 24-page zine using either Blurb’s free software (BookWright) or your own software, and share the title and a summary of the zine on either Twitter, Instagram, or Facebook using the hashtags #24HourZine and #Sweepstakes, and tag @blurbbooks, all during the Promotion Period (an “Entry” or “Zine Entry”). Each Zine Entry must include the two hashtags provided and tag Blurb or @blurbbooks (depending on social media platform) to be eligible to win.
- Share your zine’s name and summary as a comment on the Blurb contest post, include the hashtags #24HourZine and #Sweepstakes and tag @blurbbooks.
- Share your zine’s name and summary on your feed.
- Tag @blurbbooks and use the hashtags #24HourZine and #Sweepstakes.
- Tweet your zine’s name and summary to your feed.
- Tag @blurbbooks and use the hashtags #24HourZine and #Sweepstakes.
IMPORTANT: Zine Entries must include both hashtags #24HourZine and #Sweepstakes and must tag Blurb to be eligible. Entry posts, comments, and shares not including both hashtags and/or not tagging @blurbbooks will be disqualified and ineligible to receive a prize.
Option 2: Send an email to submissions@blurb.com during the Promotion Period with your zine’s name and summary in the body of the email, and the subject line #24HourZine Promotion Entry Request. (an “Entry” or “Email Entry”).
Limit: one (1) Entry per person during the Promotion Period, regardless of method of entry. If it is discovered or suspected, in Sponsor’s sole discretion, that an entrant receives or attempts to receive more than the stated number of Entries, all of that entrant’s Entries, in Sponsor’s sole discretion, may be declared null and void and any prize(s) he/she might have been entitled to will not be awarded to and may be revoked from him/her. In the event of a dispute as to the identity of an entrant, the Entry will be declared made by the primary account holder of the account associated with the email address designated in the Email Entry or in social media account used to enter the Promotion for the Zine Entry. The “primary account holder” is the natural person assigned an email address by an Internet access provider, online service provider, or other organization responsible for assigning email addresses for the domain associated with the submitted address. The potential winner may be required to show proof of being the holder of the email address used to enter or designated in the social media account used to enter the Promotion.
Submission Content Permissions and Restrictions
Permissions:
Entrants and Winners must have permission from any recognizable individuals who appear (or whose name(s) appears) in a Zine Entry and to grant the rights set forth herein. Minors’ images and names may only be included in a Zine Entry if entrant is their parent or legal guardian. If requested, entrant must be able to provide such permissions or proof in a form acceptable to Sponsor.
Content Restrictions:
Entrants’ and Winners’ Zines must comply with the Blurb Terms & Conditions located at www.blurb.com/terms, which are incorporated herein by reference. Without limiting the foregoing, Entrant’s Zine may not include “Prohibited Content” as defined in Section 11.1 of such Terms & Conditions.
Sponsor’s Use of Entries: By posting, commenting, sharing, or submitting an Entry entrant consents to and hereby grants to Sponsor a royalty-free, irrevocable, perpetual, non-exclusive license to use, reproduce, modify, publish, create derivative works from, and display the Entry, in whole or in part, on a worldwide basis, and to incorporate it into other works, in any form, media or technology now known or later developed, including for promotional or marketing purposes. Entrant also agrees that Sponsor may tag Entrant and/or Entrant’s Entry on social media. If requested, entrant will sign any documentation that may be required for Sponsor or its designees to make use of the non-exclusive rights entrant is granting to use the Entry. Sponsor reserves the right to remove (and to require that entrant remove) and to disqualify entries that are off-topic, violate the Content Restrictions, violate these Official Rules, or for which a DMCA notice or other infringement claim is received.
4. PRIZE: Fifty (50) winners will each receive a coupon to print and ship your Zine for free (Approximate Retail Value (“ARV”): $8.58 (ARV $4.59 for printing the 24-page Zine and ARV $3.99 for economy shipping) (the “Prize”). The coupon has no cash value and expires December 31. 2022. The coupon is subject to standard coupon terms and conditions, can only be redeemed at www.blurb.com, and cannot be combined with other promotion codes or gift cards. Printing portion of prize is for one (1) copy of a 24-page economy magazine size 8.5×11 in (22×28 cm). Shipping component of prize is economy shipping to an address in the fifty United States or District of Columbia. Prize must be redeemed in full by December 31, 2022. The total ARV of all available prizes in the Promotion is $429.00. Prizes will be provided only to verified winners. There is no substitution for any Prize or any portion of a Prize, except Sponsor who reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to substitute a prize or portion of prize of comparable value. Prizes are not transferable or redeemable for cash, except in the sole discretion of Sponsor. All Prize details are at Sponsor’s sole discretion. Incidental expenses and all other costs and expenses which are not specifically listed as part of a Prize in these Official Rules and which may be associated with the award, acceptance, receipt, and use of all or any portion of the awarded Prize are solely the responsibility of the Prize winner. All federal, state, and local taxes associated with the receipt or use of the Prize are solely the responsibility of the Prize winners. The actual value of prizes is subject to price fluctuations in the consumer marketplace based on, among other things, any gap in time between the date the ARV is estimated for purposes of these Official Rules and the date the prize is awarded or redeemed. In such a case, winner will not receive difference between actual and ARV. In no event will more prizes than are stated in these Official Rules be awarded. Odds of winning depend on the number of eligible Entries received during the Promotion Period.
5. SELECTION AND NOTIFICATION OF WINNER: On or around July 25, 2022, fifty (50) winners will be selected in a random drawing of all eligible entrants (each a “Winner”). All decisions of Sponsor are final and binding on all entrants. The Entrants who have been selected to potentially receive a prize will be notified on or after July 25, 2022 by email at the email address submitted with an Email Entry or by direct message on the social media platform used for a Zine Entry.
Before being declared a winner the potential winner may be required to execute an Affidavit of Eligibility, Liability Release, tax acknowledgment, and, except where prohibited, a Publicity Release (“Affidavit”), in which case potential winner must return a fully executed and notarized Affidavit to the Sponsor or its authorized designee within seven (7) calendar days from the date it is sent to the potential winner or the Prize may (in Sponsor’s sole discretion) be forfeited. If a potential winner is disqualified, found to be ineligible or not in compliance with these Official Rules, declines to accept a prize, or in the event that the potential winner fails to return an executed Affidavit within the seven (7) calendar day deadline (if applicable), the Prize may be forfeited. If a Prize is forfeited, the Prize may be awarded to an alternate winner in a random drawing from among the remaining entries. Sponsor shall not be held responsible for any delays in awarding a prize for any reason. If, after three (3) good faith attempts to award the Prizes to potential winners, Sponsor is unable to award any Prize, such Prize may not be awarded.
ALL FEDERAL, STATE AND LOCAL TAXES IMPOSED ON THE ACCEPTANCE OF A PRIZE ARE SOLELY THE RESPONSIBILITY OF WINNER. Sponsor will attempt to notify the potential winner as set forth above, but Sponsor is not responsible for any undelivered messages or other communications, including without limitation messages or other communications that are not received because of a winner’s privacy or spam filter settings which may divert any Promotion messages or other communications, including any winner notification message or other communication. Prizes that are unclaimed, unredeemed, or returned as undeliverable will not be awarded. All other costs and expenses not expressly set forth herein shall be solely the winner’s responsibility. Promotion Entities shall not be held responsible for any delays in awarding the Prize for any reason. Prizes will only be awarded to verified winners.
6. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY: By participating in this Promotion entrants (and if 18+ but a minor in their state of residence, their parents or legal guardians) agree that the Promotion Entities, and their respective affiliates, parents, subsidiaries, representatives, consultants, contractors, legal counsel, advertising, public relations, promotional, fulfillment and marketing agencies, website providers, Web masters and their respective officers, directors, employees, representatives, shareholders, designees and agents (“Released Parties”) are not responsible for lost, late, incomplete, stolen, misdirected, postage due, or undeliverable notifications or mail; or for any computer, telephone, satellite, cable, network, electronic or Internet hardware or software malfunctions, failures, connections or availability; or garbled, corrupt or jumbled transmissions, service provider/Internet/website/use net accessibility, availability or traffic congestion; or any technical, mechanical, printing, or typographical or other error; or unauthorized human intervention; or the loss, access, or acquisition without authorization, or incorrect or inaccurate capture of registration information; or the failure to capture, or loss or disclosure of, any such information. The Released Parties are not responsible for any incorrect or inaccurate information, whether caused by any website users, tampering, hacking or by any of the equipment or programming associated with or utilized in the Promotion and assume no responsibility for any error, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in operation or transmission, communications line failure, technical error, theft or destruction or unauthorized access or acquisition of the website, any Promotion-related website(s), or entrant information. The Released Parties are not responsible for any injury or damage, whether personal or property, to participants or to any person’s computer related to or resulting from participating in the Promotion and/or accepting or using a prize. The Released Parties shall not be responsible or liable for entries that are entered by any automated computer, program, mechanism or device, for any entries in excess of the stated limit or for entries that are late, forged, lost, misplaced, misdirected, tampered with, incomplete, deleted, damaged, garbled or otherwise not in compliance with the Official Rules, and all such entries may, in Sponsor’s sole discretion, be disqualified. If, for any reason, the Promotion is not capable of running as planned, Sponsor reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to cancel, terminate, modify or suspend the Promotion and/or proceed with the Promotion, including the selection of winners in a manner it deems fair and reasonable including the selection of the winners from among eligible Entries received prior to such cancellation, termination, modification or suspension. In no event will more prizes be awarded than are stated in these Official Rules. If for any reason, including but not limited to an administrative, printing, production, computer, or other error or due to technical difficulties or incorrect announcements of any kind, more winning messages are distributed, or more prizes are claimed than are intended to be awarded according to these Official Rules, the intended prizes will be awarded among all verified prize claims received based on the criteria stated in these Official Rules. This Promotion is subject to all federal, state, and local laws and regulations.
By entering the Promotion, each entrant (and if a minor, his/her parent or legal guardian) agrees: (i) to be bound by these Official Rules and by all applicable laws and by the decisions of Sponsor, which shall be binding and final; (ii) to waive any rights to claim ambiguity with respect to these Official Rules; (iii) to waive all of his or her rights to bring any claim, action or proceeding against any of the Released Parties in connection with the Promotion; and (iv) to forever and irrevocably agree to release and hold harmless each of the Released Parties from any and all claims, lawsuits, judgments, causes of action, proceedings, demands, fines, penalties, liability, costs and expenses (including, without limitation, reasonable outside attorneys’ fees) that may arise in connection with: (a) the Promotion, including but not limited to any Promotion-related activity or element thereof, and the entrant’s Entry, including any information provided, participation or inability to participate in the Promotion, (b) the violation of any third-party privacy, data security, personal, publicity or proprietary rights, (c) typographical or printing errors in these Official Rules or any Promotion materials, (d) acceptance, attendance at, receipt, travel related to, participation in, delivery of, possession, defects in, use, non-use, misuse, inability to use, loss, damage, destruction, negligence or willful misconduct in connection with the use of a prize (or any component thereof), (e) any change in the prizing (or any components thereof) due to unavailability or due to reasons beyond Sponsor’s control, including but not limited to by reason of any acts of God, any action(s), regulation(s), order(s) or request(s) by any governmental or quasi-governmental entity (whether or not such action(s), regulation(s), order(s) or request(s) prove(s) to be invalid), equipment failure, threatened or actual terrorist acts, earthquake, war, fire, flood, explosion, unusually severe weather, hurricane, embargo, labor dispute or strike (whether legal or illegal), labor or material shortage, transportation interruption of any kind, work slow-down, civil disturbance, insurrection, riot or any other cause beyond any of the Released Parties’ control, or as otherwise permitted in these Official Rules, (f) any interruptions in or postponement, cancellation or modification of the Promotion, (g) human error, (h) incorrect, unauthorized, or inaccurate transcription, receipt or transmission of any part of any Entry , (i) any technical malfunctions or unavailability of the website or any telephone network, computer system, computer online system, mobile device, computer timing and/or dating mechanism, computer equipment, software, or Internet service provider, or mail service utilized by any of the Released Parties or by an entrant, (j) interruption or inability to access the Promotion, the website or any other Promotion-related websites or any online service via the Internet due to hardware or software compatibility problems, (k) any damage to entrant’s (or any third person’s) equipment used to access the Promotion and/or its contents related to or resulting from any part of the Promotion, (l) any lost/delayed data transmissions, omissions, interruptions, defects, and/or any other errors or malfunctions, (m) any late, lost, stolen, mutilated, misdirected, delayed, garbled, corrupted, destroyed, incomplete, undeliverable or damaged Entries, (n) any wrongful, negligent, or unauthorized act or omission on the part of any of the Released Parties, (o) lost, late, stolen, misdirected, damaged or destroyed prizing (or any element thereof), or (p) the negligence or willful misconduct by entrant.
Without limiting the foregoing, everything regarding this Promotion, including the website and prize components, are provided “as is” without warranty of any kind, either express or implied, including but not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose or non-infringement. Some jurisdictions may not allow the limitations or exclusions of liability for incidental or consequential damages or exclusions of implied warranties, so some of the above limitations or exclusions may not apply. Check local laws for any restrictions or limitations regarding these limitations or exclusions.
7. DISPUTES: THIS PROMOTION IS GOVERNED BY, AND WILL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, AND THE FORUM AND VENUE FOR ANY DISPUTE SHALL BE IN THE SAN FRANCISCO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA. IF THE CONTROVERSY OR CLAIM IS NOT OTHERWISE RESOLVED THROUGH DIRECT DISCUSSIONS OR MEDIATION, IT SHALL THEN BE RESOLVED BY FINAL AND BINDING ARBITRATION ADMINISTERED BY THE AMERICAN ARBITRATION ASSOCIATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH ITS ARBITRATION RULES AND PROCEDURES OR SUBSEQUENT VERSIONS THEREOF (“AAA RULES”). THE REMEDY FOR ANY CLAIM SHALL BE LIMITED TO ACTUAL DAMAGES, AND IN NO EVENT SHALL ANY PARTY BE ENTITLED TO RECOVER PUNITIVE, EXEMPLARY, CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES OR HAVE DAMAGES MULTIPLIED OR OTHERWISE INCREASED, INCLUDING ATTORNEYS’ FEES OR OTHER SUCH RELATED COSTS OF BRINGING A CLAIM, OR TO RESCIND THIS AGREEMENT OR SEEK INJUNCTIVE OR ANY OTHER EQUITABLE RELIEF. ENTRANTS AGREE THAT THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF ANY ENTRANT AND/OR PROMOTION ENTITIES AND/OR ANY OTHER PARTY SHALL BE RESOLVED INDIVIDUALLY, WITHOUT RESORT TO ANY FORM OF CLASS ACTION. ANY DEMAND FOR ARBITRATION MUST BE FILED WITHIN ONE (1) YEAR FROM THE END OF THE PROMOTION PERIOD, OR THE CAUSE OF ACTION SHALL BE FOREVER BARRED. Entrants agree that the rights and obligations of any entrant and/or Promotion Entities and/or any other party shall be resolved individually as described above, without resort to any form of class action.
8. PRIVACY POLICY: Any information collected during an entrant’s participation in the Promotion will be collected by Sponsor or designee and used by Sponsor, affiliates, designees, agents, and marketers for purposes of the proper administration and fulfillment of the Promotion as described in these Official Rules and in accordance with Sponsor’s Privacy Policy as stated at www.blurb.com/privacy.
9. PUBLICITY RIGHTS: By participating in the Promotion and/or accepting a prize, each entrant (and if a minor, his/her parent or legal guardian) grants Sponsor and Sponsor’s designee the perpetual right to use his or her name, social media user name (handle), biographical information, photos and/or likeness, and statements for promotion, trade, commercial, advertising and publicity purposes on a worldwide basis, at any time or times, in all media now known or hereafter discovered including without limitation live television, social media, and on the World Wide Web and Internet, without notice, review or approval and without additional compensation, except where prohibited by law.
10. GENERAL: Any attempted form of participation in this Promotion other than as described herein is void. If it is discovered or suspected in Sponsor’s sole and absolute discretion that an entrant has registered or attempted to register more than once using multiple email addresses, accounts, multiple identities, proxy servers or like methods, all of that entrant’s Promotion entries will be declared null and void, and that Entrant will be ineligible to win a prize. Also, if it is discovered that any entrant attempts to receive additional Promotion entries in excess of the stated limitation, that entrant may, in Sponsor’s sole discretion, be disqualified from the Promotion. Sponsor reserves the right to disqualify any individual found, in its sole opinion, to be tampering with the operation of the Promotion, to be acting in violation of these Official Rules or to be acting in an unsportsmanlike manner or with the intent to disrupt the normal operation of a Promotion. Any use of robotic, automatic, macro, programmed, third party or like methods to participate in the Promotion will void any attempted participation affected by such methods and the disqualification of the individual utilizing the same. CAUTION AND WARNING: ANY ATTEMPT TO DELIBERATELY DAMAGE ANY WEBSITE OR TO UNDERMINE THE LEGITIMATE OPERATION OF THIS PROMOTION IS A VIOLATION OF CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LAWS. SHOULD SUCH AN ATTEMPT BE MADE, SPONSOR RESERVES THE RIGHT TO SEEK DAMAGES OR OTHER REMEDIES FROM ANY SUCH PERSON(S) RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ATTEMPT TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW. If any provision of these Official Rules or any word, phrase, clause, sentence, or other portion thereof should be held unenforceable or invalid for any reason, then that provision or portion thereof shall be modified or deleted in such manner as to render the remaining provisions of these Official Rules valid and enforceable. The invalidity or unenforceability of any provision of these Official Rules or the prize documents will not affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision. Sponsor’s interpretation of these Official Rules is final and binding in all matters related to the Promotion. Sponsor or Released Party’s failure to enforce any term of these Official Rules shall not constitute a waiver of that provision and such provision shall remain in full force and effect. All Promotion Entries and/or materials submitted become the property of Sponsor and will not be returned. In the event of any conflict with any Promotion details contained in these Official Rules and Promotion details contained in any promotional materials (including but not limited to point of sale, television and print advertising, promotional packaging, social media, email communications, and other promotional media), the details of the Promotion as set forth in these Official Rules shall prevail.
11. SOCIAL MEDIA RELEASE AND DISCLAIMER: Each entrant acknowledges and agrees that this Promotion is in no way sponsored, endorsed or administered by, or associated with Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter. By entering the Promotion each entrant hereby releases and agrees to hold harmless these entities completely from any liability in connection with the Promotion. Any questions, comments or complaints regarding the Promotion should be directed to Sponsor and not these social media platforms. By participating via any applicable social media platform, Entrants are also subject to such platform’s terms of use.
12. TO RECEIVE WINNERS LIST OR OFFICIAL RULES: The Official Rules (available during the Promotion Period) and Winners List (available after winner is confirmed) will be available on Blurb.com for a period of sixty (60) days after the close of the Promotion Period.