Rules for the 2012 Military Spouse of the Year Promotion

Who can nominate? Nominations will be accepted from any person or group, civilian, and military personnel. A person can submit more than one nomination.

Who can be nominated? Anyone who is a spouse of a U.S. Military member may be nominated (all services, all ranks, active duty, Guard and Reserve). Nominees must be over the age of 18. Employees of Victory Media, Inc. and Sponsor are ineligible to participate.

Judging Criteria. Considerations in selecting the 2012 Military Spouse of the Year include impact on community change, volunteerism, personal sacrifice, education, and other spouse related efforts.

How to enter. The Promotion begins August 11th, 2010 and ends on October 6th, 2010 (Entry Period). No purchase necessary to enter. Nominations must be submitted on or before October 6th, 2010 using the electronic nomination form on msoy.milspouse.com. The nominating person will be asked to answer a series of questions about the Nominee and enter an essay about why Nominee should be the 2012 Military Spouse of the Year. Judges selected by Victory Media, Inc. will review all submissions and select five finalists from each military service branch, after which users at msoy.milspouse.com will vote upon and select one winner for each military branch, and ultimately the national winner. The time period for voting is posted on msoy.milspouse.com under "Timeline." Odds of being selected for and winning the 2012 Military Spouse of the Year depend on the number of Nominees, the relative performance of all Nominees and number of votes cast for the Nominees. Votes tallied by Victory Media, Inc. and Sponsor are final.

Results of Promotion. Winner will be recognized as the 2012 Military Spouse of the Year. The winner may make public appearances, write a monthly column to appear in Military Spouse magazine (subject to editorial rights by Victory Media, Inc.), and maintain a blog during his/her one-year reign (subject to editorial rights by Victory Media, Inc.), which will last through May 2012. Winner is responsible for any and all applicable fees and taxes associated with prize receipt.

Use of Nominee's/Winner's Name. Except where prohibited, participation in the Promotion constitutes consent to Sponsor's and Victory Media's use of Nominee's/Winner's (and nominating person's) name, likeness, essay, biographical information and state of residence for promotional purposes in any media including, without limitation, Sponsor's and Victory Media's website and related publications without further payment or consideration. Except where prohibited, an individual who is the subject of a winning essay may be required to sign and return to Sponsor and Victory Media a liability and publicity release. In addition, the potential winner may be required to affirm that the content of the winning essay is accurate.

Rights to Essays. Essay submissions grant Sponsor and Victory Media the right in perpetuity to reproduce, publish, use, edit, adapt and/or modify such essay, in any way, in any and all media, without limitation and without compensation to entrant or to the individual who is the subject of the essay.

General Conditions. Victory Media reserves the right to cancel, suspend and/or modify the Promotion if any problem corrupts the administration, security, or proper play of the Promotion, as determined by Victory Media in its sole discretion. Victory Media reserves the right in its sole discretion to disqualify any individual they find to be tampering with the entry process or the operation of the Promotion or to be acting in violation of these Rules or in an unsportsmanlike or disruptive manner. Victory Media and Sponsor are not responsible for any incorrect or inaccurate information submitted by entrants, or for any technical or human error, which may occur in the processing of submissions in the Promotion. Victory Media and Sponsor are not responsible for any lost, late, illegible or misdirected electronic submissions, email or mail.

Victory Media: Victory Media owns and operates Military Spouse magazine.