ELIGIBILITY: This 2023 Nextdoor Love Your Neighborhood Awards Contest (this “Contest”) is open to individuals who, during the Submission Period (defined below), are: (a) legal residents of the United States and District of Columbia; (b) the age of majority; and (c) Nextdoor members in good standing per the terms of Nextdoor’s Member Agreement (available at https://help.nextdoor.com/s/article/Nextdoor-Member-Agreement?language=en_US) (an “Entrant”, “you”, or “your”). Void where restricted or prohibited by law. This Contest is sponsored by Nextdoor, Inc., located at 420 Taylor Street, San Francisco, CA 94102 (the “Sponsor”, “Nextdoor”, “our”, or “we”). Employees, officers, directors, agents, representatives of Sponsor, the legal, promotion, and advertising agencies of any aforementioned entity, and their immediate family members, and each person or entity connected with the production or administration of this Contest, and each parent company, affiliate, subsidiary, agent, and representative of any aforementioned entity are not eligible to participate for Prizes (defined below) in this Contest. This Contest is subject to all applicable laws.

SUBMISSION PERIOD: The submission period begins on April 23, 2023, at 12:00 am Pacific Time (“PT”), and ends on May 15, 2023, at 11:59 pm PT (the “Submission Period”). ALL ENTRIES MUST BE SUBMITTED DURING THE SUBMISSION PERIOD. By entering in this Contest, Entrants agree to be bound by these official Contest rules (these “Official Rules”) and agree that the decisions of the judges and/or Sponsor are binding and final on matters relating to this Contest. You may enter as many times as you want, but voters may only vote for one (1) of your Submissions. If you are chosen as a Winner (defined below), you must agree to the terms of these Official Rules, attest to your ownership and rights to the Submission (defined below), and be willing to disclose certain information in order to be eligible to receive any Prize (defined below).

HOW TO ENTER: 

NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. A PURCHASE OR PAYMENT OF ANY KIND WILL NOT INCREASE AN ENTRANT’S CHANCE OF WINNING. 

First, confirm that you are a Nextdoor member in good standing (per Nextdoor’s Member Agreement (available at https://help.nextdoor.com/s/article/Nextdoor-Member-Agreement?language=en_US)). Don’t have an account? Create one at https://nextdoor.com/choose_address/ - it’s free!

Next, take your best shot: Snap a photo of what makes your neighborhood the best and embodies Nextdoor’s purpose – to cultivate a kinder world where everyone has a neighborhood they can rely on. Is it the foliage and flowers? The cute business district? Neighbors helping neighbors? The faces of your family enjoying a day outside?

Once you take your photo (your “Submission”), login to your Nextdoor account during the Submission Period, and upload your Submission to your Nextdoor newsfeed – selecting “anyone” as the audience and adding two (2) hashtags: (1) the Contest hashtag #LoveYourNeighborhoodContest; and (2) one (1) of the following five (5) Contest category hashtags that best describes your Submission. Failure to correctly submit your Submission may result in your Submission not being considered.

Five (5) Contest category hashtags

#NeighborhoodCreatures – Snap a photo of furry friends, four-legged flatmates, and the cute creatures in your community;

#NeighborhoodGems – Snap a photos of places that only locals know / would recommend - such as your favorite hike, picnic spot, hidden beach, etc.;

#NeighborhoodFans – Snap a photo of the passionate faces behind your favorite sports or community event (Note that each person in the photo must be willing to consent to the terms of these Official Rules and other conditions as Nextdoor may require);

#NeighborhoodsEverywhere – Snap a photo of your favorite neighborhood that you’ve visited; and

#NeighborhoodFaves – Snap a photo of your favorite local business.

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES: 

Submissions must be received during the Submission Period as outlined herein and according to Sponsor’s internal server time. No other methods of entry will be accepted. All Submissions received by the end of the Submission Period that are complete and otherwise qualified will be eligible to win (each, a “Qualified Submission”). Submissions will not be acknowledged or returned. Sponsor is not responsible for incomplete, late, lost, delayed, damaged, misdirected, incomplete, void, corrupted, garbled, illegible, or unintelligible Submissions and those Submissions are void and will not be accepted. All Submissions must be original works of authorship, created by Entrants. Entrants must and do hereby grant Sponsor permission to use royalty-free the Submission worldwide in all media in perpetuity. Any Submission that Sponsor determines (in its sole discretion) to be obscene, libelous, detrimental to Sponsor’s reputation or values, or otherwise objectionable or inappropriate, or which otherwise does not comply with these Official Rules will be disqualified. Entrants agree to indemnify Sponsor against any and all claims of infringement from any third party for any use by Sponsor of Submission.

Submissions must have an image ratio of 16 x 9 and a maximum file size of 7MB. Submission file type may be .JPG, .PNG, .GIF, or .TIFF. Please do not add a watermark to your Submission. Your Submission must be creative and fully original – your Submission must be taken by you. All Submissions must be original works of authorship within the meaning of the Australian Copyright Act of 1968 (as amended). In addition, your Submission must not contain images that are offensive, contain impermissible third-party intellectual property (such as shirt logos), or any persons for which you are not authorised. Submissions may not include any persons who: (a) are represented under contract (e.g., by a talent agent or manager) that would limit or impair Sponsor’s ability to display their likeness in any media form; (b) have an acting or modelling contract that would make their appearance in the Submission a violation of any third-party rights; (c) are under a merchandising agreement; or (d) are under any other contractual relationship including without limitation to guild and / or union memberships. Copyright and all other rights remain those of Entrant and / or any third parties from whom Entrant has obtained permission to use the third party's material(s). All Entrants understand and agree that any Submission may be used by Sponsor for marketing and promotional purposes including in any media such as exhibitions and print and digital media, except where prohibited. All Winners (defined below) understand that their name, likeness, and winning Submission may be used for marketing and promotional purposes including in any media such as publicity, exhibitions, and print and digital media. Entrants shall and hereby grant Sponsor permission to use royalty-free, the Submission worldwide in all media in perpetuity. No Submission may depict any nudity, animal cruelty, harmful, illegal activity or substance, or offensive or obscene subject matter. No Submission shall portray Nextdoor in a negative light. Entrants may not copy, make derivative works of, or otherwise plagiarize the Submission from any source. Entrants agree to indemnify Sponsor against any and all claims of infringement from any third party for any use by Sponsor of Submission. Sponsor reserves the right to exclude any Submission that does not meet the above criteria in Sponsor’s sole discretion.

SELECTION OF WINNERS: Contest Winners will be selected in two (2) steps.

STEP ONE: On or about May 16, 2023, and ending on or about May 17, 2023, a panel of qualified judges from the Nextdoor community will select five (5) Qualified Submissions – one (1) from each Contest category – based on the following hundred (100)-point scale (each, a “Finalist”).

Expression of the #LoveYourNeighborhoodContest theme (up to sixty (60) points);

Technical merit (up to ten (10) points);

Creativity (up to fifteen (15) points); and

Nextdoor values of cultivating a kinder world where everyone has a neighborhood they can rely on (up to fifteen (15) points).

NOTE: In the event of a tie, tying entries will be rescored, with double weight being given to the Nextdoor values category.

STEP TWO: On or about May 17, 2023, Sponsor will post a poll on Nextdoor Agency pages for neighbors to vote for their favorite Finalist Submission. Voting opens on or about May 17, 2023, and ends on or about May 22, 2023. The Finalist Submission with the most votes in the poll published by Nextdoor on or about May 24, 2023, will be the Contest grand prize winner (the “Grand Prize Winner”) and the remaining four (4) Finalists will be runners-up Winners. There will be five (5) Contest winners total - one (1) Grand Prize Winner and four (4) runners-up winners (each, a “Winner”). The Winners will be determined as outlined herein and will be announced on or around May 24, 2023.

PRIZES:

GRAND PRIZE: The Grand Prize Winner will receive: (1) one (1) professional camera kit from B & H Foto Electronics Corp. (Approximate Retail Value (“ARV”): Two Thousand Eight Hundred U.S. Dollars ($2,800.00 USD)); (2) one (1) Visa gift card (ARV: Five Hundred USD ($500.00)); (3) one (1) MasterClass annual subscription (ARV: One Hundred Eighty USD ($180.00)); and (4) one (1) Nextdoor-branded coffee table book featuring your Submission (ARV: Seventy-Five USD ($75.00)). Total ARV of the Grand Prize is Three Thousand Five Hundred Fifty-Five USD ($3,555.00). Prizes may be subject to certain terms and conditions and Nextdoor is not responsible for such terms and conditions or any claims arising from or in connection with such terms.

RUNNERS-UP: Each of the remaining four (4) runners-ups will receive one (1) Visa gift card (ARV: One Hundred USD ($100.00)); (2) one (1) MasterClass annual subscription (ARV: One Hundred Eighty USD ($180.00)); and (3) one (1) Nextdoor-branded coffee table book featuring your Submission (ARV: Seventy-Five USD ($75.00)). Total ARV of Prizes for each of the runners-up is Three Hundred Fifty-Five USD ($355.00); Total ARV of runners-up Prizes is One Thousand Four Hundred Twenty USD ($1,420.00). Prizes may be subject to certain terms and conditions and Nextdoor is not responsible for such terms and conditions or any claims arising from or in connection with such terms.

Total ARV of all Contest Prizes is Four Thousand Nine Hundred Seventy-Five USD ($4,975.00).

Winners will be required to sign and return a Declaration of Eligibility and Liability / Publicity Release (a “Declaration”) and any other documents that Sponsor or Sponsor’s representative may require within one (1) week of a notification (e.g., email) from Sponsor of the Winners’ status. Failure to respond timely to the notification may result in forfeiture of the Prize and, in such case, Sponsor may choose the next highest-scoring Qualified Submission from the remaining Qualified Submissions to determine a Winner. Winners will be required to sign and return a Declaration of Eligibility and Liability / Publicity Release (a “Declaration”) and any other documents that Sponsor or Sponsor’s representative may require within one (1) week of the notification. Failure to timely return a signed Declaration or other required document(s) or the return of any notification as undeliverable will result in Prize forfeiture. All expenses, fees, tariffs, and taxes not specifically stated as being included are excluded and are the responsibility of the Winners. No assignment, transfer, or substitution of a Prize is permitted, but Sponsor reserves the right to substitute a Prize for one of comparable or greater value should the Prize become impracticable to award or unavailable for any reason. All Finalists must provide Sponsor with all signatures on required paperwork and return all documents in a timely manner as required under these Official Rules in order to be eligible to receive the Prize. Entrants may not resell, assign, or transfer any of their rights in their Submissions under these Official Rules.

CONDITIONS: This Contest is subject to these Official Rules. Except where prohibited, by participating, Entrants agree: (a) to be bound by these complete Official Rules and the decisions of Sponsor which shall be final and binding; and (b) to waive any right to claim ambiguity in this Contest or these Official Rules, except where prohibited by law. By accepting the Prize, Winner agrees to release Sponsor, including its parent, subsidiary, and affiliated entities together with the respective directors, employees, officers, licensees, licensors, and agents, and respective advertising and promotion entities, and any person or entity associated with the production, judging, or administration of this Contest (collectively, the “Releasees”) from any and all liability, loss, or damage arising from or in connection with awarding, receipt, and/or use or misuse of the Prize or participation in any Prize-related activities. Releasees shall not be liable for: (i) phone system, phone or computer hardware, software or other technical or computer malfunctions, lost connections, disconnections, delays, or transmission errors; (ii) data corruption, theft, destruction, unauthorised access to or alteration of Submission or other materials; (iii) any injuries, losses, or damages of any kind, including death caused by the Prize or resulting from acceptance, possession, or use of the Prize, or from participation in this Contest; (iv) any printing, typographical, administrative, or technological errors in any materials associated with this Contest; and (v) any issues that would cause problems with the fair running or administration of this Contest due to the pandemic. Sponsor disclaims any liability for damage to any computer system resulting from participating in or accessing or downloading information in connection with this Contest. Sponsor reserves the right to cancel or suspend this Contest for any reason in its sole discretion. Submissions will not be returned and may be destroyed. The internal laws of U.S. shall govern disputes regarding these Official Rules and/or this Contest. All cases and claims pertaining to this Contest must be brought in a court of competent jurisdiction. Sponsor reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to cancel, modify, or suspend this Contest should a virus, bug, computer problem, unauthorised intervention, or other cause beyond Sponsor’s control, corrupt the administration, security, or proper play of this Contest. Sponsor may prohibit an Entrant from participating in this Contest or winning the Prize if Sponsor determines that an Entrant is attempting to undermine the legitimate operation of this Contest in any way by cheating, hacking, or using any other unfair playing practices of intending to annoy, abuse, threaten, or harass any other Entrant or Sponsor representatives. Use of automated entry devices or programs is prohibited. Any attempts to access the Nextdoor website, enter this Contest or increase interaction via a bot script, device, or brute-force attack will result in disqualification, including rendering that IP address ineligible for the entire Contest. Caution: Any attempt to deliberately damage or undermine the legitimate operation of this Contest may be in violation of criminal and civil laws and will result in disqualification from participation in this Contest. Should such an attempt be made, Sponsor reserves the right to seek remedies and damages (including attorney fees) to the fullest extent of the law, including criminal prosecution.

PUBLICITY: By participating in this Contest, Entrants agree that Sponsor, its shareholders, agents, and representatives, affiliates, subsidiaries, advertising, promotion, and fulfillment agencies, and legal advisors are not responsible or liable for, and shall be released and held harmless from any and all losses, damages, rights, claims, and actions of any kind in connection with or resulting from participation in this Contest, or acceptance of the Prize, including without limitation, claims based on publicity rights, defamation, or invasion of privacy. Sponsor reserves the right to use Contest Submissions for publicity purposes before, during, or after this Contest, in any media, and to use the name, likeness, hometown name, of any Entrant, including all or part of their Submission throughout the world, in perpetuity, without any compensation or prior review unless specifically prohibited by law. Entrants will not be paid for their Submissions or for granting Sponsor any of these rights.

LICENSE: As a condition of participating in this Contest, and except where prohibited, Entrants shall and hereby provide a one hundred-eighty (180)-day exclusive irrevocable worldwide license to Sponsor after which time, Sponsor shall retain a perpetual non-exclusive license to use the Submissions in any and all media throughout the world, in perpetuity, for any purpose whatsoever, without any additional compensation. Entrants do not waive their moral rights to the Submissions.

PRIVACY: Except as otherwise stated in these Official Rules, personal information collected in connection with this Contest will be used for administration of this Contest and in accordance with Nextdoor’s privacy policy located at https://help.nextdoor.com/s/article/Privacy-Policy?language=en_US and with the consent given by Entrants at the time of submitting a Submission. Any communication or information transmitted to Sponsor and/or the Nextdoor website by email or otherwise is and will be treated as non-confidential and non-proprietary.

OFFICIAL RULES AND WINNERS: A copy of these Official Rules and / or the name of the Winners will be available at https://go.nextdoor.com/lyn2023 for one hundred twenty (120) days after this Contest ends.

© 2023 Nextdoor. All rights reserved. Third-party trademarks mentioned herein are the property of their respective trademark owners. The use or mention of such third-party trademarks in these Official Rules or in this Contest is solely for descriptive purposes and shall in no way imply an endorsement or sponsorship of this Contest.

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