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Promotional Services Agreement Wattpad & Kensington Publishing This Agreement is made between Kensington Publishing with a principal place of business at _________119 West 40 th Street, 21 st Floor, New York, NY 10018____________________, and Wattpad, with a principal place of business at Wattpad, 36 Wellington Street East, Suite 200, Toronto, ON M5E 1C7, Canada. 1. Overview of the promotion Wattpad and _____Kensington Publishing________ will be conducting a joint promotional program for the ______The Write Affair – romance writing contest_________, to be run on Wattpad’s site, www.wattpad.com (the “Site”) (collectively, the “Promotion”). Each party understands and agrees that the Promotion will include advertising incorporating trademarks, service marks, trade names, logos, designs and/or copyright-protected material owned by Wattpad and ____Kensington Publishing______ and that all such advertising is subject to the prior review and approval by both parties. 2. Promotional Period The Promotion shall commence on January 12, 2015 and end on April 3, 2015 (the “Promotion Period”). 3. Kensington Press Contest Responsibilities Kensington Press will provide the following aspects of the Contest: a. Editorial Guidelines; b. Contest Overview and Rules; c. Promotion and marketing for the contest; d. Judging panel to select short list and winner; and e. Contest Prize (Publication contract or one-year of editorial mentoring). 4. Wattpad Contest Responsibilities Wattpad will provide the following aspects of the Contest:

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Page 1: Promotional Services Agreement Wattpad & Kensington …sites.kensingtonbooks.com/writeaffair/PromotionalServicesAgreement.pdf · Wattpad will provide publisher ___Kensington Publishing_____

Promotional Services Agreement Wattpad & Kensington Publishing

This Agreement is made between Kensington Publishing with a principal place of business at _________119 West 40th Street, 21st Floor, New York, NY 10018____________________, and Wattpad, with a principal place of business at Wattpad, 36 Wellington Street East, Suite 200, Toronto, ON M5E 1C7, Canada.

1. Overview of the promotion

Wattpad and _____Kensington Publishing________ will be conducting a joint promotional program for

the ______The Write Affair – romance writing contest_________, to be run on Wattpad’s site,

www.wattpad.com (the “Site”) (collectively, the “Promotion”). Each party understands and agrees

that the Promotion will include advertising incorporating trademarks, service marks, trade names,

logos, designs and/or copyright-protected material owned by Wattpad and ____Kensington

Publishing______ and that all such advertising is subject to the prior review and approval by both

parties.

2. Promotional Period

The Promotion shall commence on January 12, 2015 and end on April 3, 2015 (the “Promotion

Period”).

3. Kensington Press Contest Responsibilities

Kensington Press will provide the following aspects of the Contest:

a. Editorial Guidelines;

b. Contest Overview and Rules;

c. Promotion and marketing for the contest;

d. Judging panel to select short list and winner; and

e. Contest Prize (Publication contract or one-year of editorial mentoring).

4. Wattpad Contest Responsibilities

Wattpad will provide the following aspects of the Contest:

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a. Assist with the creation of a dedicated profile page to host the Contest for launch by ____January

12____________, 2015, such development work to be done in consultation with ______Kensington

Publishing___________;

b. Prominently display the terms and conditions or a link to the terms and conditions on the contest

page.

c. Use voter data to select longlist entries (based on the voting period by the Wattpad users)

d. Official announcements on the landing page of the long list, short list, and winner of the contest;

e. On-site banner promotion for the contest; and

f. Social media support for the contest.

5. Entry Guidelines

During the submission phase (INSERT DATES), users will be entered into the contest by submitting

their full-length manuscript on www.wattpad.com (the “Contest Website”), in accordance with

contest editorial guidelines. Submissions that do not comply with editorial guidelines will be

disqualified.

6. Prize Winners

Further to Section 6. above, _____Kensington Publishing_______ shall offer a publication deal to one

winner from above entry guidelines. On the occurrence that a publication deal is awarded,

____Kensington Publishing__________ shall ensure that Wattpad receives: i) an acknowledgement

within the initial pages; and ii) a logo placement and flash on the front cover that indicates the book

is a winner of the Contest (exact language to be agreed upon by both parties) for the published

work.

Wattpad shall be entitled to retain a copy of the raw, unedited winning entry for posting on the Site.

____Kensington Publishing_________ shall grant Wattpad a limited non-transferable, non-sub-

licensable and revocable right to place the raw, unedited text on the Site after the winner is

announced.

If published, Wattpad will provide the winning entry with a specific amount (to be defined) of on-

site advertising as promotion for the book.

7. Data / Analysis

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Wattpad will provide publisher ___Kensington Publishing_____ with the following data points upon completion of the contest:

- Number of Total Entries - Demographics of Entries - Stats on individual Submissions - Top Ten Countries by Submission 8. Terminating the Agreement With reasonable cause, either Organization may terminate this Agreement, effective immediately, upon giving written notice. Reasonable cause includes: • A material violation of this Agreement. • Any act exposing the other party to liability to others for personal injury or property damage. 9. Modifying the Agreement This Agreement may be modified only by a written addendum signed by both parties. Signatures __Kensington Publishing____________________ Signature: _______________________________ Date: ____12/5/14_________ Printed Name: ______Ellen Chan_____________________ Wattpad Signature: _______________________________ Date: _____________ Printed Name: ___________________________