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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 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:
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
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: ___________________________