Contest Guidelines

1. Use the online entry form and answer all the fields.
2. This contest is open only to nonprofit organizations.
3. Entries should not include any attachments. Entries can refer to another website to view other related information or graphic materials.
4. All submitted materials become property of Neighborhood Reinvestment.
5. The deadline for entries is July 1, 2004.
6. Neighborhood Reinvestment reserves the right to disqualify entries that do not fulfill the requirements of the contest. All decisions are final.
7. See attached contest rules.

Official Rules

1. To enter, complete the full application online and submit to Neighborhood Reinvestment.
2. All entries must be submitted by midnight, Eastern Daylight Time, on July 1, 2004.
3. All entries must be submitted by a nonprofit organization and represent work or strategies they are implementing.
4. Neighborhood Reinvestment is not responsible for lost, late, misdirected submissions.
5. No submissions can be answered.
6. By entering, applicants agree that submissions will become the property of Neighborhood Reinvestment. Submissions may be published or used in any and all media, whether now known or thereafter devised, without compensation.
7. Employees of Neighborhood Reinvestment and their immediate families are not eligible to apply.
8. Neighborhood Reinvestment reserves the right to disqualify entries that do not fulfill the requirements of the contest. All decisions are final.
9. Four prizes of $2,000 each will be awarded to winners in the four categories of submission:
   • Best Homeownership Marketing Strategy
   • Best Strategy for Reaching Minority Homebuyers
   • Best Collaboration to Promote Homeownership
   • Best Postpurchase Strategy
10. Runners-up will be recognized on Neighborhood Reinvestment's website.
11. Winners will be selected by a panel of judges based on the following criteria:
    • Cost-effectiveness—strategy was modest in cost and effective;
    • Impact—strategy increased or improved prior results;
    • Innovation—strategy demonstrates creativity and uniqueness;
    • Collaboration—strategy spurs collaboration with other partners; and
    • Reproducibility—strategy can be implemented by others.
12. Winners will be selected on or about August 1, 2004 and will be notified by mail or e-mail. Winners will be required to complete an Affidavit of Eligibility and Liability/Publicity/Materials Release which must be returned within three (3) days of receipt of notification letter or alternate winners will be selected.
13. Winners will be officially announced at the NeighborWorks® Training Institute Symposium on August 11, 2004 in Washington, DC and on Neighborhood Reinvestment's website on or after August 12, 2004.
14. All federal, state and local laws and regulations apply.
15. Void where prohibited by law.
16. NO PURCHASE REQUIRED.