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DATING THE UNDEAD VIDEO CONTEST

OFFICIAL RULES

Entry Deadline:March 1, 2011 at 11:59pm ET

Prizes:

Grand Prize – Kindle Fire

Second Prize - $150 Visa Gift Card (USD)

Third Prize - $100 Visa Gift Card (USD)

Details:The objective of this contest is to record a fun and creative video parody that relates to Gena Showalter and Jill Monroe's DATING THE UNDEAD. Entrants must pick an ad, article or any subject/item found within the aforementioned book and create a unique video based on that subject/item, ad or article. Videos should be between 00:30 seconds to 4:00 minutes long.

Process:

• Create your video.
• Upload your video to a YouTube account.
• Once the video is live, email the direct link to the video on You Tube to Inquiry at GenaShowalter dot com with the information outlined below in "#3 ENTERING THE CONTEST."
• The judges, Gena Showalter and Jill Monroe, will review all entries and select 10 finalists.
• The winners of the first, second and third prizes will be based on a public voting poll to take place no more than three weeks after initial entries for the contest have been collected.

NO PURCHASE OR PAYMENT OF ANY KIND IS NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN THIS CONTEST.

A purchase will not improve chances of winning.

CONSUMER DISCLOSURE: You have not yet won.

OPEN ONLY TO LEGAL RESIDENTS OF THE 50 UNITED STATES AND DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA AS WELL AS CANADA WHO ARE AT LEAST 13 YEARS OLD AS OF THE DATE OF ENTRY

By entering this Promotion, entrants accept and agree to be bound by these Official Rules. Any violation of these rules may, at Sponsor's discretion, result in disqualification. All decisions of the judges regarding this Promotion are final and binding in all respects.

1.  PROMOTION PERIOD.Promotion begins 12:01 AM ET on February 1, 2011 and ends 11:59 PM ET on March 1, 2011, when all entries must be received ("Promotion Period").

2.  ELIGIBILITY.This contest (the "Promotion") is only open to legal residents of the 50 United States and District of Columbia who are at least 13 years old as of the date of entry, except officers, directors, members and employees of the Sponsor, the judging organization (if applicable), or any other party associated with the development or administration of this Promotion, and the immediate family (i.e., parents, children, siblings, spouse), and persons residing in the same household, as such individuals. This Promotion is void outside the 50 United States and the District of Columbia, as well as Canada, and where prohibited.

3. ENTERING THE CONTEST.

(a)  HOW TO SUBMIT A VIDEO TO THE CONTEST: Each participant must record a video (the "Video") addressing an ad, article, subject/item located in DATING THE UNDEAD.  The Participant must then enter the contest by emailing their entry to Inquiry@GenaShowalter.comwith the following information during the Promotion Period:

1. YouTube User Name
2. URL to your YouTube video
3. Your Full Name
4. Birth Date
5. Phone Number
6. Email Address
7. End your message with this statement, "I agree to the official rules of this contest."
8. No other means of entry will be accepted. To enter the contest you have to be a registered YouTube user. Regardless of whether a video is produced by or features multiple persons, there can only be one official entrant. Only one prize will be awarded to the one winner whose name appears in the submission email. Emails that include the name of more than one person will be disqualified.

(b) REQUIREMENTS FOR VIDEOS: Videos must be submitted in a format and size accepted by YouTube. The video can be no less than 00:30 seconds and no longer than 4:00 minutes in length. Submissions that do not meet this requirement will not be considered for judging.

(c) REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES: You represent and warrant that the Video does not and shall not contain any material that, (i) falsely states or otherwise misrepresents your affiliation with a person or entity, without such person or entity's prior written consent; (ii) constitutes personally identifying information or other personal or identifying information about you or any individual; (iii) is false, deceptive, misleading, scandalous, indecent, obscene, pornographic, unlawful, defamatory, libelous, fraudulent, threatening, harassing, hateful, degrading, intimidating, or racially or ethnically offensive, or contains nudity, pornographic images, explicit sexual themes, or graphic violence; (iv) encourages conduct that could be considered a criminal offense, could give rise to criminal civil liability, or could violate any law, or that could otherwise be considered inappropriate; (v) constitutes a virus, worm, Trojan horse, Easter egg, time bomb, spyware, or other computer code, file, or program that is harmful or invasive or is intended to damage or hijack the operation of, or to monitor the use of, the Contest Site or any hardware, software, or equipment; (vi) constitutes any advertising, promotional material, or other form of solicitation; or (vii) constitutes any material, non-public information about a Sponsor. The Sponsor shall have the discretion to independently determine whether or not the material meets the description of any of the seven categories listed above in Paragraph 3(c). If it does, the Sponsor may reject any such submissions. The Sponsor also reserves its right to reject any submitted material that the Sponsor deems improper for any other reason, above and beyond the categories listed in Par. 3(c).

4. PARTICIPANT'S RIGHTS TO VIDEOS:By submitting your video, you represent and warrant that (i) all information that you provide in connection with the submission of a Video, including without limitation any registration information, is and will remain true, accurate, and complete; (ii) you have the legal right and authority to enter into this Official Rules and Submission Agreement with Sponsor; (iii) the Video is your original, sole work; (iv) you solely own, or otherwise have the full right and permission to exploit, all of the rights in, to, and under the Video and to grant Sponsor the rights and licenses set forth herein, and with respect to any third party materials that appear in or are otherwise incorporated or embodied in the Video, you have obtained express, written clearances from all owners of and rights holders in such third party materials as necessary to grant Sponsor the rights and licenses set forth herein, and you will provide such clearances to Sponsor upon request; (v) you have obtained the written consent, release, and/or permission of every identifiable individual who appears in the Video, to use such individual's name and likeness for purposes of using and otherwise exploiting the Video in the manner contemplated by this Official Rules and Submission Agreement, or, if any such identifiable individual is under the age of eighteen (18), you have obtained such written consent, release and/or permission from such individual's parent or guardian, and you will provide such consents, releases and/or permissions to Sponsor upon request

5. SPONSOR'S RIGHTS TO USE SUBMITTED VIDEOS AND PARTICIPANT'S NAME:All submitted Videos remain the intellectual property of the Participant, subject to the following: By submitting a Video for consideration in the Contest, you irrevocably agree to grant, and actually grant Sponsor a perpetual, worldwide, irrevocable, unlimited, transferable, royalty-free right and license to reproduce, publish, perform (on Sponsor's website(s), on any other website(s), in print, radio, television or elsewhere), display, distribute, modify, edit, create derivative works of, translate, adapt, rebroadcast, and otherwise use and commercialize the Video in any manner and context (including but not limited to usage in advertising, publications or promotional materials), now known or in the future discovered, in Sponsor's sole discretion, in any way, in any and all media, without limitation and without any compensation or acknowledgment to you or any third party, whether or not the Video is selected as a Winning Video. Participant grants permission to Sponsor to use Participant's first name and last initial and city/ state of residence in connection with any use of the Video in any and all media, worldwide in perpetuity without further compensation or consent, including but not limited to possible television, radio or internet interviews. By entering, Participants acknowledge that Videos may be available to the public and that no privacy to ideas submitted is guaranteed. This Section 5 shall survive any expiration or termination of this Official Rules and Submission Agreement.

IMPORTANT: Be sure to save your Video in the original format after uploading it to the YouTube. By entering the Contest, you agree that you will provide Sponsor with your Video in its original format in order for the Video to be used in future advertising, promotion, or otherwise.

6. ADDITIONAL FORMS:Contest winners may be required to sign consent forms and/or releases in connection with your entry and Video, and if you are under eighteen (18), to have your parent or legal guardian sign such consent forms and/or releases and agree to this Official Rules and Submission Agreement on your behalf. You agree that upon Sponsor's request, you will comply with the foregoing.

7. PRIZE DESCRIPTION: There will be three (3) winners. The Grand Prize is one (1) Kindle Fire eReader device, valued at $199.00. The Second Prize is one (1) Visa gift card, valued at $150.00 USD. The Third Prizeis one (1) Visa gift card, valued at $100.00 USD.

All prizes may be subject to federal and/or state taxes. It is the responsibility of the prize recipient to comply with all applicable federal and/or state tax requirements.

No prize or any portion thereof is transferable or redeemable for cash.

8. DISCLAIMERS:(i) Sponsor not responsible for entries that are lost, late, misdirected, incorrect, garbled, or incompletely received, for any reason, including by reason of hardware, software, browser, or network failure, malfunction, congestion, or incompatibility at Sponsor's servers or elsewhere. In the event of a dispute, entries will be deemed submitted by the authorized account holder of the e-mail address submitted at the time of entry. "Authorized account holder" is defined as the natural person who is assigned to an e-mail address by an Internet Access Provider, online service provider, or other organization (e.g., business, educational institute) that is responsible for assigning e-mail addresses for the domain associated with the submitted e-mail address. (ii) Sponsor, in its sole discretion, reserves the right to disqualify any person tampering with the entry process or the operation of the web site or otherwise attempting to undermine the legitimate operation of the Promotion. Use of bots or other automated process to enter is prohibited and may result in disqualification at the sole discretion of Sponsor. (iii) Sponsor further reserves the right to cancel, terminate or modify the Promotion if it is not capable of completion as planned, including by reason of infection by computer virus, bugs, tampering, unauthorized intervention, force majeure or technical failures of any sort. (iv) Sponsor Entities are not responsible for errors in the administration or fulfillment of this Promotion, including without limitation mechanical, human, printing, distribution or production errors, and may cancel, terminate or modify this Promotion based upon such error at its sole discretion without liability. In no event will Sponsor be responsible for awarding more than the number of prizes specified in these rules. (v) In the event this Promotion is cancelled or terminated, pursuant to subparagraph (iii) or (iv), Sponsor, in its sole discretion, may elect to hold a random drawing from among all eligible entries received up to the date of discontinuance for any or all of the prizes offered herein. (vi) SPONSOR ENTITIES MAKE NO WARRANTIES, REPRESENTATIONS OR GUARANTEES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, IN FACT OR IN LAW, AS REGARDS THIS PROMOTION OR THE MERCHANTABILITY, QUALITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE REGARDING ANY PRIZE OR ANY COMPONENT OF ANY PRIZE. (vii) CAUTION: ANY ATTEMPT BY AN ENTRANT TO DELIBERATELY DAMAGE THE WEBSITE OR UNDERMINE THE LEGITIMATE OPERATION OF THIS PROMOTION MAY BE A VIOLATION OF CRIMINAL AND/OR CIVIL LAWS, AND SHOULD SUCH AN ATTEMPT BE MADE, SPONSOR RESERVES THE RIGHT TO SEEK REMEDIES AND DAMAGES (INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION ATTORNEYS' FEES) FROM ANY SUCH ENTRANT TO THE FULLEST EXTENT OF THE LAW, INCLUDING CRIMINAL PROSECUTION. (viii) The value(s) of the prize(s) set forth above represent Sponsor's good faith determination of the approximate retail value(s) thereof; the actual fair market value(s) as ultimately determined by Sponsor are final and binding and cannot be challenged or appealed. In the event the stated approximate retail value(s) of a prize is more than the actual fair market value of that prize, the difference will not be awarded in cash or otherwise. No substitution or compensation will be given for any portion of the prize that is not used.

9. APPLICABLE LAWS AND JURISDICTION.This Promotion is subject to all applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations. Issues concerning the construction, validity, interpretation and enforceability of these Official Rules shall be governed by the laws of the State of Oklahoma, without regard to any principles of conflict of laws. All disputes arising out of or connected with this Promotion will be resolved individually, and without resort to class action, exclusively by a state or federal court located in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Should there be a conflict between the laws of the State of Oklahoma and any other laws, the conflict will be resolved in favor of the laws of the State of Oklahoma. To the extent permitted by applicable law, all judgments or awards shall be limited to actual out-of-pocket damages (excluding attorneys' fees) associated with participation in this Promotion and shall not include any indirect, punitive, incidental and/or consequential damages.

10. WINNER LIST:For a list containing the names of the winners, send a self-addressed stamped envelope after May 1, 2012

and before December 1, 2012: Winner List, DATING THE UNDEAD Video Contest, P.O. Box 890811, Oklahoma City, OK 73189.

11. SPONSORSHIP:This Promotion is Sponsorsed by Gena Showalter and Jill Monroe, P.O. Box 890811, Oklahoma City, OK

73189 (the "Sponsors").

If you have any additional questions about the DATING THE UNDEAD Video Contest, please email

Inquiry@GenaShowalter.com.