Greetings Lunyrians! We’d like to announce our first ever Lunyr Writer’s Block(chain) Competition. Writers will compete for a prize pool of $10,000. The winning entries will receive the Grand Prize, an invitation to the Lunyr Private Alpha, a signed framed copy of the original concept sketch that started Lunyr, and a limited edition Lunyr jacket.

PRIZES

A total of 3 prizes will be made available during the competition.

One Grand Prize

$6,000

Invitation to Private Alpha

Signed framed copy of original Lunyr concept sketch

Limited Edition Lunyr Jacket

One Finalist Prize

$3,000

Invitation to Private Alpha

Limited Edition Lunyr Jacket

One Runner-up Prize

$1,000

Invitation to Private Alpha

Limited Edition Lunyr Jacket

Monetary awards will be in the form of ether. The amount of ether will be calculated as the award amount (in USD) divided by the price of ether on Coinmarketcap.com at the time of payment. Limit one prize per person.

ELIGIBILITY

Anyone is eligible to join the competition including writers outside of the US.

DEADLINE

All articles must be submitted by 11:59pm PST on October 2, 2017. Please submit your articles using this form. Only Word documents or pdfs will be accepted.

OFFICIAL RULES

Writers enter the competition by submitting an encyclopedia article with a minimum of 1,500 words about any relevant topic to the crypto community. Any factual information in the article should include citations in the References section. Lunyr will judge the article based on relevance and need to the crypto community, style, grammar, accuracy, and overall excellence. Articles should be written in a formal tone and third-party voice. All articles must start with a summary of the topic. All entries must be original works written in English. Copyrighted content will be rejected. Multiple entries are allowed but one prize per person is allowed.

WARRANTY/INDEMNIFICATION BY ENTRANT

By submitting an article, each entrant warrants that (a) the article is original to and was created solely by the entrant and has not been copied, in whole or in part, from a copyrighted or proprietary work belonging to someone else; (b) the article has never been published; (c) the article does not violate any copyright laws; (d) the article does not libel, defame, disparage, or otherwise infringe on or violate the rights of any third parties; (e) entrant is legally entitled to submit the article in the Competition; (f) the distribution, reproduction, display and any other uses of the article by Lunyr as permitted herein will not infringe any third party rights; and (g) the Entry complies in its entirety with these Official Rules.

Each entrant agrees to indemnify and hold harmless Lunyr from and against any and all claims, demands, damages, costs, liabilities and causes of action of whatsoever nature that are based upon or arise out of any breach by the entrant of these Official Rules and/or representations made by entrant pursuant to these Official Rules. Each entrant agrees that if selected as a winner in this Competition, he or she will grant to Lunyr a world-wide, perpetual, royalty-free license to use the winning article in any manner related to the Competition, without prior notice, approval or additional compensation.

JUDGING

All eligible Entries will be judged by Lunyr in accordance with the following equally weighted judging criteria: (a) relevance and need to the crypto community, (b) style, (c) grammar, (d) accuracy and (e) overall excellence. Subject to verification of eligibility, the 3 entrants whose Entries receive the highest overall scores during the Judging will be declared the winners. The highest scoring Entry will be named the Grand Prize winner; the next highest scoring Entry will be named winner of the Finalist Prize; and the next highest scoring Entry will be named winner of the Runner-up Prize. Winners will be announced on or about October 13, 2017, or within a reasonable time thereafter. If there is a tie for the Grand Prize or the Finalist Prize or Runner-up Prize position, the highest “overall excellence” score will be used to break the tie, followed by “relevance and need to the crypto community,” then “style,” if necessary. Competition Judges’ decisions will be considered final and binding in all results. Lunyr will attempt to contact each potential winner in accordance with the information supplied to Lunyr on his or her official entry form. If any potential winner: (a) cannot be contacted directly by, or does not respond to, Lunyr within 72 hours of initial attempted notification; or (b) is otherwise determined to be ineligible, Lunyr in its discretion may disqualify that individual, and an alternate winner will be chosen as soon as reasonably practicable after such disqualification. Any alternate winners are subject to all eligibility requirements and restrictions of these Official Rules. Lunyr may, in its sole discretion, post the verified winners’ names on any of Lunyr’s marketing websites and materials.

PRIZE RESTRICTIONS

The Grand Prize winner’s article may be published on the Lunyr platform with the absolute and sole discretion of Lunyr. Publication of the winning article has no cash value and the Grand Prize winner is entitled to only the items agreed upon in the Grand Prize award. If Lunyr decides not to publish the winning article, no substitute will be provided. Any prize items not accepted by any winner are forfeited and no substitute will be offered or permitted. Lunyr is not responsible for any losses or damages in delivery.

PUBLICITY RELEASE

By accepting their prizes, Prize winners give Lunyr the explicit right to publish any name, photograph, likeness, and details of the winning for purposes of any current and future promotions without further compensation.

OTHER

Lunyr reserves the right to disqualify any individual from further participation in the Competition if Lunyr concludes, in its sole discretion, that such person (a) has attempted to tamper with the entry process or other operation of the Competition; (b) has disregarded or has attempted to circumvent these Official Rules; or (c) has acted toward Lunyr or any other entrant in an unfair, inequitable, deliberately annoying, threatening, disrupting or harassing manner. Any failure by Lunyr to enforce any of these Official Rules will not constitute a waiver of such Official Rules. All activity arising out of and relating to the Competition, including any reference to an entrant’s status as a “winner,” is subject to verification and/or auditing for compliance with the Official Rules and you agree to cooperate with Lunyr concerning such verification and/or auditing. If Lunyr determines, in its sole discretion, that verification or auditing activity evidences non-compliance of an Entry and/or entrant with the Official Rules, Lunyr reserves the right to disqualify such Entry and/or entrant from the Competition and any prize at any time. If a dispute arises regarding compliance with these Official Rules, Lunyr may consider, in its sole discretion, data reasonably available to Lunyr through information technology systems in Lunyr’s control, but Lunyr will not be obligated to consider any data or other information collected from any other source. Lunyr reserves the right to correct typographical, printing or clerical errors in any Competition-related materials. No more than the stated number of prizes will be awarded.

DISPUTES

By submitting an entry, entrants agree that (a) any and all disputes, claims, and causes of action arising out of or connected with the Competition, or any prizes awarded, will be resolved individually, without resort to any form of class action; (b) any and all claims, judgments and awards will be limited to actual out-of-pocket costs incurred, including costs associated with entering the competition, but in no event attorneys’ fees; and (c) under no circumstances will any entrant be permitted to obtain any award for, and entrant hereby waives all rights to claim punitive, incidental or consequential damages and any and all rights to have damages multiplied or otherwise increased and any other damages, other than for actual out-of-pocket expenses. If there is any discrepancy or inconsistency between any terms or conditions of these Official Rules and any disclosures or other statements contained in any other Competition-related materials, the terms and conditions of these Official Rules will prevail, govern and control. All issues and questions concerning the construction, validity, interpretation and enforceability of these Official Rules, or the rights and obligations of the entrants in connection with the Competition, will be governed by California law, without giving effect to any choice of law rules that would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdiction other than California. All entrants expressly agree that any legal proceedings arising out of or relating in any way to this Competition or these Official Rules will be brought only in the federal or state courts located in Santa Clara County, California, and entrants consent to the mandatory and exclusive jurisdiction in such courts with respect to any such legal proceedings. If any provision of these Official Rules is determined to be invalid or otherwise unenforceable or illegal, these Official Rules will otherwise remain in effect and be construed in accordance with their terms as if the invalid or illegal provision were not contained herein.

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