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Description:
Kids, can you create amazing designs out of K'nex? If so, enter the K'nex Expert Search Contest for your chance to win one of three grand prizes of $20,000 for college and a trip to tour the K'nex headquarters, or other prizes.
Eligibility:
Residents of the US (void in ME and FL) and Canada (void in Quebec), aged 5 - 12
Start Date:
July 06, 2011
End Date:
September 06, 2011 at 11:59 p.m. ET
Entry Frequency:
One entry per model category per person.
Sweepstakes Prizes:
Grand Prizes (3 - 1 per age category): $20,000 of U.S. Series EE savings bonds for college and a trip for 3 to K'nex headquarters in Hatfield, PA for the K'NEXpert Grand Prize Award Ceremony. The trip includes travel reimbursement of up to $2,000.
Non-Winning Finalists (7): A $1,000 U.S. Series EE savings bond.
All Finalists (10): $250 worth of K'nex Building Sets and a Photo Gallery page at www.knex.com with pictures and descriptions of their K'nex creations.
All Finalists and Semi-Finalists (30): K'nex gear, including a t-shirt and cap, a 25% discount on all K'nex parts purchased in 2012 on their behalf at K'NEXDirect, a special birthday surprise valued at $50, and an invitation to tour the K'NEX corporate headquarters, with parents or guardians, to meet the designers and learn how K'nex is made.
Additional Comments:
To enter, build and photograph a unique model design made entirely of K'nex in one of the following categories: ???Futuristic - (Use your imagination! Space ships, Robots, etc.)
???Vehicles - (Cars, trucks, motorcycles, etc.)
???Amusement Park Thrill Rides - (Roller Coasters, Ferris Wheels, etc.)
???Ultimate K'nex Model - Open Category - Build anything you want, but it must be built entirely with K'nex parts.
Entrants will also be divided into the following age categories:
???Entrants between the ages of 5-6
???Entrants between the ages of 7-8
???Entrants between the ages of 9-12
10 semi-finalists per age category will be selected on the basis of creativity (50%), uniqueness (25%) and detail (25%).
10 finalists, 3 in the 5-6 age category, 3 in the 7-8 age category, and 4 in the 9-12 age category, will be determined by public vote. The three grand-prize winners, one per age category, will be chosen by Joel Glickman, inventor of K'nex, from among the finalists.
We give little when we give of our possessions. It is when we give of ourselves that we can truly touch another person??™s life. [Anonymous]
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