Before registering as a contestant, please read the following Terms and Conditions. By selecting the checkbox you accept the terms and conditions for this contest.

• Any bookstore or retail store in the US or Canada is eligible to enter.
• The store must purchase a minimum of 5 copies of Food for Thought directly from Actar D to enter the competition.
• Stores will receive a complimentary display copy with their first order of 10 copies (placed at one time).
• The store must display provided Actar D signage (5.75” x 8.25”) with the display.
• The words “Food for Thought - Thought for Food” must be used in the display.
• The image on the cover of FOOD FOR THOUGHT by Matt Groening must be used within the context of the book cover. Under no circumstances may the character image be used as a separate icon or character. The display can be a window display or in-store display, or some combination of both.
• Any tie-in to other promotional materials (newsletters, catalogs, web sites) or events used to promote the book will be a big plus.
• Stores may put up the display anytime from the book’s release through 12/28/09.
• The display must be kept up in the store for a minimum of 2 weeks.
• All submissions must be received by 12/30/09.
• All bookstores who entered the competition will be announced of the winner by 01/31/10.
• Entries will be judged on creativity, commercial appeal, as well as artistic and technical merit. Displays will be judged by a panel of Actar board and advisory members and Ferran Adrià.
• The judges have the right to not declare a first place winner in the unlikely event that they deem no entries possess creative or commercial appeal.
• Economy air reservations must be made 30 days in advance of the flight for travel by April 2010.
• Flight ticket and hotel package may not be redeemed for cash.

• For the purpose of this contest the term "Images" shall mean any and all images, photographs, videos either in digital format or otherwise submitted to Actar for inclusion in this contest.
• Actar has the participant’s permission to use any and all submitted Images for promotional use.
• By submitting your material the participant grants Actar the right to store, display, use the Images and publish finalist and winning Images in all printed and multimedia promotional material indefinitely without the right of the participant to inspect or approve the final product and on the Actar website for the use of promoting Actar Display Contest. Actar may offer the Images to the media, other non-profit organizations for the promotion of the publishing house or Actar Display Contest. Other commercial use requests will be directed to the participant to negotiate fees and usage.
• Participants shall not receive any compensation for the winning material other than the stipulated prizes for the contest.
• Actar has the sole discretion to select the winning Images to crop, edit or otherwise alter the Images as well as remove any Images from its website.
• Actar reserves the right to refuse any material that they define as unacceptable.
• participant certifies that the material submitted are their original work and they have never been copyrighted or, if copyrighted that the participant is the sole copyright owner.
• participant must ensure that they have the written permission of any recognizable model or person in the material to grant Actar the right to publish their Images in print media, multimedia and on websites of Actar and other organizations approved by Actar and they will produce the written permission upon request.
• Copyright of the Images remain the property of the participant. A credit will be provided under your Images. participant waives the moral rights to the Images in order to permit its use by Actar.
• Actar will attempt to contact Winners by email or phone within 72 hours of the decision of the judges. For updates throughout the contest, please check the status of submitted Images on the Actar Display Contest website.
• Actar reserves the right to substitute prizes of equal value to the advertised prize should it become unavailable due to circumstances beyond our control.
• Actar and its shareholders, directors, officers and employees do not accept any liability whatsoever for any or all information contained on the website and with regards to this contest.