"Be You. Be Dr Pepper. Be Manga" Contest
Official Rules
NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN.

1. How to Enter.

• Make your artwork no larger than 8.5" x 11" and no email entries. Please send your illustrations by postal mail. Color illustrations are preferred to black-and-white. Artwork will not be returned. If you don’t want to send your originals, color copies work just fine!
• Clearly label each piece of your artwork on the back with your name, full mailing address and age. If you’re under 13, please include a letter from your parents to let us know it’s okay to enter and publish your artwork.
• Log onto www.shonenjump.com/drpeppercontest. Sponsor and it’s affiliates, partners and promotion and advertising agencies are not responsible for technical, hardware, software, telephone or other communications malfunctions, errors or failures of any kind prohibiting individual’s complete contest entry. Lost or unavailable network connections, Web site, Internet, or ISP availability, unauthorized human intervention, traffic congestion, incomplete or inaccurate capture of entry information (regardless of cause) or failed, incomplete, garbled, jumbled or delayed computer transmissions which may limit one's ability to enter the contest, including any injury or damage to participant's or any other person's computer relating to or resulting from participating in this contest or downloading any materials related to this Contest.
• All entries become the sole property of Sponsor and receipt of entries will not be acknowledged. Delivery of prizes requires a street address (no P.O. Boxes). Sponsor is not responsible for lost, late, incomplete, mutilated, invalid, unintelligible, misdirected or postage-due code requests or entries, which will be disqualified. No facsimiles, mechanical reproductions alterations or forged entries.

2. Start/End Dates: Contest begins at 12:01 AM ET on May 5, 2004 and all entries must be received no later than 11:59:00 PM ET on June 30, 2004. Finalists will be posted by 12:01 AM ET on July 15, 2004 and all votes on finalists must be received no later than 11:59:00 PM ET on August 15, 2004.

3. Eligibility. Participation open only to legal residents of the continental U.S., Alaska, and Hawaii age 13 and over as of May 5, 2004. Entrants under the age of 13 must receive consent from their parent or legal guardian before entering. Sponsors may in their sole discretion require proof of consent before awarding prizes to entrants under the age of 18. Void in Puerto Rico and where prohibited, taxed or restricted by law. Employees, officers & directors of Sponsor, Dr Pepper and their parent companies, subsidiaries, affiliates, partners, dealers, advertising and promotion agencies, manufacturers or distributors of magazine materials and their immediate families (parents, children, siblings, spouse) or members of the same household (whether related or not) of such employees/officers/directors are not eligible to enter.

4. Judging of Finalists. Artwork finalists (20) will be chosen based on creativity, originality and incorporation of Dr Pepper can/bottle/logo by SHONEN JUMP editorial and marketing staff. Prize winners will then be determined by highest number of votes of these twenty (20) finalists, by mail or email.

5. Odds. Odds of winning depend on the number of eligible entries received. By entering the contest, entrants agree to be bound by these rules and the decisions of the judges, which will be final and binding in all matters relating to this contest.

6. Prizes. Grand Prize - One (1) 26" Trek Mountain Bike. Total ARV is $400. First Place – One Nintendo GameCube. Total ARV is $290. Runner up – Twenty-five (25) Dr Pepper Hats. Total ARV is $12.95 each.

6. Notification. Winners will be posted on www.shonenjump.com and will receive prizes by U.S. Mail. No other notification will be made.

7. Conditions. All taxes are the sole responsibility of the winners. Participation in contest and acceptance of prize constitutes winners' permission to use their name, address (city and state), likeness, biographical information and any statements made by winners regarding the contest or Sponsor for advertising and promotional purposes without notice or additional compensation, except where prohibited by law. By participating, all entrants and winners agree to release and hold harmless Sponsor, Dr Pepper, their advertising and promotion agencies, and their respective parent companies, subsidiaries, affiliates, partners, representatives, agents, successors, assigns, employees, officers and directors, from any and all liability, for loss, harm, damage, injury, cost or expense whatsoever including without limitation, property damage, personal injury and/or death which may occur in connection with, preparation for, travel to, or participation in contest, or possession, acceptance and/or use or misuse of prize or participation in any contest-related activity and claims based on publicity rights, defamation or invasion of privacy and merchandise delivery. Sponsors are not responsible if the prize cannot be awarded due to delays or interruptions due to Acts of God, Acts of War, natural disasters, weather or terrorism. Entrants who do not comply with these Official Rules, or attempt to interfere with this promotion in any way shall be disqualified. Prizes are non-transferable. No substitutions or cash redemptions. In the case of unavailability of a prize, Sponsor reserves the right to substitute a prize of equal or greater value. There is no purchase or sales presentation required to participate. Purchase does not increase odds of winning.

8. Additional Terms. Sponsor reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to cancel, terminate, modify, or suspend this contest should (in its sole discretion) virus, bugs, non-authorized human intervention or other causes beyond its control corrupt or affect the administration, security, fairness or proper conduct of the contest. In such case, Sponsor will select the winner from all eligible entries received prior to and/or after (if appropriate) the action taken by Sponsor. Sponsor reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to disqualify any individual it finds, in its sole discretion, to be tampering with the entry process or the operation of the contest or Web site. For details regarding collection of information from users of the Web site (including entrants), please consult the privacy policy on the Web site. Additionally, Sponsor reserves the right to prosecute any fraudulent activities to the full extent of the law. Sponsor and Promoter disclaim any and all warranties, express or implied, associated with any of the prizes. Any warranty claims must be submitted directly to the prize manufacturers.

9. Sponsor. VIZ, LLC, 655 Bryant St., San Francisco, CA 94107