PROGRAMMING GOOGLE CODE JAM 2011 CONTEST
TERMS AND CONDITIONS
NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN.
VOID WHERE PROHIBITED.

ENTRY IN THIS CONTEST CONSTITUTES YOUR ACCEPTANCE OF THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS.

The Google Code Jam 2011 Contest ("Contest") is a competition designed to engage programmers from around the world in algorithmic programming. Prizes will be awarded to those contestants who have the highest scores on a series of programming problems, as more fully discussed below.

http://code.google.com/codejam/terms.html

BINDING AGREEMENT. In order to enter the Contest, you must agree to these Terms and Conditions ("Terms"). Therefore, please read these Terms prior to entry to ensure you understand and agree. You agree that submission of an entry in the Contest constitutes agreement to these Terms. You may not submit an entry to the Contest and are not eligible to receive the prizes unless you agree to these Terms. These Terms form a binding legal agreement between you and Google Inc. ("Google") with respect to the Contest.

ELIGIBILITY. This Contest is open to individuals who are 18 years of age or older as of July 22, 2011. Individuals who do not meet that requirement but are 13 years of age or older at the time of registration may enter the Contest but will only be able to take part in the Qualification and Online Rounds as described below. NOTE: If you are not 18 or older, you will be ineligible to travel to the Onsite Round, though you can still win a t-shirt.

Finalists will be required to travel to Tokyo, Japan. Any finalist who is unable to obtain appropriate travel documents, such as a passport or visa, may be disqualified from the final round.

The Contest is void in Quebec, Italy, Saudi Arabia and where prohibited by law. Individuals and entities restricted by applicable export controls and sanctions programs are ineligible to participate in the Contest. Google reserves the right to relax any of these restrictions if permitted by law before the start of the Qualification Round. A cash prize of equivalent value may be given where required by law, or at Google's discretion. Any duties and taxes (if applicable) are the sole responsibility of the recipients. Current employees, interns, contractors, and official office-holders of Google, and its subsidiaries, affiliates, and their respective directors, officers, employees, advertising and promotion agencies, representatives, and agents; as well as former employees, interns, contractors and official office-holders of Google who worked on the current Code Jam Contest in any capacity ("Contest Entities"), and members of the Contest Entities' immediate families (parents, siblings, children, spouses, and life partners of each, regardless of where they live) and members of the Contest Entities' households (whether related or not) are ineligible to participate in this Contest. Google reserves the right to verify eligibility and to adjudicate on any dispute at any time. All contestants must have access to the Internet, a valid postal address, and a valid email address in order to enter.

All communications between Google and contestants, including but not limited to the Contest website content and email communications, will be in English.

HOW TO ENTER. All contestants must register and provide the required information about themselves at the Contest Website. Registration opens on Wednesday, April 6, 2011 at 19:00 UTC (12:00 PM Pacific Time (PT) in the United States) and ends on Saturday, May 7, 2011 at 23:00 UTC (4:00 PM PT). Note that Registration extends through the Qualification Round; contestants must register before being able to participate in the Qualification Round.

IMPORTANT NOTICE TO CONTESTANTS: CONTESTANTS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR DETERMINING THE CORRESPONDING TIME ZONE IN THEIR RESPECTIVE JURISDICTIONS.

As part of Registration, contestants will be required to provide information about themselves, such as their names and email addresses, as well as to choose a screenname/nickname. Google reserves the right to change or omit contestant screennames or nicknames for purposes of publication on Google websites or listserv, particularly if they are, in Google's sole opinion, obscene or violate the intellectual property rights of others. Contestants may only register for Code Jam with one valid email address. Contestants competing with multiple email addresses will be disqualified.

CONTEST STRUCTURE. The Contest is split up into a number of Rounds. In each Round, contestants will receive scores based on providing answers to a series of problems in the manner specified. After each Round, a number of contestants who have the highest scores in that Round -- either a specified number, or all contestants exceeding some specified score -- will advance to the next Round. The Qualification Round, as well as Rounds 1A, 1B, 1C, 2 and 3 will take place online. The onsite finals will take place at Google in Tokyo, Japan. In the event of technical difficulties which either prevent or make it manifestly unfair to run the contest in accordance with these Terms, Google reserves the right in its sole discretion to make adjustments to the contest structure to compensate for such difficulties.

The top 1000 scoring participants from Online Round 2 will receive Google T-Shirts sent to the address used in registration. A cash prize of equivalent value may be given where required by law, or at Google's discretion. Any duties and taxes (if applicable) are the sole responsibility of the recipients.

All contestants who attend and compete in the Onsite Final Round will receive the following prizes based on their scores in that Round.
Competitor(s) Prize
1st Place $10,000
2nd Place $2,000
3rd Place $1,000
4th—25th Place $100