2026 Chattanooga Times Free Press
$50,000 News Literacy School Cash Giveaway
AMENDED OFFICIAL RULES
These Amended Official Rules amend, restate, and supersede in their entirety the Official Rules for this Promotion originally published on August 14, 2026, and are effective as of August 17, 2026. All references in these rules to the “Official Rules” mean these Amended Official Rules. Entries submitted before the effective date of this amendment remain valid and will be counted in accordance with these Amended Official Rules.
NO PURCHASE OR SUBSCRIPTION IS NECESSARY TO ENTER OR TO SUPPORT A SCHOOL. A PURCHASE OR SUBSCRIPTION WILL NOT INCREASE THE NUMBER OF ENTRIES YOU MAY SUBMIT OR IMPROVE ANY SCHOOL’S POSITION. THE GRANT IS AWARDED TO A SCHOOL, AND NO ENTRANT CAN WIN A PRIZE. VOID OUTSIDE THE STATES OF TENNESSEE, GEORGIA, AND ALABAMA AND WHERE PROHIBITED OR RESTRICTED BY LAW. THIS PROMOTION IS INTENDED FOR ENTRY IN THE UNITED STATES ONLY AND WILL BE GOVERNED BY U.S. LAW. DO NOT ENTER IF YOU ARE NOT ELIGIBLE OR YOU ARE NOT LOCATED IN THE UNITED STATES AT THE TIME OF ENTRY.
SPONSOR: Chattanooga Times Free Press, 405 Cherry Street, Chattanooga, TN 37402 (the “Sponsor”).
PROMOTION PERIOD / ENTRY PERIODS: The Promotion begins on August 15, 2026 at 12:00:00 a.m. Eastern Time (“ET”) and ends on December 1, 2026 at 11:59:59 p.m. ET (the “Promotion Period”). The Promotion Period is divided into four (4) consecutive monthly entry periods (each, a “Monthly Entry Period”). The first Monthly Entry Period begins on August 15, 2026 at 12:00:00 a.m. ET and ends on September 14, 2026 at 11:59:59 p.m. ET. Each subsequent Monthly Entry Period begins at 12:00:00 a.m. ET on the fifteenth (15th) day of the calendar month and ends at 11:59:59 p.m. ET on the fourteenth (14th) day of the following calendar month, except that the fourth (4th) and final Monthly Entry Period begins on November 15, 2026 at 12:00:00 a.m. ET and ends on December 1, 2026 at 11:59:59 p.m. ET. The fourth (4th) and final Monthly Entry Period is shorter than one (1) calendar month, and it is nonetheless treated as a full Monthly Entry Period for all purposes under these Official Rules, including subscription entry counting under the METHOD 1 (SUBSCRIPTION ENTRY) section below and the limits set out in the ENTRY LIMITS section below. Sponsor’s records, including postmark dates for mail-in entries, subscription records for subscription entries, and Sponsor’s records of Eligible School selections and of email addresses furnished under these Official Rules, are the official record of the timing and validity of all entries.
PRIZE: One (1) Grand Prize will be awarded, consisting of a Fifty Thousand and 00/100 Dollar ($50,000.00) cash grant. The grant will be paid by Sponsor to or for the benefit of the Qualifying School determined to be the Winning School under the WINNING SCHOOL DETERMINATION AND NOTIFICATION section below. Approximate Retail Value (“ARV”): $50,000.00. THE GRANT IS AWARDED TO A SCHOOL. NO CASH, PRIZE, OR OTHER CONSIDERATION OF ANY KIND WILL BE PAID OR AWARDED TO ANY ENTRANT, AND NO ENTRANT WILL BE NAMED AS A PRIZE WINNER. Only one (1) Grand Prize will be awarded during the Promotion Period. The Winning School is not determined by chance. It is determined by an objective measurement of participation, described in the WINNING SCHOOL DETERMINATION AND NOTIFICATION section below, that each Qualifying School controls through the number of eligible individuals who designate it.
ELIGIBILITY: The Promotion is open only to individuals who are eighteen (18) years of age or older at the time of entry and who are legal residents of, and physically reside in, the State of Tennessee, the State of Georgia, or the State of Alabama. An entrant is not required to reside in the same county, city, or school district as the Eligible School the entrant designates. Employees, officers, and directors of Sponsor and its parent companies, affiliates, subsidiaries, advertising and promotion agencies, and prize suppliers, their immediate families (defined as parents, children, siblings, spouse, and grandparents), and those domiciled with any of the foregoing are not eligible. Entering under more than one name, email address, mailing address, or identity, or using any automated, robotic, macro, script, or other device or artifice to enter, will result in disqualification of all of that person’s entries. Void outside Tennessee, Georgia, and Alabama and where prohibited or restricted by law.
ELIGIBLE SCHOOLS: An “Eligible School” is a public, public charter, private, or parochial secondary school that (i) serves any of grades nine (9) through twelve (12); (ii) is physically located in the Sponsor’s readership area, consisting solely of the following counties (which limit the location of the school only and do not limit who may enter): in Tennessee, Bledsoe, Bradley, Grundy, Hamilton, Marion, McMinn, Meigs, Polk, Rhea, and Sequatchie; in Georgia, Catoosa, Chattooga, Dade, Fannin, Gordon, Murray, Walker, and Whitfield; and in Alabama, DeKalb and Jackson; (iii) is recognized or accredited by the Tennessee Department of Education, the Georgia Department of Education, or the Alabama State Department of Education, as applicable; (iv) is legally permitted to accept, and does accept, the grant, whether directly or through its school district, governing body, or affiliated education foundation, and completes and returns an IRS Form W-9 and any other documentation reasonably requested by Sponsor; and (v) reported a total enrollment of at least one hundred (100) students in grades nine (9) through twelve (12) according to its Reported Enrollment, as that term is defined in the WINNING SCHOOL DETERMINATION AND NOTIFICATION section below. An Eligible School becomes a “Qualifying School,” and is thereby eligible to be determined the Winning School under the WINNING SCHOOL DETERMINATION AND NOTIFICATION section below, only if that school has been designated on valid entries submitted by at least twenty-five (25) different eligible individuals during the Promotion Period. Multiple entries submitted by the same individual count as one (1) individual for this purpose. Sponsor will determine enrollment from the data sources specified in the WINNING SCHOOL DETERMINATION AND NOTIFICATION section below and will determine the number of designating individuals from its entry records. Absent manifest error, those determinations are final. Home schools, school districts, education foundations, booster clubs, parent-teacher organizations, and post-secondary institutions are not Eligible Schools. If a school designated on an entry is determined by Sponsor, in its sole discretion, not to be an Eligible School, every entry designating that school is void and will not be counted for any purpose. An entrant may not designate a substitute school after entering. If a school determined to be the Winning School declines or is unable to accept the grant, the grant passes to the next school as described in the WINNING SCHOOL DETERMINATION AND NOTIFICATION section below.
HOW TO ENTER: There are two (2) ways to enter the Promotion, described below: (1) the subscription entry method described in the METHOD 1 (SUBSCRIPTION ENTRY), EXISTING SUBSCRIBERS, and GIFT AND BULK SUBSCRIPTIONS sections below (the “Subscription Entry Method”), and (2) the free mail-in entry method described in the METHOD 2 section below (the “Free Mail-In Entry Method”). Entry by the Subscription Entry Method requires that an Eligible School be designated and, in the case of a subscription already in effect or a gift, bulk, group, or corporate subscription, that the required email address be furnished. Entries obtained by either method are counted identically toward the school they designate. A person may receive no more than one (1) entry per Monthly Entry Period regardless of the method used, so subscribing does not increase the number of entries a person can contribute to a school. Each entry must designate one (1) Eligible School. An entry that does not designate an Eligible School is void. An entry remains valid only for the school it designates, and an entry designating a school that does not become a Qualifying School is counted only in the limited circumstance described in the WINNING SCHOOL DETERMINATION AND NOTIFICATION section below. No entrant receives a prize; entries determine only which school receives the grant.
METHOD 1 (SUBSCRIPTION ENTRY): During the Promotion Period, start a new paid subscription to the Chattanooga Times Free Press at timesfreepress.com, or hold a paid subscription to the Chattanooga Times Free Press that was already in effect as of the start of the Promotion Period, and designate one (1) Eligible School as described in this section. To qualify, the subscription must be a full digital access plan with a standard rate of at least Ten and 00/100 Dollars ($10.00) per month, or a print or print-plus-digital plan that includes full digital access at a standard rate of at least $10.00 per month. A discounted introductory rate on an otherwise qualifying plan will not disqualify the subscription. Complimentary, employee, educational, single-copy, and trial-only subscriptions do not qualify. Gift subscriptions and bulk, group, and corporate subscription orders qualify only as provided in the GIFT AND BULK SUBSCRIPTIONS section below. A qualifying subscriber will receive one (1) entry for each Monthly Entry Period in which the subscription is in effect, whether the subscription is billed monthly, quarterly, annually, or on any other cycle, provided that the subscription is paid in full and in good standing for that Monthly Entry Period and that any email address required under these Official Rules has been furnished on or before the last day of that Monthly Entry Period, it being understood that an email address or Eligible School selection furnished once remains effective for each later Monthly Entry Period, up to a maximum of one (1) entry per Monthly Entry Period and four (4) entries during the Promotion Period, and subject in all cases to the ENTRY LIMITS section below. A subscription that starts part-way through a Monthly Entry Period earns an entry for that Monthly Entry Period, and a prepaid annual, quarterly, or other multi-month subscription is in effect for each Monthly Entry Period covered by the prepaid term. No entry is earned for any Monthly Entry Period for which payment is not received or is later refunded, reversed, charged back, or cancelled, and any entry already issued for that Monthly Entry Period is void. Once a subscription qualifies and the required Eligible School designation and, where applicable, the required email address have been furnished, entries are generated automatically and no further action is required. For a subscription started during the Promotion Period, the Eligible School designation is made at sign-up. For a subscription already in effect, the designation is made as described in the EXISTING SUBSCRIBERS section below. In each case, one (1) selection per participant is permitted, the designation applies to all entries earned through that subscription, and it cannot be changed.
EXISTING SUBSCRIBERS: A person who holds a qualifying paid subscription that was in effect before the start of the Promotion Period may participate on the same terms as a person who subscribes during the Promotion Period. Sponsor will send an email to each such subscriber at the email address in Sponsor’s records, and the subscriber must select one (1) Eligible School by following the instructions in that email. Receipt of that email does not confer eligibility, and only a subscriber who satisfies the ELIGIBILITY section above may make a selection or earn an entry. One (1) selection per participant is permitted, and the selection cannot be changed once made. A subscriber who does not make a selection has not designated an Eligible School and earns no entry. An existing subscriber earns entries on the same basis as any other qualifying subscriber under METHOD 1, beginning with the Monthly Entry Period in which the selection is made.
GIFT AND BULK SUBSCRIPTIONS: A subscription purchased as a gift for another person, and a subscription purchased as part of a bulk, group, or corporate order, may qualify, subject to this section. For each gift subscription, and for each individual subscription within a bulk, group, or corporate order, a legitimate and valid email address must be furnished for the individual recipient of that subscription, and that email address must be owned by an individual who is eighteen (18) years of age or older and who otherwise satisfies the ELIGIBILITY section above. The recipient of the subscription, and not the purchaser, is the entrant with respect to that subscription, and the recipient must designate one (1) Eligible School; one (1) selection per participant is permitted. A gift, bulk, group, or corporate subscription is not counted and earns no entry unless and until the required email address has been furnished, and no entry is earned for any Monthly Entry Period unless the required email address was furnished within that Monthly Entry Period. Each email address furnished must be unique to one (1) individual, and Sponsor may require reasonable verification of the recipient’s identity, age, and residency. A purchaser does not receive any entry, or any additional entry, by reason of purchasing more than one (1) subscription.
METHOD 2 (FREE MAIL-IN ENTRY, NO PURCHASE OR SUBSCRIPTION NECESSARY): To enter without a subscription, hand-print legibly in ink, on a plain three inch by five inch (3” x 5”) index card, all of the following: your complete first and last name; your complete street address, city, state, and ZIP code; your email address, if you have one; your date of birth; and the complete name, city, and state of the one (1) Eligible School you designate. On the reverse side of the same card, write out the following statement in full, by hand, in your own handwriting: “I wish to enter the 2026 Chattanooga Times Free Press $50,000 News Literacy School Cash Giveaway,” and sign and date the card. Place the completed card in a plain #10 business envelope hand-addressed in ink by the entrant, affix first-class postage, and mail to: 2026 News Literacy School Cash Giveaway, Attn.: Legal Department, Chattanooga Times Free Press, 405 Cherry Street, Chattanooga, TN 37402 (the “Entry Address”). Sponsor may change the Entry Address at any time during the Promotion Period by posting the new Entry Address on the website where these Official Rules are located, https://www.timesfreepress.com/news-literacy-giveaway/ (the “Website”), at least seven (7) days before the change takes effect. Sponsor will arrange for mail addressed to a prior Entry Address to be forwarded or otherwise collected for at least thirty (30) days after the change takes effect. An entry mailed to a prior Entry Address remains valid, and will be counted, if it is postmarked on or before the thirtieth (30th) day after the change takes effect, is received no later than December 1, 2026, and otherwise complies with these Official Rules. Limit one (1) card per envelope, each envelope must be mailed separately, and all mail-in entries are subject to the ENTRY LIMITS section below. Each mail-in entry must be postmarked within the Monthly Entry Period for which it is submitted and received no later than the earlier of seven (7) days after the last day of that Monthly Entry Period or December 1, 2026 at 11:59:59 p.m. ET. A mail-in entry received after December 1, 2026 is void and will not be counted for any purpose, regardless of its postmark date. Cards or envelopes that are mechanically reproduced, photocopied, printed, typed, computer-generated, illegible, incomplete, or that contain more than one card, and envelopes bearing metered, bulk, or postage-due indicia, are void. All entries become the property of Sponsor and will not be returned or acknowledged. Sponsor is not responsible for lost, late, illegible, damaged, misdirected, postage-due, or undelivered mail. Proof of mailing does not constitute proof of receipt.
ENTRY LIMITS: A maximum of one (1) entry per person is permitted per Monthly Entry Period, regardless of the entry method used, and a maximum of four (4) entries per person is permitted during the Promotion Period. The limit of one (1) entry per person applies in each and every Monthly Entry Period throughout the Promotion Period, and does not increase with the number of subscriptions a person holds, purchases, gifts, or receives. Entering by both methods in the same Monthly Entry Period does not increase the number of entries a person receives. If a person would otherwise receive more than one (1) entry for the same Monthly Entry Period, Sponsor will count the first eligible entry received for that period and void the remainder. Each subscription entrant must use a unique email address, and any email address furnished by any entrant must be unique to that entrant. Two or more individuals residing at the same address may each enter, provided that each entry is submitted in that individual’s own name, and Sponsor may require reasonable verification that they are separate individuals. Entries received in excess of any stated limit will be void.
WINNING SCHOOL DETERMINATION AND NOTIFICATION: The Winning School is determined by objective measurement and not by chance. On or about December 2, 2026, Sponsor or its designated independent administrator will calculate, for each Qualifying School, a “Participation Rate” equal to the total number of valid entries designating that school during the Promotion Period divided by that school’s Reported Enrollment. “Reported Enrollment” means the school’s total enrollment in grades nine (9) through twelve (12) as most recently published by the National Center for Education Statistics (“NCES”) in the Common Core of Data or the Private School Universe Survey, as applicable, in each case as published as of December 1, 2026. If NCES has not published enrollment data for a school, Sponsor will use the most recent enrollment for grades nine (9) through twelve (12) published by the Tennessee Department of Education, the Georgia Department of Education, or the Alabama State Department of Education, as applicable. The Qualifying School with the highest Participation Rate will be the “Winning School.” If two (2) or more Qualifying Schools have the same highest Participation Rate, the tie will be broken in favor of the school designated on the greater total number of valid entries, and if a tie remains, in favor of the school with the lower Reported Enrollment. If no school becomes a Qualifying School during the Promotion Period, the Eligible School designated on the greatest total number of valid entries will be the Winning School, and if no valid entries are received, the grant will not be awarded. All calculations will be performed by Sponsor or its designated independent administrator, whose determinations are final and binding in all matters relating to this Promotion. Sponsor will notify the Winning School in writing at its published address and, where available, by email and telephone to its principal or head of school. Sponsor intends to announce the Winning School publicly on or before December 10, 2026. The Winning School will be required to complete and return an IRS Form W-9, a written acceptance of the grant, and any other documentation reasonably requested by Sponsor (collectively, the “Required Documents”) within fourteen (14) days from receipt of notification. If the Winning School fails to return the Required Documents within the time required, if the notification is returned as undeliverable, or if that school is found not to be an Eligible School or is unable or unwilling to accept the grant, that school forfeits all right to the grant and the Qualifying School with the next-highest Participation Rate will be notified in its place, even if the forfeiting school’s name may already have been publicly announced. Sponsor will make a total of three (3) attempts to award the grant in this manner, after which the grant will go unawarded. No entrant receives a prize of any kind, and Sponsor will have no liability or obligation to any entrant or to any school in connection with the determination or award of the grant.
PRIZE AWARD AND TAXES: The $50,000.00 grant will be paid by Sponsor for the benefit of the Winning School, by check or electronic funds transfer payable to that school or, if that school is not able to receive the funds directly, to its school district, governing body, or affiliated education foundation for the exclusive benefit of that school, within sixty (60) days after Sponsor’s receipt of all Required Documents from that school. The Winning School may use the grant for any lawful purpose it determines in its sole discretion, and Sponsor imposes no restriction on the school’s use of the funds. No entrant has any right to direct, or any interest in, the school’s use of the funds. The grant may not be substituted, assigned, or transferred by the Winning School. All federal, state, and local taxes and any other costs or expenses associated with the grant are the sole responsibility of the Winning School. Sponsor makes no representation or warranty regarding the tax treatment of the grant, and each school is advised to consult its own tax advisor.
GENERAL RULES & LIMITATIONS: By entering, you agree to be bound by these Official Rules and by the decisions of Sponsor and its independent administrator, which are final and binding in all respects. By entering, you grant to Sponsor a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free license to publish and otherwise use your name, city, state, likeness, and the name of the Eligible School you designated, in any and all media, for advertising and promotional purposes in connection with this Promotion, without further permission, notice, or compensation, except where prohibited by law. By participating, you agree to release Sponsor and its parent companies, affiliates, subsidiaries, employees, directors, officers, and agents from any and all liability, claims, or actions of any kind whatsoever for injuries, damages, or losses to persons and property which may be sustained in connection with participation in the Promotion or the receipt, ownership, possession, use, or misuse of the grant. Sponsor is not responsible for technical, hardware, or software failures, or other errors or problems which may occur in connection with the Promotion, whether computer, network, technical, mechanical, typographical, printing, human, or otherwise, including, without limitation, errors or problems which may occur in connection with the administration of the Promotion, the processing of entries, the determination of the Winning School, the announcement of the grant, or in any Promotion-related materials, or that may limit prize fulfillment or a participant’s ability to enter. Sponsor reserves the right to amend these Official Rules and to permanently disqualify from the Promotion any person it believes has intentionally violated these Official Rules. If any provision of these Official Rules is held invalid or unenforceable, that provision will be limited or eliminated to the minimum extent necessary and the remaining provisions will remain in full force and effect. These Official Rules are the complete and exclusive terms governing the Promotion and supersede any inconsistent statement in any advertisement or other promotional material. Void where prohibited.
GENERAL CONDITIONS: Should any portion of the Promotion be, in Sponsor’s sole discretion, compromised by virus, worms, bugs, non-authorized human intervention, or other causes which, in the sole discretion of Sponsor, corrupt or impair the administration, security, fairness, or proper conduct of the Promotion or the submission of entries, Sponsor reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to cancel, terminate, modify, or suspend the Promotion and to conduct the Promotion in a manner which in its sole discretion is fair, appropriate, and consistent with these Official Rules. Notice of such action by Sponsor will be posted on the Website. If Sponsor amends these Official Rules during the Promotion Period, the amended Official Rules, together with their effective date, will be posted on the Website, and the version of the Official Rules posted on the Website controls. In such event, Sponsor reserves the right to determine the Winning School using only the non-suspect entries received up to the time of the impairment. If Sponsor cancels or terminates the Promotion before the scheduled end of the Promotion Period for reasons other than the impairment described above, Sponsor will nonetheless determine and award the grant in accordance with these Official Rules using the valid entries received through the effective date of the cancellation or termination. Sponsor reserves the right in its sole discretion to disqualify any individual it finds to be tampering with the entry process or the operation of the Promotion, or to be acting in violation of these Official Rules or in an unsportsmanlike or disruptive manner. Sponsor reserves the right to disqualify or reject any incomplete, inaccurate, or false entry. ANY ATTEMPT BY ANY PERSON TO DELIBERATELY UNDERMINE THE LEGITIMATE OPERATION OF THE PROMOTION IS A VIOLATION OF CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LAW, AND, SHOULD SUCH AN ATTEMPT BE MADE, SPONSOR RESERVES THE RIGHT TO SEEK DAMAGES FROM ANY SUCH PERSON TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW. SPONSOR’S FAILURE TO ENFORCE ANY TERM OF THESE OFFICIAL RULES SHALL NOT CONSTITUTE A WAIVER OF THESE PROVISIONS.
RELEASE: By participating in this Promotion, entrants agree to release and hold harmless Sponsor and each of its respective officers, directors, managers, employees, parents, subsidiaries, affiliates, agents, members, shareholders, insurers, servants, divisions, distributors, predecessors, successors, representatives, dealers, advertising, promotion, and fulfillment agencies, consultants, and legal advisors (collectively, the “Released Parties”) from and against any claim or cause of action arising out of participation in the Promotion or the award, receipt, or use of the grant by the Winning School or by its school district, governing body, or affiliated education foundation.
LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY: The Released Parties are not responsible for (a) unauthorized human intervention in any part of the entry process or the Promotion; (b) electronic or human error which may occur in the administration of the Promotion or the processing of entries; (c) any injury or damage to persons or property which may be caused, directly or indirectly, in whole or in part, from an entrant’s participation in the Promotion; (d) any printing or typographical errors or other incorrect or inaccurate entry information in any Promotion-related materials; (e) stolen, lost, late, misdirected, corrupted, incomplete, or indecipherable entries; or (f) technical failures of any kind, including but not limited to the malfunctioning of any computer, mobile device, cable, network, hardware, or software.
BINDING INDIVIDUAL ARBITRATION: PLEASE READ THIS SECTION CAREFULLY. IT AFFECTS YOUR LEGAL RIGHTS, INCLUDING YOUR RIGHT TO FILE A LAWSUIT IN COURT AND TO HAVE A JURY TRIAL. Except as expressly provided below, any dispute, claim, or controversy arising out of or relating to this Promotion, these Official Rules, or the breach, termination, enforcement, interpretation, or validity of these Official Rules (each, a “Dispute”) will be resolved exclusively by final and binding individual arbitration administered by the American Arbitration Association (“AAA”) under its Consumer Arbitration Rules then in effect, and not in a court of law. The Federal Arbitration Act governs the interpretation and enforcement of this section. Before initiating arbitration, the party raising a Dispute must send the other party written notice describing the Dispute and the relief sought, and the parties will attempt in good faith to resolve the Dispute for sixty (60) days after that notice is received; notice to Sponsor must be sent to the Entry Address, Attn.: Legal Department. The arbitration will be conducted by a single arbitrator, and any in-person hearing will be held in Hamilton County, Tennessee, or, at the entrant’s election, in the county where the entrant resides. The arbitrator may award the same individual relief that a court could award, and judgment on the award may be entered in any court of competent jurisdiction. Sponsor will pay all AAA filing, administrative, and arbitrator fees for any arbitration commenced by an entrant to the extent those fees exceed the cost of filing suit in the entrant’s local court. NEITHER PARTY MAY BRING A DISPUTE AS A CLASS, COLLECTIVE, CONSOLIDATED, OR REPRESENTATIVE ACTION, AND THE ARBITRATOR MAY NOT CONSOLIDATE THE CLAIMS OF MORE THAN ONE PERSON OR PRESIDE OVER ANY CLASS OR REPRESENTATIVE PROCEEDING. If the foregoing class action waiver is found to be unenforceable as to any claim or request for relief, then this entire BINDING INDIVIDUAL ARBITRATION section is void as to that claim or request for relief, which will instead be resolved in the courts identified in the DISPUTES AND GOVERNING LAW section below, and this section will continue to apply to all other claims and requests for relief. This section does not apply to (a) any individual claim brought in small claims court, so long as the claim remains in that court and proceeds on an individual basis, or (b) either party’s request for temporary or preliminary injunctive relief to protect intellectual property or to prevent unauthorized interference with the Promotion. You may opt out of this BINDING INDIVIDUAL ARBITRATION section by sending written notice of your decision to opt out to the Entry Address, Attn.: Legal Department, postmarked no later than thirty (30) days after your first entry in the Promotion. The notice must include your name, your mailing address, and a clear statement that you wish to opt out of arbitration. Opting out will not affect any other provision of these Official Rules or your eligibility to participate.
DISPUTES AND GOVERNING LAW: Except where prohibited, each entrant agrees that: (i) subject to the BINDING INDIVIDUAL ARBITRATION section above, any and all disputes, claims, and causes of action arising out of or connected with this Promotion shall be resolved individually, without resort to any form of class action, and exclusively by the state or federal courts located in Hamilton County, Tennessee, and each entrant consents to the personal jurisdiction of, and venue in, those courts and waives any objection based on forum non conveniens; (ii) any and all claims, judgments, and awards shall be limited to actual out-of-pocket costs incurred, including costs associated with entering this Promotion, but in no event attorneys’ fees; and (iii) under no circumstances will any entrant be permitted to obtain any award for, and each entrant hereby waives all rights to claim, punitive, incidental, and consequential damages and any other damages, other than actual out-of-pocket expenses, and any and all rights to have damages multiplied or otherwise increased. All issues and questions concerning the construction, validity, interpretation, and enforceability of these Official Rules, or the rights and obligations of entrants and Sponsor in connection with this Promotion, shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Tennessee, without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law rules.
ENTRANTS’ PERSONAL INFORMATION: Information collected from entrants is subject to Sponsor’s privacy policy, located at https://www.timesfreepress.com/privacy-policy/. No entrant is named as a prize winner, because the grant is awarded to a school. The name of the Winning School, its Participation Rate, and the names and Participation Rates of the other Qualifying Schools may be published, if desired by Sponsor, on social media channels, the Website, in the Chattanooga Times Free Press, and via email to subscribers. Entrants also agree to the terms of use located at https://www.timesfreepress.com/terms-and-conditions/.
WINNING SCHOOL / OFFICIAL RULES REQUEST: For the name of the Winning School or a copy of these Official Rules, please submit a self-addressed, stamped envelope, to be received no later than March 15, 2027, to: “2026 News Literacy School Cash Giveaway, Attn.: Legal Department” (please specify Winning School or Official Rules Request), Chattanooga Times Free Press, 405 Cherry Street, Chattanooga, TN 37402, or, if Sponsor has changed the Entry Address, to the then-current Entry Address posted on the Website. A copy of these Official Rules may also be obtained at the Website during the Promotion Period.