As a creative professional, portfolios can play an integral role in securing your next client, job, or project. Getting a second eye on your body of work from an expert can take your portfolio from good to great. 

Now is your final chance to win a virtual one-on-one portfolio review with Dan Milnor, our creative evangelist.

Enter the Meet with Milnor contest from July 31 to August 11, 2023. Here’s how:

• Post 3-5 portfolio excerpts as an Instagram* carousel
• Add #MeetWithMilnor and #Contest to your caption
• Make sure your profile is public

One grand prize winner will receive a private, one-on-one portfolio review session with Dan Milnor, our creative evangelist. The contest winner will be selected at random after the contest ends on August 11.

* Remember to make your Instagram profile public, or we can’t see your entry!

OFFICIAL RULES (“Official Rules”)

NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER, WIN OR CLAIM PRIZES. A PURCHASE OR PAYMENT WILL NOT INCREASE AN ENTRANT’S CHANCES OF WINNING. THE PROMOTION IS IN NO WAY SPONSORED, ENDORSED, ADMINISTERED BY, OR ASSOCIATED WITH INSTAGRAM.

THESE OFFICIAL RULES CONTAIN AN ARBITRATION AGREEMENT, WHICH REQUIRES THAT ALL DISPUTES BE RESOLVED SOLELY BY BINDING ARBITRATION, AND ENTRANTS AGREE TO ONLY PURSUE CLAIMS AGAINST SPONSOR AND SPONSOR ENTITIES AND/OR SEEK RELIEF ON AN INDIVIDUAL BASIS, AND ENTRANTS WAIVE THE ABILITY TO BRING CLAIMS IN A CLASS ACTION FORMAT, OR AS A PLAINTIFF OR CLASS MEMBER IN ANY CLASS OR REPRESENTATIVE ACTION OR PROCEEDING.

VOID WHERE PROHIBITED OR RESTRICTED BY LAW.

Blurb’s Meet with Milnor Contest (“Promotion”) is sponsored by RPI Print, Inc., (“Sponsor”), 116th Street Suite 161, Tukwila, Washington 98168.

1. PROMOTION PERIOD: The Promotion begins on July 31, 2023, at 12:01 AM Pacific Standard Time (“PST”) and ends on August 11, at 11:59 PM PST (“Promotion Period”). The Sponsor’s computer is the Promotion’s official clock. The Promotion is structured as a sweepstakes with one (1) Promotion winner who will be randomly selected at the end of the Promotion Period.

2. ELIGIBILITY: This Promotion is offered only to individuals who are at least eighteen (18) years old at the time of entry and are legal residents of the fifty United States or the District of Columbia, excluding Rhode Island. Employees of Sponsor, and any of its owners, parent companies, affiliates, directors, subsidiaries, franchisees, representatives, advertising, promotion and production agencies, agents (collectively, the “Promotion Entities”) and their immediate family members (i.e., spouse, parent, child, sibling, and the “steps” of each) and persons living in the same household of each (whether related or not) are not eligible to participate in the Promotion. Void where prohibited or restricted by law. All federal, state and local laws apply. Participation constitutes entrant’s full and unconditional agreement to these Official Rules and Sponsor’s decisions, which are final and binding in all matters related to the Promotion. Winning a prize is contingent upon fulfilling all requirements set forth herein. Entrants and/or potential winner may be required to provide proof of identification and eligibility as required by Sponsor. If it is discovered or suspected that an entrant has registered or attempted to register for the Promotion using multiple identities, all of that entrant’s entries will be declared null and void and any prize such entrant might have been entitled to win will not be awarded to and may be revoked from such entrant. Use of any automated system or any like methods to participate in the Promotion is prohibited and will result in disqualification of any entrant attempting such use.

3. HOW TO ENTER: Sponsor will publish one (1) post on the @blurbbooks Instagram account (Instagram.com/blurbbooks), with directions on how to enter the Promotion (each, a “Promotion Post” and collectively, the “Promotion Posts”). To participate, entrants must complete the following steps during the Promotion Period: (i) post 3-5 excerpts from their portfolio on their public Instagram feed (ii) post an original caption on their entry post (each, an “Entry” collectively, “Entries”) and the Entry must include the hashtags #MeetWithMilnor and #Contest within the caption. The Entry must meet the following “Entry Guidelines”: (i) the Entry must not include text or subject matter that is deemed by the Sponsor to be obscene, profane, pornographic, libelous or otherwise objectionable; (ii) the Entry must not disparage Sponsor or any other person or entity; (iii) the Entry must not contain material that is political; (iv) the Entry must not contain material that promotes bigotry, racism, hatred or harm against any group or individual or promotes discrimination based on race, gender, religion, nationality, disability, sexual orientation, or age; and (v) the Entry must not contain material that is unlawful, in violation of, or contrary to the laws or regulations in any state. (vi) Each entrant’s social media account must be public to participate in the Promotion.

IMPORTANT: Your Entries must include both hashtags #MeetWithMilnor and #Contest in your comment or reply to be eligible. Entries which do not include both hashtags will be disqualified and ineligible to receive a prize.

Limit: one (1) Entry per person per Promotion Post during the Promotion Period. If it is discovered or suspected, in Sponsor’s sole discretion, that an entrant receives or attempts to receive more than the stated number of Entries, all of that entrant’s Entries, in Sponsor’s sole discretion, may be declared null and void and any prize(s) he/she might have been entitled to will not be awarded to and may be revoked from him/her. In the event of a dispute as to the identity of an entrant, the Entry will be declared made by the primary account holder of the account associated with the email address designated in the social media account used to enter the Promotion. The “primary account holder” is the natural person assigned an email address by an Internet access provider, online service provider or other organization responsible for assigning email addresses for the domain associated with the applicable email address. The potential winner may be required to show proof of being the holder of the email address designated in the social media account used to enter the Promotion.

Sponsor’s Use of Entries: By posting, commenting, sharing, or uploading an Entry entrant consents to and hereby grants to Sponsor a royalty-free, irrevocable, perpetual, non-exclusive license to use, reproduce, modify, publish, create derivative works from, and display the Entry on a worldwide basis, and to incorporate it into other works, in any form, media or technology now known or later developed, including for promotional or marketing purposes. If requested, entrant will sign any documentation that may be required for Sponsor or its designees to make use of the non-exclusive rights entrant is granting to use the Entry. Sponsor reserves the right to remove (and to require that entrant remove) and to disqualify Entries that violate the guidelines outlined above, violate these Official Rules, or for which a DMCA notice or other infringement claim is received.

4. PRIZE: One (1) winner will be randomly selected to receive one (1) 30-minute virtual portfolio critique with Blurb’s creative evangelist, Dan Milnor. The total ARV of all available prizes in the Promotion is $100.00. There is no substitution for any Prize, except Sponsor who reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to substitute a prize or portion of prize of comparable value. Prizes are not transferable or redeemable for cash, except in the sole discretion of Sponsor. All Prize details are at Sponsor’s sole discretion. Incidental expenses and all other costs and expenses which are not specifically listed as part of a Prize in these Official Rules, and which may be associated with the award, acceptance, receipt, and use of all, or any portion of the awarded Prize are solely the responsibility of the Prize winner. All federal, state, and local taxes associated with the receipt or use of the Prize are solely the responsibility of the Prize winning entrant. In no event will more prizes than are stated in these Official Rules be awarded. Odds of winning depend on the number of eligible Entries received during the Promotion Period.

5. SELECTION AND NOTIFICATION: At the end of the Promotion Period, one (1) Entry will be randomly selected in a drawing from all eligible entries received throughout the Promotion Period. The drawing will be conducted by Sponsor or its designee, using randomization methods selected by Sponsor in its sole discretion from all eligible Entries received during the Promotion Period.  Before being declared a winner the potential winner may be required to execute an Affidavit of Eligibility, Liability Release, tax acknowledgment, and, except where prohibited, a Publicity Release (“Affidavit”). If requested by Sponsor, the potential Prize winner must return a fully executed Affidavit to the Sponsor or its authorized designee within seven (7) calendar days from the date it is sent to the potential winner or the Prize may (in Sponsor’s sole discretion) be forfeited. Only the winner will receive the prize and they will be responsible for providing the prize to the friend mentioned in the Entry. If a potential winner is disqualified, found to be ineligible or not in compliance with these Official Rules, declines to accept a prize, or in the event that the potential winner fails to return an executed Affidavit within the seven (7) calendar day deadline (if applicable), the Prize may be forfeited. If the Prize is forfeited, the Prize may be awarded to an alternate winner, who will be randomly selected from the eligible remaining Entries. Sponsor shall not be held responsible for any delays in awarding a prize for any reason. If, after three (3) good faith attempts to award the Prize to potential winners, Sponsor is unable to award the Prize, the prize may not be awarded.

ALL FEDERAL, STATE AND LOCAL TAXES IMPOSED ON THE ACCEPTANCE OF A PRIZE ARE SOLELY THE RESPONSIBILITY OF WINNER.

Sponsor will attempt to notify the potential winner as set forth above, but Sponsor is not responsible for any undelivered messages or other communications, including without limitation messages or other communications that are not received because of a winner’s privacy or spam filter settings which may divert any Promotion messages or other communications, including any winner notification message or other communication. Prizes that are unclaimed, unredeemed, or returned as undeliverable will not be awarded. All other costs and expenses not expressly set forth herein shall be solely the winner’s responsibility. Promotion Entities shall not be held responsible for any delays in awarding the Prize for any reason. The Prize will only be awarded to a verified winner.

6. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY: By participating in this Promotion entrants (and if 18+ but a minor in their state of residence, their parents or legal guardians) agree that the Promotion Entities, and their respective affiliates, parents, subsidiaries, representatives, consultants, contractors, legal counsel, advertising, public relations, promotional, fulfillment and marketing agencies, website providers, Web masters and their respective officers, directors, employees, representatives, shareholders, designees and agents (“Released Parties”) are not responsible for lost, late, incomplete, stolen, misdirected, postage due, or undeliverable notifications or mail; or for any computer, telephone, satellite, cable, network, electronic or Internet hardware or software malfunctions, failures, connections or availability; or garbled, corrupt or jumbled transmissions, service provider/Internet/website/use net accessibility, availability or traffic congestion; or any technical, mechanical, printing, or typographical or other error; or unauthorized human intervention; or the loss, access, or acquisition without authorization, or incorrect or inaccurate capture of registration information; or the failure to capture, or loss or disclosure of, any such information. The Released Parties are not responsible for any incorrect or inaccurate information, whether caused by any website users, tampering, hacking or by any of the equipment or programming associated with or utilized in the Promotion and assume no responsibility for any error, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in operation or transmission, communications line failure, technical error, theft or destruction or unauthorized access or acquisition of the website, any Promotion-related website(s), or entrant information. The Released Parties are not responsible for any injury or damage, whether personal or property, to participants or to any person’s computer related to or resulting from participating in the Promotion and/or accepting or using a prize. The Released Parties shall not be responsible or liable for entries that are entered by any automated computer, program, mechanism or device, for any entries in excess of the stated limit or for entries that are late, forged, lost, misplaced, misdirected, tampered with, incomplete, deleted, damaged, garbled or otherwise not in compliance with the Official Rules, and all such entries may, in Sponsor’s sole discretion, be disqualified. If, for any reason, the Promotion is not capable of running as planned, Sponsor reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to cancel, terminate, modify or suspend the Promotion and/or proceed with the Promotion, including the selection of winner in a manner it deems fair and reasonable including the selection of the winner from among eligible Entries received prior to such cancellation, termination, modification or suspension. In no event will more prizes be awarded than are stated in these Official Rules. If for any reason, including but not limited to an administrative, printing, production, computer or other error or due to technical difficulties or incorrect announcements of any kind, more winning messages are distributed, or more prizes are claimed than are intended to be awarded according to these Official Rules, the intended prizes will be awarded among all verified prize claims received based on the judging criteria stated in these Official Rules. This Promotion is subject to all federal, state, and local laws and regulations.

By entering the Promotion, each entrant (and if a minor, his/her parent or legal guardian) agrees: (i) to be bound by these Official Rules and by all applicable laws and by the decisions of Sponsor, which shall be binding and final; (ii) to waive any rights to claim ambiguity with respect to these Official Rules; (iii) to waive all of his or her rights to bring any claim, action or proceeding against any of the Released Parties in connection with the Promotion; and (iv) to forever and irrevocably agree to release and hold harmless each of the Released Parties from any and all claims, lawsuits, judgments, causes of action, proceedings, demands, fines, penalties, liability, costs and expenses (including, without limitation, reasonable outside attorneys’ fees) that may arise in connection with: (a) the Promotion, including but not limited to any Promotion-related activity or element thereof, and the entrant’s Entry, including any information provided, participation or inability to participate in the Promotion, (b) the violation of any third-party privacy, data security, personal, publicity or proprietary rights, (c) typographical or printing errors in these Official Rules or any Promotion materials, (d) acceptance, attendance at, receipt, travel related to, participation in, delivery of, possession, defects in, use, non-use, misuse, inability to use, loss, damage, destruction, negligence or willful misconduct in connection with the use of a prize (or any component thereof), (e) any change in the prizing due to unavailability or due to reasons beyond Sponsor’s control, including but not limited to by reason of any acts of God, any action(s), regulation(s), order(s) or request(s) by any governmental or quasi-governmental entity (whether or not such action(s), regulation(s), order(s) or request(s) prove(s) to be invalid), equipment failure, threatened or actual terrorist acts, earthquake, war, fire, flood, explosion, unusually severe weather, hurricane, embargo, labor dispute or strike (whether legal or illegal), labor or material shortage, transportation interruption of any kind, work slow-down, civil disturbance, insurrection, riot or any other cause beyond any of the Released Parties’ control, or as otherwise permitted in these Official Rules, (f) any interruptions in or postponement, cancellation or modification of the Promotion, (g) human error, (h) incorrect, unauthorized, or inaccurate transcription, receipt or transmission of any part of any Entry , (i) any technical malfunctions or unavailability of the website or any telephone network, computer system, computer online system, mobile device, computer timing and/or dating mechanism, computer equipment, software, or Internet service provider, or mail service utilized by any of the Released Parties or by an entrant, (j) interruption or inability to access the Promotion, the website or any other Promotion-related websites or any online service via the Internet due to hardware or software compatibility problems, (k) any damage to entrant’s (or any third person’s) equipment used to access the Promotion and/or its contents related to or resulting from any part of the Promotion, (l) any lost/delayed data transmissions, omissions, interruptions, defects, and/or any other errors or malfunctions, (m) any late, lost, stolen, mutilated, misdirected, delayed, garbled, corrupted, destroyed, incomplete, undeliverable or damaged Entries, (n) any wrongful, negligent, or unauthorized act or omission on the part of any of the Released Parties, (o) lost, late, stolen, misdirected, damaged or destroyed prizing (or any element thereof), or (p) the negligence or willful misconduct by entrant.

Without limiting the foregoing, everything regarding this Promotion, including the website and prize components, are provided “as is” without warranty of any kind, either express or implied, including but not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose or non-infringement. Some jurisdictions may not allow the limitations or exclusions of liability for incidental or consequential damages or exclusions of implied warranties, so some of the above limitations or exclusions may not apply. Check local laws for any restrictions or limitations regarding these limitations or exclusions.

7. DISPUTES AND ARBITRATION; CLASS ACTION WAIVER: This Contest is governed by, and will be construed in accordance with, the laws of the state of Washington without regard to any choice of law or conflicts of law rules, and the forum and venue for any dispute shall be in Seattle, Washington.

IF THE CONTROVERSY OR CLAIM IS NOT OTHERWISE RESOLVED THROUGH DIRECT DISCUSSIONS OR MEDIATION, IT SHALL THEN BE RESOLVED BY FINAL AND BINDING ARBITRATION ADMINISTERED BY THE AMERICAN ARBITRATION ASSOCIATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH ITS ARBITRATION RULES AND PROCEDURES OR SUBSEQUENT VERSIONS THEREOF (“AAA RULES”). THE REMEDY FOR ANY CLAIM SHALL BE LIMITED TO ACTUAL DAMAGES, AND IN NO EVENT SHALL ANY PARTY BE ENTITLED TO RECOVER PUNITIVE, EXEMPLARY, CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES OR HAVE DAMAGES MULTIPLIED OR OTHERWISE INCREASED, INCLUDING ATTORNEYS’ FEES OR OTHER SUCH RELATED COSTS OF BRINGING A CLAIM, OR TO RESCIND THIS AGREEMENT OR SEEK INJUNCTIVE OR ANY OTHER EQUITABLE RELIEF.

ENTRANTS AGREE THAT THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF ANY ENTRANT AND/OR PROMOTION ENTITIES AND/OR ANY OTHER PARTY SHALL BE RESOLVED INDIVIDUALLY, WITHOUT RESORT TO ANY FORM OF CLASS ACTION, AND ENTRANTS WAIVE THE ABILITY TO BRING CLAIMS IN A CLASS ACTION FORMAT, OR AS A PLAINTIFF OR CLASS MEMBER IN ANY CLASS OR REPRESENTATIVE ACTION OR PROCEEDING.

ANY DEMAND FOR ARBITRATION MUST BE FILED WITHIN ONE (1) YEAR FROM THE END OF THE PROMOTION PERIOD, OR THE CAUSE OF ACTION SHALL BE FOREVER BARRED.

8. PRIVACY POLICY: Any information collected during an entrant’s participation in the Promotion will be collected by Sponsor or designee and used by Sponsor, affiliates, designees, agents and marketers for purposes of the proper administration and fulfillment of the Promotion as described in these Official Rules and in accordance with Sponsor’s Privacy Policy as stated at https://www.blurb.com/privacy.

9. PUBLICITY RIGHTS: By participating in the Promotion and/or accepting a prize, each entrant (and if a minor, his/her parent or legal guardian’s) grants Sponsor and Sponsor’s designee the perpetual right to use his or her name, social media user name (handle), biographical information, photos and/or likeness, and statements for promotion, trade, commercial, advertising and publicity purposes on a worldwide basis, at any time or times, in all media now known or hereafter discovered including  without limitation live television, social media, and on the World Wide Web and Internet, without notice, review or approval and without additional compensation, except where prohibited by law.

10. GENERAL: Any attempted form of participation in this Promotion other than as described herein is void. If it is discovered or suspected in Sponsor’s sole and absolute discretion that an entrant has registered or attempted to register more than once using multiple email addresses, accounts, multiple identities, proxy servers or like methods, all of that entrant’s entries will be declared null and void, and that Entrant will be ineligible to win a prize. Also, if it is discovered that any entrant attempts to receive additional entries in excess of the stated limitation, that entrant may, in Sponsor’s sole discretion, be disqualified from the Promotion. Sponsor reserves the right to disqualify any individual found, in its sole opinion, to be tampering with the operation of the Promotion, to be acting in violation of these Official Rules or to be acting in an unsportsmanlike manner or with the intent to disrupt the normal operation of a Promotion. Any use of robotic, automatic, macro, programmed, third party or like methods to participate in the Promotion will void any attempted participation affected by such methods and the disqualification of the individual utilizing the same. CAUTION AND WARNING: ANY ATTEMPT TO DELIBERATELY DAMAGE ANY WEBSITE OR TO UNDERMINE THE LEGITIMATE OPERATION OF THIS PROMOTION IS A VIOLATION OF CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LAWS. SHOULD SUCH AN ATTEMPT BE MADE, SPONSOR RESERVES THE RIGHT TO SEEK DAMAGES OR OTHER REMEDIES FROM ANY SUCH PERSON(S) RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ATTEMPT TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW. If any provision of these Official Rules or any word, phrase, clause, sentence, or other portion thereof should be held unenforceable or invalid for any reason, then that provision or portion thereof shall be modified or deleted in such manner as to render the remaining provisions of these Official Rules valid and enforceable. The invalidity or unenforceability of any provision of these Official Rules or the prize documents will not affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision. Sponsor’s interpretation of these Official Rules is final and binding in all matters related to the Promotion. Sponsor or Released Party’s failure to enforce any term of these Official Rules shall not constitute a waiver of that provision and such provision shall remain in full force and effect. All Promotion Entries and/or materials submitted become the property of Sponsor and will not be returned. In the event of any conflict with any Promotion details contained in these Official Rules and Promotion details contained in any promotional materials (including but not limited to point of sale, television and print advertising, promotional packaging, social media, email communications, and other promotional media), the details of the Promotion as set forth in these Official Rules shall prevail.

11. SOCIAL MEDIA RELEASE AND DISCLAIMER. Each entrant acknowledges and agrees that this Promotion is in no way sponsored, endorsed or administered by, or associated with Instagram. By entering the Promotion each entrant hereby releases and agrees to hold harmless these entities completely from any liability in connection with the Promotion. Any questions, comments or complaints regarding the Promotion should be directed to Sponsor and not these social media platforms. By participating via any applicable social media platform, Entrants are also subject to such platform’s terms of use.

12. TO RECEIVE WINNERS LIST OR OFFICIAL RULES: The Official Rules (available during the Promotion Period) and Winners List (available after winner is confirmed) will be available on blurb.com/blog/meet-with-milnor-contest for a period of sixty (60) days after the close of the Promotion Period.