Prize Fulfillment:

1. Prize fulfillment will be supervised by Marden-Kane, Inc., an independent contest administration and fulfillment organization.

2. Any tax or duty on a prize is the sole responsibility of the winner.

3. No substitution or transfer of prizes is permitted, except at the discretion of the Sponsor.

4. All prizes will be awarded. If any prize winner cannot accept the prize, then the prize will be awarded to an alternate, runner-up winner.

5. Winners agree to hold IBM Corporation, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery), their divisions, affiliates, subsidiaries, advertising and promotional agencies and Marden-Kane, Inc. harmless against all claims or liabilities arising directly or indirectly from prize winning.

6. Entrants can develop their applet using the Java Development Environment of their choice. All entries must be 100% Java and the use of native classes or 3rd party libraries is not permitted.

7. This contest is open to ACM Student Members, 18 years of age and older (please see exceptions), who are legal residents of any one of the following countries: Argentina, Australia, Canada, Colombia, Finland, France, Germany, Holland, Hong Kong, Ireland, Italy, Mexico, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Taiwan (R.O.C.), the United Kingdom, and the U.S. This contest is void where prohibited, taxed, or restricted by law. Not eligible to enter are employees and their immediate families of IBM Corporation, ACM, their divisions, affiliates, subsidiaries, advertising and promotional agencies and Marden-Kane, Inc.

Key Dates:

October 15, 1999: Registration Opens
February 20, 2000: Last day to register and/or join ACM
March 1st through March 31, 2000: Submit Applets
April 1st through April 30, 2000: Judging Period
May, June 2000: Winners Notified
July, 2000: Winners Posted

Questions? jquest@acm.org