Winners will be notified by e-mail or mail. Return of prize notification as undeliverable may result in disqualification and an alternate winner may be selected. Winners may waive their right to receive a prize. Prizes are non assignable and nontransferable. No substitutions allowed, except that prizes and individual components of prize packages are subject to availability and Smithsonian Magazine reserves the right to substitute prizes of equal or greater value.
Winners are solely responsible for reporting and payment of any taxes on prizes.
Failure to sign and return the affidavit or release within 14 days, or to comply with any term or condition of these Official Rules, may, at the sole discretion of Smithsonian Magazine, result in a winner's disqualification, the forfeiture of his or her interest in the prize, and the award of prize to an alternate winner. Except where prohibited, participation in the sweepstakes constitutes entrant's consent to the publication of his or her name and image in any media for any commercial or promotional purpose, without limitation or further compensation. Residents of Vermont may omit postage to request copy of rules. The Smithsonian Magazine Reader Panel sweepstakes is sponsored by Smithsonian Magazine, whose decisions regarding the selection of winners and all other aspects of the sweepstakes shall be final and binding in all respects. Smithsonian Magazine will not be responsible for typographical, printing or other inadvertent errors in these Official Sweepstakes Rules or in other materials relating to the sweepstakes.