Submit your best idea in the Staples Make Your Idea Happen and you could be a big winner. Starting April 3rd, vote for your favorites and win vote prizes
Sweeps Rating: Okay
Eligibility: US, DC, and Canada (excluding Quebec), 18 and older.
Contest Entry Dates: January 10, 2014 and ends at 5:00 pm ET on February 3, 2014
Voting Period: April 3, 2014 and ends at 5:00 p.m. ET on April 16, 2014
Facebook Entry | Official Rules
Contest Entry may not have been submitted previously in a contest of any kind or previously exhibited or displayed publicly (i.e., disclosed beyond your immediate circle of friends, colleagues and family) through any means.
Entry Limit: one Contest entry per person. One voter entry/vote per person per day, regardless of method of voting
Contest Prizes:
One (1) Grand Prize: $25,000 towards Staples products and help from Staples to bring winner’s Make Your Idea Happen vision to life, awarded as a $17,500 Staples gift card and a $7,500 check to defray taxes and a Sponsor-specified series of consultative phone calls with a panel of third party experts to help winner Make Your Idea Happen
One (1) First Prize: $15,000 towards Staples products and help from Staples to bring winner’s Make Your Idea Happen vision to life, awarded as a $10,500 Staples gift card and a $4,500 check to defray taxes and a Sponsor-specified series of consultative phone calls with a panel of third party experts to help winner Make Your Idea Happen
One (1) Second Prize: $10,000 towards Staples products and help from Staples to bring winner’s Make Your Idea Happen vision to life, awarded as a $7,000 Staples gift card and a $3,000 check to defray taxes and a Sponsor-specified series of consultative phone calls with a panel of third party experts to help winner Make Your Idea Happen
Seven (7) Runner-up Prizes: $5,000 towards Staples products and help from Staples to bring winner’s Make Your Idea Happen vision to life, awarded as a $3,500 Staples gift card and a $1,500 check to defray taxes.
Sweepstakes Prizes:
Three (3) Voter Sweepstakes Prizes: $100 Staples gift card.
Judging for Contest: on or about April 17, 2014
Contest Judging based on the following judging criteria:
Most Compelling Story and Entrant Demonstrates a Passion for his/her Idea (40%)
Originality/Creativity (30%); Suitability for Promotional Purposes (20%)
Best Use of Products to Make the Idea Happen (10%)
Voting Sweepstakes Random Drawing: On or about April 18, 2014
iwillaccepttenthousanddollars
hey guys I entered this one.received an email today that they liked my idea but it didnt make it to the top ten.the email also contained a 25 off 25 purchase as a consolation prize.shipping is free on staples.com with any order 19.99 and up.i ended up getting 26 dollars worth of stuff with only 0.83 out of my pocket! just a heads up for everyone!