The best story in the SF/Florida round will win:

2 tickets to the watch FULL GROWN MEN, playing in select theaters in San Francisco and throughout Florida. Full Grown Men is the critically acclaimed winner of the Sundance Channel Undiscovered Gems Audience Award, starring Matt McGrath, Judah Friedlander, Alan Cumming, Amy Sedaris and Debbie Harry.

Action Figure Gift Package courtesy of DC Direct.

2 Season passes to Weeki Wachee Springs in Spring Hill, Florida.

Only one story submission per entrant. The Contest starts July 1, 2008 and ends August 1, 2008.

OFFICIAL RULES

1.         Eligibility.

FULL GROWN MEN’s “There’s No Such Thing as Full Grown Men: Men Who Won’t Grow Up Story Contest” (the "Contest") is open to all males and females who (1) are legal residents of the United States of America and (2) are at least 18 years of age and above. Employees of Grotto Films LLC ("Sponsor") and/or its distribution company, advertising, promotion, or publicity agencies and partners, and members of their immediate families and households are not eligible to enter. 

2.         How to Enter.

The Contest entry period begins on July 1, 2008 and ends on August 1, 2008. To enter, each entrant must do the following: (1) submit their entry as a comment to the blog posting “There’s No Such Thing as Full Grown Men: Man-Child Story Contest” at the URL http://www.fullgrownmencontest.com (your "Submission") no later than 12:00pm EST on August 1, 2008. (2) When submitting the comment, the entrant must submit their e-mail address in the appropriate field. (3) Your Submission must be a true testimonial of witnessing or exhibiting man-child behavior in a real-life setting. The testimonial may be second hand, but, in order for your entry to be valid, you must have reasonable knowledge that the story is true.

Limit one (1) submission per entrant.  Winning entrant must show a proof of U.S. legal residency.  Submissions become the property of Sponsor, and will not be acknowledged or returned.

3.         Judging.

A panel of judges (the "Panel") consisting of David Munro, the writer/director of the film, Xandra Castleton, the co-writer/producer of the film, and Josh Green, Vice President of Emerging Pictures, will select the winning story from all eligible entries received based on the originality, and humor of their Submissions.  The Winner will be notified by e-mail and telephone on or about August 2, 2008. If the Winner does not respond within twenty-four (24) hours of notification, Sponsor shall have the right to disqualify them and select an alternate Winner. The decision of the Panel is final and binding in all regards. The chances of winning will depend on the application of the judging criteria to the Submissions.

4.         Prize.

The Winner will receive two tickets to FULL GROWN MEN, an action figure gift package from DC Direct, and two season passes to Weeki Wachee Springs in Spring Hill, Florida.  Approximate retail value of the prize is $200.

5.         The winner is responsible for all expenses not expressly included in connection with the Prize such as food, beverage, and transportation and lodging to the movie premiere and dinner at the Mermaid Inn.  Emerging Pictures reserves the right and final judgment on all matters pertaining to the prize awarded to the winner.

6.         For copies of these Official Rules, visit www.emergingpictures.com.  By submitting an entry or accepting a prize, each entrant agrees to be bound by decisions of the judges and these Official Rules and to comply with all federal, state, and local laws and regulations.  All federal, state, and local taxes are the  sole responsibility of the eventual winner.  No prize substitutions, transfers or cash alternatives are permitted, except Sponsor reserves the right to substitute prizes of equal or greater value in Sponsor's sole discretion.  An Affidavit of Eligibility and Compliance with these Official Rules and a Liability and Publicity Release must be signed and returned by the winner within twenty-four (24) hours after prize notification is sent to the semifinalists and winner.   Failure of any potential semifinalist and/or winner to complete, sign, and return any requested documents within such period, or the return of any prize notification as undeliverable, may result in disqualification and selection of an alternate winner in Sponsor's sole discretion.  Failure of any winner to complete, sign, and return any requested documents within such period may result in denial of such person’s claim to the prize.  You are not a winner unless your submission is validated.

7.         By entering the Contest, or accepting a prize, each entrant accepts all of the conditions, restrictions, requirements, and/or regulations required by Sponsor.  In addition, each entrant represents and warrants that all information contained in his/her Submission is true and accurate. 

8.         Unless otherwise prohibited by law, by entering the Contest and/or accepting a prize, each entrant grants to Sponsor the absolute right to use such entrant’s name, likeness, photograph, voice, address (city and state), biographical information, Submission, and any materials based thereon or derived therefrom, or to refrain from so doing, in any manner in any and all media, whether now known or hereafter devised, anywhere in the world in perpetuity for publicity purposes in the advertising, promotion and distribution of the Film and for purposes of advertising or trade in promoting or publicizing Sponsor, without compensation.  Each entrant also agrees that he or she shall not have a right of approval, claim to compensation, or claim (including, without limitation, claims based on invasion of privacy, defamation, or right of publicity) arising out of any use of the entrant’s name, likeness, photographs, voices, addresses (city and state), biographical information, Submission, and any materials.

9.         By entering the Contest, each entrant agrees to release, discharge, and hold harmless Sponsor, its directors, officers, employees, agents, successors, and assigns, from and against any and all claims, damages, injuries, trauma, deaths, losses, rights, causes of action, actions, suits, debts, sums of money, or other liabilities, either at law or equity, whether known or unknown, asserted or non-asserted, arising from or in any way, directly or indirectly, relating to the entrant's participation in the Contest, the awarding, acceptance, use, or misuse of the Prize, or the use of such member's name, likeness, photograph, voice, biographical information, and/or Submission.  Each entrant represents and warrants that he or she has the full right and authority to grant the rights granted herein and that his or her agreement to the terms hereof does not conflict with any existing commitment on his or her part. Contest is void where prohibited, taxed, or otherwise restricted.

10.       Sponsor and those working for it or on its behalf will not be responsible for lost, late or misdirected e-mail or for Internet, computer hardware and software, electronic, network, or computer malfunctions or delays, or any other technical error of any kind.  Sponsor reserves the right in its sole discretion to cancel or modify all or any portions of the Contest if, in its sole discretion, it determines that for any reason the Contest is not capable of running as originally planned or if there is fraud or technical errors or malfunctions, viruses, hackers, or other reasons that compromise the fairness or integrity of the Contest in any manner.  Entries are void if they contain typographical or other errors.  Entries generated by a script, macro or other automated means are void.  Entries that are incomplete, mechanically reproduced, tampered with, inaccurate, forged, misdirected, lost, late, delayed, irregular in any way, or otherwise not in compliance with these Official Rules are also void.

11.       To obtain the names of the winners, send a self-addressed, stamped envelope to There’s No Such Thing as Full Grown Men, Contest Winners, c/o Emerging Pictures, 245 West 55 Street, 4th Floor, New York NY 10019 postmarked no later than December 15, 2008.

12.       The Sponsor of the Contest is Grotto Films LLC, 490 2nd Street, Suite 219, San Francisco, CA 94107.