Canada’s Total Mom Pitch program (the “Pitch Contest”) is operated by Total Mom Inc, (the “Pitch Operator”), 220-1 First Street, Collingwood ON L9Y 1A1.

 

Eligibility

 

This Contest is open to legal residents of Canada, excluding Quebec, who have reached the age of majority in their province or territory of residence at the time of entry, with the exception of employees of the Pitch Operator, the Sponsors, and their respective parent, related and affiliated companies, subsidiaries, departments or agencies, franchisees, suppliers, advertising and promotional agencies, contest administrators, and any other parties engaged in the development, production or distribution of the Pitch Contest materials, and those living in the same household. 

 

Entrants must have at least one woman co-founder who is active in running the business in order to be eligible. Furthermore, Entrants must be eighteen (18) years of age in order to participate. Entrants are limited to one (1) entry.

 

How to Enter

 

Instructions on how to enter can be found at totalmompitch.ca. Entries submitted by hardcopy or email will not be accepted. Entry fees must be paid online at the time of submission with a credit card. Check and invoice payments are not accepted. 

 

Anything included in an Entry Form/Application will be considered potentially public information. There’s no space for explicitly confidential information, and entrants should anticipate that anything included in their submission could become public.

 

Award Timeline

 

October 13, 2023 - Applications Open

 

January 19, 2024 - Applications Close

 

March 8, 2024 - Top 100 Semifinalists Announced

 

April 12, 2024 - Top 5 Finalists Announced

 

May 30, 2024 - Finale/Winner Announced 

 

The timeline above is subject to change.

 

Certification/ Acknowledgement/Consent

 

Each entrant certifies that the materials submitted in connection with this Program (including imagery, ideas, and any intellectual property) are the original work of the entrant. Entrants retain the copyright and other intellectual property interests in their materials. However, each Entrant acknowledges and irrevocably consents that any and all materials such entrant submits for this program may be reproduced, displayed, published (including in print and digital formats), archived (in print and digital databases) and otherwise freely used without limitation or restriction by Total Mom Inc and its partners, sponsors and affiliates in connection with the program. Each entrant acknowledges and irrevocably consents to the use of entry information on all Total Mom Inc owned websites, social media platforms, podcasts, email newsletters, Total Mom Inc communications, and at Total Mom Inc hosted events. 

 

Judging/Winning

 

All judging rounds are at the discretion of our judges. Judges have the right to not select a winner in any category if they feel the materials submitted did not meet the standards they are looking for in entries. The decisions of the judges are final and binding in all matters relating to this Program, including the interpretation and application of the rules.

 

General Conditions

 

All entrants agree to release Total Mom Inc, sponsors and its partners and affiliates from any and all claims and liability with respect to and in any way arising from participating in the Program, accepting of any award, prize(s) or technical, hardware, software or other failures of any kind, cost or unavailable network connections, incomplete, garbled or delayed transmissions, injury or damage to an entrant’s or third person’s computer, whether caused by Total Mom Inc, sponsors, entrants, users or by any of the equipment or programming associated with or by any technical or human error which may occur in the processing of submissions which may damage an entrant’s system or limit an entrant’s ability to participate in the Program. 

 

Total Mom Inc reserves the right to modify or cancel all or any part of the Program for any reason at its sole discretion with a refund of the applicable entry fee paid as the sole remedy for any entrant.

 

Subject to applicable laws, entrants irrevocably grant to Total Mom Inc, Program sponsors and their successors, assigns and sub-licensees the right and permission to use their name, voice, likeness and/or biographical material for advertising, promotional and/or publicity purposes in connection with the Program, in all forms of media and by any and all means and media (now and hereafter known), and on and in connection with related products, services, advertising and promotional materials (now known or hereafter developed), worldwide, in perpetuity, without any obligation, notice or consideration except for the awarding of the prize to the Program’s winners.

 

All entrants agree to comply fully with each provision in the Program rules. Any person attempting to defraud or in any way tamper with the Program and any person who does not comply with the Program rules will be ineligible for any award or prize. Program void where prohibited or restricted by law.