Favorite Candy Memory Contest

What’s your favorite “candy memory?”

It might be the way you sorted your trick-or-treat candy…or the candy wax lips you wore to school one day…or maybe the chocolate candy bar your Dad bought for you after your first-ever ball game. Whatever the special memory, the National Confectioners Association would like to hear from you.

“Everyone has a favorite candy memory,” explains Larry Graham, president of the National Confectioners Association. “Candy is such a fun part of our lives, especially for kids. It lends itself to all kinds of great experiences and warm memories.”

Twelve top candy memories will be selected to be displayed on the National Confectioner’s Association web site and the chosen entrants will each receive a candy cooler filled with their favorite nostalgic candies, an “It’s Candy Time!” shirt and “lolliclock” clock.

Entries will be judged based on their overall appeal and expression of the experience the entrant had with candy as a child. Entrants should describe their favorite candy memory in 200 words or less. Each entry must include the entrant’s name, address, phone number and e-mail address (if available). Entry deadline is March 1, 2004.

Official Contest Rules

1. No purchase necessary. Contest is sponsored by the National Confectioners Association, and begins December 1, 2003 and ends March 1, 2004. Entries must be postmarked by March 1, 2004. To enter, mail name, address and phone number, as well as an e-mail address if available, along with a 200-word or less explanation of your favorite candy memory.
2. Entries will be judged based on their overall appeal and expression of the favorite memory or experience the entrant had with candy as a child. Twelve winners will be selected from the entries submitted. All judging decisions made by National Confectioners Association and its representatives are final.
3. The contest is open to legal residents of the 50 United States and the District of Columbia who are 18 years of age or older at the time of entry. The contest is void where prohibited by law.
4. Twelve winners will receive a candy cooler filled with approximately 15 pounds of nostalgic candies, an “It’s Candy Time!” shirt and “lolliclock” candy-themed clock. Estimated retail value of the prize package is $135. Winning entries also will be displayed on the CandyUSA.org web site.
5. Winners are responsible for any taxes due on prizes. Employees of National Confectioner Association, its member companies, agencies and immediate families are not eligible to enter.
6. Entry constitutes permission to use winners’ names, hometowns and likenesses for publicity without any additional compensation. Web entrants must have a valid email address. In the event of a dispute regarding the identity of the person submitting an electronic entry, the entry will be deemed to be submitted by the person in whose name the email account is registered.
7. Winners will be notified by phone and by regular mail and must respond to notification within fourteen (14) days of the notification date. If notification is undeliverable or no response is received, the prize will be forfeited and an alternate winner will be selected from the remaining entries.
8. For a list of winners, send a self-addressed, stamped envelope to: Favorite Candy Memory Contest, P.O. Box 8, Germantown, WI, 53022, or watch for announcement of winners on the CandyUSA.org web site in March, 2004.