1. The Design A Jest Contest and HOP Raffle are open to any Royal Watch member. You may enter as many times as you wish. Raffle entries may be combined on one form. Please use a separate form for each Design Contest entry, to allow for impartial judging. [Entry Form]

2. If you are only entering the Raffle only, and the entry form is not available, please type/print the following information on a piece of paper: Name, Address, Phone, E-mail, Royal Watch Membership Number, number of Raffle tickets requested, and total amount enclosed.

3. If you are also entering the Design A Jest Contest, the following additional items are required:

   1. A Certification, with original signature, is required for each entry. Contest entries submitted without the Certification will not be considered. They will be treated as a Raffle entry only. The required Certification statement is:

      I certify that the Design A Jest entry I am submitting is my original idea, has not been published elsewhere, and is not copyrighted. I understand that all entries become the exclusive property of Harmony Kingdom and that I am not entitled to any compensation for it.

   2. A description of your idea:

      1. Identify the series. This is optional, but may assist the judges to understand your idea:

         Treasure Jest	Angelique
         Black Box	Endangered Species
         Romance Annual	Zookeepers
         Harmony Garden	Event Pieces
         Holiday	Other: (name your own series)

      2. Name the box. This can be either descriptive (e.g. "three owls") or humorous (e.g. "Wise Guys"). This is optional, but may assist the judges to understand your idea.

      3. Describe the exterior of the box in enough detail so that the judges can understand your idea. For example: "A box with three owls," is not sufficient detail. However, "Three owls, one wearing a necktie, stand in a circle facing outward. One has a mouse crawling down its wing," provides enough information to understand the idea. A description of the interior is optional. A sketch is optional — and drawing ability does not count! Be aware that it will be easier for the judges to visualize your idea if you have provided at least a basic drawing. An entry with an incomplete or insufficient description will not be considered; it will be treated as a Raffle entry only.

4. Each Raffle or Design A Jest entry is $5 US or £3 UK or $7 CAN. Make check or money order payable to NAMI (National Alliance for the Mentally Ill) and mail to:

   HK House of Peers
   PO Box 2718
   Dearborn, MI 48123-2718 USA
    

5. Entries submitted by mail must be received no later than March 31, 2004, in order to be included.

6. Raffle winner selection: The winning entry will be drawn at the Harmony Ball Company office by April 15, 2004. The Raffle prize is a prototype of Planet Paradise with three alternate lids of different colors.

Planet Paradise Prototype

7. Design A Jest winner selection: The judging will be "blind," i.e. the judge will not know who submitted which entry. It will be done in two phases. During the first phase, a panel of HOP Delegates and Alternates will evaluate the entries based on originality and humor or beauty. Twelve semi-finalists will be selected and forwarded to Harmony Kingdom. In the unlikely event that two collectors submit exactly the same idea, the entry submitted first will be advanced to the next round. During the second phase, Harmony Kingdom will evaluate the semi-finalists and select a winner. The decision of the judges is final and not subject to appeal. The names of the winner and semi-finalists will be announced in the Fall 2004 edition of The Queen's Courier. The winner of the Design A Jest Contest will receive a prototype Treasure Jest - one based on the winning idea or an alternate prototype selected by HBC/HI/HK.

8. Selection as the Contest winner does not guarantee or imply that the design will ever be produced by Harmony Kingdom.
     

Design A Jest Contest & HOP Raffle Results