Dinner with Dad

OFFICIAL RULES

1. Entry. NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. To enter, send an email with the subject "The Dinner Challenge" to RHPG@randomhouse.com beginning May 20th, 2007, and include your name, valid email address, age, and original Contest submission (English language only; 500 words or less explaining in your own words what it was like to take the Dinner with Dad Challenge) as directed. Only one entry per person. Only entries submitted electronically to the Contest web site in accordance with these rules will be eligible for consideration. Mechanically reproduced entries not accepted. All entries become the property of Random House, Inc. ("Random House") upon submission. To be eligible to win, all entries must be received no later than 11:59 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time on September 10, 2007.

2. Eligibility. Contest open only to legal residents of the continental United States and the District of Columbia, who are 18 years of age or older as of May 20, 2007. Employees of Whole Foods Market and Random House, Inc. (collectively "Sponsors"), including their respective corporate affiliates and parent companies, and members of the immediate families of such individuals and persons living in their households are not eligible to enter. All applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations apply. Contest offer void wherever prohibited or restricted by law. Entries received from persons residing in geographic areas in which entry is not permissible will be disqualified.

3. Selection of Winners. One (1) winner and two (2) runners-up will be chosen by Random House staff on or about September 15, 2007, from among all eligible entries submitted and received before the deadline. The entries will be judged on the basis of writing style and entrant's ability to make a convincing argument for selection. The decision of the judges will be final and binding in all matters relating to the Contest. Winner and runners up will be notified by e-mail within fifteen (15) days after selection. If selected entrant cannot be contacted within seven (7) days after first attempted contact, Random House may at its discretion select an alternate winner from other eligible entries received before the deadline or award the winner's prize to the first runner-up and select an alternate runner-up from other eligible entries received before the deadline.

4. Winner Notification and Acceptance. Winner and runners-up may be required to execute affidavits of eligibility, tax acknowledgement forms, liability releases and, except where prohibited by law, use of name and likeness releases and to return them within seven (7) days of issuance. Return of any prize notification as undeliverable, or failure of potential winner or runner up to accept the prize, respond to notification attempts, or return completed releases (including guest releases) within required timeframe will result in disqualification and an alternate winner or runner up may be selected at Random House's discretion. No substitution of prizes is permitted. Winner and runner-ups may be required to sign an agreement confirming, for the benefit of Random House, the winner's/runner-up's conveyance of copyright in the entry to Random House, Inc.

5. Names of Winning entrants. For the name of the winner and runner-ups, available after September 15, 2007, send a self-addressed stamped envelope to Random House, Inc., Attention: Random House Publishing Group, Marketing Department, 1745 Broadway, Mail Drop 18-1, New York, NY 10019. Residents of VT and WA may omit postage on return envelope. Prize. The prizes consist of: One $500 gift certificate to Whole Foods for the winning entry and two Whole Foods gift baskets valued at $250 each for the two runners-up. Sponsors reserve the right to substitute a prize of equal or greater value if at any time following selection of the winner any portion of the prize becomes unavailable for any reason. No refunds or credit for changes. Sponsors are not responsible for lost or mutilated travel vouchers and none will be replaced. No portion of any prize may be combined with any other credit or offer. Prizes are nontransferable and must be accepted as awarded. No cash or other substitution may be made. All taxes, fees, and surcharges on prize are the sole responsibility of the winner/runners-up.

6. General Release. BY ACCEPTING THE PRIZE, THE WINNER AND RUNNERS-UP AGREE THAT THE SPONSORS, THEIR SUBSIDIARIES, AFFILIATES, ADVERTISING AND PROMOTION AGEGNCIES, AND ALL OF SPONSORS' OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, REPRESENTATIVES AND AGENTS, WILL HAVE NO LABILITY WHATSOEVER FOR, AND WILL BE HELD HARMLESS BY WINNER AND RUNNERS-UP AGAINST ANY LIABILITY FOR, ANY INJURY (INCLUDING DEATH OR DISMEMBERMENT), LOSS OR DAMAGES OF ANY KIND TO PERSONS AND PROPERTY WHETHER SUCH INJURY, LOSS OR DAMAGES ARE DUE IN WHOLE OR IN PART, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, FROM THE ACCEPTANCE, POSSESSION, USE OR MISUSE OF THE PRIZE OR PARTICIPATION IN THIS CONTEST OR PARTICIPATION IN ANY CONTEST OR PRIZE-RELATED ACTIVITY. SPONSORS ASSUME NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY COMPUTER INJURY OR DAMAGE RELATED TO OR RESULTING FROM ACCESSING AND/OR DOWNLOADING ANY CONTEST MATERIAL.

7. Miscellaneous. All entries become the sole property of Random House, Inc. and none will be returned. No liability is assumed for lost, late, incomplete, inaccurate or misdirected e-mail, for technical, hardware or software failures of any kind, lost or unavailable network connection, or failed, incomplete, garbled, corrupted, or delayed computer transmission or any human error which may occur in the receipt or processing of the entries in this Contest. Sponsors and their respective parents, affiliates and subsidiaries are not responsible for errors in printing or electronic presentation of the Contest. If for any reason the Contest is not capable of running as planned, including infection by a computer virus, bugs, tampering, unauthorized intervention, fraud, technical failures, or any other causes beyond the control of the Sponsors that negatively affect the administration, integrity, or proper conduct of the Contest, Sponsors reserve the right, at their sole discretion, to disqualify any individual who tampers with the entry process and to cancel, terminate, modify or suspend the Contest. In the event the Contest must be terminated, a notice will be posted on the Contest web site. In the event of a dispute regarding online entry, the entry will be deemed submitted by the authorized holder of the e-mail account submitted at the time of entry. An authorized account holder is defined as the natural person who is assigned to an e-mail address by the Internet access provider, online service provider or other organization that is responsible for arranging e-mail address for the domain associated with the submitted e-mail address. A potential winner may be required to provide Sponsors with proof that the potential winner is the authorized account holder of the e-mail address associated with the winning entry. Rules are subject to any requirements and limitations imposed by the FCC and any other state and federal agencies having jurisdiction.

8. Governing Law. All disputes and questions regarding the construction, validity, interpretation and enforceability of these Official Rules, or the rights and obligations of any participant, including the guest of any winner, and either or both Sponsors, shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law rules or provisions that would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdiction other than New York. The invalidity or unenforceability of any provision of these Official Rules shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision. If any such provision is determined to be invalid or otherwise unenforceable, these Official Rules shall be construed in accordance with their terms as if the invalid or unenforceable provision was not contained therein.

9. Sponsors. The Sponsors of this Contest are Random House, Inc., whose address is 1745 Broadway, New York, NY 10019, and Whole Foods Market, whose address is 550 Bowie Street Austin, TX 78703-4677.