World Emoji Day 2023 - Brand Social Media Contest

Help celebrate the 10th annual World Emoji Day and enter for a chance to win a $20,000 advertising package on Emojipedia.org and Zedge, the leader in mobile phone personalization with 30M MAUs and 500M app installs.  

The Contest:

Tell the world your brand story utilizing emojis. The best story, as judged and selected by Emojipedia, will win! 

How to Enter:

Simply tag #worldemojiday AND #emojipedia in your social media post on Instagram, Twitter, or TikTok on July 17, 2023.  Emojipedia will announce the winner on July 24, 2023. 

Guidelines / Timeline:

The $20,000 advertising package must be redeemed between August 1 - December 31, 2023.  Zedge's marketing team will customize the package based on your KPIs.  The advertising package has no cash-back or redemption value and if the brand winner does not utilize the campaign during this time frame, the package will be forfeited.

Other Terms and Conditions: 

  1. Contest Sponsor:  This emoji brand story contest (the “Contest”) is sponsored by Zedge, Inc. (“Zedge”) along with Emojipedia.org which is owned by Zedge.  Zedge’s address is: 1178 Broadway 3rd Floor #1450, New York, NY 10001.  Inquiries regarding the Contest can be directed to: “Attn: Zedge Contest Coordinator” at the foregoing address or to the following e-mail address [email protected]. The name of the winner and a copy of these rules can be obtained by mailing a request for such name and/or rules to the foregoing address.
  2. Eligibility: The Contest is open only to companies and other entities, and to those representatives submitting entries on their behalf.  Only participants residing in the United States who are (or whose representatives submitting entries on their behalf are) 18 years of age or older at the time of entry may participate in the contest.  Employees and consultants of Zedge, Emojipedia.org and any of their affiliates, and their immediate family members, are not eligible to enter the Contest. Anyone residing in a jurisdiction where the Contest is prohibited are also ineligible to enter.
  3. Submission Requirements: Submissions of a participant’s brand story utilizing emoji’s must be made in the manner described above on July 17, 2023. Submissions made before or after that date will be void and ineligible for the Contest.
  4. Selection of Winner: One winner will be selected by one or more judges designated by Emojipedia (in their sole discretion) on or prior to July 24, 2023. The decision of the judge(s) shall be final and binding.
  5. Prize for Winner: Advertising package for $20,000 worth of advertising through Zedge and/or Emojipedia based on Zedge’s standard advertising rates, policies and procedures.  Any amount of the advertising package that is not used by December 31, 2023 shall be cancelled and forfeited.  Zedge’s associated advertising customization and related services shall be subject to reasonable limitations based on availability, resource requirements and other relevant factors.
  6. Void Where Prohibited: The Contest is subject to federal, state, and local laws and regulations and is void where prohibited by law.
  7. Rights to Entries:  By submitting an emoji story entry into the Contest, each participant understands and agrees that, to the extent permitted by law, Zedge and its affiliates, and anyone acting on their behalf, shall have the right, and are hereby irrevocably licensed by participant, to use, copy, publish, broadcast, distribute, modify, make derivative works of and otherwise exploit such participant’s emoji story submission worldwide, without any further notice, review, consent, compensation, or remuneration.
  8. Publicity, Name and Likeness: By entering the Contest, participants grant Zedge the right to use their name, likeness, statements about the Contest and biographical information for publicity, advertising and other promotional purposes without any further notice, review, consent, compensation, or remuneration, unless prohibited by law.
  9. Privacy Policy: Information provided in connection with a Contest entry is subject to Zedge’s Privacy Policy posted at zedge.net or in connection with one of Zedge’s applications.
  10. Social Media Disclaimers: The Contest is hosted, operated and sponsored by Zedge and Emojipedia and is in no way sponsored, endorsed, administered by or associated with Instagram, Twitter, TikTok, Google, Facebook or any other social media entities where the Contest is promoted or carried out (collectively, “Social Media).  Social Media shall have no responsibility or liability for or in connection with the Contest.
  11. Limitation of Liability: Zedge is not responsible for any errors or omissions in the promotion of the Contest, or for any damage to or loss of any entry. Zedge is also not responsible for any technical failures or malfunctions that may occur during the submission process. Each participant’s entry into this Contest constitutes such participant’s agreement to release and hold harmless Zedge, Emojipedia and its and their subsidiaries, representatives, affiliates, partners, advertising and promotion agencies, successors, agents, assigns, directors, employees, consultants and officers, together with any Social Media entities (collectively, “Zedge Affiliates”) against and from any and all claims, liability, illness, injury, death, litigation, loss, or damages that may occur, directly or indirectly from participation in the Contest and/or the conduct or administration of the Contest, including without limitation with respect to the declaration of winners and the prizes awarded. Without limiting the foregoing but subject to applicable law, in no event shall Zedge or any of its Zedge Affiliates be liable for any consequential, incidental, special or indirect damages or liabilities of any kind, under any theory of liability, in connection with the Contest, even if Zedge has been advised of the possibility of such damages.
  12. Governing Law; Disputes: The Contest, and these Contest Rules, Terms and Conditions, are governed by the laws of the state of New York (without respect to any conflict of law doctrines) and any disputes regarding the Contest or these Contest Rules, Terms and Conditions will be resolved exclusively in the courts of the State of New York]. Under no circumstances in any such dispute shall the participant be permitted to obtain awards for, and hereby waives all rights to, punitive, incidental, or consequential damages, including reasonable attorney’s fees, other than the participant’s actual out-of-pocket expenses (i.e. costs associated with entering Contest). The participant waives all rights to have damages multiplied or increased
  13. Agreement to Contest Rules, Terms and Conditions: By entering or participating in the Contest (or otherwise indicating your consent hereto), the participant agrees to be subject to and abide by these Contest Rules, Terms and Conditions, and also represents and warrants that participant is eligible to participate based on eligibility requirements described above. Participant also agree to accept the decisions of Zedge as final and binding as it relates to the Contest and the content of these Rules, Terms and Conditions. Receipt of the prize by the winner of the Contest is subject to the condition of compliance with any and all federal, state, and local laws and regulations. IF THE WINNER VIOLATES ANY OF THESE RULES, TERMS AND CONDITIONS, THE WINNER (AT ZEDGE’S SOLE DISCRETION) WILL BE DISQUALIFIED, AND ALL PRIVILEGES AS WINNER WILL BE IMMEDIATELY TERMINATED.