SLATE SHOTSOfficial Competition Rules

1.1The sponsor and administrator of the Slate Shots competition (the Competition) is Artissn Corp., a Delaware corporation doing business as Slate Market, 12021 Wilshire Blvd #200, Los Angeles CA 90025, United States (Sponsor, we, us or our).

1.2These Official Rules govern the Competition. They are separate from, and in addition to, the Slate Market Platform Terms and Conditions and the Slate Market Privacy Policy, each of which continues to apply to your use of Sponsor's platform, including the Slate Shots platform at slateshots.com (Slate Shots). If these Official Rules and the Platform Terms conflict with respect to the Competition, these Official Rules control as to the Competition only.

1.3The Competition is administered from the United States. All decisions and determinations of Sponsor under these Official Rules are final and binding in all respects, subject only to Section 27.

2.1By submitting an Entry, you agree to be bound by these Official Rules and represent that you meet every eligibility requirement in Section 3. If you do not agree, do not enter.

2.2These Official Rules form a binding contract between you and Sponsor. Sponsor is not required to accept, review, judge or acknowledge any Entry, and no submission creates any obligation on Sponsor other than as expressly stated here.

2.3These Official Rules replace in their entirety the version last updated September 28, 2026, and apply to every Entry, including any Entry received before the date above. No Processing Fee was charged for Entries received before that date. If you entered before that date, you may resubmit your project under these Official Rules, and the Processing Fee applies to that new Submission. Any earlier Entry that is not resubmitted in the form required by Section 5 will not be reviewed.

2.4In these Official Rules: a Submission is the Script Materials and One-Pager you submit for a single project under Section 5; a Selected Project is a Submission chosen for the Official Selection under Section 10; a Production Video is the first five minutes of a Selected Project, produced and delivered under Section 11; and an Entry means a Submission together with any Production Video produced from it.

3.1The Competition is open to individuals who, as of the date of Entry, are at least eighteen (18) years old and have reached the age of legal majority in their jurisdiction of residence.

3.2Entries submitted by, or on behalf of, any person under the age of eighteen (18) or under the age of majority in their jurisdiction are not eligible and will be disqualified. Sponsor may require proof of age at any time.

3.3Each entrant must own and maintain at least one (1) active, public account on TikTok, Instagram or YouTube (each an Eligible Platform), identified in the entrant's Slate Shots profile, from the time of Entry through the end of the Competition.

3.4Where an Entry is created by a team, a single individual meeting the requirements of Section 3.1 must be designated as the entrant of record and must be authorized to act for and bind all contributors. Sponsor deals only with the entrant of record. Any Production Stipend or prize is paid or awarded to the entrant of record, who is solely responsible for allocating any benefit among contributors.

3.5The Competition is void, and Entries will not be accepted, in the Province of Quebec (Canada) and in the following jurisdictions: Italy, Brazil, India, mainland China, Russia, Belarus, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Syria, and the Crimea, Donetsk and Luhansk regions of Ukraine. The Competition is further void in any jurisdiction in which it would be prohibited, or would require registration, licensing, bonding, translation or regulatory filing that Sponsor has not completed.

3.6Entrants must not be subject to any United States economic or trade sanctions, and must not be listed on any United States government restricted or denied party list. Sponsor will not pay any Production Stipend or award any prize where doing so would violate applicable sanctions or export control law.

3.7Employees, officers, directors, contractors, agents and representatives of Sponsor, of any Competition partner, sponsor, judge or prize provider, and the immediate family members and members of the same household of any of the foregoing, are not eligible. For this purpose, immediate family means spouse, domestic partner, parent, child, sibling, and the in law and step equivalents of each.

3.8Sponsor may verify eligibility at any stage and may disqualify any Entry or entrant that does not satisfy, or that Sponsor reasonably believes does not satisfy, these requirements.

4.1All times are United States Eastern Time. Sponsor's clock is the official timekeeper. Where a milestone is stated as a month or calendar quarter, it will occur on or before the last day of that month or quarter unless Sponsor posts a different date under Section 4.3.

4.2Sponsor will post the exact Audience Measurement Time, and the viewing window that ends at that time, at slateshots.com at least fourteen (14) days in advance.

4.3Sponsor may extend, shorten or reschedule any date or period in this Section 4 by posting a revised version of these Official Rules at slateshots.com. Entrants are responsible for checking for updates. The long-form release date above is a target only and is not a commitment by Sponsor (see Section 16.4).

5.1To enter, you must complete all of the following during the Submission Period:

• create a profile at slateshots.com, including your legal name, date of birth, country of residence, contact email, and the handle of at least one Eligible Platform account under Section 3.3;
• upload the Script Materials and One-Pager described in Section 5.2 for a single project; and
• pay the Processing Fee under Section 6, unless it has been waived.

5.2Each Submission must include, as PDF files of no more than ten (10) MB each:

• Script Materials: for a scripted project, at least five (5) pages from the opening of a vertical micro-series script, written as episodes of approximately one (1) to two (2) minutes each; for a documentary or reality project, a format treatment in place of a script; and
• a One-Pager stating the project's title, logline, genre and format, and any cast attached to the project.

5.3Submissions may be an original concept or an adaptation of an existing, unproduced screenplay or pilot that you own or fully control. Projects in any genre are eligible. Script Materials and One-Pagers must be written in English [or accompanied by a complete English translation].

5.4There is no limit on the number of Submissions an entrant may make. Each Submission must be a different project and is treated as a separate Entry, with its own Script Materials, One-Pager and Processing Fee. Sponsor may reject duplicate or substantially similar Submissions of the same project. Submissions made through any automated, scripted or bulk means, or through more than one Slate Shots profile controlled by the same person, will be void.

5.5A Submission is deemed received only when Sponsor's systems record a completed profile, both required files and, where applicable, a completed payment of the Processing Fee. Sponsor is not responsible for lost, late, incomplete, misdirected, corrupted or inaccessible Submissions, or for any technical failure, network outage, payment processing failure, platform change or human error affecting submission or review.

5.6Script Materials and One-Pagers may not be replaced or edited after submission. To submit a revised version of a project, you must withdraw the earlier Submission and make a new Submission, which requires a new Processing Fee. A withdrawn Submission is not eligible for a refund.

6.1A processing fee of Fifty United States Dollars (US$50) applies to each Submission (the Processing Fee). The Processing Fee covers Sponsor's costs of receiving, processing and reviewing Submissions. It is payable in full at the time of Submission through the payment processor designated by Sponsor.

6.2The Processing Fee is non refundable, including where a Submission is not selected, is withdrawn or is disqualified, except where a refund is required by law or is expressly provided for in these Official Rules.

6.3Payment of the Processing Fee has no effect on review, selection or judging. It does not purchase, and does not improve, any chance of being selected or of winning.

6.4Sponsor may, at its sole discretion, issue codes that waive the Processing Fee, including through masterclasses, partners and other programs. Codes have no cash value, are not transferable or resalable, may be limited to a single use, may expire, and may be revoked if obtained or used in breach of these Official Rules. No person is entitled to receive a code, and Sponsor has no obligation to issue one on request. A Submission made with a valid code is treated identically to every other Submission.

6.5You are responsible for any charge imposed by your bank or card issuer, including currency conversion and foreign transaction fees. Payment information is collected and processed by Sponsor's third party payment processor under that processor's terms and privacy policy.

7.1Each Entry must be original to you and must have been created by you or by contributors you have fully authorized and cleared.

7.2Human authorship of scripts. Script Materials and One-Pagers must be written by human authors. Generative artificial intelligence may not be used to write or generate any story, structure, character, scene, dialogue or other text in the Script Materials. [Use of ordinary software for spelling, grammar, formatting and translation is permitted.] Sponsor may request drafts, notes or other evidence of authorship and may disqualify any Submission whose human authorship Sponsor cannot reasonably confirm.

7.3Artificial intelligence in production. Production Videos may be produced in live action, with any generative artificial intelligence tools, or with both. Sponsor may make its own AI production tools available to Selected Entrants (Slate AI Tools). The choice of production method affects eligibility for the Production Stipend, as set out in Section 12.1. You must disclose in the delivery form any use of generative artificial intelligence in creating the Production Video, including the tools used and the elements generated. You represent that any AI generated element is free of third party rights claims, that you hold all rights necessary to grant the licenses in Section 18, and that your use complied with the terms of the applicable AI tool, including any restriction on commercial use. Sponsor may disqualify any Entry whose rights position Sponsor considers unclear, unclearable or uninsurable.

7.4Entries must not contain, depict, promote or facilitate any of the following:

• any material infringing, misappropriating or violating any copyright, trademark, trade secret, patent, right of publicity, right of privacy, moral right or other right of any person;
• any third party music, footage, still image, font, logo, brand, trademark, artwork, character or software for which you do not hold a written license covering all uses contemplated by these Official Rules;
• any identifiable person who has not signed a written appearance release, or any identifiable private property or location used without written permission or permit;
• any minor, unless the minor's parent or legal guardian has signed a written release and all applicable child performer laws, permits and work rules have been complied with;
• sexually explicit, pornographic or sexually suggestive content, nudity, or any sexualized depiction of a minor;
• graphic violence, gore, cruelty to animals, self harm, disordered eating, or content promoting or instructing on any of the foregoing;
• hate speech or content that demeans, harasses or incites hostility toward any person or group on the basis of race, ethnicity, national origin, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, age or any other protected characteristic;
• defamatory, libelous, fraudulent or knowingly false material;
• content promoting or depicting illegal activity, illegal drug use, weapons manufacture or use, terrorism or extremism;
• unauthorized commercial content, product placement, brand integration or advertising, and any reference to any brand not expressly approved in writing by Sponsor;
• any real, unauthorized depiction or synthetic likeness of any actual person, whether living or deceased, including any deepfake or voice clone, without that person's or their estate's written consent; and
• any material that violates the terms of service, community guidelines or advertising policies of Slate Shots or any Eligible Platform, or that violates any applicable law.

7.5Sponsor may, at its sole discretion and without notice or liability, remove, refuse, disqualify or decline to display any Entry for any reason, including a suspected breach of this Section 7. Sponsor has no obligation to monitor, review or screen Entries and assumes no responsibility for entrant conduct or Entry content.

8.1By entering, you represent and warrant that:

• you have full right, power and authority to submit the Entry and to grant every right and license granted in these Official Rules;
• the Entry is original, is wholly owned or fully controlled by you, and does not infringe or violate the rights of any person;
• the Script Materials were written by human authors in accordance with Section 7.2;
• you have obtained and will retain, and will provide to Sponsor on request, signed written releases, licenses, permits and consents from every writer, performer, contributor, crew member, rights holder, location owner and identifiable person connected with the Entry, in each case sufficient to permit the uses contemplated here and any subsequent production, distribution and promotion worldwide in all media in perpetuity;
• the Entry is not subject to any collective bargaining agreement, guild or union obligation, residual, reuse fee, encumbrance, lien or option, and is not the subject of any pending or threatened claim, dispute or litigation;
• the project has not previously been produced, distributed, exhibited or exploited commercially, and no rights in it have been granted, optioned or assigned to any third party; and
• all information you provide to Sponsor is truthful, accurate and complete.

8.2These representations and warranties survive the end of the Competition indefinitely. Sponsor is entitled to rely on them without independent verification.

8.3You will deliver to Sponsor, within five (5) business days of request, copies of all releases, licenses and clearance documentation for your Entry. Failure to do so is grounds for immediate disqualification.

9.1The Competition is in no way sponsored, endorsed, administered by, or associated with TikTok, Instagram, Meta Platforms, YouTube, Google, or any other third party platform or service (each a Platform). You release each Platform completely from any and all liability arising out of or relating to the Competition.

9.2Any information you provide in connection with the Competition is provided to Sponsor and not to any Platform, except that if you connect a Platform account you authorize that Platform to share with Sponsor the data described in Section 9.5.

9.3Promotion. Selected Entrants are encouraged to promote their Production Videos on their Eligible Platform accounts. Every post promoting a Production Video must tag @slate.shots and include #SLATESHOTS in the caption, and must comply with the Platform's branded content and disclosure rules. Views and engagement on any Platform do not count toward the Audience Score under Section 14, which is measured on Slate Shots only.

9.4You are solely responsible for complying with the terms of service, community guidelines, promotions policies and advertising policies of each Platform you use. Sponsor is not responsible for any action taken by a Platform, including removal of your post, suspension or termination of your account, or restriction of your content's distribution.

9.5Platform account verification. By entering, and by connecting an Eligible Platform account when Sponsor makes that connection available, you authorize Sponsor to access, receive and store, through the official application programming interfaces of TikTok, Instagram (Meta) and YouTube (Google), the account and content data those interfaces return for the accounts and posts you connect, including public profile information, post identifiers, publish dates and engagement metrics. Sponsor will use this data only to verify eligibility, to administer the Competition and to operate Sponsor's platform. Sponsor will not access data beyond what the Platform's interface and your authorization allow. You may disconnect an account at any time, subject to Section 3.3.

10.1Sponsor will review Submissions during and after the Submission Period and will choose the Selected Projects that advance to production (the Official Selection). Sponsor will announce the Official Selection in February 2027. Reviewers are appointed by Sponsor in its sole discretion and may include Sponsor personnel, industry professionals and partners.

10.2Submissions will be evaluated on the following criteria and weightings:

10.3Number of Selected Projects. Sponsor expects to select up to two hundred (200) Selected Projects. The actual number is at Sponsor's sole discretion, and Sponsor may select fewer, or none, if it determines that too few Submissions meet the standard of the Competition. More than one Submission by the same entrant may be selected.

10.4Sponsor will notify each entrant whose project is selected (a Selected Entrant) by email using the contact details in the entrant's profile (the Selection Notice). The Selection Notice will confirm the Delivery Deadline, the technical delivery specifications, access to Slate AI Tools and the amount of the Production Stipend. A Selected Entrant must accept the Selection Notice in the manner it describes within [five (5)] business days, or the project may be removed from the Official Selection.

10.5Being selected is not a prize and does not guarantee any Production Stipend, finalist status, prize, production or other benefit, except as expressly stated in these Official Rules.

10.6Sponsor's selection decisions are final. Sponsor is not obliged to provide feedback, scores or reasons to any entrant, and no appeal, review or re-scoring is available. Submissions that are not selected remain subject to Sections 18 and 19.

11.1Each Selected Entrant must produce only the first five (5) minutes of the Selected Project, and not the full script, series or treatment (the Production Video). Sponsor does not require, and the Production Stipend does not fund, production of any material beyond the first five minutes.

11.2Each Production Video must: be based on the Selected Project as submitted; be a vertical video with aspect ratio 9:16 and a minimum resolution of [1080 x 1920]; have a total running time of approximately five (5) minutes [and not more than six (6) minutes], made up of episodes of approximately one (1) to two (2) minutes each; be in English or have burned in English subtitles; and meet any further specifications in the Selection Notice.

11.3Production takes place from March 31 to May 15, 2027. Production Videos may be produced in live action or with any AI tools as described in Section 7.3. Any material change to the story, characters or format of the Selected Project requires Sponsor's prior written approval.

11.4You are solely responsible for producing the Production Video, including all costs, cast, crew, equipment, locations, permits, insurance, health and safety, and compliance with all applicable labor, guild, union and child performer laws and agreements. Sponsor is not the producer or employer of record of any Production Video and has no responsibility for any person engaged in making it.

11.5Delivery. You must upload the Production Video to Slate Shots, in the manner described in the Selection Notice, by the Delivery Deadline. Sponsor may disqualify any Production Video that is late, incomplete or not compliant with these Official Rules, and may, at its discretion, allow a correction within a period it specifies.

11.6Your Production Video must remain published, unedited, undeleted and continuously accessible on Slate Shots from delivery through the end of the Competition. Deleting, hiding, editing or re-uploading the Production Video voids the views and engagement associated with it, as set out in Section 14.6.

12.1Each Selected Entrant who delivers, by the Delivery Deadline, a Production Video that complies with these Official Rules and is produced with Slate AI Tools is eligible for one (1) production stipend per Selected Project (the Production Stipend). Production Videos produced in live action, or with AI tools other than Slate AI Tools, are fully eligible to compete but are not guaranteed a Production Stipend. Sponsor may, depending on available budget and at its sole discretion, offer Production Stipends for some or all of those Production Videos, and will state in the Selection Notice or at slateshots.com whether any such stipends are available and on what terms. Sponsor will determine in good faith, based on the delivery form and any information it requests, whether a Production Video was produced with Slate AI Tools.

12.2Amount. The amount of the Production Stipend has not been determined. It will be set by Sponsor, stated in the Selection Notice or posted at slateshots.com, and will not exceed One Thousand United States Dollars (US$1,000) per Selected Project. Sponsor does not guarantee any minimum amount.

12.3Payment on delivery. The Production Stipend is paid only after delivery. No part of it is advanced or paid before delivery. Sponsor will confirm whether a delivered Production Video is compliant within [fifteen (15)] business days of delivery, and will pay the Production Stipend within [thirty (30)] days after that confirmation and after receiving the tax documentation and payment information described in Section 21.

12.4The Production Stipend is a contribution toward production and is not intended to cover the full cost of producing a Production Video. You bear all costs of production, including any costs in excess of the Production Stipend and any costs incurred for a Production Video that is not delivered or not compliant. Sponsor has no obligation to reimburse any cost.

12.5The Production Stipend is paid to the entrant of record only, through the payment method Sponsor designates. Any fees, currency conversion costs and taxes are borne by the recipient. The Production Stipend is a production payment, not a prize, and does not create any employment, agency, partnership or joint venture relationship with Sponsor.

12.6A Selected Entrant who is disqualified before payment forfeits the Production Stipend. If a Selected Entrant is disqualified after payment for any breach of Sections 7, 8 or 13, the Selected Entrant must repay the Production Stipend in full within thirty (30) days of Sponsor's written demand.

13.1The following conduct is strictly prohibited and will result in immediate disqualification, forfeiture of any Production Stipend and any prize, and where applicable referral to the relevant Platform and to law enforcement:

• purchasing, renting, exchanging, soliciting or otherwise obtaining views, likes, follows, comments, shares or other engagement from any paid service, click farm, engagement pod, bot network or automated source;
• using any bot, script, macro, emulator, automated device, virtual private network, proxy or device farm to generate, inflate or simulate views or engagement;
• offering or providing any payment, prize, entry, discount or other consideration to any person in exchange for viewing, liking, sharing or engaging with an Entry;
• operating multiple or undisclosed accounts, impersonating any person, or misrepresenting the authorship or origin of an Entry;
• misrepresenting the Entry's content in its caption, thumbnail, title or metadata in order to obtain views;
• interfering with, disparaging, harassing or attempting to sabotage any other entrant, judge, Platform or Sponsor personnel; and
• tampering with, hacking or attempting to circumvent the entry, payment, registration, measurement or judging process.

13.2Paid promotion. You may promote your Production Video using paid advertising on an Eligible Platform, provided that (a) all such advertising complies with that Platform's advertising policies and all applicable disclosure law, (b) you disclose all paid promotion, including total spend and placements, to Sponsor in writing on request, and (c) the advertising directs viewers only to your Production Video on Slate Shots. Views arising from paid promotion that Sponsor cannot verify as compliant may be discounted at Sponsor's discretion.

13.3Sponsor may use any method it considers appropriate, including third party fraud detection and analytics tools, to assess the authenticity of views and engagement. Sponsor's good faith determination that views or engagement are inauthentic is final and is not subject to appeal, and Sponsor is not required to disclose its detection methods or data.

13.4Any attempt to deliberately damage or undermine the Competition or Sponsor's systems may violate criminal and civil law. Sponsor reserves the right to seek damages and all other remedies to the fullest extent permitted.

14.1The Selected Projects whose compliant Production Videos were delivered by the Delivery Deadline are the Eligible Productions. One (1) Winner will be selected from among them in two steps: the twenty (20) Eligible Productions with the highest Audience Scores become the Top Twenty Finalists, and the Finalist with the highest Final Score is the potential Winner.

14.2Audience Score. The Audience Score is based on views and engagement recorded by Sponsor on Slate Shots for each Eligible Production during the common viewing window posted under Section 4.2, which ends at the Audience Measurement Time. Engagement may include views, watch time and completion, likes, comments and shares. Sponsor will apply the same methodology to every Eligible Production [and will express each Audience Score on a 100-point scale, in proportion to the highest result among the Eligible Productions]. Views and engagement on any other Platform are not counted.

14.3Top Twenty Finalists. If two or more Eligible Productions are tied for the twentieth position, all tied Eligible Productions become Finalists. No tie will be broken by random drawing, lot or any other method involving chance.

14.4Final Score. Each Finalist receives a Final Score made up of the Jury Score, weighted at fifty percent (50%), and the Audience Score, weighted at fifty percent (50%), each expressed on a 100-point scale.

14.5Jury Score. A jury appointed by Sponsor in its sole discretion will evaluate each Finalist. Jury composition may include Sponsor personnel, industry professionals, brand partners and other individuals selected by Sponsor, and may change without notice. The jury will apply the following criteria and weightings:

14.6If an Eligible Production is deleted, hidden, edited, re-uploaded or removed on Slate Shots at any time before the Audience Measurement Time, its Audience Score is zero.

14.7If Sponsor determines in good faith that audience data has been materially compromised, manipulated, rendered unreliable or made unavailable, Sponsor may (a) discount or disregard views or engagement it considers inauthentic, (b) substitute a later Audience Measurement Time, or (c) have the jury choose some or all of the Finalists and the Winner on the Jury Score alone. Any such determination is final.

14.8Tiebreaker. If two or more Finalists have the same Final Score, the tie is broken in favor of the higher Jury Score. If still tied, the jury chair designated by Sponsor casts the deciding vote. No tie will be broken by random drawing, lot or any other method involving chance.

14.9The jury's decision and Sponsor's calculation of each Audience Score and Final Score are final and binding. Sponsor is not obliged to disclose scores, deliberations, notes or reasons to any entrant, and no appeal, review or re-scoring is available.

14.10Sponsor may, at its discretion, name runners up, honorable mentions or category recognitions carrying no prize, and may decline to award any such recognition.

14.11If Sponsor determines that no Finalist is of sufficient quality, or is sufficiently clearable or producible, to warrant the Grand Prize, Sponsor may decline to award the Grand Prize or may award a substitute prize under Section 16.9.

15.1The potential Winner will be notified using the contact details in the entrant's profile. Sponsor will make three (3) attempts over five (5) business days. If the potential Winner cannot be reached, does not respond within five (5) business days of first notification, or is found ineligible, the potential Winner forfeits all rights and Sponsor may select an alternate from among the remaining Finalists in order of Final Score, or may award no prize.

15.2Before any prize is awarded, the potential Winner must complete, sign and return, within seven (7) business days of receipt: an affidavit or declaration of eligibility; a liability and publicity release; complete chain of title and clearance documentation for the Entry; government issued photo identification; and, as applicable, an IRS Form W-9 or Form W-8BEN and any other tax documentation Sponsor requires. Non United States winners must provide documentation sufficient for Sponsor to satisfy its withholding and reporting obligations.

15.3Failure to return any required document within the stated period, submission of false or incomplete information, or the return of any notification as undeliverable constitutes forfeiture.

15.4Winner status is provisional until Sponsor confirms in writing that all verification requirements and all conditions in Section 16.6 have been satisfied. Sponsor may revoke provisional winner status at any point before that written confirmation.

16.1One (1) Grand Prize will be awarded. The Grand Prize is Sponsor's commitment to develop and produce a long-form version of the winning series, with a production budget of up to Two Hundred Thousand United States Dollars (US$200,000) (the Production Budget), together with mentorship and development support from creators, producers and partners selected by Sponsor.

16.2There is no cash prize. The Production Budget is not paid, transferred, advanced or made available to the Winner. It is held, administered, allocated and disbursed exclusively by Sponsor in its sole discretion in connection with the production. The Winner has no right to receive, direct, audit or claim the Production Budget or any part of it, and no right to any cash alternative or equivalent. The Production Stipend under Section 12 is separate from, and is not part of, the Grand Prize.

16.3The Production Budget is a maximum, not a guaranteed spend. It is inclusive of all above the line and below the line costs, including development, writing, cast, crew, locations, permits, production design, equipment, post production, music, visual effects, clearances, legal fees, errors and omissions and other insurance, contingency, and Sponsor's production fee and overhead allocation. Any portion of the Production Budget not expended remains the property of Sponsor. Sponsor bears no obligation to spend the full amount, and any cost in excess of the Production Budget is incurred only at Sponsor's election.

16.4Sponsor controls the production in all respects, including all creative, casting, budgeting, scheduling, format, episode count, running time, title, distribution, marketing, monetization and brand integration decisions, and including the right to change, adapt, reformat, re-cast, re-write or abandon the project. Sponsor targets release of the long-form series in Q3 2027, but has no obligation to complete, release, exhibit, distribute or promote the production, and no obligation to do so within any particular time.

16.5Winner's engagement. Sponsor intends to engage the Winner in a creative capacity on the production, on terms to be set out in the Production Agreement. The nature of that role, any credit, any compensation, and any participation in revenue are to be negotiated in good faith and set out in the Production Agreement. Nothing in these Official Rules guarantees the Winner any particular role, title, credit, control, approval right, compensation or backend participation, or any employment relationship with Sponsor.

16.6Conditions precedent. Sponsor's obligation to provide the Grand Prize is conditional on each of the following, each to Sponsor's reasonable satisfaction:

• the Winner's execution of the Production Agreement within the period stated in Section 17.1;
• delivery of complete, unencumbered chain of title in the Entry and all underlying material;
• clearance of all third party rights, including music, footage, trademarks, likenesses and locations, on terms and at a cost Sponsor considers commercially acceptable;
• the project being insurable under a customary errors and omissions policy on standard terms;
• the Winner's legal capacity, work authorization and practical availability to participate in the production in the intended production territory;
• the absence of any circumstance relating to the Winner or the Entry that Sponsor reasonably considers would expose Sponsor to material legal, financial, regulatory or reputational risk; and
• the absence of any legal, regulatory, sanctions, guild, union or contractual impediment to the production.

16.7If any condition precedent is not satisfied, or if the Winner declines or fails to execute the Production Agreement, the Winner forfeits the Grand Prize in full. Sponsor may then award the Grand Prize to an alternate Finalist in order of Final Score, or may decline to award it.

16.8Approximate retail value of the Grand Prize: US$200,000. Actual value realized will vary and may be substantially less, and depends entirely on production decisions within Sponsor's control. The Grand Prize is awarded as is, without warranty of any kind, express or implied. It is non transferable, non assignable and may not be substituted, exchanged or redeemed for cash at the Winner's request. No prize may be transferred to any third party or, except as Sponsor may agree in writing, to the Winner's heirs or estate.

16.9Substitution. If Sponsor determines in good faith that production is or has become impracticable, uneconomic, uninsurable, unclearable or legally impermissible, or if any event described in Section 28 occurs, Sponsor may (a) substitute a prize of comparable or greater value, (b) substitute a development commitment consisting of paid development of a pilot and series bible, with a value of not less than US$10,000, or (c) where neither is reasonably achievable, terminate the Grand Prize obligation on written notice, in which case Sponsor's total liability is limited as set out in Section 25.

16.10Chances of being selected for the Official Selection depend on the number and quality of Submissions received and on Sponsor's review under Section 10. Chances of becoming a Finalist depend on the audience views and engagement your Production Video receives relative to all other Eligible Productions, and chances of winning depend equally on that audience result and on the jury's evaluation under Section 14. No odds of winning can be stated because the Competition is not a game of chance.

17.1The Grand Prize is contingent on the Winner executing a separate written production and rights agreement with Sponsor (the Production Agreement) within thirty (30) business days of Sponsor presenting it. Sponsor will negotiate in good faith but is not required to accept any change to its customary terms.

17.2The Winner keeps full ownership of the intellectual property in the winning project, including its story, characters, title and format. The Production Agreement will grant Sponsor the rights needed to develop and produce the long-form series and the exclusive right to distribute and exploit the produced series worldwide in all media for the term it states. The Production Agreement will set out when and how those distribution rights revert to the Winner, together with other terms customary for a production of this type, including any rights of Sponsor in sequels, spin offs and adaptations, the Winner's services, credit and compensation, representations, warranties and indemnities, and confidentiality.

17.3In the event of any conflict between these Official Rules and the executed Production Agreement, the Production Agreement controls as between Sponsor and the Winner.

17.4The Winner will not make any public statement about the Competition result, the production or the Production Agreement without Sponsor's prior written approval, other than to repeat announcements Sponsor has already made publicly.

18.1You retain ownership of the intellectual property in your Entry, subject to the licenses and rights granted in this Section 18 and, if you are the Winner, to the distribution and other rights granted in the Production Agreement under Section 17.

18.2By entering, you grant Sponsor and its affiliates, successors, licensees, distribution partners and designees a worldwide, perpetual, irrevocable, royalty free, fully paid, non exclusive, transferable and sublicensable license to host, store, reproduce, publicly perform, publicly display, exhibit, stream, broadcast, distribute, excerpt, edit, crop, caption, subtitle, dub, translate, reformat, create derivative works from and otherwise use the Entry, in whole or in part, in any and all media now known or later developed, for the purposes of operating, administering, judging, exhibiting and promoting the Competition and for promoting Sponsor, the Slate Shots brand and Sponsor's platform and services.

18.3The license in Section 18.2 includes the right to publish Production Videos on Slate Shots, to use the Entry in Sponsor's marketing, sizzle reels, investor and brand partner presentations, press materials, social media, event screenings and platform showcases, and to display the Entry alongside advertising or sponsorship without any payment to you. Sponsor will not publish Script Materials or One-Pagers to the public other than as excerpts in connection with promoting a Selected Project or the Winner.

18.4Exclusive first look. For a period of six (6) months beginning on the date the Winner is announced, every entrant grants Sponsor an exclusive first look at the production, development, series, distribution and adaptation rights in that entrant's project, whether or not it is selected for the Official Selection or as the Winner. During that period, the entrant will not grant, option, assign, shop or negotiate those rights with any third party, and will negotiate with Sponsor in good faith if Sponsor elects to pursue them. If Sponsor passes in writing, or the six-month period ends without a written agreement, the entrant may take those rights elsewhere, subject to Section 18.2, which continues.

18.5Moral rights. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, you waive, and agree never to assert, any moral right, droit moral, right of integrity, right of attribution or equivalent right in the Entry against Sponsor or any party authorized by Sponsor. Where such rights cannot be waived by law, you consent to all acts and omissions that would otherwise infringe them.

18.6You waive any right to inspect or approve any use of the Entry, and any right to compensation, credit, royalty, residual or other payment in connection with any use permitted by this Section 18, other than the Production Stipend under Section 12 where applicable.

18.7Sponsor has no obligation to use, display, exhibit, produce or distribute any Entry, and no obligation to return any Entry or any material submitted with it.

19.1All Entries are submitted on a non confidential and non obligation basis. No confidential, fiduciary, agency, partnership, joint venture, employment or implied contractual relationship is created between you and Sponsor by your Entry or by Sponsor's receipt, review or evaluation of it. Sponsor is under no obligation of secrecy with respect to any Entry.

19.2You acknowledge that Sponsor receives a large volume of submissions and pitches, that Sponsor and its personnel independently create, develop, acquire and produce content continuously, and that ideas, themes, formats, settings, characters, plots and premises are frequently similar or identical by coincidence and are in many cases not protectable.

19.3You acknowledge that Sponsor may now be, or may in the future be, developing, producing or exploiting material that is similar or identical to your Entry, and you irrevocably waive and release any and all claims against Sponsor and its affiliates, personnel, judges, partners and licensees arising out of or relating to any such similarity or identity, including claims for breach of implied or express contract, idea submission, idea theft, breach of confidence, misappropriation, unfair competition, unjust enrichment, quantum meruit and any equivalent claim under any law. You agree that Sponsor owes you no compensation, credit or acknowledgment in respect of any such material.

19.4Nothing in this Section 19 limits your right to bring a claim for direct infringement of the copyright in the specific protected expression fixed in your Entry.

19.5You agree not to submit, and Sponsor does not want to receive, any confidential information or trade secret in or with your Entry.

20.1Except where prohibited by law, by entering you grant Sponsor and those authorized by Sponsor the irrevocable, worldwide, perpetual, royalty free right to use your name, city and country of residence, voice, image, likeness, photograph, biography, social media handles and statements, and those of any person appearing in your Entry for whom you have obtained a release, for advertising, publicity, promotional and trade purposes in any and all media, without further notice, review, approval, compensation or consideration.

20.2Sponsor may require the Winner and any Selected Entrant to participate in publicity, press, interviews, photography, filming, live events and promotional appearances relating to the Competition, at Sponsor's expense for reasonable pre-approved travel where Sponsor requests attendance in person, and without additional compensation. Failure or refusal to participate reasonably may result in forfeiture.

21.1All taxes, levies, duties and charges of any kind arising from or relating to any Production Stipend, prize, benefit or payment, and all costs and expenses not expressly stated to be covered by Sponsor, are the sole responsibility of the recipient.

21.2Before any Production Stipend is paid, the Selected Entrant must provide an IRS Form W-9 or Form W-8BEN, as applicable, and any other tax documentation and payment information Sponsor requires. Sponsor will report and withhold as required by applicable law. Payments or benefits to non United States persons may be subject to United States withholding at the statutory rate unless a valid treaty claim is properly documented. Recipients are responsible for obtaining independent tax advice. Sponsor gives no tax advice and makes no representation about the tax treatment or valuation of any Production Stipend or prize.

22.1Personal information collected in connection with the Competition is processed by Sponsor as controller in accordance with Sponsor's Privacy Policy at [PRIVACY POLICY URL], which is incorporated into these Official Rules by reference. Where the Privacy Policy and these Official Rules conflict on privacy matters, the Privacy Policy controls.

22.2Sponsor processes your personal information to administer the Competition, verify eligibility, process the Processing Fee and Production Stipend, measure audience views and engagement, communicate with entrants, award and administer prizes, comply with legal, tax and regulatory obligations, and where you have consented or Sponsor has another lawful basis, for marketing. This includes data received from Eligible Platform APIs as described in Section 9.5.

22.3Because the Competition is administered from the United States, your personal information will be transferred to and processed in the United States and in other countries whose data protection laws may differ from those of your country of residence. Where required, Sponsor relies on appropriate transfer safeguards, including standard contractual clauses. By entering you acknowledge this transfer.

22.4Sponsor may share personal information with its service providers, including its payment processor, and with judges, reviewers, prize providers, brand partners, professional advisers and regulators as necessary for the purposes above. Sponsor retains Competition records for as long as needed for those purposes and for its legal and defensive requirements.

22.5Depending on your jurisdiction you may have rights to access, correct, delete, restrict or object to the processing of your personal information, or to withdraw consent or lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority. Requests may be sent to info@slatemarket.io. Exercising a right to erasure or objection during the Competition may make it impossible for Sponsor to administer your Entry, in which case your Entry may be withdrawn.

23.1Sponsor reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to modify, suspend, extend, shorten, restart or terminate the Competition, in whole or in part, or to amend these Official Rules at any time, for any reason, including where Sponsor determines that the integrity, fairness, security, administration or lawfulness of the Competition has been or may be compromised.

23.2Amendments take effect when a revised version is posted at slateshots.com. Continuing to participate after a revision is posted constitutes acceptance of the revision. Where required by law, Sponsor will provide additional notice.

23.3If the Competition is terminated before the Winner is announced, Sponsor may, at its discretion, award the Grand Prize or a substitute prize from among eligible Entries received before termination on the basis Sponsor considers fair, or award no prize. [Sponsor will refund the Processing Fee for any Submission that Sponsor had not reviewed at the time of termination.] Sponsor will pay the Production Stipend for any eligible Production Video under Section 12.1 already delivered at the time of termination. Otherwise, no entrant is entitled to any compensation, reimbursement of costs, or damages of any kind in that event.

23.4Sponsor's failure to enforce any provision of these Official Rules does not waive that provision or any other.

24.1Sponsor may disqualify any entrant or Entry, at any time and without prior notice, and may revoke or reclaim any Production Stipend or prize already paid or awarded, where Sponsor determines in good faith that the entrant or Entry has breached these Official Rules, provided false or misleading information, engaged in conduct prohibited by Section 13, infringed any third party right, failed verification, or engaged in conduct that Sponsor reasonably considers likely to bring Sponsor, the Competition or any partner into disrepute, whether that conduct occurs before, during or after the Competition.

24.2A disqualified entrant forfeits all rights, all Production Stipends and all prizes, is not entitled to a refund of any Processing Fee, must return or reimburse the value of anything already received, and has no claim of any kind against Sponsor.

24.3Sponsor may ban a disqualified entrant from future Sponsor competitions and from Sponsor's platform.

25.1By entering, you release and hold harmless Sponsor, its parent, subsidiaries and affiliates, and their respective officers, directors, employees, contractors, agents, judges, reviewers, partners, sponsors, prize providers, payment processors, advertising and promotional agencies, and each Platform (collectively, the Released Parties) from and against any and all claims, demands, liabilities, losses, damages, injuries, costs and expenses of any kind, whether direct or indirect, arising out of or relating to: your participation in the Competition; the preparation, creation, submission, production, posting, promotion or exhibition of your Entry, including any injury or loss during production of a Production Video; the measurement, calculation or reporting of views or engagement; the selection or non selection of any Submission, Eligible Production or Winner; the amount, payment or non payment of any Production Stipend; the award, acceptance, use, misuse, valuation, substitution, delay or non award of any prize; any production or non production of any series; any act or omission of any Platform; and any unauthorized human or non human intervention in the Competition.

25.2TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, THE RELEASED PARTIES ARE NOT LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, EXEMPLARY OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, OR FOR ANY LOST PROFITS, LOST OPPORTUNITY, LOST REVENUE, REPUTATIONAL HARM, OR COST OF PRODUCING OR PROMOTING AN ENTRY, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.

25.3TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, THE TOTAL AGGREGATE LIABILITY OF THE RELEASED PARTIES TO ANY ENTRANT, ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THE COMPETITION OR THESE OFFICIAL RULES, ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WILL NOT EXCEED THE GREATER OF (A) THE PROCESSING FEES THAT ENTRANT ACTUALLY PAID, AND (B) ONE HUNDRED UNITED STATES DOLLARS (US$100), TOGETHER WITH ANY PRODUCTION STIPEND EARNED BUT NOT PAID. ENTRANTS WAIVE ANY RIGHT TO SEEK ATTORNEYS' FEES EXCEPT WHERE SUCH WAIVER IS UNENFORCEABLE.

25.4The Competition and all Entries, Production Stipends and prizes are provided without warranty of any kind. To the maximum extent permitted by law, the Released Parties disclaim all warranties, express, implied and statutory, including warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, title, non infringement, and uninterrupted or error free operation.

25.5Some jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion or limitation of certain warranties, damages or liabilities. Where that is the case, the exclusions and limitations in this Section 25 apply to the fullest extent permitted, and nothing here excludes liability for death or personal injury caused by negligence, for fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation, or for any other liability that cannot lawfully be excluded.

26.1You agree to indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Released Parties from and against any and all third party claims, proceedings, liabilities, damages, awards, settlements, penalties, costs and expenses, including reasonable attorneys' fees, arising out of or relating to: any breach of your representations, warranties or obligations under these Official Rules; any allegation that your Entry infringes, misappropriates or violates any right of any person; any failure to obtain a required release, license, consent or permit; any claim by any writer, contributor, performer, crew member, collaborator or rights holder connected with your Entry; the production of your Production Video; your use of generative artificial intelligence; and your conduct in promoting your Entry, including any conduct prohibited by Section 13.

26.2Sponsor may assume the exclusive defense and control of any matter subject to indemnification, at your expense, and you agree to cooperate fully. You will not settle any such matter in a way that imposes any obligation or admission on any Released Party without Sponsor's prior written consent.

26.3This Section 26 survives the end of the Competition indefinitely.

27.1These Official Rules and any dispute arising out of or relating to them or to the Competition are governed by the laws of the State of California, United States, and applicable United States federal law, without regard to conflict of laws principles or the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods.

27.2Informal resolution first. Before commencing any arbitration or proceeding, you agree to notify Sponsor in writing at 12021 Wilshire Blvd #200, Los Angeles, CA 90025, describing the dispute and the relief sought, and to negotiate in good faith for thirty (30) days.

27.3Binding individual arbitration. Except as stated in Sections 27.5 and 27.6, any dispute that is not resolved informally will be resolved exclusively by final and binding individual arbitration administered by [JAMS or the American Arbitration Association: select one] under its then current rules for consumer or commercial disputes, before a single arbitrator, seated in Los Angeles County, California, conducted in English. The arbitrator has exclusive authority to decide all issues, including arbitrability, except as stated in Section

27.4. Judgment on the award may be entered in any court of competent jurisdiction.

27.4Class action waiver. ALL PROCEEDINGS WILL BE CONDUCTED ONLY ON AN INDIVIDUAL BASIS. YOU AND SPONSOR WAIVE ANY RIGHT TO BRING OR PARTICIPATE IN ANY CLASS, COLLECTIVE, CONSOLIDATED, COORDINATED, MASS OR REPRESENTATIVE PROCEEDING, AND ANY RIGHT TO A JURY TRIAL. The arbitrator may not consolidate claims or preside over any representative proceeding. The enforceability of this Section 27.4 is to be decided by a court and not by the arbitrator, and if it is found unenforceable as to any claim, that claim will proceed in the courts identified in Section 27.5 and the remainder of Section 27 continues to apply.

27.5Court proceedings. Either party may bring an individual action in a small claims court of competent jurisdiction. Sponsor may seek injunctive or equitable relief in any court of competent jurisdiction to protect its intellectual property, confidential information or the integrity of the Competition. For any dispute not subject to arbitration, the parties submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal courts located in Los Angeles, California, and waive any objection to venue or inconvenient forum.

27.6Mandatory local law. If you are a consumer resident in a jurisdiction whose law gives you a non waivable right to bring proceedings in your local courts, to the protection of your local consumer law, or that prohibits pre-dispute arbitration agreements or class action waivers, nothing in this Section 27 limits that right, and Sections 27.3 and 27.4 do not apply to you to the extent they are unenforceable in your jurisdiction. Nothing in these Official Rules affects your rights as a consumer to rely on mandatory provisions of the law of your country of residence.

27.7Any claim must be brought within one (1) year after it arises, or within the shortest period permitted by applicable law if longer is required, failing which it is permanently barred.

28.1Sponsor is not liable for any delay in or failure to perform any obligation under these Official Rules, including any delay in or failure to pay any Production Stipend, award any prize or commence, continue or complete any production, where caused by any event beyond its reasonable control, including act of God, natural disaster, extreme weather, fire, flood, pandemic, epidemic or public health measure, war, hostilities, civil unrest, terrorism, act of government or regulator, change in law, sanctions, labor dispute, strike, guild or union action, embargo, supply failure, financing failure, insurance unavailability, cyber attack, power or telecommunications failure, internet, payment system or Platform outage, or the discontinuation, material change or loss of access to any Platform or its data.

28.2Where any such event materially affects the Competition, Sponsor may exercise any right in Section 16.9 or Section 23 without liability.

29.1Severability. If any provision of these Official Rules is found invalid, illegal or unenforceable, that provision will be modified to the minimum extent necessary to make it enforceable or, if modification is not possible, severed. All remaining provisions continue in full force.

29.2Entire agreement. These Official Rules, together with the documents expressly incorporated by reference, constitute the entire agreement between you and Sponsor concerning the Competition, and supersede all prior or contemporaneous statements, representations, understandings and communications, whether oral or written, including any statement made in any advertisement, website copy, social media post, press release, interview or event presentation. No statement by any employee, contractor, judge or partner of Sponsor varies these Official Rules unless made in a signed writing by an authorized officer of Sponsor.

29.3Assignment. You may not assign or transfer any right or obligation under these Official Rules. Sponsor may assign these Official Rules and any right or obligation under them, in whole or in part, without your consent, including in connection with any merger, acquisition, reorganization or sale of assets.

29.4No third party beneficiaries, except that each Released Party may enforce the provisions that benefit it.

29.5Relationship. Nothing in these Official Rules, including the payment of any Production Stipend, creates any employment, agency, partnership, joint venture or fiduciary relationship between you and Sponsor.

29.6Language. These Official Rules are drafted in English. Any translation is provided for convenience only, and the English version controls in the event of any inconsistency, except where applicable law requires otherwise.

29.7Headings are for convenience only and do not affect interpretation. "Including" means including without limitation.

29.8Survival. Sections 8, 12.6, 18, 19, 20, 21, 25, 26, 27 and 29 survive the end or termination of the Competition.

30.1The name of the Winner will be posted at slateshots.com when the Winner is announced, between June 2 and June 12, 2027, and will remain available for thirty (30) days. A written request for the Winner's name may also be sent to the address in Section 30.2.

30.2Questions about these Official Rules or the Competition may be directed to shots@slatemarket.io or to Artissn Corp. d/b/a Slate Market, Attn: Slate Shots, 12021 Wilshire Blvd #200, Los Angeles CA 90025, United States.