CONNECTIONS MAY 2013 ENERGY Entry Title: ___________________________________________________________ First Name: __________________________________________________________ Last Name: __________________________________________________________ Birthdate: ___________________________________________________________ Address: ____________________________________________________________ Zip/Postal Code: _______________________________________________________ Email Address: ________________________________________________________ Daytime Telephone Number: ______________________________________________ I am a NorthWestern Energy (Check box that applies): q Natural Gas Customer q Electric Customer q Natural Gas & Electric Customer q I agree to the official contest rules. *Contest entry, including signed form must be received by 5 p.m. (MST), Friday, June 7, to be included in the contest. NORTHWESTERN ENERGY - EARTH DAY PHOTO CONTEST RULES SPONSOR AND ORGANIZER: The sponsor of the NorthWestern Energy My Corner of the World Photo Contest (“Contest”) is NorthWestern Corporation d/b/a NorthWestern Energy, 3010 West 69 th Street, Sioux Falls, South Dakota 57108 (“NorthWestern”). The organizer is Flynn Wright, 1408 Locust St., Des Moines, Iowa 50309 (“Organizer”). TERM: The Contest begins April 22, 2013 at 8 am MST Time and ends June 21, 2013 at 5 pm MST Time. WHO MAY ENTER: The Contest is free to enter and open to all active NorthWestern electric and gas/propane customers who have reached the age of majority in Montana, Nebraska and South Dakota. Employees of NorthWestern and their immediate family members are eligible to participate in the Contest. Employees and immediate family members of the Organizer are not eligible to participate in the Contest. HOW TO ENTER: To enter the Contest, complete the registration form at www.mycornercontest.com with your name, email address, birth date and any required questions, and then follow the directions specified to submit a photograph. You must register for a Strutta account in order to participate in the Contest, or log in via Facebook, and must agree to Strutta Media Inc.’s terms of service. The Organizer will determine if an entry meets the requirements of these rules. Entries that do not include all the required information or adhere to these rules will be considered void. You may submit more than one entry. CONTEST PRIZE: The top three winners will be selected by a panel of judges after public voting. The grand prize includes a complete photography package including an ENERGY STAR ® certified HP laptop, a Nikon Coolpix P7700 digital camera and a $100 Shutterfly.com gift certificate. Second place includes an Energy Forward ENERGY STAR certified Samsung 40” LED Smart HDTV and a $50 Shutterfly.com gift certificate. Third place includes a $50 Shutterfly. com gift certificate. JUDGING: The Contest winner will be influenced by public vote and selected by a panel of judges. By participating in the Contest you permit public voting in connection with your entry. CONDITIONS: THIS CONTEST IS VOID WHERE PROHIBITED. By submitting an entry, participants agree that the decisions of NorthWestern and the Organizer are final and binding with respect to all matters relating to the Contest and that NorthWestern may use the entry and each entrant’s name in any media, publicity or advertising without compensation. All federal, state and local taxes on prizes are the sole responsibility of the prize winner. In the event the selected winner is ineligible, refuses the price, cannot be located or does not respond within ten days to a winner notification the prize will be forfeited and NorthWestern, in its sole discretion, may choose whether to award the prize to another entrant. NorthWestern reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to disqualify any entrant and to cancel, modify, or suspend the Contest. If the photograph contains any material or elements not owned by the entrant or which are subject to the rights of third parties, or if any person appears in the photograph, the entrant is responsible for obtaining, prior to submission of the entry, any and all releases and consents necessary to permit NorthWestern’s use of the photograph. By entering the Contest, the participant grants an irrevocable, perpetual, non-exclusive license to NorthWestern, to reproduce, distribute, display and create derivative works of the photo in any NorthWestern media. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY: By entering the Contest, all the participant agrees to release, discharge, and hold harmless NorthWestern and the Organizer and their agents, employees, officers, directors, and representatives from any claims, losses, and damages arising out of the participation in this Contest or any Contest-related activities. Love your community? Live efficiently? Show us how and you could win awesome prizes. NorthWestern Energy invites you to photograph your corner of the world and show us all the things you do to preserve our communities, conserve energy and live more efficiently. Submit your photos for a chance to win out of this world prizes! Your photos could even be chosen to represent NorthWestern Energy in future communication materials seen throughout your community. Enter online at www.mycornercontest. com before June 7 voting will be open to the public June 10-21 and the top three winners will be announced on June 27. Winners will be notified. In addition to the announcement online, we will post the winning entries in the September monthly bill insert. No internet? No problem. Contestants may submit photographs digitally by mail on a CD or DVD. Please do not send prints. Mail your entry by Monday, June 3, along with this completed form to: NorthWestern Energy ATTN: My Corner of the World Contest 40 E. Broadway St. | Butte, MT 59701. Picture Yourself Winning Big