2026 Bailey's Summer Reading Challenge Registration

Bailey's Summer Reading Challenge

Hosted by AKC Public Education All materials will be sent to your email address upon completing this form. Todos los materiales se enviarán a su dirección de correo electrónico una vez completado este formulario.
Entrant (parent/legal guardian of participant)//Entrante(padre / tutor legal del participante)

First NameLast Name
Entrant's Phone Number// Número de teléfono del entrante
Please enter a valid phone number.Format: (000) 000-0000.
Entrant's Email Address (reading log and reading response sheet will automatically be emailed to this email)// Dirección de correo electrónico del entrante (el registro de lectura y la hoja de respuestas de lectura se enviarán automáticamente a este correo electrónico)
example@example.com
Entrant's Mailing Address (if eligible, prizes will be mailed to this address)// Dirección postal del entrante (si cumple los requisitos, los premios se enviarán por correo a esta dirección).

Street Address

Street Address Line 2

CityState / Province

Postal / Zip Code
Participant's Name (participating child)// Nombre del participante (niño/a que va a participar)

First NameLast Name
Participant's Grade (2026-2027 school year)// // Grado del participante (año escolar 2026-2027)
I affirm I am the parent/legal guardian of the Participant above and I am over the age of 18// Afirmo que soy el padre/tutor legal del Participante mencionado anteriormente y que tengo más de 18 años.
Please Review the Official Rules and Terms of Bailey's Summer Reading Challenge Hosted by American Kennel Club// Revise las reglas y términos oficiales del desafío de lectura de verano de Bailey organizado por el American Kennel Club. Le podemos proporcionar una traducción a pedido.
AKC Education Summer Reading Challenge
OFFICIAL RULES
NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. A PURCHASE OR PAYMENT OF ANY KIND WILL NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING. INTERNET ACCESS AND EMAIL ADDRESS REQUIRED. ALL FEDERAL, STATE, LOCAL AND MUNICIPAL LAWS AND REGULATIONS WILL APPLY. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED.
1. Eligibility: The AKC Education Summer Reading Contest (the “Contest”) is open to legal residents of the fifty (50) United States and the District of Columbia, who are entering grades K-12 for the 2026-2027 academic school year (each, a “Participant”). All entries for this Content must be submitted by Participant’s parent or legal guardian, who must be at least eighteen (18) years of age or the age of majority in their jurisdiction of residence, whichever is greater, at the time of registration (each, an “Entrant”). Employees of The American Kennel Club, Inc. and its affiliated companies (“Contest Entities”) as well as the immediate family (spouse, parents, siblings and children) and household members are not eligible to enter. Participation in the Contest constitutes Entrant’s full and unconditional agreement to these Official Rules and Sponsor’s decisions, which are final and binding in all matters related to this Contest. Winning a prize is contingent upon fulfilling all requirements set forth herein. The Contest is subject to all applicable federal, state and local laws and regulations and is void where prohibited by law.
2. Sponsor: The American Kennel Club, Inc., 8051 Arco Corporate Drive, Suite 100, Raleigh, NC 27617.
3. Agreement to Official Rules and Policies: By participating, Entrants agree to abide by and be bound by these Official Rules. The decisions of the Sponsor are final and binding in all respects. Winning a prize is contingent upon fulfilling all requirements set forth herein.
4. Contest Period: The Contest begins on April 1, 2026, at 8:00 am ET. Each Entrant must register with Sponsor by submitting a Registration Form via Jotform before August 14, 2026, at 11:00 pm ET. All Required Materials are due to Sponsor by August 31, 2026, at 11:00pm ET. 
5. How to Register:
a. Registration Method: Upon receipt of a completed Registration Form, Sponsor will provide [via email] to each Entrant a reading log and response sheet. 
1. Each Entrant must complete a registration form, available on Jotform, for each Participant (each a “Registration Form”). All Registration Forms, once submitted, become the property of Sponsor and will not be acknowledged or returned. All Registration Forms must be submitted to Sponsor no later than August 14, 2026, at 11:00pm ET. 
2. Upon receipt of a completed Registration Form, Sponsor will email Entrants with a Response Sheet and Reading Log (the “Required Materials”) using the email address listed on the Registration Form. 
3. Entrants must submit to Sponsor (via email or mail) completed Required Materials by August 31, 2026, at 11:00pm ET to be eligible for a prize. Sponsor’s computer is the official time-keeping device for this Contest. Submission of required materials may be sent to the Sponsor via the following two methods:
Mailing: The required materials may be mailed to: American Kennel Club, Attn: Education Department, 8051 Arco Corporate Drive, Suite 100, Raleigh, NC 27617
Emailing: The required materials may be emailed to: publiced@akc.org
c. Eligibility of Entrants 
All Entrants who submit their Registration Form and/or Required Materials in violation of the eligibility requirements will be disqualified. Use of any automated system or of multiple accounts to enter the Contest is prohibited and may result in disqualification. Sponsor is not responsible for lost, late, incomplete, illegible, corrupted, damaged, invalid, unintelligible or misdirected entries, which will be disqualified.
d. Requirements for prize eligibility:
To be eligible for a prize, the Entrant must submit the Participant’s completed Required Materials. By submitting the Required Materials on behalf of the Participant, the Entrant is attesting that the Participant has read the recorded number of grade- level-appropriate books listed on the reading log out loud or silently without any assistance. In addition, the Entrant is attesting that the ideas and thoughts on the reading response sheet belong solely to the Participant. 
6. Prize Determination: Each Entrant who provides the Sponsor with the Required Materials will be eligible to receive a prize. Sponsor will award prizes based on the following prize scale at the conclusion of the contest:
a. Tier 1 Prize (estimated value of $0.50 or less): 5 books read and recorded on reading log + completed response sheet. 
b. Tier 2 Prize (estimated value of $1.00 or less): 10 books read and recorded on reading log + completed response sheet.
c. Tier 3 Prize (estimated value of $3.00 or less): 15 books read and recorded on reading log + completed response sheet.
d. Tier 4 Prize (estimated value of $5.00 or less): 25+ books read and recorded on reading log + completed response sheet.
Prizes are non-negotiable, non-transferable and non-refundable. No cash alternative is available. Prize winners are responsible for all taxes and fees, if any, associated with prize receipt. All prizes will be sent by Sponsor to eligible Entrants via USPS or FedEx by September 29, 2026.
9. Prize Notification: Eligible prize recipients will be notified by September 15, 2026, 11:00 PM ET using the email address provided on the Registration Form. All prize recipients must continue to comply with all terms and conditions of these Official Rules and Sponsor’s sending of each prize is contingent upon fulfilling all requirements. The prizes will be fulfilled approximately September 29, 2026. By entering the Contest, Entrants agree to the use by Sponsor and its designees of their names, statements and photographs/likenesses for advertising and promotional purposes for this and similar promotions, worldwide, and in perpetuity, in any and all forms of media, now known or hereafter devised (including and without limitation, the Internet) without additional compensation except where prohibited by law. Upon request, prize recipients agree to consent to such request in writing.
10. General Conditions: Sponsor reserves the right to cancel, suspend and/or modify the Contest, or any part of it, if any fraud, technical failures, human error or any other factor impairs the integrity or proper functioning of the Contest, as determined by Sponsor in its sole discretion. Sponsor reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to disqualify any individual it finds to be tampering with the registration process or the operation of the Contest or to be acting in violation of the Official Rules of this or any other Contest or in an inappropriate, unsportsmanlike or disruptive manner. Any attempt by any person to deliberately undermine the legitimate operation of the Contest may be a violation of criminal and civil law, and, should such an attempt be made, Sponsor reserves the right to seek damages from any such person to the fullest extent permitted by law. Sponsor’s failure to enforce any term of these Official Rules shall not constitute a waiver of that.
11. Release and Limitations of Liability: By participating in the Contest, Entrants agree to release and hold the Contest Entities and their respective related companies, parents, subsidiaries, affiliates, and their respective agents and agencies, promotional partners, and their respective officers, directors, employees and agents (collectively, the “Released Parties”) from and against any claim or cause of action arising out of participation in the Contest or use of the prize, including, but not limited to: (a) unauthorized human intervention in the Contest; (b) technical errors related to computers, servers, providers, or telephone or network lines; (c) printing errors; (d) errors in the administration of the Contest; (e) late, lost, stolen, illegible, inaccurate, delayed, misdirected or undeliverable, posts, email, mail; or (f) injury or damage to persons or property which may be caused, directly or indirectly, in whole or in part, from Entrant’s participation in the Contest. Entrants further agree that in any cause of action, the Released Parties’ liability will be limited to the cost of entering and participating in the Contest and in no event shall the Released Parties be liable for attorney’s fees. Entrants waive the right to claim any damages whatsoever, including, but not limited to, punitive, consequential, direct, or indirect damages.
To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, Entrant hereby irrevocably waives all legal and equitable rights relating to all liabilities, claims, demands, actions, suits, damages, and expenses, including but not limited to claims for copyright or trademark infringement, infringement of moral rights, libel, defamation, invasion of any rights of privacy (including intrusion, false light, public disclosure of private facts, and misappropriation of name or likeness), violation of rights of publicity, physical or emotional injury or distress, or any similar claim or cause of action in tort, contract, or any other legal theory, now known or hereafter known in any jurisdiction throughout the world (collectively, “Claims”), arising directly or indirectly from the exercise of rights by Sponsor, its affiliates, licensees, agents and assignees and other working for it or on its behalf under these Official Rules or the production, exhibition, exploitation, advertising, promotion, or other use of Entrant’s Registration Form and Required Materials, and whether resulting in whole or in part from the negligence of Sponsor, its affiliates, licensees, agents and assignees and other working for it or on its behalf, or any other person, and Entrant hereby covenants not to make or bring any such Claim against Sponsor, its affiliates, licensees, agents and assignees and other working for it or on its behalf, and forever releases and discharges the Sponsor, its affiliates, licensees, agents and assignees and other working for it or on its behalf from liability under such Claims.
12. Disputes: Except where prohibited, Entrants agree that any and all disputes, claims and causes of action arising out of, or connected with, the Contest or any prize awarded (“Disputes”) shall be resolved individually, without resort to any form of class action, and exclusively by the appropriate court located in New York, New York. All Disputes, issues and questions concerning the construction, validity, interpretation and enforceability of these Official Rules, or the rights and obligations of Entrants, or the rights and obligations of the Sponsor in connection with the Contest, shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York and the federal laws of the United States of America without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law rules or provisions, which would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdiction other than New York. 
13. Collection and Use of Personal Information: By entering the Contest, Entrants agree to Sponsor’s collection, use and disclosure of Entrant’s personal information as described in Sponsor’s Privacy Notice, located at https://www.akc.org/privacy/ and Entrants agree that personal data submitted with a registration form, including but not limited to name, mailing address, phone number and email address may be collected, processed, shared, disclosed, stored, maintained and otherwise used by Sponsor (i) for the purposes of conducting and administering the Contest; (ii) for marketing purposes by the Sponsor if Entrant has opted-in to receive marketing communication from Sponsor; and (iii) for any other purpose outlined in these Official Rules.

By signing below, I confirm I have reviewed and agree with the Official Rules and Terms of Bailey's Summer Reading Challenge Hosted by American Kennel Club// Al firmar a continuación, confirmo que he revisado y estoy de acuerdo con las reglas y términos oficiales del desafío de lectura de verano de Bailey organizado por el American Kennel Club.
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I agree// Estoy de acuerdo
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