Call for Stories for Special Epsiode Celebrating Gabby’s Dollhouse

Grownups, have your kids write a story about failing fantistically! Write us a story from your imagination about a character who fails fantastically! Maybe your character is trying something new, or going to a new place! And maybe it’s something pretty funny or silly or weird. Then - the good part - have your character fail fantastically at whatever they’re trying! And finally, tell us how your character is learning and growing as a result of failing fantastically. Submit at the button, and select “Gabby’s Dollhouse” for the reason your submitting.

Terms and Conditions

DreamWorks Animation L.L.C. is not a sponsor or administrator of this promotion. Entrants are providing information to Sponsor and not to DreamWorks Animation L.L.C.

If they have all parents who submit their child’s story sign a release, please ask them to include the first paragraph below and add DreamWorks Animation L.L.C. as a released party in all releases. If they will not receive releases from all parents submitting their children’s stories, please ask them to both paragraphs to the submission page instead. We will also need to review the submission page and any other assets once they are ready.

By submitting Stories or Materials to Story Pirates in connection with the DreamWorks Gabby’s Dollhouse collaboration, entrants agree to and acknowledge the following: “I understand that although I may believe my submission to be unique and novel, there may be preexisting ideas, concepts, or proposals that are similar to my submission.” I recognize that other persons, including DreamWorks Animation L.L.C.’s (“DreamWorks”) own employees, may have submitted to DreamWorks, NBCUniversal Media, LLC or its affiliates or others, or made public, or may in the future originate and submit or make public, similar or identical ideas, concepts, or proposals that DreamWorks may have the right to use, and entrants understand that they will not be entitled to any compensation because of DreamWorks’ use of such similar or identical ideas, concepts, or proposals in any manner.  I further understand and agree that DreamWorks’ use of material containing features or elements similar or identical to those contained in my Stories or Materials will not obligate DreamWorks to negotiate with you or entitle you to any compensation if DreamWorks determines that it has an independent legal right to use that other material for any reason (for example, because the features or elements are not new or novel, were not originated by your child, or were or may hereafter be independently created and submitted by other persons, including DreamWorks employees).  

By submitting Stories or Materials to Story Pirates in connection with the DreamWorks Gabby’s Dollhouse collaboration, entrant agrees for entrant and for entrant’s heirs, executors, and administrators (a) to release and hold harmless DreamWorks Animation L.L.C. and each of its respective officers, directors, agents, and employees (collectively, “Released Parties”) from any liability, illness, injury, death, loss, litigation, or damage that may occur, directly or indirectly, whether caused by negligence or not, from your submission (b) to indemnify Released Parties from any and all liability resulting or arising from the Gabby’s Dollhouse collaboration and to hereby acknowledge that Released Parties have neither made nor are in any manner responsible or liable for any warranty, representation, or guarantee, express or implied, in fact or in law, relative to potentially adapting your child’s story for a special Gabby’s Dollhouse themed bonus episode of the Story Pirates podcast; (c) if your child’s story is selected to be adapted for a special Gabby’s Dollhouse themed bonus episode of the Story Pirates Podcast, to the posting of such entrant’s name and the use by Released Parties of such name, city, state, likeness, image, and/or voice for purposes of advertising, promotion, and publicity in any and all media now or hereafter known, throughout the world in perpetuity, without additional compensation, notification, permission, or approval, and, upon request, to the giving of consent, in writing, to such use; and (d) to be bound by all decisions of Story Pirates and DreamWorks which are binding and final. Failure to comply with these conditions may result in disqualification