Terms of Service

Last updated October 14, 2026

Agreement to our legal terms

We are Writing Woods (“Company,” “we,” “us,” “our“), a business operating in Tennessee, United States at 5727 Clinton Hwy, #12096, Knoxville, TN 37912.

We operate the website https://writingwoods.com (the “Site“), as well as any other related products and services that refer or link to these legal terms (the “Legal Terms“) (collectively, the “Services“).

We provide a platform for writers to connect, share, and learn.

You can contact us by email at info@writingwoods.com or by mail to 5727 Clinton Hwy, #12096, Knoxville, TN 37912, United States.

These Legal Terms constitute a legally binding agreement made between you, whether personally or on behalf of an entity (“you“), and Writing Woods, concerning your access to and use of the Services. You agree that by accessing the Services, you have read, understood, and agreed to be bound by all of these Legal Terms. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH ALL OF THESE LEGAL TERMS, THEN YOU ARE EXPRESSLY PROHIBITED FROM USING THE SERVICES AND YOU MUST DISCONTINUE USE IMMEDIATELY.

Supplemental terms and conditions or documents that may be posted on the Services from time to time are hereby expressly incorporated herein by reference. We reserve the right, in our sole discretion, to make changes or modifications to these Legal Terms from time to time. We will alert you about any changes by updating the “Last updated” date of these Legal Terms, and you waive any right to receive specific notice of each such change. It is your responsibility to periodically review these Legal Terms to stay informed of updates. You will be subject to, and will be deemed to have been made aware of and to have accepted, the changes in any revised Legal Terms by your continued use of the Services after the date such revised Legal Terms are posted.

The Services are intended for users who are at least 18 years old. Persons under the age of 18 are not permitted to use or register for the Services.

We recommend that you print a copy of these Legal Terms for your records.

1. Our services

The information provided when using the Services is not intended for distribution to or use by any person or entity in any jurisdiction or country where such distribution or use would be contrary to law or regulation or which would subject us to any registration requirement within such jurisdiction or country. Accordingly, those persons who choose to access the Services from other locations do so on their own initiative and are solely responsible for compliance with local laws, if and to the extent local laws are applicable.

The Services are not tailored to comply with industry-specific regulations (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA), etc.), so if your interactions would be subjected to such laws, you may not use the Services. You may not use the Services in a way that would violate the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA).

2. Intellectual property rights

Our Intellectual Property

We are the owner or licensee of all intellectual property rights in our Services, including our source code, databases, functionality, software, website designs, and original text, photographs, graphics, audio, and video created or provided by us (collectively, “Our Content”), as well as the trademarks, service marks, and logos associated with our Services (the “Marks”).

Our Content and Marks are protected by copyright, trademark, and other applicable intellectual property laws in the United States and around the world.

Our Content does not include original content submitted by users of our Services (“Contributions”). Ownership and permitted uses of Contributions are addressed in Sections 10 and 11 of these Legal Terms.

Our Content and Marks are provided through the Services “AS IS,” subject to the disclaimers and limitations described in these Legal Terms.

Your Use of Our Services

Subject to your compliance with these Legal Terms, including the “Prohibited Activities” section below, we grant you a non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable license to access and use our Services for their intended purposes.

Except as expressly permitted by these Legal Terms or applicable law, no part of Our Content or Marks may be copied, reproduced, aggregated, republished, uploaded, posted, publicly displayed, encoded, translated, transmitted, distributed, sold, licensed, or otherwise exploited for commercial purposes without our prior written permission.

These restrictions do not apply to Contributions you own or to content you have otherwise been authorized to use.

If you wish to use Our Content or Marks beyond what these Legal Terms permit, please contact us at info@writingwoods.com to request written permission.

If we grant permission to reproduce, post, or publicly display Our Content or Marks, you must identify Writing Woods as the owner or licensor, as applicable, and retain any relevant copyright or proprietary notices, unless we expressly agree otherwise in writing.

We reserve all rights not expressly granted to you in Our Content and Marks.

Unauthorized use of Our Content or Marks may constitute a material breach of these Legal Terms and may result in suspension or termination of access to our Services, subject to applicable law.

Your Submissions and Contributions

Please review this section and Sections 9–11 of these Legal Terms to understand your rights and responsibilities when submitting information or sharing content through our Services.

Submissions: If you send us feedback, suggestions, ideas, or recommendations specifically concerning our Services (“Submissions”), you grant us a non-exclusive, perpetual, worldwide, royalty-free license to use, reproduce, modify, and implement those Submissions for the purpose of developing, improving, and operating our Services, without compensation or acknowledgment.

This license does not transfer ownership of your Submissions to us.

Creative writing, manuscripts, excerpts, critiques, and other original creative materials shared through our Services are considered Contributions, not Submissions, even when provided in connection with feedback or discussion.

Contributions: You retain ownership of the original content you create, upload, or share through our Services, including manuscripts, writing excerpts, critiques, comments, photographs, and other creative materials, subject to any rights held by third parties.

By posting or uploading Contributions, you grant us only the limited license described in Section 11, “Contribution License,” as necessary to operate and provide our Services.

We do not claim ownership of your Contributions or the right to sell, commercially publish, or otherwise exploit your creative work beyond the permissions expressly granted in these Legal Terms.

You are responsible for ensuring that you own or have the necessary permissions to share your Contributions. Additional responsibilities regarding Contributions, including compliance with our community rules, are described in Section 10, “User-Generated Contributions.”

Copyright Infringement

We respect the intellectual property rights of others. If you believe that material available on or through our Services infringes upon a copyright you own or control, please refer to Section 16, “Copyright Infringements.”

3. User representations

By using the Services, you represent and warrant that: (1) all registration information you submit will be true, accurate, current, and complete; (2) you will maintain the accuracy of such information and promptly update such registration information as necessary; (3) you have the legal capacity and you agree to comply with these Legal Terms; (4) you are not a minor in the jurisdiction in which you reside; (5) you will not access the Services through automated or non-human means, whether through a bot, script or otherwise; (6) you will not use the Services for any illegal or unauthorized purpose; and (7) your use of the Services will not violate any applicable law or regulation.

If you provide any information that is untrue, inaccurate, not current, or incomplete, we have the right to suspend or terminate your account and refuse any and all current or future use of the Services (or any portion thereof).

4. User registration

You may be required to register to use the Services. You agree to keep your password confidential and will be responsible for all use of your account and password. We reserve the right to remove, reclaim, or change a username you select if we determine, in our sole discretion, that such username is inappropriate, obscene, or otherwise objectionable.

5. Products

All products are subject to availability. We reserve the right to discontinue any products at any time for any reason. Prices for all products are subject to change.

6. Purchases and payment

We accept the following forms of payment:

– Visa

– Mastercard

– American Express

– Discover

– PayPal

You agree to provide current, complete, and accurate purchase and account information for all purchases made via the Services. You further agree to promptly update account and payment information, including email address, payment method, and payment card expiration date, so that we can complete your transactions and contact you as needed. Sales tax will be added to the price of purchases as deemed required by us. We may change prices at any time. All payments shall be in US dollars.

You agree to pay all charges at the prices then in effect for your purchases and any applicable shipping fees, and you authorize us to charge your chosen payment provider for any such amounts upon placing your order. We reserve the right to correct any errors or mistakes in pricing, even if we have already requested or received payment.

We reserve the right to refuse any order placed through the Services. We may, in our sole discretion, limit or cancel quantities purchased per person, per household, or per order. These restrictions may include orders placed by or under the same customer account, the same payment method, and/or orders that use the same billing or shipping address. We reserve the right to limit or prohibit orders that, in our sole judgment, appear to be placed by dealers, resellers, or distributors.

7. Subscriptions

Billing and Renewal

Your subscription will continue and automatically renew unless canceled. You consent to our charging your payment method on a recurring basis without requiring your prior approval for each recurring charge, until such time as you cancel the applicable order. The length of your billing cycle is monthly.

Cancellation

You can cancel your subscription at any time by logging into your account. Your cancellation will take effect at the end of the current paid term. If you have any questions or are unsatisfied with our Services, please email us at info@writingwoods.com.

Fee Changes

We may, from time to time, make changes to the subscription fee and will communicate any price changes to you in accordance with applicable law.

8. Refunds policy

All sales are final and no refund will be issued.

9. Prohibited activities

You may not access or use the Services for any purpose other than that for which we make the Services available. The Services may not be used in connection with any commercial endeavors except those that are specifically endorsed or approved by us.

As a user of the Services, you agree not to:

Systematically retrieve data or other content from the Services to create or compile, directly or indirectly, a collection, compilation, database, or directory without written permission from us.
Trick, defraud, or mislead us and other users, especially in any attempt to learn sensitive account information such as user passwords.
Circumvent, disable, or otherwise interfere with security-related features of the Services, including features that prevent or restrict the use or copying of any Content or enforce limitations on the use of the Services and/or the Content contained therein.
Use any information obtained from the Services in order to harass, abuse, or harm another person.
Make improper use of our support services or submit false reports of abuse or misconduct.
Use the Services in a manner inconsistent with any applicable laws or regulations.
Engage in unauthorized framing of or linking to the Services.
Upload or transmit (or attempt to upload or to transmit) viruses, Trojan horses, or other material, including excessive use of capital letters and spamming (continuous posting of repetitive text), that interferes with any party’s uninterrupted use and enjoyment of the Services or modifies, impairs, disrupts, alters, or interferes with the use, features, functions, operation, or maintenance of the Services.
Engage in any automated use of the system, such as using scripts to send comments or messages, or using any data mining, robots, or similar data gathering and extraction tools.
Delete the copyright or other proprietary rights notice from any Content.
Attempt to impersonate another user or person or use the username of another user.
Upload or transmit (or attempt to upload or to transmit) any material that acts as a passive or active information collection or transmission mechanism, including without limitation, clear graphics interchange formats (“gifs”), 1×1 pixels, web bugs, cookies, or other similar devices (sometimes referred to as “spyware” or “passive collection mechanisms” or “pcms”).
Interfere with, disrupt, or create an undue burden on the Services or the networks or services connected to the Services.
Harass, annoy, intimidate, or threaten any of our employees or agents engaged in providing any portion of the Services to you.
Attempt to bypass any measures of the Services designed to prevent or restrict access to the Services, or any portion of the Services.
Copy or adapt the Services’ software, including but not limited to Flash, PHP, HTML, JavaScript, or other code.
Except as permitted by applicable law, decipher, decompile, disassemble, or reverse engineer any of the software comprising or in any way making up a part of the Services.
Except as may be the result of standard search engine or Internet browser usage, use, launch, develop, or distribute any automated system, including without limitation, any spider, robot, cheat utility, scraper, or offline reader that accesses the Services, or use or launch any unauthorized script or other software.
Use a buying agent or purchasing agent to make purchases on the Services.
Make any unauthorized use of the Services, including collecting usernames and/or email addresses of users by electronic or other means for the purpose of sending unsolicited email, or creating user accounts by automated means or under false pretenses.
Use the Services as part of any effort to compete with us or otherwise use the Services and/or the Content for any revenue-generating endeavor or commercial enterprise.
Use the Services to advertise or offer to sell goods and services.
Sell or otherwise transfer your profile.

10. User-generated contributions

Member Contributions

Our Services allow users to create, submit, post, upload, display, and share content through community forums, groups, discussions, messaging features, and other interactive areas.

Such content may include text, manuscripts, writing excerpts, critiques, comments, photographs, graphics, audio, video, and other materials (collectively, “Contributions”).

You retain ownership of your Contributions, subject to any rights held by third parties. The limited license you grant us to host and operate the Services is described in Section 11, “Contribution License.”

Content Visibility and Privacy

Contributions may be visible to other users of the Services or to the public, depending on the location in which they are shared and the applicable privacy and visibility settings.

Content shared in public areas of the Services may be accessible to individuals who are not registered members.

Content shared in private or restricted areas is intended to be accessible only to authorized members of those areas and to authorized administrators, moderators, and service providers as reasonably necessary to operate, secure, maintain, or moderate the Services.

We will not intentionally make Contributions from private or restricted areas publicly available without the content owner’s permission, except as required by applicable law or as reasonably necessary to address legal obligations, security threats, or abuse.

Although we take reasonable measures to maintain the intended visibility of Contributions, we cannot guarantee that other users will maintain confidentiality or refrain from copying, recording, or disclosing content they are able to access.

Your Responsibilities

By creating, submitting, or sharing Contributions through the Services, you represent and warrant that:

You are the creator or owner of your Contributions, or you have obtained the rights, licenses, consents, and permissions necessary to share them through the Services and grant the limited license described in Section 11.
Your Contributions and their use in accordance with these Legal Terms do not infringe the copyrights, trademarks, privacy rights, publicity rights, or other legal rights of any third party.
You have obtained any necessary permissions from identifiable individuals whose names, images, voices, or other protected attributes appear in your Contributions.
Your Contributions do not contain unlawful, defamatory, fraudulent, threatening, harassing, abusive, or otherwise prohibited material.
Your Contributions do not promote unlawful violence, discrimination, exploitation, or harassment against individuals or groups.
Your Contributions do not contain unauthorized advertising, spam, fraudulent solicitations, or other prohibited promotional materials.
Your Contributions comply with applicable laws, these Legal Terms, and our Community Guidelines.
You will not use the Services or your Contributions to impersonate others, misrepresent your identity, or knowingly deceive or harm other users.

You are responsible for the Contributions you choose to share and for maintaining your own copies of important materials.

Respect for Other Members’ Content

You agree to respect the intellectual property rights and privacy of other members.

Access to another member’s Contributions does not grant you ownership of or unrestricted permission to use those Contributions.

Except as authorized by the content owner, permitted by applicable law, or reasonably necessary for participation in the intended community discussion, you may not:

Reproduce, publish, distribute, sell, license, or commercially exploit another member’s original creative work.
Share Contributions from private or restricted areas with individuals who are not authorized to access those areas.
Present another member’s Contributions as your own.
Use another member’s Contributions in a manner that infringes their intellectual property or other legal rights.

Members may quote reasonable excerpts and discuss Contributions within the authorized community spaces where they are shared, consistent with the purpose of the Services and our Community Guidelines.

Moderation and Content Removal

We reserve the right, but do not undertake a general obligation, to monitor, review, moderate, restrict, edit, move, recategorize, or remove Contributions that we reasonably determine violate these Legal Terms, our Community Guidelines, applicable law, or the safety and proper functioning of the Services.

We may remove Contributions or restrict access to them without prior notice when reasonably necessary.

We may also suspend or terminate accounts, restrict access to community features, investigate reports of misconduct, and report unlawful activity to appropriate authorities when warranted.

We are not obligated to publish, maintain, or continue displaying any particular Contribution.

Our moderation rights do not transfer ownership of Contributions to Writing Woods.

Responsibility and Liability

You are responsible for your Contributions and any violations of these Legal Terms arising from them.

To the extent permitted by applicable law, you may be responsible for losses, damages, or claims resulting from your infringement of third-party rights, unlawful conduct, or breach of these Legal Terms, as further described in Section 24, “Indemnification.”

Nothing in this section limits rights or remedies that cannot lawfully be excluded or waived.

11. Contribution license

Limited License to Operate the Services

By creating, uploading, posting, or otherwise making Contributions available through our Services, you grant Writing Woods a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free license to host, store, reproduce, transmit, process, format, display, and maintain those Contributions solely as reasonably necessary to operate, provide, maintain, secure, and support our Services.

This license includes the right to:

Store and maintain Contributions on our servers and those of our hosting and technical service providers.
Create and maintain reasonable technical backups, including during server migrations, maintenance, and disaster recovery.
Display Contributions to users authorized to access the areas where they were shared, consistent with applicable visibility and privacy settings.
Perform technical operations necessary to provide the Services, including formatting, resizing, caching, indexing for authorized platform features, and transmitting content between technical systems.
Access and process Contributions as reasonably necessary for moderation, technical support, security, enforcement of these Legal Terms, and compliance with applicable legal obligations.

We may authorize hosting providers and other technical service providers to process Contributions on our behalf solely as reasonably necessary to perform these functions, subject to appropriate confidentiality and data protection obligations.

Limitations on Our Rights

This license does not transfer ownership of your Contributions to Writing Woods. You retain all ownership and intellectual property rights in your original Contributions, subject to any rights held by third parties.

Unless you provide separate, explicit permission, we will not:

Sell, resell, or commercially license your original creative work.
Commercially publish your manuscripts, writing excerpts, or other original creative materials outside the Services.
Use your Contributions, name, image, or likeness in advertising or promotional materials.
Create derivative works from your original creative materials for commercial exploitation.
Grant third parties independent rights to commercially exploit your Contributions.

Nothing in these Legal Terms restricts your ability to publish, sell, license, revise, distribute, or otherwise use your own creative work.

Duration and Termination of License

The license granted under this section continues only for as long as reasonably necessary to provide the Services and fulfill the purposes described above.

When you delete a Contribution or close your account, the license ends with respect to content that has been deleted from the active Services, except to the limited extent reasonably necessary to:

Maintain temporary copies in routine technical backups until those copies are removed according to ordinary backup retention procedures.
Comply with applicable laws, legal obligations, or valid legal requests.
Preserve records reasonably necessary for security, fraud prevention, dispute resolution, or enforcement of these Legal Terms.
Maintain Contributions that remain available through the Services in accordance with applicable content-retention procedures, including material that has not been deleted or that forms part of ongoing community discussions.

Any retained Contributions remain subject to the limitations in this section and may not be used for unrelated commercial purposes.

No Transfer of Ownership

You retain ownership of your Contributions. The limited license granted to Writing Woods does not transfer copyright or other intellectual property ownership to us.

Our permission to host, store, and display Contributions does not grant other users ownership of, or unrestricted rights to use, your work.

Other users’ access to and use of Contributions remains subject to Section 10, “User-Generated Contributions,” these Legal Terms, and applicable law.

We may offer the ability to register for or access our Services using an account with a third-party provider, such as Google, Facebook, or another supported service (“Third-Party Account”).

If you choose to connect a Third-Party Account, you authorize us to receive and use the account information made available by that provider, which may include your name, email address, profile picture, and unique account identifier, solely as reasonably necessary to authenticate your identity, create or maintain your account, and provide our Services.

We will not access your private messages, contacts, friends lists, or other unrelated account information through third-party login unless we separately request and obtain any necessary authorization.

Your relationship with the third-party provider remains subject to that provider’s terms of service and privacy policy.

We are not responsible for interruptions or changes to third-party authentication services that may affect your ability to access your account.

Where supported, you may disconnect a linked Third-Party Account through your account settings or by contacting us at info@writingwoods.com. Disconnecting a Third-Party Account may affect your ability to sign in unless you establish an alternative login method.

For more information about how we collect, use, and protect personal information, please refer to our Privacy Policy.

13. Third-party websites and content

The Services may contain (or you may be sent via the Site) links to other websites (“Third-Party Websites”) as well as articles, photographs, text, graphics, pictures, designs, music, sound, video, information, applications, software, and other content or items belonging to or originating from third parties (“Third-Party Content”). Such Third-Party Websites and Third-Party Content are not investigated, monitored, or checked for accuracy, appropriateness, or completeness by us, and we are not responsible for any Third-Party Websites accessed through the Services or any Third-Party Content posted on, available through, or installed from the Services, including the content, accuracy, offensiveness, opinions, reliability, privacy practices, or other policies of or contained in the Third-Party Websites or the Third-Party Content. Inclusion of, linking to, or permitting the use or installation of any Third-Party Websites or any Third-Party Content does not imply approval or endorsement thereof by us. If you decide to leave the Services and access the Third-Party Websites or to use or install any Third-Party Content, you do so at your own risk, and you should be aware these Legal Terms no longer govern. You should review the applicable terms and policies, including privacy and data gathering practices, of any website to which you navigate from the Services or relating to any applications you use or install from the Services. Any purchases you make through Third-Party Websites will be through other websites and from other companies, and we take no responsibility whatsoever in relation to such purchases which are exclusively between you and the applicable third party. You agree and acknowledge that we do not endorse the products or services offered on Third-Party Websites and you shall hold us blameless from any harm caused by your purchase of such products or services. Additionally, you shall hold us blameless from any losses sustained by you or harm caused to you relating to or resulting in any way from any Third-Party Content or any contact with Third-Party Websites.

14. Services management

We reserve the right, but not the obligation, to: (1) monitor the Services for violations of these Legal Terms; (2) take appropriate legal action against anyone who, in our sole discretion, violates the law or these Legal Terms, including without limitation, reporting such user to law enforcement authorities; (3) in our sole discretion and without limitation, refuse, restrict access to, limit the availability of, or disable (to the extent technologically feasible) any of your Contributions or any portion thereof; (4) in our sole discretion and without limitation, notice, or liability, to remove from the Services or otherwise disable all files and content that are excessive in size or are in any way burdensome to our systems; and (5) otherwise manage the Services in a manner designed to protect our rights and property and to facilitate the proper functioning of the Services.

15. Privacy policy

We care about data privacy and security. Please review our Privacy Policy: https://writingwoods.com/privacy. By using the Services, you agree to be bound by our Privacy Policy, which is incorporated into these Legal Terms. Please be advised the Services are hosted in the United States. If you access the Services from any other region of the world with laws or other requirements governing personal data collection, use, or disclosure that differ from applicable laws in the United States, then through your continued use of the Services, you are transferring your data to the United States, and you expressly consent to have your data transferred to and processed in the United States.

16. Copyright infringements

We respect the intellectual property rights of others. If you believe that any material available on or through the Services infringes upon any copyright you own or control, please immediately notify us using the contact information provided below (a “Notification”). A copy of your Notification will be sent to the person who posted or stored the material addressed in the Notification. Please be advised that pursuant to applicable law you may be held liable for damages if you make material misrepresentations in a Notification. Thus, if you are not sure that material located on or linked to by the Services infringes your copyright, you should consider first contacting an attorney.

17. Term and termination

These Legal Terms shall remain in full force and effect while you use the Services. WITHOUT LIMITING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF THESE LEGAL TERMS, WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO, IN OUR SOLE DISCRETION AND WITHOUT NOTICE OR LIABILITY, DENY ACCESS TO AND USE OF THE SERVICES (INCLUDING BLOCKING CERTAIN IP ADDRESSES), TO ANY PERSON FOR ANY REASON OR FOR NO REASON, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION FOR BREACH OF ANY REPRESENTATION, WARRANTY, OR COVENANT CONTAINED IN THESE LEGAL TERMS OR OF ANY APPLICABLE LAW OR REGULATION. WE MAY TERMINATE YOUR USE OR PARTICIPATION IN THE SERVICES OR DELETE YOUR ACCOUNT AND ANY CONTENT OR INFORMATION THAT YOU POSTED AT ANY TIME, WITHOUT WARNING, IN OUR SOLE DISCRETION.

If we terminate or suspend your account for any reason, you are prohibited from registering and creating a new account under your name, a fake or borrowed name, or the name of any third party, even if you may be acting on behalf of the third party. In addition to terminating or suspending your account, we reserve the right to take appropriate legal action, including without limitation pursuing civil, criminal, and injunctive redress.

18. Modifications and interruptions

We reserve the right to change, modify, or remove the contents of the Services at any time or for any reason at our sole discretion without notice. However, we have no obligation to update any information on our Services. We will not be liable to you or any third party for any modification, price change, suspension, or discontinuance of the Services.

We cannot guarantee the Services will be available at all times. We may experience hardware, software, or other problems or need to perform maintenance related to the Services, resulting in interruptions, delays, or errors. We reserve the right to change, revise, update, suspend, discontinue, or otherwise modify the Services at any time or for any reason without notice to you. You agree that we have no liability whatsoever for any loss, damage, or inconvenience caused by your inability to access or use the Services during any downtime or discontinuance of the Services. Nothing in these Legal Terms will be construed to obligate us to maintain and support the Services or to supply any corrections, updates, or releases in connection therewith.

19. Governing law

These Legal Terms and your use of the Services are governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Tennessee applicable to agreements made and to be entirely performed within the State of Tennessee, without regard to its conflict of law principles.

20. Dispute resolution

Informal Negotiations

To expedite resolution and control the cost of any dispute, controversy, or claim related to these Legal Terms (each a “Dispute” and collectively, the “Disputes”) brought by either you or us (individually, a “Party” and collectively, the “Parties”), the Parties agree to first attempt to negotiate any Dispute (except those Disputes expressly provided below) informally for at least thirty (30) days before initiating arbitration. Such informal negotiations commence upon written notice from one Party to the other Party.

Binding Arbitration

If the Parties are unable to resolve a Dispute through informal negotiations, the Dispute (except those Disputes expressly excluded below) will be finally and exclusively resolved by binding arbitration. YOU UNDERSTAND THAT WITHOUT THIS PROVISION, YOU WOULD HAVE THE RIGHT TO SUE IN COURT AND HAVE A JURY TRIAL. The arbitration shall be commenced and conducted under the Commercial Arbitration Rules of the American Arbitration Association (“AAA”) and, where appropriate, the AAA’s Supplementary Procedures for Consumer Related Disputes (“AAA Consumer Rules”), both of which are available at the American Arbitration Association (AAA) website. Your arbitration fees and your share of arbitrator compensation shall be governed by the AAA Consumer Rules and, where appropriate, limited by the AAA Consumer Rules. The arbitration may be conducted in person, through the submission of documents, by phone, or online. The arbitrator will make a decision in writing, but need not provide a statement of reasons unless requested by either Party. The arbitrator must follow applicable law, and any award may be challenged if the arbitrator fails to do so. Except where otherwise required by the applicable AAA rules or applicable law, the arbitration will take place in Union County, Tennessee. Except as otherwise provided herein, the Parties may litigate in court to compel arbitration, stay proceedings pending arbitration, or to confirm, modify, vacate, or enter judgment on the award entered by the arbitrator.

If for any reason, a Dispute proceeds in court rather than arbitration, the Dispute shall be commenced or prosecuted in the state and federal courts located in Union County, Tennessee, and the Parties hereby consent to, and waive all defenses of lack of personal jurisdiction, and forum non conveniens with respect to venue and jurisdiction in such state and federal courts. Application of the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods and the Uniform Computer Information Transaction Act (UCITA) are excluded from these Legal Terms.

In no event shall any Dispute brought by either Party related in any way to the Services be commenced more than one (1) years after the cause of action arose. If this provision is found to be illegal or unenforceable, then neither Party will elect to arbitrate any Dispute falling within that portion of this provision found to be illegal or unenforceable and such Dispute shall be decided by a court of competent jurisdiction within the courts listed for jurisdiction above, and the Parties agree to submit to the personal jurisdiction of that court.

Restrictions

The Parties agree that any arbitration shall be limited to the Dispute between the Parties individually. To the full extent permitted by law, (a) no arbitration shall be joined with any other proceeding; (b) there is no right or authority for any Dispute to be arbitrated on a class-action basis or to utilize class action procedures; and (c) there is no right or authority for any Dispute to be brought in a purported representative capacity on behalf of the general public or any other persons.

Exceptions to Informal Negotiations and Arbitration

The Parties agree that the following Disputes are not subject to the above provisions concerning informal negotiations binding arbitration: (a) any Disputes seeking to enforce or protect, or concerning the validity of, any of the intellectual property rights of a Party; (b) any Dispute related to, or arising from, allegations of theft, piracy, invasion of privacy, or unauthorized use; and (c) any claim for injunctive relief. If this provision is found to be illegal or unenforceable, then neither Party will elect to arbitrate any Dispute falling within that portion of this provision found to be illegal or unenforceable and such Dispute shall be decided by a court of competent jurisdiction within the courts listed for jurisdiction above, and the Parties agree to submit to the personal jurisdiction of that court.

21. Corrections

There may be information on the Services that contains typographical errors, inaccuracies, or omissions, including descriptions, pricing, availability, and various other information. We reserve the right to correct any errors, inaccuracies, or omissions and to change or update the information on the Services at any time, without prior notice.

22. Disclaimer

THE SERVICES ARE PROVIDED ON AN AS-IS AND AS-AVAILABLE BASIS. YOU AGREE THAT YOUR USE OF THE SERVICES WILL BE AT YOUR SOLE RISK. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, WE DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, IN CONNECTION WITH THE SERVICES AND YOUR USE THEREOF, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. WE MAKE NO WARRANTIES OR REPRESENTATIONS ABOUT THE ACCURACY OR COMPLETENESS OF THE SERVICES’ CONTENT OR THE CONTENT OF ANY WEBSITES OR MOBILE APPLICATIONS LINKED TO THE SERVICES AND WE WILL ASSUME NO LIABILITY OR RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY (1) ERRORS, MISTAKES, OR INACCURACIES OF CONTENT AND MATERIALS, (2) PERSONAL INJURY OR PROPERTY DAMAGE, OF ANY NATURE WHATSOEVER, RESULTING FROM YOUR ACCESS TO AND USE OF THE SERVICES, (3) ANY UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO OR USE OF OUR SECURE SERVERS AND/OR ANY AND ALL PERSONAL INFORMATION AND/OR FINANCIAL INFORMATION STORED THEREIN, (4) ANY INTERRUPTION OR CESSATION OF TRANSMISSION TO OR FROM THE SERVICES, (5) ANY BUGS, VIRUSES, TROJAN HORSES, OR THE LIKE WHICH MAY BE TRANSMITTED TO OR THROUGH THE SERVICES BY ANY THIRD PARTY, AND/OR (6) ANY ERRORS OR OMISSIONS IN ANY CONTENT AND MATERIALS OR FOR ANY LOSS OR DAMAGE OF ANY KIND INCURRED AS A RESULT OF THE USE OF ANY CONTENT POSTED, TRANSMITTED, OR OTHERWISE MADE AVAILABLE VIA THE SERVICES. WE DO NOT WARRANT, ENDORSE, GUARANTEE, OR ASSUME RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY PRODUCT OR SERVICE ADVERTISED OR OFFERED BY A THIRD PARTY THROUGH THE SERVICES, ANY HYPERLINKED WEBSITE, OR ANY WEBSITE OR MOBILE APPLICATION FEATURED IN ANY BANNER OR OTHER ADVERTISING, AND WE WILL NOT BE A PARTY TO OR IN ANY WAY BE RESPONSIBLE FOR MONITORING ANY TRANSACTION BETWEEN YOU AND ANY THIRD-PARTY PROVIDERS OF PRODUCTS OR SERVICES. AS WITH THE PURCHASE OF A PRODUCT OR SERVICE THROUGH ANY MEDIUM OR IN ANY ENVIRONMENT, YOU SHOULD USE YOUR BEST JUDGMENT AND EXERCISE CAUTION WHERE APPROPRIATE.

23. Limitations of liability

IN NO EVENT WILL WE OR OUR DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, OR AGENTS BE LIABLE TO YOU OR ANY THIRD PARTY FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL, EXEMPLARY, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, INCLUDING LOST PROFIT, LOST REVENUE, LOSS OF DATA, OR OTHER DAMAGES ARISING FROM YOUR USE OF THE SERVICES, EVEN IF WE HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING TO THE CONTRARY CONTAINED HEREIN, OUR LIABILITY TO YOU FOR ANY CAUSE WHATSOEVER AND REGARDLESS OF THE FORM OF THE ACTION, WILL AT ALL TIMES BE LIMITED TO THE AMOUNT PAID, IF ANY, BY YOU TO US DURING THE SIX (6) MONTH PERIOD PRIOR TO ANY CAUSE OF ACTION ARISING. CERTAIN US STATE LAWS AND INTERNATIONAL LAWS DO NOT ALLOW LIMITATIONS ON IMPLIED WARRANTIES OR THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF CERTAIN DAMAGES. IF THESE LAWS APPLY TO YOU, SOME OR ALL OF THE ABOVE DISCLAIMERS OR LIMITATIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU, AND YOU MAY HAVE ADDITIONAL RIGHTS.

24. Indemnification

You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold us harmless, including our subsidiaries, affiliates, and all of our respective officers, agents, partners, and employees, from and against any loss, damage, liability, claim, or demand, including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses, made by any third party due to or arising out of: (1) your Contributions; (2) use of the Services; (3) breach of these Legal Terms; (4) any breach of your representations and warranties set forth in these Legal Terms; (5) your violation of the rights of a third party, including but not limited to intellectual property rights; or (6) any overt harmful act toward any other user of the Services with whom you connected via the Services. Notwithstanding the foregoing, we reserve the right, at your expense, to assume the exclusive defense and control of any matter for which you are required to indemnify us, and you agree to cooperate, at your expense, with our defense of such claims. We will use reasonable efforts to notify you of any such claim, action, or proceeding which is subject to this indemnification upon becoming aware of it.

25. User data

We will maintain certain data that you transmit to the Services for the purpose of managing the performance of the Services, as well as data relating to your use of the Services. Although we perform regular routine backups of data, you are solely responsible for all data that you transmit or that relates to any activity you have undertaken using the Services. You agree that we shall have no liability to you for any loss or corruption of any such data, and you hereby waive any right of action against us arising from any such loss or corruption of such data.

26. Electronic communications, transactions, and signatures

Visiting the Services, sending us emails, and completing online forms constitute electronic communications. You consent to receive electronic communications, and you agree that all agreements, notices, disclosures, and other communications we provide to you electronically, via email and on the Services, satisfy any legal requirement that such communication be in writing. YOU HEREBY AGREE TO THE USE OF ELECTRONIC SIGNATURES, CONTRACTS, ORDERS, AND OTHER RECORDS, AND TO ELECTRONIC DELIVERY OF NOTICES, POLICIES, AND RECORDS OF TRANSACTIONS INITIATED OR COMPLETED BY US OR VIA THE SERVICES. You hereby waive any rights or requirements under any statutes, regulations, rules, ordinances, or other laws in any jurisdiction which require an original signature or delivery or retention of non-electronic records, or to payments or the granting of credits by any means other than electronic means.

SMS/Text Messaging

By providing your mobile phone number and opting in to receive text messages, you agree to receive text messages from Writing Woods at the number provided, which may be sent using an automated system. Messages may include notifications and updates about Writing Woods products, services, events, community activities, and promotional offers, including Camp enrollment notifications.

Consent to receive text messages is not a condition of purchase. Message frequency varies. Message and data rates may apply.

You may opt out of text messages at any time by replying STOP. For help, reply HELP or contact us at info@writingwoods.com.

Carriers are not liable for delayed or undelivered messages.

For information about how we collect, use, and protect your personal information, please review our Privacy Policy.

27. California users and residents

If any complaint with us is not satisfactorily resolved, you can contact the Complaint Assistance Unit of the Division of Consumer Services of the California Department of Consumer Affairs in writing at 1625 North Market Blvd., Suite N 112, Sacramento, California 95834 or by telephone at (800) 952-5210 or (916) 445-1254.

28. Miscellaneous

These Legal Terms and any policies or operating rules posted by us on the Services or in respect to the Services constitute the entire agreement and understanding between you and us. Our failure to exercise or enforce any right or provision of these Legal Terms shall not operate as a waiver of such right or provision. These Legal Terms operate to the fullest extent permissible by law. We may assign any or all of our rights and obligations to others at any time. We shall not be responsible or liable for any loss, damage, delay, or failure to act caused by any cause beyond our reasonable control. If any provision or part of a provision of these Legal Terms is determined to be unlawful, void, or unenforceable, that provision or part of the provision is deemed severable from these Legal Terms and does not affect the validity and enforceability of any remaining provisions. There is no joint venture, partnership, employment or agency relationship created between you and us as a result of these Legal Terms or use of the Services. You agree that these Legal Terms will not be construed against us by virtue of having drafted them. You hereby waive any and all defenses you may have based on the electronic form of these Legal Terms and the lack of signing by the parties hereto to execute these Legal Terms.

29. Contact us

In order to resolve a complaint regarding the Services or to receive further information regarding use of the Services, please contact us at:

Writing Woods
5727 Clinton Hwy, #12096
Knoxville, TN 37912
United States

info@writingwoods.com