Best Australian Yarn competition Terms and Conditions

1 Best Australian Yarn Terms and Conditions Best Australian Yarn competition Terms and Conditions By entering the Best Australian Yarn competition ( competition ), you are agreeing to the following Terms and Conditions : 1. STANDARD Terms . Information on how to enter forms part of the Terms of entry. To the extent of any inconsistency between these Terms and Conditions and any other reference to the competition , these Terms and Conditions prevail. 2. WHO CAN ENTER? Subject to clause , entry is open to all residents of Australia aged 12 years or older at the closing date of the competition . If a prize winner is aged under 18, West Australian Newspapers reserve the right to liaise with the parent/legal guardian in relation to the prize in its absolute discretion.

2 Employees (and any Immediate Family Member of an employee) of Seven Network (Operations) Limited (Channel 7), West Australian Newspapers Ltd (West Australian Newspapers), Minderoo Foundation Limited (ACN 651 422 141) (Minderoo), Tattarang Pty Ltd (ACN 055 961 361), Fortescue Metals Group Ltd (ACN 002 594 872), prize suppliers, third party contributors (including Perth Festival and Writing WA Incorporated). and their respective associated agencies and companies are not eligible to enter. Employees (and any Immediate Family Member of an employee) of member organisations of Writing WA Incorporated, as well as individual members of Writing WA. Incorporated (except those who are employees of Writing WA Incorporated) are eligible to enter.

3 In this clause 2, a reference to a Immediate Family Member includes a spouse, defacto spouse, parent, natural or adopted child or sibling. To be eligible for the Western Australian prize, the entrant's primary residential address must be in the state of Western Australia ( Western Australian Entrant ). To be eligible for the Regional Prize, an entrant must be ordinarily resident in Australia and the entrant's home address must not be within a location classified as MM1 (major cities) in the Modified Monash Model. You can search locations here: ( Regional Entrant ). To be eligible for the Youth Prize, an entrant must be aged between 12 and 18 years at the time their entry is submitted to the competition ( Youth Entrant ).

4 3. HOW TO ENTER. The competition commences on Saturday, 26 February 2022 at 11:00am AWST and concludes on Monday, 31 May 2022 11:59pm AWST ( competition Period ). Entries must be uploaded, or as otherwise directed, within the competition Period via the following link Entries must be: a single story of no less than 1500 words, and no more than 2500 words;. 1. Best Australian Yarn Terms and Conditions an original, independent work of fiction;. written by an individual Australian resident;. written in English;. free from any claims, including copyright or trademark claims, by other parties;. unpublished. Appearance online, such as on a blog or in an anthology, constitutes prior publication.

5 Not submitted for publication or broadcast elsewhere or entered into any other competition until 31 December 2022. All entries must follow the online registration and submission process. To preserve anonymity and the blind judging process, uploaded entries must only contain the title of the entry - any other personal identification ( writer's name) relating to the entrant must not appear on the manuscript, including in the header or footer. No more than one entry per writer may be submitted. It is the responsibility of the writer to make sure that no more than one of their stories is submitted in total. The entrant warrants that the entry is suitable for publication by West Australian Newspapers in any media it deems appropriate, including digital or print.

6 Entrants warrant that their prize submission is original, entirely their own work, does not infringe any existing copyright, moral rights or any other rights of any third party and contains nothing obscene, libellous, unlawful, defamatory or anything which West Australian Newspapers may otherwise deem to be inappropriate. By submitting an entry, entrants agree to make themselves available for public relations activities at a reasonable request wherever possible. In the event of being shortlisted, entrants agree to attend the ceremony (if one is held), and in the event of winning undertake a mutually acceptable limited program of activities. Any publisher or agent who submits an entry on behalf of an author shall be responsible for ensuring the author's attendance at the prize giving ceremony and any further activity agreed.

7 Entrants agree to give an interview that may be recorded, and/or assist in the production of a follow up article in each case that may be published and made available to the public by The West Australian , or any website associated with it or its affiliates, or any other medium at West Australian Newspapers' sole discretion. In the event that an interview or article is made about an entrant, this does not mean that the entrant is entitled to an award or prize. The writer's name, biography and image may be used in marketing and publicity materials and any announcements, publications and communication relating to the competition winners. In all matters relating to Conditions of entry, the decision of the organisers of the competition is final.

8 Any entries considered to be of an offensive nature may be rejected by West Australian Newspapers, in its absolute discretion. In all matters relating to judging of the competition , the decision of the judges is final and no correspondence will entered into. 2. Best Australian Yarn Terms and Conditions The judges will not be required to make an award if they do not consider the entries to be of a sufficient standard. Only shortlisted writers will be notified. Entries must include all requested contact details to be eligible to win. Neither West Australian Newspapers nor any prize suppliers are responsible for any data or other information related to this competition that may be lost, damaged as a result of any computer software or hardware malfunction.

9 Any issues occurring as a result of computer / server/ software problems will be rectified as quickly as possible. Entrants may only enter in their own name. Incomprehensible, illegible, and incomplete entries will be deemed invalid. Entry details and entries remain the property of West Australian Newspapers and will not be returned to the entrant. Entries are submitted unencumbered and unrestricted, with full first publication rights available to West Australian Newspapers and/or its nominated publisher. Copyright remains with the entrant save as follows: by submitting an entry, all competition entrants agree to grant West Australian Newspapers and Minderoo a 12-month non-exclusive licence to use, distribute, broadcast and sub-licence the entry in any way whatsoever in connection with the competition including but not limited to, public performance, public display, publishing, reproduction, communication to the public, amendment, abridgement, or modification of the entry or any part of the entry, transmission and distribution of the entry or any part of the entry on and through the websites , or any website, app or other digital product associated with them.

10 And/or any newspaper or other publication published or owned by West Australian Newspapers or its partners or affiliates in its different present and future forms, talking book, podcast, audio download, audiobook, electronic databases, e-paper, mobile device application, electronic media or website, including mobile form or any other facsimile or derivative versions in any medium and acknowledge that they will not be entitled to any fee for such use and the entrant or their agents will clear the necessary rights for such publication and distribution;. by submitting an entry, entrants of all winning or runner-up entries agree to ensure that in the event that any winning or runner-up entry is published, including in any anthology publications, it will carry approved credits if requested to do so and provided all materials bearing such approved credits, logos or trademarks are pre-approved by West Australian Newspapers.