How will the winner will be selected?

1. All videos and scripts received by 31 October 2008 will be analysed by experts from EHTV and the ten best entries will be shortlisted.
2. The ten finalists will be contacted by letter inviting them to attend a presenting master class with TV historian Dan Snow, at a central London location during week commencing 8 December.
3. During the masterclass, the ten finalists will be given training on what makes a great TV presenter and will record their own professional two minute show reel.
4. A panel of judges will review the ten finalists’ finished show reels and choose one winner for the Young History Presenter title.

What prizes will the winner receive?

1. The winner’s professional show reel (filmed during the masterclass) will be shown on EHTV and potentially watched by thousands of viewers
2.  The winner will also get to the chance to work with top TV production company Ballista to present a special one-off programme for EHTV. The programme will be filmed on location at a selected English Heritage site.

Young History Presenter of the Future Competition

1. The competition is open to residents of the UK aged between 10 and 16 only.
2. You should obtain permission from a parent/guardian before entering the competition and providing your contact details.
3. The closing date for entries is 31st October 2008.
4. Only one entry per person will be accepted.
5. English Heritage is not responsible for entries lost, delayed, misdirected or incomplete. Proof of entry is not proof of receipt.
6. Only complete entries in the required formats will be forwarded for consideration.
7. Submitted entries will not be returned.
8. The competition is not open to employees of English Heritage,The Times or their family members.
9. You must provide the required information as specified to enter the competition. English Heritage will only ever use your personal details for the purposes of administering the competition, and will not publish them or provide them to anyone without your permission.
10. We will not accept any entries that originate from corporate or business addresses. 
11. Finalists will be notified within two weeks of the closing date. Representatives of English Heritage will contact successful finalists directly.
12. Finalists will be required to attend the master-class on a date that will be confirmed upon selection but will be for one day only in the week commencing Monday 8th December 2008. This one day masterclass session may take place during the week or the weekend. English Heritage cannot accept responsibility for finalist’s inability to attend and will re-select a new finalist in the case of non-attendance.
13. Finalists attending the one day master-class session will be required to be accompanied by a parent or guardian.
14. Finalists and the overall winner may be requested to take part in promotional activity and English Heritage reserves the right to use the names and addresses of winners, their photographs and audio and/or visual recordings of them in any publicity. No payment will be made for any promotional activity undertaken by a finalist or their parent/guardian. English Heritage will endeavour to confirm the promotional obligations required by the finalist and their parent/guardian prior to the master-class.
15. All taxes, insurances, transfers, spending money and other expenses (including meals or personal expenses upgrades etc.) as the case may be, unless specifically stated, incurred by attending the masterclass are the sole responsibility of the finalist and their accompanying parent/guardian.
16. The overall winner will be notified within one week of the finalist master-class.
17. The prize is non-exchangeable, non-transferable, and is not redeemable for cash or other prizes. English Heritage retains the right to substitute the prize with another prize of similar value in the event the original prize offered is not available due to circumstances beyond its reasonable control.
18. English Heritage cannot accept any responsibility for any damage, loss, injury or disappointment suffered by any entrant as a result of entering the competition, attending the finalist master-class or accepting the prize.
19. The promoter: English Heritage, 1 Waterhouse Square, 138 – 142 Holburn, London, EC1N 2ST.
20. The finalists and overall winner will be chosen by the allocated judging panel. The panel’s decision will be final and no correspondence will be entered into.
21. In consideration of English Heritage agreeing to consider the entry, each entrant grants to English Heritage an irrevocable, non-exclusive, royalty-free, worldwide licence for the full period of copyright to publish or otherwise use the entry in any way and at any time and to sub-license such rights to any authorised third-party. English Heritage may cut, edit, crop or arrange the entry as it sees fit. English Heritage shall be free to assign such right to third-parties.
22. Copyright and all other relevant Intellectual Property Rights for the material produced as part of the finalist master-class or the winner’s feature film made in conjunction with Ballista Media will belong to English Heritage. Each finalist and the overall winner hereby acknowledges that English Heritage (and third parties authorised by English Heritage) may make any and all materials produced available on the website and any other media, whether now known or invented in the future, which may include other internet sites, mobile, television and/or radio. English Heritage may use, display, publish, transmit, copy, make derivative works or podcasts from, edit, alter, store, re-format, sell and sub-licence the material as it sees fit.
23. Entrants will be deemed to have accepted these rules and to agree to be bound by them when entering the competition.
24. These rules are governed by the laws of England and Wales.
25. English Heritage competitions are administered by English Heritage.