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Whitby Abbey Terms and conditions (“the Terms and Conditions”)

By submitting your story to the Whitby Abbey: Pure Inspiration (“the Competition”), you agree to the following terms and conditions:

All information detailing how to enter the Competition forms part of these Terms and Conditions. It is a condition of entry that all rules are accepted as final and that the competitor agrees to abide by these rules. Submission of an entry will be taken to mean acceptance of these Terms and Conditions.

Stories must be the work of the individual submitting them and must not have been published, self-published, published on any website or online forum, broadcast, or have won a prize in any other competition. It is the responsibility of each entrant to ensure that no element of their story infringes the copyright of any third party or any laws.

Joint entries will be permitted. In this case, the prize will have to be split amongst the joint participants in a way they consider appropriate. In any event, both participants must meet the requirements set out in these Terms and Conditions.

You confirm that you hold the exclusive right to publish the story at the time of submission, and you agree that you will not submit the story to any other publishers or competitions until the Competition results have been announced, which will be no later than 31 October 2009.

All entries must be in English, and once submitted, entries cannot be withdrawn.

The competitor confirms that the story is entirely fictional, and any reference to characters living or dead is purely coincidental. Where the story is based upon true events the competitor confirms that the names and descriptions of any characters has been changed sufficiently to disguise the real identity of the people involved and that the story does not contain any libellous material.

The copyright for the story remains with you, the author. However, in consideration of English Heritage providing the Competition:

You agree to grant a worldwide, irrevocable, exclusive licence to English Heritage, its agents and subsidiaries (“the English Heritage Group”), to publish the story, in part or in its entirety, and also agree to grant the same the right to edit or change the story in any way deemed necessary for publication until 31 December 2010 and after this date, the English Heritage Group shall retain the worldwide, irrevocable, non-exclusive right to publish the work in any format; and you agree to grant the English Heritage Group permission to provide copies of the story in part or in its entirety to other marketing partners for publication in any format, until 31 December 2010.

No royalties or payments will be made in respect of the submission, regardless as to whether the story is published or not. All royalties for the publication of any entries will be collected by English Heritage and treated as charitable donations towards the maintenance of Whitby Abbey.

The judges’ decision is final. No correspondence will be entered with unsuccessful entrants.


Lucky Spot Terms and conditions (“the Terms and Conditions”)

By submitting your story to the Lucky Spot: Pure Inspiration (“the Competition”), you agree to the following terms and conditions:

All information detailing how to enter the Competition forms part of these Terms and Conditions. It is a condition of entry that all rules are accepted as final and that the competitor agrees to abide by these rules. Submission of an entry will be taken to mean acceptance of these Terms and Conditions.

Stories must be the work of the individual submitting them and must not have been published, self-published, published on any website or online forum, broadcast, or have won a prize in any other competition. It is the responsibility of each entrant to ensure that no element of their story infringes the copyright of any third party or any laws.

Joint entries will be permitted. In this case, the prize will have to be split amongst the joint participants in a way they consider appropriate. In any event, both participants must meet the requirements set out in these Terms and Conditions.

You confirm that you hold the exclusive right to publish the story at the time of submission, and you agree that you will not submit the story to any other publishers or competitions until the Competition results have been announced, which will be no later than 31 August 2009.

All entries must be in English, and once submitted, entries cannot be withdrawn.

The competitor confirms that the story is entirely fictional, and any reference to characters living or dead is purely coincidental. Where the story is based upon true events the competitor confirms that the names and descriptions of any characters has been changed sufficiently to disguise the real identity of the people involved and that the story does not contain any libellous material.

The copyright for the story remains with you, the author. However, in consideration of English Heritage providing the Competition:

  • You agree to grant a worldwide, irrevocable, exclusive licence to English Heritage, its agents and subsidiaries (“the English Heritage Group”), to publish the story, in part or in its entirety, and also agree to grant the same the right to edit or change the story in any way deemed necessary for publication until 31 December 2010 and after this date, the English Heritage Group shall retain the worldwide, irrevocable, non-exclusive right to publish the work in any format; and you agree to grant the English Heritage Group permission to provide copies of the story in part or in its entirety to other marketing partners for publication in any format, until 31 December 2010.

No royalties or payments will be made in respect of the submission, regardless as to whether the story is published or not. All royalties for the publication of any entries will be collected by English Heritage and treated as charitable donations towards the maintenance of Belsay Hall, Castle and Gardens.

The judges’ decision is final. No correspondence will be entered with unsuccessful entrants.