1. This competition is being organised by Hodder & Stoughton Limited (on behalf of Hodder Children’s Books, an imprint of Hachette Children’s Group) of Carmelite House, 50 Victoria Embankment, London EC4Y 0DZ (the “Company”).
2. This is a competition to illustrate a children’s picture book text called “Moon Mouse” by Corrinne Averiss in accordance with the competition brief.
3. The competition will be judged by a panel of judges including the author, Corrinne Averiss, the Hachette Children’s Group CEO, the Hachette Children’s Group Creative Director, the Hachette Children’s Group Picture Book Publisher, the Hachette Children’s Group Picture Book Art Director and at least one other figure from the field of children’s book publishing. The judging panel’s decisions will be final and no correspondence will be entered into.
4. The top five entries will be selected by the judging panel from all entries properly submitted and received in accordance with these terms and conditions and will be judged based on the criteria set out in the competition brief. The winner and two runners up will then be selected from the top five entries by the judging panel and will receive the following prizes:
Winner – £1000 plus £500 will be donated to the winner’s end of year/degree show or, if the winner is a Pathways mentee, £500 will be donated to their Bologna 2021 show
First runner up – £500
Second runner up – £250
5. The top five entrants will be invited to show their portfolio of work to Art Directors from Hachette Children’s Group for feedback and advice. This does not form part of the selection process for the competition.
6. The Company may (at its sole discretion) offer the winner a publishing contract in respect of illustrating the full text of “Moon Mouse” (or any other book agreed between the Company and the winner). For the avoidance of doubt, the Company shall have no obligation to offer the winner a publishing contract. Any publishing contract offered to the winner will be on the Company’s standard terms on a royalty basis with an advance against royalties.
7. The competition is open to: (i) all students, who are aged 18 or over on 16th April 2021, who are studying illustration and design in the UK in further or higher education during the academic year 2020/2021; and (ii) all current Pathways mentees, except employees of any company in the Hachette UK group, their families, or anyone professionally connected to the competition either themselves or through their families.
8. Only one entry per person allowed. Second or subsequent entries will be disqualified. Entries will not be accepted via agents, third parties or in bulk.
9. There is no purchase necessary to enter the competition.
10. The competition opens at 12:01am GMT on 26th October 2020 and closes at 11:59pm GMT on 16th April 2021 (the “Entry Period”). Digital submissions should be emailed to carmeliteprize@hachettechildrens.co.uk at any time during the Entry Period. Physical artwork should be delivered, by safe and secure means (i.e. by hand or courier) between 9.30am-5.00pm Monday-Thursday, between 12th-15th April to: Carmelite Prize, Hachette Children’s Group, Carmelite House, 50 Victoria Embankment, London EC4Y 0DZ. The Company is not responsible for any loss or damage caused to entries during delivery. Any entries received outside these specified times and dates will not be eligible for entry into the competition.
11. All work should be clearly labelled with entrant’s full name, contact details including email address and telephone number. The Company is not responsible for contacting or forwarding prizes to entrants who provide unclear or incomplete information or for entries lost, misdirected, delayed or destroyed.
12. All entrants must complete and submit the registration form found on the competition’s website at: https://carmeliteprize.co.uk/how-to-enter.
13. The entrants with the top five entries will be contacted directly by email or phone (as specified on the registration form) by 22nd April 2021. The winner and runners up will also be announced on the competition’s website (https://carmeliteprize.co.uk/) on 7th May 2021. The winner and runners up may also see their names posted on Hachette Children’s Group’s website and social media accounts and in “The Bookseller” magazine and other trade press.
14. The Company will make available the name of the winner and runners up to any one who requests this information by writing to the Company at the address shown above.
15. The Company reserves the right to alter the prizes or cancel the competition without notice but will try to avoid creating any undue disappointment. If a top five entrant, runner up or the winner cannot be contacted, the Company reserves the right to select another entrant in their place.
16. By submitting your entry, you agree and warrant that (i) your entry is your own original work; and (ii) nothing in your entry is defamatory, private or an infringement of copyright or other intellectual property right or in any way a breach of another’s right. Any entry in breach of this clause will be disqualified from participating in the competition and from winning any prize.
17. By entering the competition, you hereby grant to the Company a non-exclusive irrevocable, perpetual, royalty free, worldwide and for all languages, licence to copy, adapt, edit, distribute and publish, your entry solely to promote the competition or the Company, in any manner and in all media now known or hereinafter devised, including without limitation and by way of example, by including your entry on the competition website, or in printed materials used to promoted the competition or the Company. For the avoidance of doubt, the Company is under no obligation to make any use of your entry and the Company shall make no payment to you for any use of your entry.
18. The Company reserves the right to use all the submissions received on its websites, its Facebook pages and on its other social networking sites. The Company will include your name in connection with any use of your competition entry unless it is not practicable to do so for any reason..
19. The Company is the data controller of Personal Data that it collects in the course of running the competition and will use the Personal Data in accordance with the Hachette Children’s Group Privacy Notice. The Company will use such Personal Data for the purposes of running the competition and delivering any prize(s) and will delete it after a reasonable period from the end of the competition. “Personal Data” means names of entrants and other details provided by them (e.g. email addresses, telephone numbers) for the competition. The Company will not share such Personal Data with any third parties except for the purpose of delivering the prize(s) and announcing the names of the winner and runners up in “The Bookseller” and other trade press.
20. By entering the competition you agree to be bound by these terms and conditions.
21. These terms and conditions and any disputes or claims (including non-contractual disputes or claims) arising out of these terms and conditions shall be governed and construed in accordance with the laws of England, whose courts shall have exclusive jurisdiction.
