Competition » Competition Rules


Recitals

Rules - The rules of the competition
Organisers - BookForce UK Limited
of 50 Albemarle Street, London, W1S 4BD
Website - www.undiscoveredauthors.co.uk
Entrants - Competitors who satisfy the entry requirements
Entry - Typescript entered satisfying the entry requirements

1. These terms and conditions, together with any specific rules set out on www.undiscoveredauthors.co.uk website are the Competition Rules (‘Rules’) and by entering the competition, all entrants agree to be bound by the Rules.

2. This competition is organised by BookForce UK Limited (‘BookForce’) of 50 Albemarle Street, London, W1S 4BD and BookForce retain the right to alter the Competition and the Competition Rules or make exceptions for individual cases at any time without prior notice.

3. BookForce reserve the right to withdraw the prizes offered if all entries within certain categories/regions fall below the BookForce standard.

4. The Competition is open to any British or Irish national or resident aged 16 or over.

5. All Entrants in to the General Fiction, Non Fiction or Academic categories must be previously unpublished, which, for the avoidance of doubt, means they have not previously had text published under a valid ISBN in their own name. If, however, the entrant has an ISBN from a self-published work, or from contributing to a work, they would still be eligible to enter in these categories, as they would not be seen to have benefited fully from a publishing contract.

6. Entrants into the Previously Published category must enter a work that has not been previously published.

7. Each Entry must be the undisputed work of the Entrant and the Entrant must ensure that if any text or intellectual property belonging to any other person or organisation is used in the Entry, then the Entrant has the approval of such individual or organisation to use that text or property.

8. Multiple Entries may be accepted, but each Entry must be submitted as if it were a separate Entry with a unique Entry number.

9. Employees of BookForce or any of its sponsors and their immediate families will be specifically excluded from entering the Competition.

10. Entries must be submitted by the dates published and in the format required unless specific exemption is given in writing by the competition Organisers.

11. The Organisers reserve the right to disqualify any Entry for any reason but in particular if any of the Rules have been broken or if the material supplied is offensive or illegal.

12. The Organisers will not be responsible for any error, omission, interruption, deletion, loss, defect, delay, theft, alteration or any other problem arising in the submission of entries caused by force majeur.

13. The Organisers retain the rights to any publicity or marketing activity, which they deem necessary to promote either the Competition or its Entrants, their Entries, the Competition sponsors and the Organisers themselves. Entrants agree to participate in any reasonable request by the Organisers to fulfil marketing obligations relating to the Competition and their own Entry.

14. Entrants retain all rights to their typescripts, except in the case of prize-winners to whom publishing contracts have been offered and accepted. If a contract is offered and signed, the entrant will retain the intellectual rights to the work, whilst Discovered Authors would take the publishing rights.

15. The Organisers will not distribute any material relating to the Entries or the Entrants themselves other than to the Organisers’ judging panels and readers, their own staff and to the Media for the purposes as set out in clause 13 above.

16. The Organisers specifically exclude themselves from any damage or loss however caused which may arise as a result of an Entry by an Entrant to the Entrant.

17. No personal data relating to the Entrant will be disclosed to any third party without the express permission of the Entrant.