COMPETITION

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Terms & Conditions of Entry

1. The National Child Writes Competition is open to all primary-school aged child writers and illustrators. 
2. The panel of independent judges will be looking for originality, creativity and character, as well as correct punctuation and grammar for writers and consistency of artistic skills for illustrators.
3. The competition is open in ROUNDS, one round per term, until we receive a 500 entries.
4. The winning writer and a winning illustrator from each ROUND will be announced via www.facebook.com/ChildWrites and will be contacted directly by either telephone or email, and they will receive a certificate and a book prize valued at $50, and they are then included on the short-list with the winners of other rounds for the final judging.
5. All short listed entrants will be asked to (a) keep their original submission or they can choose (b) to submit a new entry when the final short list has been determined, which will be once there are 500 entries.
6. Entry fees will be given directly to The Child Writes Fund and all costs associated with the winners prize, including mentoring and the production of the book, is gifted by Boogie Books. 
7. Child writers will need to submit a story suitable for a children’s picture book, no longer than 800 words. The story must conform to a ‘G’ rating.
8. Child illustrators will need to submit a variety of three full colour A4 sample illustrations, showcasing at three different characters and settings.
9. Entry is limited to Australian primary-school aged residents. Potentially the winner may be transitioning to secondary school during the production of the book if in Year 6 at time of entering. 
10. The competition is OPEN at the conclusion of the previous competition, and remains so until 500 entries have been received.  
11. Each ROUND will fit within a school term and or the school holidays.
12. Judging will take place within two (2) weeks of the competition closing.
13. All entrants will receive an automatically generated reply email indicating receipt of entry. 
14. Child Writes takes no responsibility for lost or misdirected entries.
15. The work must solely and wholly be that of the entrant.
16. A child entrant may enter both the writing and illustration categories. The entry fee must be paid for each category. If payment isn't received, entries are ineligible.
17. There is no limit to the number of entries per child.  The entry fee must be paid for each entry.
18. All story entries must be submitted as an attachment, in Microsoft Word format Calibri font 12pt. Please, there is no need for borders or embellishments!  
19. All illustration entries will need to be scanned, low resolution, and submitted by email as PDF documents. In the case of a short list, original illustrations may be requested to be sent by post. Please don't pay for 'professional scanning' - there is no such thing! An A4 colour scan only costs 0.40cents at Officeworks! 
20. The winners will be notified by phone and / or email on or before two weeks of the competition closing. 
21. The winner of the writing category and the winner of the illustration category will be teamed together to be mentored through the entire Child Writes process of creating a children’s picture book. They will receive a publishing agreement at the completion of their (a) story or (b) illustrations. Publication is the 100% desired outcome but it can't be guaranteed and is only possible if the story and illustrations are both completed. 
22. As an entrant to the competition, you have opted-in to Child Writes marketing database. Be assured the contact information included on the entry form is not to be available to any other organisation and is used to communicate the results of the competition.
23. If you selected the Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT) option, please submit a copy of your payment receipt by email emma@childwrites.com.au
24. The promoter is Boogie Books ABN 77 322 342 176.
25. Child Writes reserves the right to not accept any entry.
26. Child Writes reserves the right to use winning entries for promotional activities in all relevant print and online media at the full discretion of Child Writes.