Conditions of Entry for the BookRix Free Writing Competition “Write Whatever You Want”




The participation in the English BookRix Competition (hereinafter: "Competition") arranged by BookRix GmbH & Co. KG ("Provider") are subject to and governed by the conditions of entry (hereinafter "Conditions and Rules") set out below:



1. Approval to Conditions and Rules by the User: The User approves and consents to the Conditions and Rules by participating in the Competition. It is possible to participate in the Competition as an author and/or as a reviewer. This consent to the Conditions and Rules is given regardless whether a User participates in the Competition as author or as reviewer.



2. Applicability of General Terms and Conditions (GTC) and the privacy policy: In general, the Competition is subject to and governed by the GTC and the privacy policy of BookRix GmbH & Co. KG (Provider) unless these Conditions and Rules provide for deviant or special rules.



3. Possible entrants: Any User registered in the Bookrix.com website can participate in the Competition. The participation of minors is subject to prior consent of their legal representative(s). Personnel of the Provider or of BookRix Verwaltungs-GmbH and their respective relatives (§ 15 of the German revenue code [Abgabenordnung - AO]) are not allowed to participate in the Competition.



4. Payment: There is no fee to participate in the Competition.



5. Participation as author: An author has to register on Bookrix.com and upload his or her self-created book on to the site to register for the Competition. An author can only register one book for the Competition.



6. Requirements for stories (rights of the author, volume and language): Only self-created books may be registered for the Competition. This means that the author must own all the rights to the registered book and the contents of the book. Books which violate the rights of Third Parties are not allowed to be registered. Moreover, books which are registered for the Competition must be created by using the BookRix Text Editor tool (based on the BookRix format) and must be written in English.



Book should be new to BookRix and must have a cover. There are no word/page limits to this contest.



7. Registration: Deadlines for the registration of stories entries. Users can register books with the Provider for the Competition between November 21, 2011, to January 17, 2012, 11 a.m. EST, 4 p.m. London Time/GMT. Books that are registered after this date and time will not be taken into account.



8. Limitation of prizes: Users participating in the author contest in the Competition can win just one prize (place) in the author contest. In the case that a User registers more than one book for the Competition, only one book by this User (author) will become part of the top ten.



Therefore, an author can win only one prize from his or her book and will not win any more prizes (places) from his or her other books.



9. Voting system: A separate panel of reviewers, chosen by BookRix, will select the top ten finalists to move on to the independent jury.



10. Wildcards: Besides the top ten books BookRix may choose to open a wildcard nomination process during the contest. Through this process, members can nominate one favorite contest book for special consideration by BookRix to advance to the independent jury. The wildcard pick, as chosen by BookRix, will advance to the independent jury with the top ten books.



11. Prizes for authors: For the author contest, the 10 best-rated books and wildcards (if they will be included in this contest) will be given to an independent jury. The jury rates the three best books from the selection of the 10 best-rated books and wildcard. The jury determines the winning books. The jury will assign a ranking from 1st place to 3rd place.



12. Notification and publication of the names of the winners: The Provider will notify all winners within two months via personal message. In addition, the names of the winners will be published on BookRix as well as in the Provider's newsletter.



13. Publication of the winners’ books: The winners of the three highest places in the contest allow the Provider to use his or her book for promotional and advertising purposes within the newsletter of the Provider and/or other data carriers. The authors of the winning books will retain the copyright. Every User (author) who participates in the Competition understands that BookRix does not owe the User any additional consideration, payment, compensation, transfer of profit or forbearance beyond the above-mentioned prizes. By uploading the book to electronic form on the Provider’s website, the User who participates in the Competition acknowledges that BookRix is granted the right, free of charge, to publish the electronic file and make it available for downloading and saving by other individuals. The author has the right to remove his book from the competition at any time.



14. Prizes for winners in the Competition: The winners in the Competition will obtain the prizes set out below: First place: $500 and a class in a writing workshop. Second place: $400. Third place: $300.




15. Payment of monetary prizes; non-transferability of claims to prices: The Provider will pay the monetary prizes to the respective winners by remitting the respective amounts to the bank accounts given to the Provider by the respective winners. Winners must not assign their claims to prizes from the Provider to other persons.



16. Notification of winners; re-notification deadline for winners; preclusion of claim to prize: The Provider will notify winners via personal message. Following notification, winners must notify the bank account to which the monetary prize is to be remitted and the e-mail address to which the non-monetary prize (Amazon gift card) is to be sent within one month of receipt of the notification that the prize has been won. Such receipt of notification must be made to the Provider in written form or via e-mail. In case the data or information required are not sent to the Provider within one month, the respective winner will lose his or her claim to the prize.



17. Bank Accounts: The use of the bank account for remittance of the monetary prizes will only occur if the winners of the Competition send their bank account information or data to the Provider. The Provider will use such information or data to remit the monetary prize only. The Provider will not pass on the bank account information or data to Third Parties. Payment via PayPal can also be used to collect a monetary prize in lieu of a bank transfer.



18. Exclusion of Users from the Competition by the Provider: The Provider is entitled to exclude Users who violate the GTC of the Provider, these Conditions and Rules and/or the Code of Conduct from the Competition. Users who are excluded from the Competition automatically cease to participate in the Competition.



19. Modification of the rules: The Provider reserves the right to modify the conditions of entry and contest details at any time.



20. Special note with respect to the limitation of liability of the Provider and certain prohibitions: Again, reference is made to sections 10, 11, 22, 23, 24 and 27 of the GTC.



21. Exclusion of legal process: Any recourse to the courts and legal steps are excluded.