Lockwood Fan Art Competition Terms and Conditions

1. By entering this competition, you agree to accept and be bound by these terms and conditions. All entry instructions form part of the terms and conditions of this competition.
2. This competition is open to anyone who is a resident of the UK or the Republic of Ireland, except for employees of the Promoter, its subsidiary companies, their families and any other company connected with the competition. Parents or guardians must enter on behalf of all child entrants under the age of 13 and are required to approve the entry and agree to these terms and conditions.
3. To enter this competition you must draw fan art for the Lockwood series – this can be based on any book or any character within the series. You then need to post an image of this using your Instagram or Twitter account with the hashtag #LockwoodFanart. If you are under 13 years of age or if you don’t want to post on social channels, you can email us with your entry to Puffin@uk.penguingroup.com with the subject line LOCKWOOD FAN ART COMP
4. If you have already drawn Lockwood fan art, to enter the competition you will be required to repost using the mechanics stated above
5. This Promotion is in no way sponsored, endorsed or administered by or associated with Instagram or Twitter.  You acknowledge that all information and material that you submit to enter this Promotion is submitted to the Promoter and not Instagram or Twitter and you agree that Instagram or Twitter shall not be liable to you in any way in respect of this Promotion.
6. Only one entry per person is allowed and entries cannot have multiple authors. If one entrant submits more than one entry, only their first entry will be considered.
7. Entries must not contain any unsuitable, obscene, offensive or defamatory material. Entries that do not adhere to these terms and conditions may be removed from the competition.
8. Entries become the property of the Promoter and cannot be returned so please remember to retain a copy. No feedback on an entry will be given.
9. By entering this competition, each entrant confirms that his/her entry is their wholly-owned creation and to the extent that such entry makes use of any third-party materials that these have been fully cleared unless they are no longer protected by copyright or other intellectual property rights. Entrants will keep the Promoter harmless from any claims in relation to their entry that the entry infringes the personal or proprietary right of any other person. By submitting an entry, each entrant (or their parent/guardian on their behalf) grants to the Promoter and Jonathan Stroud a perpetual, royalty-free, non-exclusive licence to edit, publish, translate, modify, adapt, make available and distribute the entry throughout the world in any media now known or hereafter invented. Each entrant (or their parent/guardian on their behalf) undertakes to complete any necessary documentation to formalise the licence. If you do not want to grant us these rights, please do not submit materials to us.
10. Entry opens on 26th Oct 2016 and the closing date for the competition is midnight GMT 30th Nov 2016. Entries received after the closing date will not be considered. Responsibility will not be accepted for corrupted, illegible, incomplete, lost or damaged entries, whether due to system error or otherwise. Automatically generated entries or entries via agents or third parties are invalid and will not be considered.
11. All correctly completed entries will first be judged by the Promoter’s employees. Jonathan Stroud will then pick the final winner out of a shortlist of three. The winner will be the entry that in the opinion of the judge is the most creative and well drawn.
12. There will be one winner. The prize will be a signed copy of each book in the Lockwood series (The Screaming Staircase, the Whispering Skull, The Hollow Boy and The Creeping Shadow), a Lockwood poster and lavender. No cash alternative will be offered.
13. Events may occur which render the awarding of the prizes impossible due to reasons beyond the control of the Promoter, and the Promoter may, at its absolute discretion, vary, amend or suspend any of the prizes with or without notice.
14. The competition will be judged within 40 days of the closing date and the winner will be notified by email. The winner will have 14 working days of the Promoter sending notification to confirm acceptance of their prize otherwise the Promoter reserves the right to reallocate the prize to a reserve winner selected in accordance with these rules.
15. The winner agrees to the Promoter’s use of their name, town of residence and photograph in relation to the Promoter’s publicity material.
16. The Promoter will use any data submitted by entrants only for the purposes of running the competition, unless otherwise stated in the entry details. By entering this competition, all entrants consent to the use of their personal data by the Promoter for the purposes of the administration of this competition and any other purposes to which the entrant has consented.
17. To obtain details of the winner please email Puffin@uk.penguingroup.com  and state the name of the competition in the subject heading four weeks after the closing date.
18. The winner agrees to take part in reasonable post-event publicity and to the use of their names and photographs in such publicity.
19. The Promoter may disqualify any entrant whose entry does not comply with these terms and conditions (in the Promoter’s sole opinion) or who, in the Promoter’s sole determination, has acted in a manner that is fraudulent, dishonest or unjust to other entrants including, without limitation, tampering with the operation of the competition, manipulating or rigging votes, hacking, deceiving, cheating or by harassing or threatening other entrants or a representative of the Promoter.
20. The judge’s decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into in relation to the competition.
21. The Promoter reserves the rights to amend these terms and conditions or cancel this competition at any stage, if deemed necessary it its opinion, or if circumstances arise outside of its control.
22. These terms and conditions are subject to English Law and the exclusive jurisdiction of the English courts.
23. The Promoter is: Penguin Random House Children’s, a division of Penguin Books Ltd, 80 Strand, London WC2R 0RL.