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Please read these Official Rules before entering the Notion Press Young Writer’s Competition("Competition"). By submitting an entry, you ("you" or "your") acknowledge that you are eligible to enter the Competition and have read and agree to be bound by these Official Rules and any decisions related to the Competition that are made by Notion Press or the judges. We will select one "Grand Prize" winner of the Competition. Details of the Grand Prize and other Competition prizes are described in more detail below. The "Sponsor" of the Competition is Notion Press Media Private Limited ("Notion Press" or "we").
You are eligible to enter the Competition if you are between the age group of (11 - 17), live in India. You are not eligible to enter the Competition if you are (a) our employee or independent contractor of any of our affiliates; (b) a family member (spouses, domestic partners, parents, grandparents, siblings, children, and grandchildren) of an employee or independent contractor of any of our affiliates; (c) a judge involved in the Competition, including any reviewer who participates in selecting the Nominees and finalists.
We must receive your Competition entry between Sep 30, 2022, 12:01 A.M. (India Standard Time) and Oct 30, 2022 (India Standard Time). We reserve the right to stop accepting Entries at any time during the Competition. You must register at www.notionpress.com to enter the Competition. Once you have registered, follow the instructions on the entry form and upload: (1) the complete version of your story (“Story”) we will not accept or review any Entry that does not comply with these Official Rules.
You must be the only author of your Story, and your Story must be between 750 and 1,500 words. Any Story submitted as an Entry written by two or more authors will not be eligible. Additionally, poems, non-fiction works and collections of works are not eligible. Your Story and Description must: (a) be your original creation; (b) be fictional; (c) be in the English, Hindi or Tamil language; (d) be of interior black and white text without images; (e) not currently or previously have been the subject of a publishing agreement with any publisher (nor have been published in any way); (f) not include your real or pen name anywhere in the Story or the Description; (g) not include any information that identifies the author in any way including, but not limited to, a resume or the identity of additional works by the author, but excluding any file document properties that may identify the author; (h) be submitted digitally by copying and pasting it into the entry form. Any entry that we determine, in our sole discretion, to meet these requirements will be considered a “Valid Entry.” We reserve the right, in our sole discretion, to disqualify your Entry from the Competition if the Entry (x) contains obscene, offensive, pornographic or sexually explicit material, (y) is libellous, disparaging, discriminating, includes inappropriate content, or (z) does not comply with these Official Rules.
By submitting an Entry, you represent and warrant that your Entry: (a) is your original creation; (b) has not been copied in whole or in part from any other work; (c) has not previously been published as described in Section 3(e) above; (d) does not violate or infringe any copyright, trademark, privacy or publicity right, or other proprietary or intellectual property right of any person or entity; (e) is not defamatory, libellous, obscene, or otherwise illegal; and (f) is your sole and exclusive property. You further represent and warrant that you have complete, worldwide distribution rights to your Story.
By submitting an Entry you grant Notion Press the publication rights to your Entry during the Competition and 12 months after the completion of the Competition. By submitting an Entry, you grant us and our respective affiliates and agents permission to use, without charge, portions of your Story along with your name and stated reason for writing the submitted Entry (if provided) for any purpose in connection with this Competition. You also grant us the right to edit the formatting and display of your Entry, and to create literary or any other types of effects in respect to your Entry without compensation or approval. You represent that you have received the consent of any person whose real and actual name or likeness is used or featured in any Entry that you submit. If you fail to obtain the consent, your Entry will be disqualified. We have the right at any time during the Competition to request proof of consent, and to disqualify your Entry if you cannot provide the requested proof. Your Story and Excerpts, along with your name, city, and state of residence, and portions of your Entry which relate to the submitted Story, may be posted on any website owned or operated by us or any of our affiliates (“Our Site”), any other website or her online point of presence on any platform through which any products or services available on or through Our Site are described, syndicated, offered, merchandised, or advertised. Our decision to post an Excerpt or any portion of an Entry on any one of Our Sites does not mean that the selected Entry has been selected as a winning Entry.
We are collecting personal information primarily to process Entries, to contact you if necessary, or for marketing and other purposes. By entering the Competition, you agree that we may share your information, in our sole discretion, with third parties that have a need to know the information, such as the judging panel or third parties that we retain to assist in administering the Competition; however, those third parties may only use the information for purposes related to this Competition. Please do not submit an entry if you do not agree to these terms.
If your Entry is disqualified for any reason, you will not receive a notice or explanation describing the reason for the disqualification.
If you are selected as a potential Finalist, we will notify you by e-mail. Prior to awarding a prize, we may require you to sign additional documents we believe are necessary to confirm your eligibility, to obtain a liability and publicity release, and to award any prize.
The Competition and all accompanying materials are copyright 2022 by Notion Press. All rights reserved. The Competition is void outside the eligible entry jurisdictions and where prohibited by law. You agree that our decisions related to the Competition are final and binding in all matters. We reserve the right, to the maximum extent permitted by law, in our sole discretion, to change these rules or cancel the Competition at any time. We may also modify, terminate or suspend the Competition if any viruses, worms, bugs, unauthorized human intervention, or other causes beyond our control corrupt or impair the administration, security, or fairness of the Competition or submission of Entries. If you use the name or likeness of an individual in your Entry, you agree to be solely responsible for that use. You agree that we and our affiliates, subsidiaries and advertising and promotion agencies, along with any officers, directors, agents, employees and representatives of any of them (collectively, “Released Parties), will not be responsible for any action brought by a person whose consent you did not obtain. The Released Parties are not responsible for: (a) any human or other error that may occur in the processing of the Entries; (b) any error, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in operation or transmission, theft or destruction, or unauthorized access to or alteration of Entries; (c) or for technical, network, telephone, computer, hardware or software, malfunctions of any kind, which may occur in connection with this Competition, including, without limitation, any errors or problems related to the administration of the Competition, the processing or judging of Entries, the tabulation of votes, the announcement of the prizes, or the Competition-related materials. Released Parties are also not responsible for: (y) inaccurate transmission of, or failure to receive, any entry information on account of technical problems or traffic congestion on the Internet or at any Web site; and (z) injury or damage to you or any other computer resulting from downloading any materials in connection with the Competition. We reserve the right, in our sole discretion, to disqualify any individual found to be tampering with the entry or voting process, the outcome of the Competition, or the operation of the Competition or Web site; to be acting in violation of these Official Rules; or to be acting in an unsportsmanlike or disruptive manner or with intent to annoy, abuse, threaten, or harass any other person (including actions by you) and void all associated Entries. ANY ATTEMPT BY ANY INDIVIDUAL TO DELIBERATELY DAMAGE ANY WEBSITE OR UNDERMINE THE LEGITIMATE OPERATION OF THE COMPETITION MAY BE A VIOLATION OF CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LAWS, AND IF SUCH AN ATTEMPT IS MADE, WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO SEEK DAMAGES OR OTHER RELIEF (INCLUDING ATTORNEYS’ FEE S) FROM THE PERSON TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW.
THE RELEASED PARTIES ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THE UNAUTHORIZED USE OF ANY ENTRY (OR ANY PORTION OF ANY ENTRY) BY ANY THIRD PARTY. YOU AGREE (FOR YOURSELF AND YOUR HEIRS) THAT THE RELEASED PARTIES, TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY LIABILITY, LOSS, INJURY, OR DAMAGE TO PROPERTY OR TO PERSON. YOU ALSO AGREE THAT WE ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY REASONABLE ATTORNEY’S FEES AND COURT COSTS DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY RELATED TO YOU PARTICIPATION IN THE Competition, OR BY REASON OF YOUR ACCEPTANCE, POSSESSION, USE OR MISUSE OF THE PRIZES (INCLUDING ANY TRAVEL OR ACTIVITY RELATED TO A PRIZE). NOTHING IN THESE OFFICIAL RULES WILL LIMIT ANY RELEASED PARTY’S LIABILITY FOR DEATH OR PERSONAL INJURY CAUSED BY THAT PART Y'S NEGLIGENCE, A BREACH OF THESE OFFICIAL RULES, OR FRAUDULENT MISREPRESENTATION.
This Competition is governed by the laws of Chennai, India. As a condition of participating in this Competition, you agree, to the extent permitted by law, that any and all disputes which cannot be resolved between the parties and causes of action arising out of or in connection with this Competition, will be resolved individually, without resort to any form of class action, exclusively before a court located in Chennai, India. FURTHER, IN ANY DISPUTE, UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES WILL YOU BE PERMITTED TO OBTAIN AWARDS FOR, AND YOU HEREBY WAIVE ALL RIGHTS TO CLAIM, PUNITIVE, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, INCLUDING ATTORNEYS' FEES, OTHER THAN ENTRANT’S ACTUAL OUT-OF-POCKET EXPENSES (E.G. COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH ENTERING). YOU FURTHER WAIVE ALL RIGHTS TO HAVE DAMAGES MULTIPLIED OR INCREASED.
By participating in the Competition, you consent to the worldwide use of your name, biographical information, photographs, videos or likenesses in any manner and in any medium now in existence or later invented for any purpose in connection with the Competition without additional compensation, notification or permission, except where prohibited by law.
If any provision of this Agreement is found to be contrary to law, invalid, illegal or unenforceable by a court of competent jurisdiction, such provision shall be of no force or effect; but the remainder of this Agreement shall continue in full force and effect.