Conditions of Entry
1. Information on how to enter forms part of the conditions of entry. Entry is free and open to all residents of Australia who have never had a project published in Patchwork & Stitching, Creating Country Threads or Handmade magazine and must not have entered their entry in a competition or show prior to entering this competition. Employees of Express Publications Pty Limited ACN 057 807 904 ("Express") and their subsidiaries and families are not eligible to enter.
2. The competition commences 8 January 2010 and closes 5pm on 5 February 2010. The winner will be chosen at 50 Silverwater Road, Silverwater NSW 2128 at 4pm on 19 February 2010 after the competition ends. There will be 1 winner. If the winner is not present when chosen they will be notified by phone and mail.
3. The competition is conducted by Express Publications Pty Ltd, 2 Stanley Street, Silverwater NSW 2128.
4. The official entry form below must accompany each entry. Complete it and attach it to a photograph of the work you are entering
5. Each entry must be the entrant's own work, their own original design.
6. Entry forms and photographs must arrive at 50 Silverwater Rd, Silverwater NSW 2128 or by email at: pws@expresspublications.com.au no later than February 5th, 2010.
7. Preliminary judging is based on the photographs, then the selected finalists will be required to submit their original work for photography and the final judging. Express will not pay for any costs associated with a finalist supplying the original work but will pay for the costs (excluding postal insurance) of returning the original work to a finalist by pre paid ordinary post.
8. All dolls, soft toys and bears sent in for final judging must have a label with the maker's name, address and phone number.
9.All finalists will be requested to send in a portrait photograph of themselves and you consent to Express reproducing and publishing your image throughout the world which we may use in all media formats including print, electronic or any other publishing medium.
10. The competition winner will be published in one of our magazines (for no additional remuneration) and you will be required to enter into our hobbyist or independent contractor project agreement which will include, inter alia, supplying us with instructions for your work, allowing us permission to photograph your work and providing us with a royalty free licence to create a pattern.
11. The winner will be decided by a panel appointed by Patchwork & Stitching, Creating Country Threads or Handmade magazine. The judges' decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into. This competition is a game of skill and chance plays no part in determining the winners. All entries will be judged on their visual impact, design, use of colour, and overall creativity.
12. Entrants agree and acknowledge that by entering the competition they consent to any activity the performance of which would otherwise infringe their moral rights by Express. All entrants' contact details may be used for promotional purposes by Express. Our privacy policy can be found at www.expresspublications.com.au/privacy/.
13. The total prize value is $500. The prize value is subject to change after printing. There is one prize only. The promoter is Express Publications Pty Limited, 2 Stanley Street, Silverwater NSW 2128 (02) 9741 3800. Entry forms and photographs submitted will not be returned to the entrants.
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