Competitions Terms and Conditions:
1. No purchase necessary to enter the competition.
2. This competition is open to UK residents aged 13 years or over, with the exception of employees of the Promoter, their families, agents and anyone else connected with this promotion.
3. Entries must be received by 20th June 2008. The Promoter accepts no responsibility for any entries that are incomplete, illegible, corrupted or fail to reach the Promoter by the relevant closing date for any reason. Proof of posting or sending is not proof of receipt. Entries via agents or third parties are invalid. Entries become the property of the Promoter and are not returned.
4. Only one entry per person. No entrant may win more than one prize.
5. To enter write a set of song lyrics on the theme of friendship lost. Then, send the lyrics along with your name, age, address and email address to Kevin Brooks via Bebo mail on the Black Rabbit Summer Bebo page at www.bebo.com/blackrabbitsummer.
6. All correctly completed entries will be forwarded to a judging panel made up of members of the band “Pull Tiger Tail” and Kevin Brooks. The winner will be the entry that in the opinion of the judges has written the best song lyrics on the theme of friendship lost.
7. The prize for the winner is to have their lyrics put to music and recorded in a state of the art studio by Pull Tiger Tail on a date and at a location to be chosen by the Promoter. The winner and one friend will receive transport to London to see the recording taking place. The song will also be available for free download through Spinebreakers.co.uk and bebo.com for a period of 1 month. The winner will also receive a selection of books chosen by the Promoter to a retail value of £100.
8. Prizes are subject to availability. In the event of unforeseen circumstances, the Promoter reserves the right (a) to substitute alternative prizes of equivalent or greater value and (b) in exceptional circumstances to amend or foreclose the promotion without notice. No correspondence will be entered into.
9. The winner will be notified via email or post by 1st July. The winner must claim their prize within 14 working days of the Promoter sending notification. If the prize is unclaimed after this time, it will lapse and the Promoter reserves the right to offer the unclaimed prize to a substitute winner selected in accordance with these rules.
10. 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 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.
11. To obtain details of the winner please email puffin@uk.penguingroup.com  stating the name of the competition in the subject heading 4 weeks after the closing date.
12. 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.
13. The winners agree to take part in reasonable post event publicity and to the use of their names and photographs in such publicity.
14. By entering the competition each entrant agrees to be bound by these terms and conditions.
15. The Promoter is Penguin Books 80 Strand, London WC2R 0RL.

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