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Your child’s drawing could be printed in One Hundred Steps: The Story of Captain Sir Tom Moore

Help your child to draw their grandparent's proudest moment, and they could win an incredible Captain Tom prize pack including their drawing in the book's paperback edition!

Captain Sir Tom Moore's One Hundred Steps

Your child's drawing could be proudly printed in the paperback of One Hundred Steps: The Story of Captain Sir Tom Moore!

To enter, children aged 4–9 are invited to draw a picture of their grandparent's* proudest moment, for the chance to win this prize PLUS a deluxe afternoon tea delivered to your child and their grandparent and a copy of the book!

Email your child's drawing to CaptainTomComp@puffin.co.uk with a sentence describing the picture and their name and age. (By entering, entrants are agreeing to the terms and conditions.)

* or another older grown up in their life

Captain Tom illustrated

Terms and Conditions

1.  No purchase necessary to enter the competition.  

2. This competition is open to entries from children aged 4 to 9 years old on 23:59 BST 1 February 2021 who are resident of the UK, except for employees of the Promoter, its subsidiary companies, their families and any other company connected with the competition. Proof of age, identity and eligibility may be requested. Parents or guardians must submit entries on behalf of all entrants and by entering, parents/guardians agree to these terms and conditions.

3. Entries must be received by 23:59 BST 1 February 2021. 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 sending is not proof of receipt. Automatically generated entries or entries via agents or third parties are invalid and shall not be considered. 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 the parent/ guardian of the child must send their child’s drawing of the grandparent’s proudest moment (or that of another older grown-up in their life) to the email address CaptainTomComp@puffin.co.uk

6. All valid and correctly completed entries received by the closing date will be forwarded to a judging panel made up of members of the Puffin team, and an independent judge.  One winner will be chosen on 5 February 2021 and that winner will be the entry that in the opinion of the judges, is the best depiction of the grandparent’s (or older person’s) proudest moment, showing effort relative to the age of the entrant.

7.  The Promoter may wish to use the child’s first name and their age in publicity around the competition win on the Promoter’s social media channels but the Promoter will seek the parent/guardian’s written consent prior to such use.

8.  The prize for the winner is for their drawing to be printed in the paperback edition of One Hundred Steps, afternoon tea delivered to them and their grandparent (or older grown-up) on a date chosen from a selection given to them, subject to availability and a copy of Captain Sir Tom Moore One Hundred Steps.  

9. The judge’s decision is final. No correspondence will be entered into.  

10. The prize is non-transferable and no cash alternative will be offered.

11. 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.

12.    The winner will be notified via email by 8 February 2021. The winner must claim their prize within 30 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.  

13. By entering this competition, all entrants consent to the use of their personal data by the Promoter for the purposes of running the competition as detailed in these terms and conditions.  Details on how we process the personal data of entrants can be found in our Privacy Policy.

14. 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.

15. Promoter may disqualify any entrant whose entry does not comply with these terms and conditions (in Promoter’s sole opinion) or who, in 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 Promoter. 

16. We will make the winner’s name and county available on request to the following email address Puffin@uk.penguingroup.com (please state the name of the competition in the subject heading 10 weeks after the closing date).  If you do not want your name and county to be made available in the event that you win, please let us know by emailing Puffin@uk.penguingroup.com. Please note we are required to make the winner’s details available to the ASA if requested.

17. This competition is in no way sponsored, endorsed or administered by or associated with Facebook or Instagram.  You acknowledge that all information and material that you submit to enter this competition are submitted to the Promoter and not to Facebook or Instagram or Twitter and you agree that none of Facebook or Instagram or Twitter shall be liable to you in any way in respect of this competition.

18. The Promoter is Penguin Books Limited 20 Vauxhall Bridge Road, London SW1V 2SA

19. By entering the competition each entrant agrees to be bound by these terms and conditions.

20.  These terms and conditions are governed in accordance with the laws of England and Wales.

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