Zadie Smith’s latest novel NW, is set in London and follows the lives of Leah, Natalie, Nathan and Felix. The book has just been published in paperback in the UK and we have taken this opportunity to team up with the author and her publishers, Penguin books, and put together a competition for our readers.
We are giving you the chance to win a signed copy of NW, two tickets to Review book club’s event with Zadie Smith and £500 worth of photography equipment. To be in with a chance of winning, all you have to do is send us a photograph you have taken of London which you think best sums up modern, urban life in the city.The winning photograph will also be published on the books site.
Send us your photograph via GuardianWitness by clicking the blue ‘contribute’ button or via the smartphone app. Entries will be judged by a panel made up of Zadie Smith, John Hamilton, Penguin’s Art director, and a member of the Guardian books team. Please note that the usual GuardianWitness guidelines also apply.
Closes 11:00 pm Tuesday 2 July 2013.
Good luck and we look forward to seeing your entries.
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Terms and Conditions – NW book Competition
Entering the Competition
1. The NW book GuardianWitness competition (the “Competition”) is open to UK residents aged 18 and over who have access to the internet and a valid Guardian online, Facebook or Twitter account.
2. The Competition is not open to employees or agencies of Guardian News amp; Media Limited (“GNM” or the “Promoter”), their group companies or family members, freelance contributors to GNM or anyone else connected to the Competition.
3. Entrants into the Competition shall be deemed to have accepted these Terms and Conditions.
4. To enter the Competition you must sign in to GuardianWitness (on desktop, Android or iPhone app) using your Guardian, Facebook or Twitter account and submit a photograph of London. In submitting your entry you must follow the instructions on GuardianWitness, which form part of these Terms and Conditions. No purchase is necessary. If you have any questions about how to enter or otherwise in connection with the Competition, please email us at hannah.freeman@guardian.co.uk with “NW book GuardianWitness Competition” in the subject line.
5. Only one entry per person. Entries on behalf of another person will not be accepted and joint submissions are not allowed. You are responsible for the cost (if any) of sending your Competition entry to us.
6. GNM accepts no responsibility for entries that are lost, delayed, misdirected or incomplete or cannot be delivered or entered for any technical or other reason. Proof of delivery of the entry is not proof of receipt by GNM.
7. The Competition opens at 10.00 on Monday 10 June 2013 and closes at 23.00 on Tuesday 2 July 2013. Entries received outside this time period will not be considered. GNM reserves the right in its absolute discretion to extend the closing date where the entries received are of insufficient quality.
8. You own the copyright to your Competition entry as its author.
9. By submitting an entry to the Competition, you give GNM:
a. Permission for your entry to be published on GNM websites including but not limited to witness.guardian.co.uk and guardian.co.uk (“GNM Websites”) and on any social media account controlled by GNM or Penguin Books UK, including but not limited to Facebook and Twitter accounts (“GNM Social Media Accounts”) , and you grant GNM a non-exclusive, royalty-free, worldwide licence to use and publish your Competition entry in electronic format (including on GNM Websites and GNM Social Media Accounts) and hard copy (including in GNM publications) for purposes connected with the Competition, and to adapt the entry to enable such publication (including to crop or otherwise edit it for such purposes), and you hereby irrevocably waive, for the benefit of GNM, all moral rights in the entry to which you are entitled; and
b. The right to use your name and county of residence for the sole purpose of identifying you as the author of your entry and/or as a winner of the Competition.
10. Your entry must be your own work, must not be copied, must not contain any third-party materials and/or content that you do not have permission to use, must not promote any goods or services or include any trade marks (other than those belonging to the Promoter), and must not show inappropriate or dangerous behaviour, or otherwise be obscene, defamatory, distasteful, offensive, or in breach of any applicable law or regulation, or in breach of any confidentiality obligations owed by you to third parties. If we have reason to believe your entry is in breach of this paragraph 10 then we may not consider it and may disqualify it.
11. Entrants confirm that each identifiable individual (not including individuals featured as part of a large crowd) whose image is featured in the Competition entry has given consent for the use of his/her image in connection with this Competition and in accordance with these Terms and Conditions. Where an identifiable individual whose image is featured in a Competition entry is aged less than 18 years the entrant confirms that the parent or guardian of that individual has given the relevant consent.
12. We may disqualify your Competition entry for the following reasons: your entry does not comply with these Terms and Conditions; you have not obtained the consents detailed in paragraph 11 above; you are not eligible to enter the Competition; or you cannot be contacted. In the event of disqualification, we may select a new winner in accordance with the selection processes outlined below.
Picking the winner
13. A panel of judges, including Zadie Smith, Penguin Art Director John Hamilton and a member of the Guardian books desk, will select one winning entry from all valid entries received in accordance with these Terms and Conditions. The Promoter reserves the right not to select a winner where the entries received do not meet the standards of the judging panel.
14. When choosing the winner, the judges will consider entries which creatively portray modern urban life in London.
15. The judges will select the winning entry on or before 7 July 2013. The judges’ decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into.
The Prize
16. The winner will receive a signed copy of NW by Zadie Smith, two tickets to the Review Book club event with Zadie Smith taking place at 7pm on 17 July 2013 at Kings Place, 90 York Way, London, N1 9GU, and £500 worth of camera equipment. GNM accepts no responsibility for any costs associated with the prize that are not expressly included in the prize. The prize does not include transport to or from the event in London, food, or spending money. The winner may bring a guest of his/her choice to the Review Book Club event. The winner shall be responsible for the safety and conduct of his/her guest throughout the event.
17. The winner will be notified by email on or before 7 July 2013 and given details of how to claim their prize. If the selected winner does not respond to GNM within 5 days of being notified of their win, the winner’s prize will be forfeited and GNM shall be entitled to ask the judging panel to select another winner in accordance with the process described above (and that winner will have to respond to notification of their win within 5 days or else they will also forfeit their prize). If a winner rejects their prize or their entry is invalid or in breach of these terms, the winner’s prize will be forfeited and GNM shall be entitled to ask the judging panel to select another winner.
18. The signed copy of NW by Zadie Smith and the camera equipment will be sent to the winner by 8 August 2013.
19. The prizes are non-exchangeable and not redeemable for cash or any other prize. The prizes are non-transferable and are not for re-sale.
20. GNM reserves the right to substitute the prizes with alternative prizes of similar value in the event that the original prizes offered cannot be awarded.
Some other rules
21. The name and country of the winner can be obtained after 8 August 2013 by sending a stamped addressed envelope to the following address: Marketing Department, Guardian News amp; Media Limited, Kings Place, 90 York Way, London N1 9GU.
22. The winner may be required to take part in promotional activity related to the Competition and the winner shall participate in such activity on the Promoter’s reasonable request. The winner consent to the use by the Promoter and its related companies, both before and after the closing date of the Competition for an unlimited time, of the winner’s voice, image, photograph and name for publicity purposes (in any medium, including still photographs and films, and on the internet, including any websites hosted by the Promoter and its related companies) and in advertising, marketing or promotional material without additional compensation or prior notice and, in entering the Competition, all entrants consent to the same. Where the winner’s guest at the Review Book Club event wishes to take part in promotional activity related to the Competition, the winner shall procure that his/her guest also provides the consents detailed in this clause 22.
23. The Promoter shall use and take care of any personal information you supply to it as described in its privacy policy, a copy of which can be seen at http://www.guardian.co.uk/help/privacy-policy, and in accordance with data protection legislation. By entering the Competition, you agree to the collection, retention, usage and distribution of your personal information in order to process and contact you about your Competition entry, and for the purpose outlined in paragraphs 21 and 22 above.
24. GNM accepts no responsibility for any damage, loss, liabilities, injury or disappointment incurred or suffered by you as a result of entering the Competition or accepting the prize. GNM further disclaims liability for any injury or damage to your or any other person’s computer relating to or resulting from participation in or downloading any materials in connection with the Competition. Nothing in these Terms and Conditions shall exclude the liability of GNM under law for fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation, or for death or personal injury resulting from its negligence.
25. GNM reserves the right at any time and from time to time to modify or discontinue, temporarily or permanently, this Competition with or without prior notice due to reasons outside its reasonable control (including, without limitation, in the case of anticipated, suspected or actual fraud). The decision of GNM in all matters relating to the Competition is final and no correspondence will be entered into.
26. GNM shall not be liable for any failure to comply with its obligations relating to this Competition where the failure is caused by something outside its reasonable control. Such circumstances shall include, but not be limited to, weather conditions, fire, flood, hurricane, strike, industrial dispute, war, hostilities, political unrest, riots, civil commotion, inevitable accidents, supervening legislation or any other circumstances amounting to force majeure.
27. The Competition and these Terms and Conditions will be governed by English law and entrants to the Competition submit to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the English courts.
28. Promoter: Guardian News amp; Media Limited, Kings Place, 90 York Way, London, N1 9GU.
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