TERMS AND CONDITIONS

1. This competition is open to residents of the UK, Channel Islands, Isle of Man or Republic of Ireland aged 18 years over, except for employees of Telegraph Media Group Limited and its group companies (“Promoter”), their agents or anyone else professionally associated with the competition.

2. All information detailing how to enter this competition forms part of these terms and conditions. It is a condition of entry that all rules are accepted as final and that the competitor agrees to abide by these rules. Submission of an entry will be taken to mean acceptance of these terms and conditions. 3. To enter this competition, entrants must submit a poem on the theme of family. The poem must be in English and no more than 40 lines in length. There are two entry routes to this competition:

- Entrants can email their details and poem (PDF or Word documents only) to poetrycompetition@telegraph. co.uk

OR

- Entrants can post their entry to: Poetry Desk, Telegraph Media Group, 111 Buckingham Palace Road, London SW1W 0DT. The entrant must enclose their name and telephone number.

Entry is restricted to one per person. Once submitted, the Promoter cannot accept any amends to any part of an entry. 4. All entries must be received by 23:59 on Friday, December 17, 2021.

5. All entries submitted must be the work of the individual submitting them and must not have been published elsewhere or have won a prize in any other competition. It is the responsibility of each entrant to ensure that their entry does not infringe the copyright of any third party or any laws.

6. Copyright in all entries submitted for this competition remains with the respective entrants. However, each entrant grants a worldwide, irrevocable, perpetual licence to Telegraph Media Group Limited to feature any or all of the submitted entries in any of their publications, their websites and/ or in any promotional material connected to this competition. Entrants will not receive remittance for such publication, but their work will be credited.

7. Late, illegible, incomplete, defaced or corrupt entries will not be accepted. No responsibility can be accepted for lost entries and proof of transmission or posting will not be accepted as proof of receipt. Entries must not be sent through agencies or third parties.

8. The winning entry shall be judged on the following criteria: Imagination Originality

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9. The panel of judges will comprise:

Tristram Fane Saunders – Poetry Critic at Telegraph Culture Lucy Denyer – Associate Editor at The Telegraph Magazine. The decision of the judges is final and no correspondence will be entered into. No feedback can be provided for submitted poems, and unsuccessful entries will not receive a response.

10. Prizes: The winning entrant’s poem will feature in The Daily Telegraph on Friday, January 21, 2022.

The four runners-up will have their names and poems published on The Telegraph’s poetry channel: telegraph.co. uk/poetry on January 21, 2022.

11. The winner and runners-up shall be notified by January 17, 2022.

Should the Promoter be unable to contact the winners or should the winners be unable to accept the prize, the Promoter reserves the right to award the prize to another entrant who, in the opinion of the judges and in accordance with these terms and conditions, is the next best entry.

12. The winner and runners-up may be required to take part in publicity on behalf of the Promoter.

13. Entrants’ data will be used for the purpose of administration of this competition and in accordance with the permissions granted or withheld at the point of entry.

14. The names and counties of the winner and runners-up can be obtained by sending a sae to Telegraph Poetry Competition 2021, Poetry Desk, Telegraph Media Group, 111 Buckingham Palace Road, London SW1W 0DT within one month after the closing date of the competition.

15. The prizes as described are available on the date of publication. Should the Promoter be unable to publish the winner’s poem on the date specified, the poem will be published on an alternative date.

16. Events may occur that render the competition itself or the awarding of the prizes impossible due to reasons beyond the control of the Promoter and accordingly the Promoter may at its absolute discretion vary or amend the promotion and the entrant agrees that no liability shall attach to the Promoter as a result thereof.

17. These Terms and Conditions are to be interpreted in accordance with English law and any dispute arising out of these Terms or their subject matter is subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English Courts.

Promoter: Telegraph Media Group Limited, 111 Buckingham Palace Road, London, SW1W 0DT.