'My Secret Talent' Short Story Competition
Terms & Conditions

















The competition is open to children between the ages of 7-13 years on the closing date of
Thursday 30th April 2015.
Children must have permission of a parent or guardian before entering this competition.
Children of employees of Usborne Publishing or Usborne Books at Home or anyone
professionally associated with this competition may not enter the competition.
Entrants must be resident in the UK.
All entries must arrive via email with Tamsyn Murray or by post to Usborne Publishing by
11.59pm on Thursday 30th April.
Entries that are incomplete, illegible, corrupted or fail to arrive by the closing date of Thursday
30th April will not be entered in the competition.
Stories will not be returned.
Your personal details will be used only for administering this competition and will be destroyed
after a winner and two runner ups have been chosen.
The winner and two runner-ups will be notified on or before Wednesday 10th June 2015 and
must acknowledge receipt of the notification by Friday 22nd June.
The winner and two runner-ups will be announced on Wednesday 1st July.
The winner may choose £100 worth of Usborne books but Usborne Publishing retains the right
to substitute titles at their discretion.
The winner will also receive a £50 voucher for Paperchase and a signed copy of Completely
Cassidy: Accidental Genius.
Two runner-ups will receive signed copies of Completely Cassidy: Accidental Genius.
As a condition of entry, the winner and runner-ups agree to take part in reasonable post event
publicity and to the use of their names, photographs and stories in such publicity.
The winner’s and runner-ups' names and entries will be displayed on
www.completelycassidy.co.uk. No correspondence will be entered into. The judges' decision is
final.
By entering the competition each entrant agrees to be bound by these terms and conditions.
The Competition is organized by Tamsyn Murray c/o Usborne Publishing Limited, Usborne
House, 83-85 Saffron Hill, London EC1N 8RT.