Entry requirements:

1. This competition is promoted by Specsavers Optical Group Limited, La Villiaze, St Andrew’s, Guernsey, Channel Islands, GY6 8YP (‘Specsavers’).
2. Information on how to enter forms part of the terms and conditions of entry. Entry into the competition is deemed acceptance of these terms and conditions.
3. The competition is open to persons aged from 5 up to 14, resident in the Republic of Ireland (“Qualifying Entrant”). The competition is not open to the families of employees of the Specsavers Group or anyone professionally associated with the competition. Entrants must have the consent of their parent or guardian to enter the competition. Proof of age, identity and eligibility may be requested.
4. The competition will commence on Monday 7 October 2024 at 12:00 (Local Irish time) and will close on Tuesday 7 January 2025 at 23:59 (Local Irish time) (together the ‘Entry Period’). Entries not submitted within the Entry Period will not be eligible for consideration in the competition.
5. No purchase is required to participate in the competition.
6. To enter the competition, Qualifying Entrants must, within the Entry Period, write a short story in accordance with the requirements set out on the Specsavers children’s story competition Entry Form, available on the Specsavers website at https://www.specsavers./ie/iri... (of which these terms and conditions form a part of), complete the remaining information requested on the Entry Form and return the short story and the Entry Form to Specsavers either by post to Specsavers short story competition, c/o WHPR, 6 Ely Place, Dublin 2, or submit a completed Entry Form online at specsavers.ie/irish-book-awards.  All steps in the entry process must be completed.
7. Only one competition entry per person is permitted.
8. Specsavers does not accept any responsibility for any entry that is late, lost, delayed, corrupted or not received due to technical disruptions, network congestions or for any other reasons. Inappropriate, offensive, rand damaging or illegible entries in the opinion of Specsavers shall not be accepted and shall be automatically disqualified.  Furthermore, the parent of the Qualifying Entrant represents, warrants and undertakes that the Entry story is an original and will not infringe any third-party rights. Proof of posting or proof of transmission is not proof of entry.
9. Entries will not be returned to the Qualifying Entrants.
10. By entering the competition, you agree to be bound by these terms and conditions.
11. By entering the competition, all entrants consent to their names being published on a list of winners and the being made available in accordance with clause 24 of these terms and conditions, subject to the entrants, being under the age of 18, having the consent of their parent or guardian to have their name placed on a list of winners and made available in accordance with these terms and conditions.
12. Automated/bulk entries and entries from third parties are not permitted.
    
    The Prize:
13. There will be two (2) winners selected, one from each of the following two categories: Junior (under 10 years old on the date of entry into the competition) and Senior (10-14 years old on the date of entry into the competition).
14. These two (2) winners will each win the following prizes: all of the books shortlisted for the Specsavers Irish Children’s Book of the Year Award 2024 and €500 payable to each of the winner’s schools.
15. Furthermore, there will also be eight (8) runners up selected, four from each of the following two categories: Junior (under 10 years old on the Closing date) and Senior (10-14 years old on the Closing Date).
16. These eight (8) runners up will each win the following prize: all of the books shortlisted for the Specsavers Irish Children’s Book of the Year Award 2024
17. No cash or other alternative prizes are available, and unless otherwise agreed in writing by Specsavers, the prizes are available only to the two winners and 8 runners up. Specsavers reserves the right to alter or substitute any element of the prizes, whether available or not, with prizes of similar values if circumstances beyond Specsavers’ control make it necessary to do so.
    
    Judging:
18. Each Qualifying Entrant who has entered a valid Entry into the competition over the duration of the Entry Period will be entered once into the competition. The two (2) winners and eight (8) runners up will be selected by a panel of three judges (from Specsavers, WHPR and the Irish Book Awards) whose decisions will be final and there will be no correspondence. The stories from the categories detailed above that the judges consider to be the most creative and well-written will win or be runners up.
19. The two (2) winners and eight (8) runners up will be selected by no later than week commencing 21st January 2025.
20. Specsavers’ decision is final and no further correspondence will be entered into.
    
    Claiming the prizes:
21. The relevant parent or guardian of a winner or runner up will be contacted as soon as practical after 11 December 2024, and by no later than 20 December 2024. A winner’s parent or guardian (seeing as the winner will be under the age of 18) will be contacted by telephone or email to confirm that they consent to the winner or runner up entering the competition and agree to accept the prizes on the winner’s behalf, subject to these terms and conditions.
22. Specsavers reserves the right to reallocate either of the prizes if a winner or runner up’s parent or guardian (seeing as the winner will be under the age of 18) cannot be contacted after at least three attempts or fails or refuses to agree to these relevant terms.
23. Specsavers will not be responsible for any inability of a winner or runner up to take up the specified prizes.
24. Winners’ and runner up’s names as well as those on the judging panel can be obtained upon request in writing from WHPR, 6 Ely Place, Dublin 2.
25. By entering the competition, the parent / legal guardian of the Winners consent to their child taking part in publicity associated with this competition which may include the publication of the name, age, country of residence, name of school, photograph, video and details of the short story forming party of their entry, in any publications and/or promotional material connected to the competition. Specsavers shall be entitled to feature any or all of the submitted stories and images and videos taken of the winner in connection with the competition, in any publications and / or in any promotional material connected to the competition. This includes all online, social media, print media and additional platforms owned or utilised by Specsavers.
    
    General:
26. Specsavers reserves the right to hold void, cancel, suspend or change the details of the competition and/or review and revise these terms and conditions without notice and by continuing to take part in the competition subsequent to any revision of these terms and conditions, entrants shall be deemed to have agreed to any such new or amended terms.
27. The decision of Specsavers on any aspect of the prize draw is final and no correspondence will be entered into.
28. Save where it has been negligent, Specsavers will not be responsible for any damage, loss or injury resulting from the Entries into the competition or the Qualifying Entrants’ acceptance and/or use of a prize, or for technical, hardware or software failures, lost, faulty or unavailable network connections or difficulties of any kind that may limit or prohibit any Qualifying Entrant’s ability to participate in the competition. Nothing in these terms and conditions shall in any way limit Specsavers’ liability for death or personal injury caused by its negligence or for any other matter where liability may not be limited as a matter of law.
29. The competition and these terms and conditions, and all issues arising out of the competition and these terms and conditions shall be governed in accordance with the laws of England and Wales and be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English Courts.
    
    Data Protection:
30. Personal data obtained in the process of the competition will be collected, stored and processed for the purposes of administering the prize draw. It will be held by Specsavers and its subsidiaries and holding companies and any subsidiaries of its holding companies (the “Specsavers Group”) either manually or electronically. The information will be restricted to authorised users only and treated in the strictest confidence. Personal data may be held by Specsavers, the Specsavers Group, for a period of up to 18 months after the closing date of the competition. Specsavers may provide your personal information to the following third-party providers in connection with the competition, for the purposes of administering the competition and the redemption of the prizes: WHPR, 6 Ely Place, Dublin 2
31. For full details on how your personal data is used please visit https://www.specsavers.ie/legal/privacy-statement