1. By entering this competition, you agree to accept and be bound by these terms and conditions. All entry instructions form part of the terms & conditions of this competition.

2. This competition is open to anyone aged 16 or over who is a resident of the UK or the Republic of Ireland, except for employees of Chortle.co.uk or The Random House Group Limited (promoter), its subsidiary companies, their families and any other company connected with the competition.

3. Entries must be received by 23:59 30th September 2015 (closing date). Entries that are illegible, incomplete, corrupted or which fail to be received by the closing date for any reason, will not be considered. The promoter is not responsible for entries delayed or lost. Proof of submission is not proof of receipt. Automatically generated entries or entries via agents or third parties are invalid and shall not be considered. Entries shall not be returned.

4.Only one entry per person. No entrant may win more than one prize.

5. To enter you must write a 500-1,000 word comic short story or extract. Then upload your entry and fill in your details via the online form found at www.chortle.co.uk/comicwritercomp. Entries submitted electronically must be in pdf or word document form.

6. All correctly completed entries will be forwarded to a judging panel made up of Chortle employees, Random House employees, Nina Stibbe and the Wodehouse estate. The winner will be the entry that in the opinion of the judges is the funniest and best written story.

7. The prize is a 3-day creative writing weekend at Studio Farrows (13-15 November 2015) (travel included) and a bundle of Wodehouse novels (prize) and must be taken before 31st December 2015. The prize is non-transferable and no cash alternative will be offered.

8. Events may occur which render the awarding of the prize impossible due to reasons beyond the control of the promoter and the promoter may, at its absolute discretion, vary, amend or suspend with or without notice.

9. The winner will be notified by email within 14 days of the closing date (i.e. by 14th October 2015). The winner must claim their prize within 7 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.

10. Other than those specified above, the promoter shall not be liable for any costs or expenses arising out of or in any way connected with this prize and does not accept any responsibility for any damage, loss or disappointment suffered by the winner as result of accepting this prize.

11. 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 that the entry infringes the personal or proprietary right of any other person. By submitting an entry, each entrant 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 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.

12. The winner agrees to the promoter’s use of their name, town of residence and photograph in relation to the promoter’s publicity material.

13. Promoter will use any data submitted by entrants only for the purposes of running the competition, unless otherwise stated in the entry details. By entering this competition, all entrants consent to the use of their personal data by the promoter for the purposes of the administration of this competition and any other purposes to which the entrant has consented.

14. The winner’s name will be available on www.chortle.co.uk/comicwritercomp on 22nd October 2015.

15.The promoter’s decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into in relation to the competition.

16. 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, the panel or a representative of promoter.

17. These terms and conditions are subject to English Law and the exclusive jurisdiction of the English courts. The promoter’s contact details are: Chortle, 112 Norman Road, London E11 4RL, and The Random House Group Limited, 20 Vauxhall Bridge Road, London SW1V 2SA.

Published: 1 Sep 2015