Booker 2022 Competition Terms and Conditions

Terms and conditions

• This is a free draw, with only one entry allowed per person, and we reserve the right to disqualify any entries where we suspect one person has used a number of different email addresses. Use or attempted use of any automated or other non-manual entry methods is prohibited.
• The draw is governed by our general rules for competitions, but the following specifics also apply (and take precedence should there be any contradiction or ambiguity)
• There will be 10 winners, selected at random from entries received before midday GMT (UK time) on Wednesday November 2, 2022
• Each winner will receive a signed copy of the book which wins The Booker Prize 2022, and the goody bag which was given to the guests at the award ceremony at The Roundhouse in London on October 17, 2022. With regard to signatures in books, it is acknowledged and agreed by all entrants that this may not be possible if the author concerned is unable to give a signature for reasons of ill health or physical disability.
• The competition is open to those resident outside the UK subject to the proviso that an entry is not eligible if it is from a resident in a country or jurisdiction where this free draw may breach any local law or regulation.
• Winners will be notified by email no later than midday GMT (UK time) on Thursday November 3, 2022, and must promptly provide a fully operative postal address for delivery of their prize. If we have not received this within 28 days of us notifying a winner, we will have no obligation to deliver the prize. 
• We can only undertake to do what is reasonable in all the circumstances to deliver the prize to a location outside the UK.
• Bearing in mind, among other things, the value of the prize itself in relation to cost of delivery, we reserve the right (and this is determined at our sole discretion) to ask a winner to provide an alternative address for delivery to a person/location where the cost is proportionate.
• Winners are responsible for any taxes or duties they may have to pay in order to take receipt of their prize.
• We are not responsible for any damage to the prize in the course of delivery; while we will consider a request for a replacement (if available) if the prize arrives in a seriously damaged state, this is solely in our discretion depending on the particular circumstances.
• These terms and conditions are be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of England & Wales, and the courts of England & Wales shall have exclusive jurisdiction in relation determining any question or issue in relation to them.