100yearsofanne Writing contest ends April 30

[HappyCappy]

http://www.100yearsofanne.com/
. ELIGIBILITY. To be eligible to participate in the Contest, an individual must be a legal resident of Canada.

To be eligible to win a Grand Prize (defined below) in the Contest, an individual must:
a. be over the age of majority in their province or territory of residence, or have a parent or legal guardian willing to claim the prize and travel to Prince Edward Island with the winner;
b. be legally able to travel to Prince Edward Island; and
c.be otherwise eligible pursuant to these Contest Rules.

Employees, representatives, or agents of Penguin Group (Canada) (the “Sponsor”), their respective affiliates, subsidiaries, related companies, advertising and promotional agencies, the Jury as defined in Rule 5 below, and the household members and/or the immediate family of any of the above, are not eligible to participate in the Contest. For the purposes of these Contest Rules, “immediate family” means husband, wife, spouse, mother, father, brother, sister, son, and/or daughter, whether or not they reside in the same household.

The Sponsor shall have the right at any time to require proof of identity and/or eligibility to participate in the Contest. Failure to provide such proof may result in disqualification. All personal and other information requested by and supplied to the Sponsor for the purposes of this Contest must be truthful, complete, accurate, and in no way misleading. The Sponsor reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to disqualify any entrant should any entrant at any stage supply untruthful, incomplete, inaccurate, or misleading personal details and/or information.

2. CONTEST PERIOD. The Contest opens at 12:00:01 am ET on February 9, 2008, and closes at 11:59:59 pm ET on April 30, 2008 (the “Contest Period”).

3. HOW TO ENTER.
a. There is no purchase necessary to enter the Contest. To enter, write an original letter to Anne of Green Gables (Anne Shirley) telling her what she means to you. See Rule 5 for the Judging Criteria that will be applied to shortlisted entries. The letter must be 500 words or less, addressed to Anne Shirley or Anne or Anne of Green Gables, and include your full name, Age Category, phone number, email address (if sending letter by email), and mailing address. Entrants under the age of majority in their province or territory of residence must include the name and contact information of a parent or legal guardian.

Letters can be sent by regular mail to:

ANNE OF GREEN GABLES
NATIONAL LETTER-WRITING COMPETITION
c/o Avonlea
PO BOX 100 Station K
TORONTO ON M4P 0A7

Or by email to: annecontest@ca.penguingroup.com

If entering by email, entrants must include their full name, Age Category, phone number, email address, mailing address, and, if the entrant is under the age of majority in his/her province or territory of residence, the name and contact information of their parent or legal guardian, at the top of their email followed by their letter to Anne Shirley. Letters must be included in the body of the email message. Attachments will not be considered. In the event of a dispute as to the identity of the entrant associated with an email entry, the entry will be deemed to have been made by the holder of the established email account associated with the entry.

b. All entries via regular mail must be postmarked April 30, 2008, or earlier, and received by May 7, 2008. Entries sent via email must be received no later than 11:59:59 pm ET, April 30, 2008. Proof of sending an entry is not proof of receipt by the Sponsor.

c. Limit of one (1) entry per person.

d. All entries become the sole property of the Sponsor and none will be returned for any reason. Entries will be declared invalid if they are late, illegible, incomplete, damaged, irregular, mutilated, forged, garbled, or mechanically or electronically reproduced. No communication or correspondence will be exchanged with entrants except with those selected for a prize.

4. PRIZES.
a. GRAND PRIZES: Four (4) Grand Prizes are available to be won (each a “Grand Prize”). One (1) Grand Prize will be awarded to the winner (as determined pursuant to Rule 5) in each of the following four (4) Age Categories: 10 and under; 11 to 14; 15 to 17; and 18 and older (each an “Age Category”). Each Grand Prize consists of: one (1) CDN$2500 voucher for The Travel Store (www.thetravelstore.ca) to be used only for travel to Prince Edward Island and for any travel product sold through The Travel Store and used on Prince Edward Island; four (4) tickets to Anne of Green Gables: The Musical (if travel dates permit) (approximate value: CDN$200); one (1) family pass to Avonlea Village (if travel dates permit) (approximate value: CDN$45); one (1) copy of signed editions of each of Before Green Gables, Anne of Green Gables Collector’s Edition, and Imagining Anne: The Island Scrapbooks of Lucy Maud Montgomery (approximate value: CDN$89); one (1) 100th anniversary commemorative coin issued by the Royal Canadian Mint (approximate value: CDN$25); and one (1) Anne of Green Gables Collectors package as issued by Canada Post (approximate value: CDN$15). Each Grand Prize has an approximate total value of CDN $2874. Winner is not entitled to monetary difference between actual prize value and stated approximate prize value, if any.

Grand Prizes must be claimed by July 4, 2008, and all tickets must be used, and travel completed, by December 31, 2008. Travel arrangements must be made through Tourism PEI and The Travel Store. In order to make arrangements to claim the travel voucher, the winner is responsible for contacting Tourism PEI at 902-368-5540. If the winner is under the age of majority in his/her province or territory of residence, the winner must be accompanied on any travel by his/her parent or legal guardian. Should the winner be unable to travel before the date set out above, the Grand Prize will be forfeited and no substitute prize will be awarded. Winner and winner’s guests will be solely responsible for any and all expenses not explicitly included in the description of the Grand Prize, including but not limited to travel and medical insurance, additional travel expenses that are not paid for by the CDN $2500 voucher, taxes, gratuities, travel documentation, fuel, ground transportation, meals, beverages, telephone calls, and in-room charges. The Sponsor is not responsible for the inability of the winner or winner’s guests to participate in any aspect of the Grand Prize for any reason whatsoever, including but not limited to lost vouchers or tickets, illness, and travel restrictions.

b. RUNNER-UP PRIZES: Eight (8) Runner-up Prizes are available to be won (each a “Runner-up Prize”). One (1) Runner-up Prize will be awarded to the entrants who come in second and third place in each of the four Age Categories (as determined pursuant to Rule 5). Each Runner-up Prize consists of: one (1) copy of signed editions of each of Before Green Gables, Anne of Green Gables Collector’s Edition, and Imagining Anne: The Island Scrapbooks of Lucy Maud Montgomery (approximate value: CDN$89); one (1) 100th anniversary commemorative coin issued by the Royal Canadian Mint (approximate value: CDN$25); and one (1) Anne of Green Gables Collectors Package as issued by Canada Post (approximate value: CDN$15). Approximate total value of each Runner-up Prize is CDN$129.

c. The total approximate value of all prizes is CDN $12,528.

d. Prizes must be accepted as awarded and cannot be transferred, assigned, substituted or redeemed for cash, except at the sole discretion of the Sponsor. The Sponsor reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to substitute a prize of equal or greater value if any prize (or any portion thereof) cannot be awarded for any reason.

[Crafty Lady]

I might enter this, we live near Leaksdale (Ontario) where Lucy Maud Montgomery lived when she wrote Anne of Green Gables and close to where Return to Avonlee was made for TV.Thanks