Enigma competition terms and conditions
The below Terms and Conditions need to be read and agreed to by a parent or guardian in order to enter the Enigma competition.
Rules for Blue Peter’s Enigma Competition - These terms were changed on 18/09/19
1. Blue Peter’s Enigma Competition (the “Competition”) is open to all UK residents (including residents of the Channel Islands and the Isle Of Man) aged between 6 and 15 years of age on Wednesday 2nd October 2019 (the closing date for entries) except the children or close relatives of GCHQ employees, NCSC employees, BBC employees, contributors, contractors, BBC Group company employees, or any persons closely connected with the Competition. The BBC reserves the right to request proof of age for entrants as well as parent/guardian’s consent and necessary state of health. Only one entry per person may be submitted. No joint entries will be allowed.
2. To enter the Competition entrants must:
Design a poster to commemorate GCHQ’s Centenary.
Create your own simple code to spell ‘Enigma’ and hide this within the poster.
Provide the key to the code and a supporting paragraph describing your design.
Complete a contact details page and obtain parent / guardian permission.
Entry is via post only.
3. Entry is via the entry form which can only be downloaded from the Blue Peter website http://www.bbc.co.uk/bluepeter.
4. If entrants submit more than one entry, we will judge the first entry received and disregard the others.
5. The entry must be the entrant’s own original work and not be defamatory nor breach any copyright or contain anything that could be deemed offensive.
6. All submissions must include the entrant’s: name, age, date of birth, nationality, address including postcode, parent/guardian’s name and nationality and two contact telephone numbers (primary and backup) which can be filled in on the appropriate sections of the entry form. Entrants should ask their parent/guardian’s permission to enter the Competition, fill in the correct details and ensure that they have read the terms and conditions. This must be confirmed by a parent/guardian completing the tick box on the entry form. The telephone number provided must allow your parent/guardian to be contacted between Friday 4th October 2019 – Tuesday 8th October 2019 and Friday 11th October 2019.
7. All entrants must enter the Competition by submitting their entry form by post to:
Blue Peter's Enigma Competition
BBC Bridge House
MediaCityUK
M50 2BH
8. Entries must be RECEIVED by no later than 12 noon on Wednesday 2nd October 2019. Late, incomplete or illegible entries or entries with insufficient postage will be disqualified. The BBC cannot take any responsibility for any technical failure or malfunction, including but not limited to any affecting postal services, which may result in any entry being delayed, lost or not properly registered or recorded. The BBC will not be able to return entries.
9. By submitting an entry for the Competition, the entrant’s parent/guardian is deemed to have given consent for the entry to be published free of charge by the BBC/BBC Studios in all media, including television, print and internet, for all purposes as it wishes. Blue Peter may wish to display entries containing an entrant’s name, age and town or county, in all of the above instances working in line with the BBC’s Child Protection Policy, to prevent jigsaw identification of any entrant. Blue Peter may wish to display entries containing an entrant’s name, age and town or county in the studio and in a website gallery. BBC’s conditions on contributions apply to the terms and conditions and can be found http://www.bbc.co.uk/terms/personal.shtml#5.
10. For editorial reasons, it is necessary for the BBC to acquire ownership of all rights in the winning entry and it is a condition of entry that the winner’s parent/guardian will sign any additional documentation in order to assign all rights to the BBC/BBC Studios and to waive all moral rights the winner may have in the winning entry. If you have any concerns about this requirement, we would advise you not to enter.
11. All entries will be judged in the first instance by members of the Blue Peter production team and representatives from GCHQ. This first judging panel will decide which entries should be put forward to the second stage of judging. The first judging round will select the 10 best entries for each of the following age categories:
Category 1: Entrants aged 6-8
Category 2: Entrants aged 9-11
Category 3: Entrants aged 12-15
For each age category 3 back-up entries will be ranked in order of merit to act as standbys to replace any entries that in the verification process need to be excluded from the Competition. During judging equal weighting will be given to poster design, code and descriptive paragraph. 30 entries in total will go through from the first round of judging to the second round of judging.
12. The second judging stage will look at the 10 best entries for each age category (30 entries in total) and be carried out by a judging panel of representatives from GCHQ and Blue Peter including Blue Peter presenters. The panel may change subject to availability. From the 30 entries, the panel will choose a top entry for each age category (3 top entries in total). These top entries will be the winners.
Criteria
13. All entries will be judged against the following criteria:
Design – The entrants must create a unique poster design to mark GCHQ’s centenary.
Code – the entrants must create their own simple code and spell the word Enigma somewhere in the poster.
Paragraph – The entrants must describe their poster and how they came up with their code.
Original – the poster, code and paragraph must be unique and not based on any other existing ideas. It must not contain any brands or logos save for the GCHQ brand (which can be found at https://www.gchq.gov.uk/news/new-gchq-logo).
14. The prizes consist of:
1st Prize: 3 x Winners
Exclusive visit to GCHQ headquarters in Cheltenham.
Take part in a puzzle-solving adventure in London.
A Blue Peter Orange competition badge.
A framed copy of their entry.
Top 30
The top 30 entries that go through to the second round of judging will receive a Blue Peter Orange competition badge.
15. The winners must be available on the following dates:
a. Thursday 17th October 2019 to film the announcement of the winning entries at MediaCityUK, Salford.
b. Saturday 19th & Sunday 20th October 2019 to record the Winners story VT.
16. These dates are non-movable, but we reserve the right to change them due to editorial/production considerations.
17. The BBC will obtain an appropriate child licence for each of the winners and runners up if needed. Reasonable travel, food, accommodation costs will be provided by the BBC for the winning children and 1 parent or guardian per child to appear on Blue Peter and to attend the filming of the winner’s story. The winners will be deemed to have agreed to be filmed (both video and stills) during their days on location by the Blue Peter Production team. The parent/guardian of the winners (and runners up if applicable) will be required to sign contributor release forms on behalf of their child/ward and themselves to allow the BBC to use the contributions in all media for all purposes.
18. Telephone calls will be made to the 30 short listed entrants (and their parent/guardians) between Friday 4th October 2019 – Tuesday 8th October 2019 in order to check eligibility. Phone calls will also be made to the backup entries which will be taken through to the second stage of judging, to be used if any of the top 30 are not eligible. If an entrant (including parent/guardian) is unable to be contacted after reasonable attempts have been made to do so, the BBC reserves the right to offer their place to the next best entrant. Unsuccessful entrants will not be contacted. Entries cannot be returned to entrants.
19. The prizes will be as stated. The prizes cannot be transferred and there is no cash alternative.
20. The winner will be notified on Friday 11th October 2019 by telephone, as per the contact details provided in their entries. In the event of the winners being unable to be contacted, after reasonable attempts have been made, or being unable to attend the Blue Peter filming or if any of the winners are found to be in breach of the rules or fail to take up their prize for any reason, including illness, unavailability, problems in having consent for absence from school, licensing difficulties OR problems with obtaining a sign off from their doctor regarding state of health to participate, the BBC reserves the right to offer the prize to a top runner-up who will be ranked in order of merit but it is not obliged to do so.
21. The BBC’s and the judges’ decision as to the winner is final. No correspondence relating to the Competition will be entered into.
22. Entrants will be expected to take part in post-Competition publicity for the BBC.
23. The BBC reserves the right to cancel the Competition or change any of these rules at any stage if deemed necessary in its opinion or if circumstances arise outside of its control. Any such changes will be duly communicated. The BBC cannot be held responsible for any unforeseen events relating to the cancellation of the Enigma Competition.
24. To be considered for Blue Peter’s Enigma Competition and visit GCHQ’s Headquarters as part of the winner’s prize, appropriate checks will be made by the BBC and relevant third parties including GCHQ, using data that you supply to us. The winners and their accompanying parent/guardian will be asked to provide further documentation as communicated to them, including identification, to undertake the necessary checks. The BBC reserves the right to disqualify any winner that fails to meet the requirements to be admitted to or partake in any element of the prize.
25. The parent/guardian of an applicant is required to accept these terms and conditions by way of tick box for the entry to be valid.
26. The Competition complies with the BBC Code of Conduct for Competitions and Voting, which can be found on: http://www.bbc.co.uk/editorialguidelines/guidelines/appendix2
27. The BBC shall treat all relevant information submitted as part of the Competition in accordance with the BBC’s Privacy Policy: https://bbc.com.im/editorialguidelines/guidance/code-of-conduct
28. The BBC and GCHQ or any other organisation associated with the Competition accepts no liability for any damage, loss, liabilities (including direct, indirect, incidental, consequential or punitive damage) injury or disappointment incurred or suffered by you as a result of entering the Competition, not being able to enter into the Competition or accepting any of the prizes. Nothing shall exclude the liability of the BBC or GCHQ for (i) fraudulent misrepresentation, (ii) for death or personal injury as a result of that party's negligence, or (iii) any other cause of action which cannot be limited or excluded under applicable law. In no event shall the BBC or GCHQ and/or any other organisation associated with the Competition’s total liability to you for all damages, losses, or causes of action exceed the price of the relevant prize.
29. If any of these clauses should be determined to be illegal, invalid or otherwise unenforceable then it shall be severed and deleted from these terms and conditions and the remaining clauses shall survive, remain in full force and effect.
30. These Terms and Conditions shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of England and Wales. The courts of England and Wales shall have exclusive jurisdiction over any claim, dispute or matter arising under or in connection with these Terms and Conditions.