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Got a wildlife experience you’re bursting to share? Craft a canny tale and you could win a trip to Tanzania and get published in BBC Wildlife.
THE WAY TO WIN
» This is a travel-writing competition, so primarily your story must convey a genuine feeling of travel and discovery. Recollections of small details can help to conjure up a real sense of place.
» But we are also a wildlife magazine, so we want you to write about a trip or experience in which you have had an encounter with a wild animal (or animals).
» You don’t have to have visited some far-flung, exotic destination for it to count as travel – consider writing about places closer to home as well.
» Read the rules (below) very carefully.
All entries must be received by 28 Feb 2009
THE JUDGES
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Hilary Bradt
is the founder of Bradt Travel Guides, an award-winning writer and teaches travel writing for Traveller’s Tales and Bradt’s own travel-writing seminars. |
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Brian Jackman
has been writing about wildlife and wilderness travel – notably in Africa –
for more than
three decades and specialises in African safaris. |
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James Fair
is the travel editor
of BBC Wildlife. He has written features on trips to four separate continents in more than eight years working on the magazine. |
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Chris McIntyre
has been an African specialist for 20 years. He runs Expert Africa and writes Bradt’s travel guides on Namibia, Botswana, Zambia and Zanzibar. |
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Stephen Mills
has travelled widely in Africa and India, and has a special interest in the conservation
of big cats. He is a naturalist, wildlife film-maker and writer. |
THE PRIZES
» First prize is a safari for two with Expert Africa to Tanzania. With visits to Selous Game Reserve and Zanzibar, you’ll be going to two very different, but top-rated wildlife destinations.
» Your overnight flight from London to Dar es Salaam will be followed by a short flight to the Selous, a reserve prized for its herds of elephants and giraffes, plus predators such as lions, spotted hyenas and African wild dogs.
» You will spend five nights at Beho Beho, probably the best camp in the Selous, where you can enjoy game drives and walking safaris led by professional guides.
» If you’re feeling brave, venture away from the camp for a ‘Bush Night’, where you can dine with the guide beside the campfire, and listen to the sounds of the surrounding wildlife.
» After Selous, you’ll fly to Zanzibar for five nights at Fumba Beach Lodge within the Menai Conservation Area, where your wildlife spotting could involve a snorkelling or diving trip.
» You will end with two nights at The Swahili House, a newly-renovated small boutique hotel in Stone Town.
» This 16-day Expert Africa safari usually costs from £3,856 per person sharing. You can view the full itinerary here.
» For more information, contact Expert Africa 0208 232 9777;
www.expertafrica.com
» Four runners-up will receive three Bradt Travel Guides of their choice.
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The Rules
1 See below for the full terms and conditions. Those terms and conditions should be read together with those on this page as they will both govern your entry to this promotion.
2 This competition is open to writers aged 18 and over, whether your work has been published previously or not.
3 The story should be no longer than 800 words and must be typed with double-line spacing on A4 paper and on one side only. You must not write your name on the story. Instead, your story must have one anonymous tag word written in the top right-hand corner of each page. You must then write the same tag word on an envelope containing the completed entry form, and this envelope should be attached to the back of the story. Stories will not be returned.
4 The story must not have been entered in or won a prize in any other competition anywhere in the world or have been previously published and it must be your own original work and not written jointly with or by any other person.
5 By entering, you grant BBC Worldwide the right to publish your story in any media.
6 All entries must be received by the closing date of 28 February 2009. Proof of posting is not proof of receipt. Winners will be notified by email in April 2009. The winning essay will be published in the June 2009 issue of BBC Wildlife.
7 The stories will be judged by an independent panel. BBC Wildlife reserves the right to withhold prizes if, in the opinion of the judges, the standard of entries
so warrants.
8 The prize must be taken between 20 October 2009 and
20 March 2010 (excluding periods around Christmas and New Year). Three dates will be offered; there are no cash alternatives and the prize cannot be transferred.
9 We would like to share your contact details with Expert Africa who may use them for marketing purposes. If you don’t wish to receive such materials from them, please tick the box on the entry form.
Terms and conditions
1. The BBC Code of Conduct for competitions can be found at www.bbc.co.uk/competitioncode and all BBC Magazines (“BBCM”) promotions comply with the Code.
2. Competitions are open to all residents of the UK, including the Channel Islands, except BBC employees and anyone connected with the competitions.
3. By entering a competition, the participants agree: to be bound by these terms and conditions; that their surname and county of residence may be released if they win a prize; that should they win the competition, their name and likeness may be used by BBCM for pre-arranged promotional purposes.
4. Entrants should follow the instructions for each competition carefully in order to enter. Entries received after the specifi ed closing date and time will not be considered, and cannot be returned.
5. All entries must be the original work of the entrant and must not contravene the rights of third parties. By entering the competition, the entrant grants to BBCM a perpetual, irrevocable, non-exclusive licence to use the work for all purposes connected with the competition, including but not limited to post-promotion publicity. 6. Entrants must supply to BBCM their full name, postal address and daytime telephone number. You can read more about the BBC Privacy Policy at www.bbc.co.uk/privacy/
7. Only one entry will be permitted per person, regardless of method of entry. Bulk entries made by third parties will not be permitted.
8. The winning entrant will be the fi rst correct entry drawn at random after the closing time, or, in creative competitions, the one that in the judges’ opinion is the best.
9. There is no cash alternative and prizes will not be transferable.
10. BBCM’s decision as to the winner is fi nal and no correspondence relating to a competition will be entered.
11. The winner(s) will be notifi ed by post, telephone or email.
12. BBCM reserves the right to amend these terms and conditions or to cancel, alter or amend a competition at any stage, if deemed necessary in its opinion, or if circumstances arise outside its control.
13. If the winner is unable to be contacted within one calendar month of a competition’s closing date, BBCM reserves the right to offer the prize to a runner up, or to re-offer the prize in any future BBCM competition.
14. BBCM excludes liability to the full extent permitted by law for any loss, damage or injury occurring to the participant arising from his or her entry into a competition or occurring to the winner(s) arising from his or her acceptance of a prize.
15. The competitions are subject to the laws of England. |
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