World Book Day

STORYTELLING SUPERSTAR

Do you know someone who is simply brilliant at bringing your favourite books to life? Then why not enter them into our competition to find the UK’s and Ireland’s first Storytelling Superstar!

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Children’s Laureate and The Gruffalo author Julia Donaldson and Cressida Cowell, creator of the How to Train Your Dragon series of books, have teamed up with World Book Day to lead the search for the nation’s best performer of stories for children throughout the UK and Ireland.

Whether it’s a mum or dad, grandparent, babysitter, teacher or librarian, the hunt is on for somebody who thrills their young audience and adds an extra element of fun to reading aloud.

The winner will be the person who shows our special panel of judges – led by Julia and Cressida – that they can bring stories to life in the most imaginative way, from acting out characters and putting on different voices to playing unusual games with the words to get children to join in the performance.

To enter your own Storytelling Superstar into the competition is easy! All you have to do is follow these simple instructions:

1. Film a one to two minute video of your Storytelling Superstar performing a short piece from one of your favourite children’s books. There are lots to choose from, so the more unusual the better! To make it easier and fairer for Julia Donaldson and Cressida Cowell to judge, please try not to use one of their stories for your entry.

1. Save the video to your home computer.

1. Click on the ‘Click here to enter’ link below, which will take you to our special World Book Day channel on YouTube.

1. Click ‘Upload’ at the top of the screen and log in to your YouTube account. If you are under the age of 13 and do not have an account, you will need a parent or guardian to create one for you.

1. Once on your main account page, click on the ‘Select files from your computer’ button and choose the video you want to enter from your computer.

1. In the ‘Title’ field, name your video entry starting with the words “Storytelling Superstar” and include the book title and the name of the person you are nominating – for example, “Storytelling Superstar Cressida Cowell reads How to Train Your Dragon.”

1. Once your video is live on YouTube, it will be checked to make sure it meets the entry requirements and added to the World Book Day Storytelling Superstar channel.

To be in with a chance of winning, be sure to send in your nomination video by Sunday 12th February.

The winner will be announced on World Book Day and receive £250 of National Book Tokens to spend on more great children’s books – meaning lots more stories they can perform! Good luck!

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Terms and conditions

The following terms and conditions apply to the World Book Day Storytelling Superstar Competition. By participating in the Competition, you undertake to comply with and abide by these terms and provide all information required. You understand that any failure to do so will result in disqualification:

• The competition is open to all residents of the UK & Ireland, except for employees of World Book Day, its partners, their families or anyone else associated with this competition.

• Videos must be no more than 2 minutes in length, be your own original creation and must not infringe on any third party rights.

• Any entries deemed offensive will be immediately disqualified.

• Only one entry per person. Late, illegible, incomplete, defaced or corrupt entries will not be accepted.

• World Book Day does not accept any responsibility for late or lost entries and proof of transmission will not be accepted as proof of receipt.

• The winner will be selected from all entries uploaded by Sunday 12th February 2012. Any entries submitted after this time will not be considered.

• The judging panel’s decision is final and correspondence will not be entered into by World Book Day to justify its decision.

• The winner will be named on World Book Day (1st March 2012) and receive a prize of £250 National Book Tokens.

• The prize may only be taken as stated and cannot be changed. There are no cash alternatives.

• If a winning entrant is unable to be contacted after reasonable attempts have been made to do so, World Book Day reserves the right to offer the prize to the next best entry as chosen by the judging panel.

• All entrants agree to take part in any competition publicity if asked to do so.

• Copyright in all videos submitted for this competition remains with the respective entrants. However, each entrant grants a worldwide, irrevocable, perpetual licence to World Book Day to feature the submitted videos or still images from said videos on the World Book Day website and other online channels (including but not restricted to Facebook and YouTube) and/or in any promotional material connected to this competition and the World Book Day 2012 campaign.

 
Promoter: World Book Day Ltd., 6 Bell Yard, London WC2A 2JR.