Women on film: the Sight & Sound competition for female film writers

Name: 

Address: 

Phone: 

Email: 

Age (for monitoring purposes): 

About yourself (for monitoring purposes): your writing experience and current profession/job/education status: 

Your inspiration: 

Please write us a brief thumbnail description (circa 300 words) of a person in the world of film who is or has been an inspiration to you. The subject can be related to cinema in any way: an actor, screenwriter, costumier, lab technician or even subject of a movie. We’re interested in your heroes, models and muses, but also in your critical acumen: your writing should be passionate and imaginative but also insightful and analytical. 

Please email this document (as an attachment, or by pasting it into the body of the email) to womenonfilm@bfi.org.uk. 

Deadline: 10am, 3 May 2011. 

Terms and conditions
	1.	Women on Film (the “competition”) is an international competition open to those who identify as female (“you”) subject to paragraph 2 below.
	2.	Employees or agencies of the BFI, its group organisations or their family members, or anyone else connected with the competition may not enter the competition.
	3.	By entering the competition you are accepting these terms and conditions.
	4.	To enter the competition, you must email your entry along with your name, age and phone number to womenonfilm@bfi.org.uk. If you have any questions about how to enter or in connection to the competition please email us at womenonfilm@bfi.org.uk with ‘Question’ in the subject line.
	5.	The closing date and time of the competition is 3 May. Entries received after that date and time will not be considered.
	6.	By submitting an entry to the competition, you give the BFI the right to use your name for the sole purpose of identifying you as the author of your entry and/or as winner of the competition.
	7.	Your entry must be your own work, must not be copied, and must not otherwise be obscene, defamatory or in breach of any applicable legislation or regulations. If we have reason to believe that your entry is not your own work or otherwise breaches this paragraph 7, then we may not consider it.
Picking the winners
	1.	A panel representing Sight & Sound will select the top three entries from all the competition entries.
	2.	The judge’s decision of who the winner and runners up are will be made on or before 16 May. The judge’s decision is final.
The prizes
	1.	The winner of the competition will receive a year-long mentoring programme with one of Sight & Sound’s female journalists, plus a commission to write a feature for the magazine’s website. Two runners up will win an annual subscription to Sight & Sound.
	2.	The winners and runners up will be notified by the BFI by email or phone on 16 May 2011.
	3.	Details of the winners, runners up and their entries will also be published on www.bfi.org.uk/sightandsound on or before 16 May 2011 (at the BFI’s sole discretion) at a later date.
Further rules
	1.	Entries on behalf of another person will not be accepted and joint submissions are not allowed.
	2.	We take no responsibility for entries that are lost, delayed, misdirected, or incomplete or cannot be delivered or entered for any technical or other reason. Proof of delivery of the entry is not proof of receipt.
	3.	The winners may be required for promotional activity and photographs of the winner may appear online.
	4.	The promoter of the competition is the BFI whose address is 21 Stephen Street, London, W1T 1LN. Any complaints regarding this competition should be sent to this address.
	5.	Nothing in these terms and conditions shall exclude the liability of the BFI for death, personal injury fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation as a result of its negligence.
	6.	The BFI accepts no responsibility for any damage, loss, liabilities or disappointment incurred or suffered by you as a result of entering the competition or accepting any prize. The BFI further disclaims liability for any injury or damage to you or any other person's computer relating to or resulting from participation in or downloading any materials in connection with the competition.
	7.	The BFI reserves the right at any time and from time to time to modify or discontinue, temporarily or permanently, this competition with or without prior notice due to reasons outside its control (including, without limitation, in the case of anticipated, suspected or actual fraud). The decision of the BFI in all matters under its control is final and binding.