Competition Terms and Conditions

1. The competition is open to all UK residents aged 18 and over, with the exception of employees of Lactalis Nestlé Chilled Dairy, their immediate families, agents, or anyone else associated with administration of this promotion.
2. Closing date for receipt of all entries is 25th June 2010
3. There is one national prize consisting of £1,000 cheque and a further 10 regional prizes consisting of £500 cheque each
4. Regional finalists will be selected from: London, Midlands, South East, South West, North East, North West, Yorkshire, Scotland, Wales, East
5. The winning story and ten finalists’ stories will be created into PDF downloadable story-sheets and uploaded onto www.munchbunch.co.uk
6. To enter, upload your original children’s story of between 600–800 words, starting with the line: "Once upon a Munch Time, there was a cow called Munch..." via the website www.munchbunch.co.uk and provide your name, email address and date of birth. Alternatively, you can also enter via the post by sending your entry to: Carrie Knowles, Fleishman Hillard, 4th Floor, 40 Long Acre, London, WC2E 9LG. Again, please provide your full name, postal address, email address, and date of birth.
7. Winners will be selected on merit by a panel of judges appointed by Lactalis Nestlé Chilled Dairy, including at least one independent judge (i.e. not an employee of Lactalis Nestlé). Winning criteria will be based on imaginative use of the Munch the Cow character within the story; originality; creativity; and relevance for children under 10 years old.
8. The winner and finalists will be informed in writing by 12th July 2010.
9. Munch Bunch will own the publishing rights to all competition entries/creative stories and will have the right to publish the winning stories online on www.munchbunch.co.uk
10. Entries limited to one per household.
11. There is no alternative to the prize offered and the prizes are non–transferable.
12. If for any reason a winner is unable to take the prize as offered, the Promoter reserves the right to award the prize to the next best entry.
13. The judge's decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into.
14. The promoter reserves the right to substitute the stated prizes with equivalents of equal or greater value in the case that the prizes become unavailable.
15. Winners agree to participate in any reasonable publicity required by the Promoter.

Promoter

Nestle Lactalis Chilled Dairy, St. George's House, Croydon CR9 1NR. (Please do not send entries to this address)