Competition closes at midday UK time on Wednesday, April 11, 2007.

Competition open to UK residents aged 18 and over, except employees of Times Newspapers Limited (TNL), their families, agents, any affiliated company, or any other person connected with the competition's administration.

One winner will be selected from entries received before the closing date. The winner will be the entrant whose entry, in the opinion of the judges demonstrated the greatest flair and originality. The judges' decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into.

All entries must be the original work of the entrant and not previously published. Entries will be screened and approved by TNL before being added to the "Have your say" section or published in any form. TNL reserves the right to disqualify any entries which it deems, at its sole discretion, to contravene the spirit of the promotion.

The winner will be notified by email by Monday, April 23, 2007.

The prize is one bottle of champagne. The prize is non-transferable and no cash alternative is available.

TNL will not be liable for technical, hardware, or software failures of any kind or lost or unavailable network connections which may limit or prohibit an eligible entrant's ability to participate. TNL takes no responsibility for entries which are lost, delayed, illegible, corrupted, damaged, incomplete or otherwise invalid. Other than death or personal injury arising from the acts or omissions of TNL or its employees, TNL will not be liable for any loss or damage arising out of the winner's enjoyment of the prize.

No purchase necessary. Entrants may be subject to local call charges depending on their own individual arrangements for Internet access.

TNL reserve the right at any time to cancel, modify or supersede the competition (including altering prizes) if, in our sole discretion, if a competition is not capable of being conducted as specified.

TNL reserves the right to publish entries other than the winning entry and publication does not necessarily mean the that entrant has won a prize. Entrants will retain copyright in their submitted entries, however, by entering, all entrants licence TNL a worldwide royalty free perpetual licence to publish and use each entry in any and all media (including print and online) for publicity and news purposes. In particular, all entrants licence TNL the right to print their entry on Times Online and in The Times and Sunday Times Newspapers. Winners must agree to their names and general locations being used for publicity purposes by the Times Online, The Times and Sunday Times newspapers in any and all media.

Winners will be required to submit proof of age and may be required to submit valid identification before receiving their prize.

For a list of winners, please send a stamped addressed envelope to Times Newspapers Limited Competitions Department, 1 Virginia Street, London E98 1RL, stating for which competition you would like winners details.

Promoter: Times Newspapers Limited

Entry is conditional on acceptance of these terms and conditions.

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