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Congratulations Stephanie Slobodnik!

To enter our contest to win a complete set of the five shortlisted 2014 Toronto Book Awards titles, click here.

Rules & Regulations

You are eligible to win a complete set of the five shortlisted 2014 Toronto Book Awards titles, by entering this contest. Starting Friday, September 19, 2014 and ending Thursday, October 16, 2014, Toronto Public Library will release a survey where participants can vote for their favourite 2014 Toronto Book Awards finalist. By completing the survey, participants will be entered in a draw to win the contest prize. The survey is available at: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/L6B9PVP.

The Library will draw one winner from the entries received. The winner will be announced on Friday, October 17, 2014.

How to Participate:

Eligibility:

• The contest is open to all residents of the City of Toronto age 18 years and older, except Toronto Public Library Board members, officers and employees of the Toronto Public Library, Toronto Public Library Foundation and members of those individuals’ families and their cohabitants. Winners will be required to present photo ID with their address when claiming their prize.
• Limit of one entry per person per email address. The winner will be randomly selected from all entries.
• Entering the contest signifies your acceptance of these rules.

Entry Period:

• Entries will be accepted from Friday, September 19, 2014 to Thursday, October 16, 2014 at 7:00pm.
• The winner will be announced on Friday, October 17, 2014.

Prizes:

• The winner will receive a copy of all of the five shortlisted 2014 Toronto Book Awards titles. These include, The Hungry Ghosts by Shyam Selvadurai, Kicking the Sky by Anthony De Sa, The Massey Murder: A Maid, Her Master and the Trial That Shocked A Country by Charlotte Gray, The Wondrous Woo by Carrianne Leung and The Stop: How the Fight For Good Food Transformed A Community and Inspired A Movement by Nick Saul and Andrea Curtis.
•  Each prize must be accepted as awarded. No cash alternatives, substitution or transfers of the survey prize will be allowed.
• Winners will be chosen by random draw from among all eligible entries received.
• Odds of winning depend on the number of qualified entries received. Each entrant is eligible to win only one prize.
• The prize winners will be contacted via email. Winners agree that Toronto Public Library may use their names for advertising and publicity purposes without additional compensation.
• Winner selections are final and the Toronto Public Library will not be contacting contest entrants who do not win prizes.
• Prizes must be picked up at Toronto Reference Library. Toronto Public Library is not responsible for any damages, taxes or expenses that the winners might incur as a result of this contest or receipt of prizes.
• All winners will be required to answer a skill-testing question to claim their prize.

Privacy and Personal Information:

• Each entrant will be required to provide Toronto Public Library with his/her name, and telephone number or email address for the sole purpose of contest administration.

General Rules:

• Toronto Public Library is not responsible for computer system, hardware, software or program malfunctions or other errors, failures, or delayed computer transactions or network connections that affect the prize draw or your participation in it. Furthermore, the Toronto Public Library is not responsible for:
• lost, misdirected, misplaced, illegible, unintelligible, incomplete or late entries
• any act, failure to act, or delay regarding the transmitting or processing of entries
• Toronto Public Library reserves the right in its sole discretion to cancel or suspend all or any portion of this contest without notice for any reason whatsoever, without any liability to you for any costs you may have incurred in respect to the contest.
• Toronto Public Library is entitled to interpret these rules as required and its decision is final.
• This prize draw is subject to all applicable federal, provincial and municipal laws and regulations. These incentive prize rules are subject to change without notice in order to comply with any applicable federal, provincial and municipal laws or the policy of any other entity having jurisdiction over the prize draw.
• Any and all disputes arising from the prize draw will be resolved in the courts of the Province of Ontario and are subject to the laws of that Province.
• Toronto Public Library reserves the right to substitute the contest prizes with alternate prizes of equal or greater value.

Personal information submitted in relation to this contest is collected under the authority of the Public Libraries Act, s.20 (d) and will be used to administer the Vote For Your Favourite 2014 Toronto Book Awards Finalist contest. Questions about the collection or management of personal information should be directed to the Privacy & Records Management Officer, Toronto Reference Library, 789 Yonge Street, Toronto, ON M4W 2G8, 416-395-5658.