If you can, then you could win USD5000.00 (five thousand) or the equivalent in your national currency as at 31st January 2009 AND you could have your name on the front of the book, underneath the author and the illustrator. Even if you don’t win, you could stand a chance of being a runner-up and having a cash offer from the publishers to reserve your plot for another book in the series!

For just a one page synopsis of the plot that you would like to see fleshed out in the next Christine Kringle adventure, you could win a lot of money and have your name on bookshelves throughout the world!

Once you have thoroughly read Christine Kringle and got under the skin of the characters, then all you have to do is send us your ideas for the next adventure in the series, along with a scan (if sending by email) or a photocopy (if sending by regular mail) of your proof of purchase of the book. The entry form is below.

If you want to enter the Christine kringle competition, put the email address of your parent or guardian on the entry form. We will then email them asking if they approve of you entering the competition. It's for your own protection.

All email addresses and home addresses will be stored until the competition has closed. They will be in the possession of one person only - the author, Lynn Brittney. These addresses may be used once, to inform all entrants of the outcome of the competition, then they will be destroyed. No personal information will be given or sold to third parties.

The organisers of the competition undertake to inform the winner as soon as possible after the closing date of the competition. The winner will receive USD5000.00 (five thousand) or equivalent in their national currency (according to the prevailing exchange rates in the UK on January 31st 2009). The winner will also be credited as the deviser of the plot on the front cover of the next Christine Kringle book. This does not entitle the winner to any royalty payments arising from the sale of said book. The organisers reserve the right to publish said book whenever feasible and that may not necessarily be Christmas 2009, if circumstances arise which make publication difficult. However, the organisers pledge that they will honour the promise that the winner’s name will be on the next book in the series. All rights pertaining to the plot, text and illustrations will belong to the publisher of the Christine Kringle series, namely Write Publications Ltd. P.O.Box 52, Axminster, EX13 5WB, United Kingdom. No entries to the competition can be returned. The publishers also pledge that, if there are any plots, after the winner has been selected, that show merit, they will consider making a cash offer to acquire the rights of those plots, and those runners-up will be listed in the prelim pages of the next book in the series. Again, this does not entitle any runners-up to receive royalties from any future books in the series. Any plots used for books after Book 2, will have their name on the front cover of the relevant book in the series.