Preface by Atara Ofek:

Shalom! My father, the late Dr. Uriel Ofek – children’s author, poet and lyricist, well-known translator and researcher of children’s literature – passed away 34 years ago, and it is important for me to preserve his memory.

Prof. Mel Rosenberg, co-founder of the Ourboox website, generously offered me to collaborate with the site and initiate a Children’s stories competition in memory of my father, and even donated a prize on behalf of the site, for which I thank him.

I chose to dedicate the competition to stories that parents and children will write together about this strange year, 2020, which ends these days, to allow families with children (ages 15-4) an opportunity for creative quality time, along with observing and delving into the situation we live in – in the world, in our country, on the street, at home and especially in the minds of the children themselves. Eventually, once we get the submissions,, we hope to learn something from them as well.

Originally I intended that all the manuscripts would be handwritten, preferably of the child, and if they did not know how to write – that each would attach a drawing with the parent’s handwriting. To do this, of course, you have to scan the written and illustrated pages, and in retrospect I realize that this is a limitation that can be daunting. However, priority will be given to families who will upload their works in handwriting, preferably of the child.

Competition Rules

Welcome to the competition “Stories of the Year that Was – For children and Parents”  in memory of the writer and researcher Dr. Uriel Ofek (hereinafter “the activity”). The competition is managed by the Ourboox website at: https://www.ourboox.com (hereinafter: the “Website”).

Participation in the activity indicates your agreement to these terms, so please read them carefully. Participation in the activity is also subject to the terms of use and privacy policy of the site, which can also be seen here (https://www.ourboox.com/terms) or accessed via the Ourboox homepage, so please read them carefully as well. If you find a conflict between the terms of use and the regulations, priority will be given to the Ourboox terms of use.

The activity:

1. The storytelling competition is open to parents and their children (boys and girls aged 15-4) in mutual cooperation, in Hebrew, Arabic or English, or a combination of them. Grandparents and their grandchild, aunts and uncles with their nephew or niece are also allowed to participate.
2. To participate, subject to the provisions of these regulations (the “Participants”, “authors” or “writers”), please carry out  the following:

• register as a user at Ourboox https://www.ourboox.com/signup/, agreeing to the site’s terms of use,
• upload a short and original story that will be related to 2020 – in the world, in Israel, on the street, at home and / or in the child’s soul. Stories will be up to 1000 words, with or without original illustrations by/with the child, and will be written in cooperation with the adult (the “content” or “work” or “story”, respectively). The story must be uploaded to the site Ourboox Until December 31, 2020 and the following category box must be chosen and clicked:  
•  תחרות לזכר אוריאל אופק (https://tinyurl.com/y33y6gn4)
• Here is an instructional ebook on how to use Ourboox: https://www.ourboox.com/books/step-by-step-instructions-making-a-book-on-ourboox-2/

c. Read and agree to all sections of these Terms and Conditions.

3. It is clarified that participants who do not meet one of the above requirements (subject to the provisions of these rules) will not be considered participants in the competition. The jury, consisting of the following representatives: Atara Ofek, Nava Koren-Ariel, Amir Mane, Shulamit Sapir-Nevo (hereinafter: “the jury”), will choose from among the participants up to three (3) winning content during the content delivery period only, at its best discretion and based on the quality of the content and its connection to the competition (stories of the year – for children and parents), its originality, innovation and uniqueness (hereinafter: “The Winning Content”
4. Three winning families will win prizes in the first, second and third place, according to a ranking to be determined by the jury on the basis of the above criteria.

The names of the winners will be published by January 31, 2021.

4. Each child/adult may send only one story.
5. The content must be original and wholly and exclusively owned by the creators, and created or composed by them only.
6. The content and / or its delivery do not violate any legal provision, including provisions regarding the publication of defamation, abomination publications, invasion of privacy, infringement of intellectual property rights, prohibited publications regarding minors and / or any other prohibited publication.
7. Participants undertake that if and to the extent that the content contains any mention of any person by name, and in particular a child, that person gave his or her express consent to be mentioned in his name, that no invasion of his privacy and right not to be exposed against his will was made public; And that to the extent that a minor appears in the content, the adult participant is the legal guardian of the minor and any other legal guardian has expressed his or her consent to the minor appearing in the content and under these conditions.
8. Content senders are responsible for any result and damage of any kind that may be caused due to the use of the content and its publication.
9. The works for participation in the competition can be uploaded from 1.12.20 at 12:00 until 31.12.20 at 23:59 (hereinafter: “Content Delivery Period”), when the content must meet the relevant theme definition, as specified in section 1.b above.
10. Notice of winning will be given by email to the winning family and / or in any other way that the jury deems appropriate, in addition to a written notice on behalf of the site. It is the responsibility of the participants in the activity to provide reliable and correct reliable information about the active contact details with them.

If the judges are unable to locate the winning families and inform them that they have won for 72 hours from the date of their selection, they will be entitled to transfer the winnings to another family of participants, as recommended by the jury.

Locating a winning family in this section means locating and identifying the winners as aforesaid, in a telephone conversation or other format of a winning notification, with oral confirmation from the winner.

For example: a winning message left in the winning family’s email or phone answering machine, and none of them returned for 72 hours from the date it was left to the relevant party on the site to confirm that it was received, will be void; The winning will be denied to the winning family – and another winning family will be chosen in its place, as stated.

The prize will be redeemed against certification (including a written winning announcement) and ID cards, which the winners will be asked to present to the website and / or the prize giver. The site and / or those on its behalf reserve the right to change the manner in which the prize is awarded, and a notice to that effect will appear on the site / activity page.

The site will be eligible to host a prize-giving ceremony for the winners. Whenever he decides to do so, he will notify the winners of the date and location of the ceremony and the number of guests that each winning family will be able to invite to the award ceremony.

11. The prize in the first place is: NIS 2,000
12. The prize in the second place is: NIS 1,000
13. The prize in the third place is: NIS 500.

The best works (three winners and others) may be grouped into one digital book to be published on ourboox. Each work will be given credit with the names of the authors.

Regarding the prizes:

14. By participating in the activity, you confirm that you have been provided with all the information you requested in connection with this activity in general and in connection with the regulations in particular, and that you meet all the conditions specified in these regulations.
15. The site reserves the exclusive discretion to deprive the winners of the right to receive the prize, if it has not yet been submitted and is found in retrospect at its sole discretion that acted in the activity in violation of the provisions of these regulations and / or in violation of the activity. In this case, the site will be entitled to give the prize to another family in the activity, which meets its conditions.

Announcement of the winning and publication of the name and portraits of the winners: The

16. The site reserves the right to publish the names of the winning families, their photos and details at any time it deems appropriate in the various media, including on television, in the press and on websites. By participating in the activity, you express consent to your photography and publication of your name and photo in the aforesaid coverage and publications, without consideration and without time limit, including for promotional, marketing, advertising and public relations purposes, without claim against the site and / or anyone on its behalf.

For the avoidance of doubt, it will be clarified again that the senders of the content will not be allowed to demand and / or receive any consideration for the content that will be sent as part of the activity, whether they won the activity or not.

17. The site will be able to verify the identity of the senders of the content at any stage and in any way it deems appropriate, including direct contact with them.
18. You waive any claim and / or demand and / or claim in connection with the manner, procedure or the actual choice of content that will win its submitters a prize, as part of the activity.

Providing details

19. By participating in the activity, you agree to use the site and other users’ information in accordance with the site’s above privacy policy, among other things for the purpose of analyzing and providing statistical information to third parties.

Cancellations

20. The site reserves the right to cancel parts or all at its discretion. This is, inter alia, in the event that it turns out that there has been a malfunction, disruption, prevention or disruption that prevents participants from being able to participate in the activity, even if due to non-dependent constraints.
21. Without derogating from the above, the site may change the structure, software and procedures. The date of the activity, its period or any date specified in it, at its sole discretion, and all subject to giving notice of the change on the activity page – including a decision not to award prizes at all, for any

Additional Conditions

22. The activity may be used by you as is. You will have no claim, claim or demand against the site or anyone on its behalf regarding the features of the activity, its instructions, limitations and way of management.
23. The site does not guarantee that the activity will not be disrupted or run as a series without restrictions or interruptions, will be conducted without errors, , Breakdowns, inaccuracies, errors and glitches , Including malfunctions in the hardware, software or communication lines to the site.

Without derogating from the above, it will be clarified that such disruption, prevention or disruption, whether applied to the site systems or to the systems of any third party, will not create any claim and / or demand and / or claim for the participants, even if they are deleted and / or not Content that you have submitted for the purpose and / or in connection with your participation in the activity and / or your details will be uploaded to the air and / or

24. in any case of dispute and / or appeal over the management of the activity and / or its results and / or interpretation of the regulations. shall be final and binding the participants and / or the parties involved and / or related activities and / or their representatives.

Responsibility

25. you agree, represent and warrant hereby that you dismiss the site and / or any person acting on behalf of any claim and / or claim and / or A requirement directly and / or indirectly related to the activity and its results, and in particular to the award.

Intellectual property

44. All intellectual property rights in the activity, including copyrights, insofar as they exist and are related to the activity, are the sole property of Ourboox and / or other third parties. For any software, computer code, graphic file, names and trademarks (logos), text and any other material included in the activity.
45. Authors who want to publish their work in a timely manner, at the end of the competition only, it will be stated in each publication that “the work participated in the storytelling competition ‘Stories of the year that was – for children and parents‘ of Ourboox’
46. You hereby declare that you know that the delivery of the content on the activity page constitutes the granting of a free, worldwide and unlimited time to the site to use the content free of charge, including its publication and / or making available to the public in such a way that anyone can view and use it and / or transfer it to third parties. In these regulations. It is emphasized that you know and you agree that you will not be entitled to any consideration, in money or money’s worth, for the delivery of the content and / or its publication. You also declare that you do not have and will not have any claims and / or financial and other demands towards the site for the use and publication of the content.

Law, jurisdiction and statute of limitations

The law applicable to this agreement and all that derives from it is Israeli law only. The exclusive jurisdiction is vested in the competent courts in the Tel Aviv District.

28. The limitation period for any claim against the site in any matter arising directly and / or indirectly from participation in the activity is one year from the date of its termination and the selection of the winner within its framework.

Sufficiency of the terms of participation

30. These terms of participation replaces any situation, statement, commitment, publication, etc. that have been given, if given, by anyone on their behalf and / or by any other party

Questions and inquiries

31. For inquiries and questions about the activity by e-mail: [email protected]

We congratulate you on your participation in our family story competition and wish you great success!