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Entrants must be aged 16 or over at the closing date (1 November 2022).

The competition is only open to people who are not music professionals. A music professional is here defined as anyone who earns money from composing or arranging music (including composition teaching).

Entrants must not have had a professional commission, nor have had a composition commercially published within the last five years up to 6 September 2022. An entrant will also be considered professional if they have significant income from music composing or teaching work (including, but not limited to, income from selling compositions/arrangements or teaching composition online) and will not be eligible for the competition.

The competition is also not open to:

鈼� Employees, or the close relatives of employees of the 大象传媒, 大象传媒 Group companies, or anyone else connected with the creation or administration of this competition
鈼� Previous winners of the Radio 3 Carol Competition
鈼� Those who have been shortlisted for the Radio 3 Carol Competition within the last three years. Previously shortlisted candidates from before that period can enter.

2. How to enter

Each valid entry can either be uploaded online or sent by post.

TO ENTER ONLINE: Save the score of your carol as an Adobe PDF or a high-resolution image OR record an audio file of yourself singing the tune (with words) of the first verse only. Then complete the Entry Form online, linked to from bbc.co.uk/carolcompetition.

The online entry form will accept the following file formats:

Documents
鈼� PDF

Images
鈼� JPEG
鈼� PNG
鈼� GIF (not animated)

Audio
鈼� MP3
鈼� MP4
鈼� M4A
鈼� WAVE
鈼� Windows Media Audio

TO ENTER BY POST: Each valid entry must include: A completed entry form (available to download from bbc.co.uk/carolcompetition) AND a printed copy of your score for the first verse only, with the words written underneath the notes.

If entering a written score, entrants must use traditional music notation and the tune should be presented on a single page of A4 paper. Completed entries must be submitted by standard post only to:

大象传媒 Radio 3 Breakfast Carol Competition
Room 2045
Broadcasting House
London W1A 1AA

3. Due to the volume of entries for the Competition, there will be no acknowledgement of receipt for entries submitted by post. Entries submitted online will receive an automated email acknowledgement to the 大象传媒 account registered email address. Any queries about entering the Competition should be emailed to 3Breakfast@bbc.co.uk.

4. The winner is the entrant who writes the tune that makes the best Christmas Carol when sung with the words of the chosen poem, which can be found at bbc.co.uk/carolcompetition. Entrants should write a melody line only, for singing in unison. The melody line should set the three-line verse and one-line chorus “look here, the winter’s brightening” of the carol. The same melody line will be used for each of the carol’s three verses and choruses.

5. Entrants may repeat words or phrases, and/or swap around lines from the text of the VERSE, but should bear in mind that the tune will be repeated and therefore any repetitions must work for all subsequent VERSES. Entrants should not alter the words of the CHORUS, but may repeat the line in full.

6. This competition will be judged solely on the tune/melody line. It is not necessary to provide a harmonisation or accompaniment. If you do provide a harmonisation or accompaniment, they will not be assessed as part of the judging criteria.

7. Only one entry per person will be accepted. If an entrant should submit more than one entry, only the first entry registered will be judged and any subsequent entries will be disregarded.

8. Entrants must warrant that their entries are original, entirely their own work and do not infringe copyright or other third party rights. The 大象传媒 reserves the right to carry out any appropriate checks including contacting entrants to verify this. Entries must not contain defamatory, obscene, violent or any other material that would deem the entry unsuitable for broadcast by the 大象传媒. The 大象传媒 accepts no liability if entrants ignore these rules and entrants agree to fully indemnify the 大象传媒 against any claims by any third party arising from any breach of these rules.

9. We welcome tunes in a variety of musical styles and genres. The judges will assess each valid entry in relation to the following criteria:

鈼� A tune that is attractive and original
鈼� A tune that is easy to learn
鈼� A tune that can be sung by people who do not have special musical skills or training
鈼� A tune that reflects the mood and meaning of the text

10. The competition will launch on Tuesday 6 September 2022 in 大象传媒 Radio 3 Breakfast. Each time the competition is mentioned on air, in Breakfast or on another programme, listeners will be told of the different ways of entry, the deadline for entries, and where to find the T&Cs and Privacy notice. The deadline for receipt of entries is 23:59 (11.59pm) on Tuesday 1 November 2022.

11. Entries will undergo the following judging process:

鈼� All entries will be verified by a member of 大象传媒 production staff to ensure that they are compliant with the terms and conditions of this competition. Any invalid entries will be removed from the judging process at this point.
鈼� Each valid entry will be assessed using the criteria set out above by members of the 大象传媒 Singers and members of the Radio 3 Breakfast Carol Competition production team. They will submit a longlist of up to 50 entries to the final round of shortlisting by the judging panel.
鈼� The final round of shortlisting will involve a panel of at least five judges, who will review the longlisted entries. They will shortlist six entrants by agreement, based on the criteria outlined above.

If the judging panel requires any clarification in relation to an entry, the entrant will be contacted at this stage.

Radio 3’s in-house arranger will then work in collaboration with shortlisted composers to create harmonised versions of each entry for choir and piano accompaniment. The arranger’s artistic decisions are final, but each shortlisted composer will be asked to sign off the final harmonised version before the carol is submitted to the public vote. Reasonable adjustments will be made to this process to make sure that all candidates have equal access to the process.

Radio 3 listeners will be asked to vote for their favourite tune after they have had the opportunity to hear the final six performed by the 大象传媒 Singers on Radio 3, broadcast on-air and made available online. The six shortlisted carols will be recorded by the 大象传媒 Singers, with some verses sung in unison with an accompaniment and some in harmony.

12. The 大象传媒's decision in the selection of shortlisted entrants is final. No correspondence will be entered into. Unsuccessful applicants will not be contacted. Applicants may receive automatically generated emails but replies will not be responded to.

13. The shortlisted entrants will then be contacted by the 大象传媒 production team by email, telephone or post by Thursday 24 November 2022. If, after reasonable attempts to contact a winner, the communication has not been acknowledged, the 大象传媒 reserves the right to replace them on the shortlist with another selected entrant.

14. The six shortlisted entries will be performed live by the 大象传媒 Singers on Radio 3’s Breakfast programme (subject to technical and operational circumstances) between 8am and 9am on Friday 16 December 2022. From 16 December to 22 December 2022, recordings of the carols will be played across a range of Radio 3 shows, equally and fairly. All of the shortlisted carols will be available to listen to on the Radio 3 website from 8.50am on Friday 16 December 2022.

15. After hearing each carol on-air during the voting period, the audience will be directed to visit bbc.co.uk/carolcompetition to vote for their favourite carol.

16. Voting will close at 6pm on Thursday 22 December 2022. The winner with the highest number of votes will be announced in the Breakfast programme on Friday 23 December 2022.

17. Entrants should be available to attend the recording session of the six final arrangements on Monday 5 December 2022 in London (travel expenses may be available dependent on your circumstances). Entrants should also be available for a phone call at around 8.30am between 16 and 23 December 2022 inclusive to be interviewed live on the Breakfast show, either as a finalist or as the winner, dependent on circumstances. The shortlisted entrants will be expected to take part in pre- and post-competition publicity, if required.

18. The winning entrant will have their carol performed live on the Breakfast programme on Friday 23 December 2022 and a recording played on 大象传媒 Radio 3 during programmes throughout the Christmas period.

19. The prize is as stated and cannot be deferred or transferred. There will be no cash alternatives.

20. Entrants supplying scores and those who receive commissions from the 大象传媒 agree to grant the 大象传媒 an exclusive licence to use such entries and commissions in all media for the purposes of the competition including without limitation, transmission on radio and streaming on the internet and making copies or new recordings, if required. In connection with 大象传媒's planned usage of the entries and commissions, entrants must ensure that works submitted are original.

21. Entrants must supply full details as required above and comply with all of the terms and conditions of this competition in order to be eligible for the prize. The 大象传媒 does not accept responsibility for ineligible, incomplete or fraudulent entries.

22. The 大象传媒 reserves the right to cancel this competition at any stage.

23. Entrants are reminded that their participation in 大象传媒 competitions (including winning or receiving an award of high commendation) cannot be used in commercial advertising or promotions, to attract external funding, to lobby or campaign, or to attract donations.

24. The 大象传媒 does not accept responsibility for any technical failure, malfunction or any other problem with any server, internet access system, programme software, the postal service or otherwise which may result in any entry being lost, late or not properly registered or recorded. Proof of sending is not proof of receipt.

25. Entrants will be deemed to have accepted these rules and to agree to be bound by them when entering this competition. Entries that deviate from the terms and conditions of this competition will be disqualified. Entries are subject to the 大象传媒 Privacy Policy and 大象传媒 Online Terms of Use.

26. The promoter of this competition is the British Broadcasting Corporation and these terms and conditions are governed by the laws of England and Wales.

27. This competition accords with 大象传媒’s Code of Conduct for Competitions and Voting, details of which can be found in the .