1. Individuals and team members submitting a magazine must be registered students in a second level school/college to be a valid entry. The Promoter reserves the right to seek verification from the relevant school or college of the registration of any students who have entered the competition.
  2. Entrants (whether individual or team) must be aged between 11 and 19 years old on September 1st, 2009.
  3. The categories are broken into Junior Category (1st, 2nd, 3rd year in Republic of Ireland and years 8, 9, 10 and 11 in Northern Ireland) and the Senior Category (Transition Year, Fifth or Sixth Year in Republic of Ireland and years 12, 13 and 14 in Northern Ireland.) NB: Year 11 students in Northern Ireland will be placed in the Junior Category for this competition.
  4. All work entered must be students’ own but may be aided/guided by a class teacher. Each entry form must have the signature of a teacher to attest it is the students’ own work and has the support of the school.
  5. Entries can be in either English or Irish. Other languages cannot be accepted.
  6. Entries can be anchored in any subject or combination of subject areas.
  7. Multiple entries from the same school will be accepted in both the Junior and Senior Categories.
  8. All Magazines/e-zines should be a minimum of 6 and a maximum of 30 pages and preferably typewritten. Illegible or indecipherable entries will not be adjudicated.
  9. There will be an overall prize of €2,000 for the winning entry in both categories. In the event that the winning entry is a team entry, the prize of €2,000 will distributed equally between the team members. A reward prize of €250 will be awarded to the facilitating teacher of both of the winning entries, and a commemorative trophy will be presented to the school of the winning entrants.

    In addition, there will be 5 individual prizes of €250 awarded for writing achievement and 3 individual prizes of €250 for creative achievement in each of the two categories.

    In the event that a team entry wins an individual prize, the prize shall be distributed equally between the team members. In the event of unforeseen circumstances, the Promoter reserves the right to offer alternative prize(s) of equal or greater value.
  10. A team submission can have as many members as is deemed necessary. Due to venue capacity restrictions for the official awards ceremony, a limited number of students will be invited to represent their entry, should their submission be chosen. A teacher/guardian must accompany the student[s] on this occasion.
  11. Successful entrants will be contacted on or before Friday, March 26th 2010.
  12. The awards ceremony will be held in Dublin on Monday, April 26th 2010. All entries must be in hard copy and should be posted to The Irish Times SchoolMag Competition, The Irish Times Building, 24-28 Tara Street, Dublin 2.
  13. All entries must include an entry form and the deadline for receipt of entries is 5pm, Friday, February 26th, 2010.

    Where relevant, please keep a record of all written or creative pieces on an electronic/or digital format. The Promoter requests that all articles/visual pieces can be electronically transferred. This is to facilitate publication of the material at the discretion of The Irish Times.
  14. No correspondence will be entered into regarding the judging process and the decision of the judges in all the competition entry categories will be final.
  15. Real Event Solutions and The Irish Times cannot accept responsibility for lost, damaged or delayed entries. Proof of posting is not proof of receipt. Entries cannot be returned to entrants.
  16. Employees, contractors or persons directly or professionally associated with employees of Real Event Solutions or The Irish Times may not enter this competition.
  17. All entries must be the students’ original work and not plagiarised wholly or in part. Plagiarism of any kind will result in immediate disqualification from competition.
  18. All entrants agree to be bound by the rules of the competition; failure on the part of any entrant to adhere to any or all of these rules will render the entry in question invalid.
  19. Prize winners may be required to participate in publicity (photographs, interviews, quotations etc).
  20. Copyright of all original material entered in this competition is retained by the author. By submitting a magazine for entry, the entrants and the relevant school or college grant to The Irish Times Limited the right to reproduce the entry (in full or extract form) in The Irish Times newspaper, on the website at www.irishtimesschoolmag.ie or in such other publication as The Irish Times Limited might nominate, without payment by The Irish Times Limited.

    The Promoter of this competition is The Irish Times. All correspondence and entries should be addressed to: The Irish Times, 24-28 Tara Street Dublin 2. Tel. 01 6758000 or by e-mail to: