Terms

1. Twelve competitions will be held throughout 2024. Each competition will run from the first day of the calendar month until the last day of the calendar month.
2. Entry to the competition is restricted to one entry per person per week plus any additional qualifying bonus entries announced by the competition administrators.
3. Entry to the competition is limited to one person per household.
4. Automated entries, bulk entries or third party entries will be disqualified.
5. To obtain a weekly entry you just need to have posted that week. Bonus entries may be subject to special conditions which you will be required to meet before you submit your entry. Failure to meet these criteria or conditions in a legitimate manner and any attempts at cheating will result in instant disqualification from the competition.
6. Any suspicious entries or user accounts will be disqualified at the forum administrator's discretion. This include members holding multiple accounts on the Elixir Forum.
7. The prize consists of an Elixir or Erlang ebook that has been published by Manning Publications.
8. No cash alternatives will be offered.
9. The competition organiser reserves the right in its sole discretion to substitute any prize with cash or a prize of comparable value.
10. Entrants must be aged 16 or over.
11. If you are a winner, you will be required to provide your full name and a suitable email address so that this can be passed on to Manning Publications to send you your prize. Failure to provide your details within 10 days of winning the competition will result in your disqualification as a winner and an alternative winner will be selected.
12. The forum username of all winners will be displayed on our website elixirforum.com and may be used by Manning Publications for promotional reasons.
13. The Judges' decision is final and no correspondence will be entered in to.
14. If you are a competition winner, you acknowledge and agree that neither elixirforum.com or Manning Publications or any of their employees, agents or subcontractors shall have any liability to you whatsoever in connection with your use and/or possession of your prize, provided that nothing in these competition terms shall exclude or limit the liability of any party for personal injury or death caused by negligence or for anything else which cannot be excluded or limited by law.
15. Each user may win the competition only once.
16. In the event of a tie, the user whose entry was made first will win.
17. elixirforum.com is compliant with the Data Protection Act. No personal data is collected as a result of participating in this competition beyond winners' names, country of residence and email addresses which are required for delivery of prizes. Manning Publications will record the winner as an order in its fulfilment systems.
18. These rules may be updated at any time, in which case the latest version will apply.
19. The competition prize is subject to Manning Publications's usual terms and conditions.
20. Please note the title 'The Pragmatic Programmer' is not included in this competition as it is not published by Manning Publications.