Youth Week 2025 Design a sticker competition terms and conditions
1. The Office for Youth and the NSW Youth Advisory Council, at their discretion, will determine whether your sticker artwork entry (‘entry’) is to be considered.
2. By submitting your entry, you and your parent/guardian (if you are under the age of 18) agree to be bound by these Terms and Conditions.
3. The Office for Youth will only consider entries from children and young people between ages 12 to 24.
4. Only one entry will be accepted by each individual or group. This will be the first entry received by the Office for Youth.
5. Your age for eligibility assessment purposes will be your age as at the date your entry is received by the Office for Youth.
6. The Office for Youth will not accept responsibility for entries not received by the closing date or for entries that are incorrectly completed. The Office for Youth’s decision on the timing of the entry and completeness is final.
7. The Office for Youth will consider entries from those who physically live in NSW, with a NSW mailing address only.
8. All entries must be submitted online through the Office for Youth’s website with all supporting information or materials uploaded. Any physical information, applications or materials sent or delivered to the Office for Youth office will not be accepted, nor will the Office for Youth be responsible for their return.
9. When submitting an entry, you must provide your name, age, address, email and contact number. If under 18, you must also provide the name, email and contact number of your parent(s) or guardian.
10. The Office for Youth accepts no responsibility for any costs associated with creating the artwork. All entries should be created with items already accessible and available to you.
11. If you are under 18 years old:
a. You must receive parental or guardian consent to make an entry. You must provide a valid phone number and email address of your parent/guardian so that the Office for Youth may verify such consent.
b. The Office for Youth may contact your parent, guardian, or carer in relation to your entry.
c. The Office for Youth is not responsible for incorrect information submitted such as a phone number, email or mailing address.
12. You must exclusively own all intellectual property rights in your entry. Proof of ownership may be required, and you agree to complete or provide all such documentation upon request to confirm such proof of ownership.
a. Any use of Artificial Intelligence platforms to create the artwork will automatically disqualify your entry.
13. By submitting your entry:
- you grant the Office for Youth, whilst fully retaining your intellectual property rights to your entry, a world-wide, royalty-free licence, including a right to sub-licence, to enable the Office for Youth and its sub-licensee(s), including third parties, to freely use your entry; and
- you agree that the Office for Youth may at its sole discretion print and distribute your entry as a sticker, to children, young people and other community members, at various events the Office for Youth attends.
14. The Office for Youth will not disclose any of your personal information to a third party without your consent. However, if you are under 18 years old, the Office for Youth may contact particular services or organisations in relation to your entry without your consent.
15. Inappropriate entries including but not limited to those depicting nudity, violence, unsafe activities, substance abuse or misconduct will not be accepted, determination of which is at the sole discretion of the Office for Youth.
16. You or your parent/guardian indemnify the Office for Youth on demand by the Office for Youth in respect of all claims demands, liability, damages or causes of action (however named or described) losses, costs or expenses directly or indirectly incurred or suffered by the Office for Youth in respect of the following:
a. any infringement by you of any intellectual property rights of any other person in respect of your entry;
b. making your entry;
c. any injury or damage to you and your parent/guardian or any other person's computer relating to or resulting from participation in or downloading any materials in connection with making your entry;
d. the use of your entries by the Office for Youth; and
e. any breach of these Terms and Conditions.
17. All entries are final and will not be returned to you.
18. The prize is subject to availability. The Office for Youth reserves the right to substitute alternative prizes of equivalent or greater value and to amend or foreclose the promotion without notice. No correspondence will be entered into regarding prize changes.
19. The prize is non-exchangeable, non-transferable and is not redeemable for cash or any other prizes.
20. Winners (and their parent(s)/guardian, if under 18) will be notified by email and phone call. For group entries, the email used for entering your artwork will be notified.
21. The winners and their entries will be announced on the Office for Youth and NSW Youth Week social media accounts between April 16 and 26, 2026.
22. The Office for Youth accepts no responsibility for any costs associated with the Prize that may be incurred by the winner.
23. The Office for Youth will not be responsible for any failure in prize delivery due to an incorrect address or email nominated by the winner, or for any late, lost or misdirected deliveries or mail.
24. The Office for Youth reserves the right to modify or discontinue the acceptance of entries at any time, with or without prior notice, for reasons outside its control (including anticipated, suspected, or actual fraud). The Office for Youth’s decision in all matters under its control is final and binding.
25. The Office for Youth reserves the right to change the opening and closing dates/times or to accept late entries, at their sole discretion. The Office for Youth’s decision in this regard will be final.
26. The Office for Youth shall not be liable for any failure to comply with its obligations due to circumstances beyond its reasonable control, including but not limited to, weather conditions, fire, flood, hurricane, strike, industrial dispute, war, hostilities, political unrest, riots, civil commotion, inevitable accidents, supervening legislation or any other circumstances amounting to force majeure.
27. These Terms and Conditions are governed by the laws of New South Wales. The Office for Youth and the participants submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of that State.
28. The Office for Youth will determine at its discretion the appropriate time and manner for publishing the entries. This may include but is not limited to publishing the winning entries on social media, Office for Youth or NSW Government webpage and inclusion in the Office for Youth newsletter and annual report.
29. The Office for Youth collects personal information in order to use your entry in relation to the Work, and to improve its services. Providing personal information is voluntary but if you decline to provide your personal information you will not be eligible to make your entry. The Office for Youth is bound by the Privacy and Personal Information Protection Act 1998 (NSW). Your personal information is held by The Office for Youth. You have the right to access and correct the personal information that The Office for Youth holds about you. If you would like to access or update your personal information, please contact us by emailing acyp@acyp.nsw.gov.au.
30. By submitting your entry, you agree that The Office for Youth may use/ reproduce your artwork for promotional purposes, including but not limited to advertising, social media campaigns, and future competitions. The Office for Youth may request further permissions from you for specific promotional uses, but your participation in the competition grants The Office for Youth broad usage rights as outlined in these terms, however we will only use the artwork as permitted under this agreement.
31. The Office for Youth reserves the right to disqualify any entry if it is found to be in violation of any competition rules, including but not limited to intellectual property infringement, submitting false information, or submitting inappropriate content as outlined in clause 15.
32. The Office for Youth reserves the right to modify or alter your entry for display or publication purposes (resizing, cropping or editing) but will not alter the core creative content or the original message of the artwork without your permission.
33. The Office for Youth reserves the right to amend, update, or change these Terms and Conditions at any time, including deadlines or eligibility requirements. Any such changes will be communicated on the official competition website or through email notifications to participants.
34. Participation in the competition does not grant exclusive rights to the Office for Youth over the artwork beyond the terms provided. You may continue to display, distribute, or sell your original artwork independently of the competition, as long as it does not conflict with the usage rights granted to the Office for Youth.
35. By entering, you acknowledge that the Office for Youth may feature you and/or your artwork in online platforms such as social media and the annual report, as part of the competition’s promotion.
36. Your name will be credited where your artwork is used.
37. The decision of the winner is final, and no correspondence regarding results will be entertained. Entries will be judged based on criteria set by the Office for Youth.
38. Parent(s)/guardians for children under the age of 18, by consenting to their child’s participation, agree to these Terms and Conditions and confirms they have reviewed and approved the entry before submission.
39. Any disputes arising in connection with the competition will be handled internally by The Office for Youth.
40. If you require assistance, please phone the Office for Youth on 02 9248 0970.
The Office for Youth’s website contains links to other websites that are external to the Office for Youth. The Office for Youth takes reasonable care in linking websites but has no direct control over the content of the linked websites, the changes that may occur to the content on those websites, or the security arrangements applying to those websites. It is the responsibility of users to make their own decisions about the accuracy, currency, reliability and completeness of information contained on linked external websites.
41. Links to external websites do not constitute an endorsement or a recommendation of any material on those websites or of any third party products or services offered by, from or through those websites. Users of links provided by this website are responsible for being aware of which organisation is hosting the website they visit.
42. If you are in an emergency situation or need immediate assistance, contact emergency services on 000. If you need to speak to someone urgently, call Lifeline 13 11 14 or Suicide Call Back Service 1300 659 467.
