Autumn Edition of the #PoetryContest

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HOW TO PARTICIPATE

To enter #concursodepoesía, endowed with €2,000 — €1,000 for the winner and €500 for each of the two finalists — and sponsored by Iberdrola, you must fill out the following form with your personal information and the poem you have written.

Each contestant may participate with up to two poems, provided they meet the requirements set forth in these rules.

The poems must be original and unpublished, and must not infringe in any way the intellectual property rights, data protection, or any other rights of third parties.

The maximum length of the poems, excluding the title, is 100 words.

Rules of the poetry competition organized by Zenda and Iberdrola

The entity Ruritania Editores S.L. (hereafter “Ruritania”), a duly constituted company with registered office in Alicante (C/ Periodista Tirso Marín, 16, local 2A 03540), with NIF number B87529103 and email [email protected], owner of the domain https://www.zendalibros.com (hereafter “Zenda”), in collaboration with Iberdrola, S.A. with CIF A-48010615 and registered office at plaza Euskadi 5, 48009 – Bilbao (Bizkaia), have created this free promotion that will be conducted in accordance with the provisions of these terms.

1. The objective of this promotion is to encourage writing and to offer users the opportunity to win a cash prize.

2. The promotion takes place on the Internet, and both amateur and professional writers, as well as bloggers and social media users, from anywhere in the world, may participate.

3. Promotion duration: From Tuesday, September 1 to Sunday, September 20, 2026 at 23:59. On Wednesday, September 23, we will publish on Zenda a selection of the 10 poems that are finalists for the prizes. And on Friday, September 25, we will publish on Zenda the names of the winner of the first prize, of €1,000, and the two winners of the second prize, of €500 for each.

PRIZE

1. The first prize is endowed with €1,000 in cash. The two second prizes are €500 in cash for each winner (totaling €2,000).

2. The prizes will be subject to the provisions of Law 35/2006, of November 28, regulating the Personal Income Tax (IRPF), and Royal Decree 439/2007, of March 30, which approves the Regulation of the IRPF, so that Zenda will act as the taxpayer responsible for the income subject to withholding or to the payment on account, and for making the corresponding payment on account or withholding with respect to said tax.

3. Once the winning texts are chosen, Zenda will contact the winners to inform them that they have been selected and will request that they submit a form with the following data: Full name, ID or Passport, email address, postal address, and bank account number. If one of the two winners (or finalists) cannot be contacted within five (5) days, the jury may choose a new text in both cases, and if those second-place participants cannot be contacted within five (5) days, that prize will be declared void.

4. The prize is personal and non-transferable. The prize must be collected by the winner, or by the person they designate, who must identify themselves with their ID, Passport, or an equivalent document recognized by Zenda.

OTHER CONDITIONS

1. Zenda reserves the right to exclude from the promotion, and thus from prize delivery, any participant who, in its view, has participated improperly or those who defraud, alter, or hinder the proper functioning and normal and regulatory course of the promotion, including those with evident or suspected irregular conduct as described.

The participant will be fully and exclusively responsible for the contents, messages, and/or comments they include or communicate. In that sense, the participant will assume full responsibility for any claim related, directly or indirectly, to the violation of image rights, data protection, honor, privacy, and any other rights of a third party that may have been violated by the text submitted to the promotion, holding Zenda and Iberdrola harmless from any such responsibility.

In the event of improper participation and after the prize has been awarded, Zenda and Iberdrola reserve the right to pursue the appropriate legal actions against the author or responsible party, including actions to recover the prize.

Zenda reserves the right to discard any texts that, by their nature, are considered offensive, defamatory, in bad taste, or contravene the law.

2. Individuals over 18 years old from anywhere in the world may participate.

3. From the moment these terms are accepted, Zenda reserves the right to use the winner’s and finalist’s name and image, so participants give their consent for Zenda to use, publish, and reproduce worldwide and without limitation, their image and name in any promotional, publicity, or informational material, including the Internet, or any other media, in connection with this promotion, without any financial compensation to the participants apart from the prize awarded as a result of this promotion.

4. All participants warrant that they authorize the use of their image and name by Zenda exclusively in the framework of this promotion and for informational purposes.

5. Zenda reserves the right to modify the terms of this promotion at any time, including its possible cancellation before the pre-set deadline, as long as there is a justified reason, and undertakes to inform about the new terms, promotion conditions, or definitive cancellation.

6. Zenda is not responsible for possible participation failures due to issues with the Internet, Twitter, Facebook, or Instagram (as these are independent platforms) or due to any other cause, such as interruptions, slowdowns, unregistered entries due to incomplete submissions or other reasons, unauthorized access or errors in receiving any information, nor for the damages these may cause to the user.

7. Participation in the promotion implies acceptance of these terms and Zenda‘s interpretive criteria regarding the resolution of any issue arising from this promotion.

8. Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram do not sponsor, endorse, or administer this promotion in any way, nor are they associated with it. Participants acknowledge that they are providing their information to Zenda, which will only use it to manage their participation in this promotion and, if applicable, to notify them of the prize if they win. Instagram bears no responsibility whatsoever to contestants or participants.

9. Personal data protection: The data protection supervisor is Ruritania Editores S.L. in accordance with Article 13 of the new European Union General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). They commit to processing personal data in a manner respectful of the rights of data subjects and in compliance with current data protection regulations.

Basic information:

9.1. Purpose: Participation in the contest managed on the website https://www.zendalibros.com.

9.2. Lawful basis: Consent of the data subject and acceptance of the contest terms

9.4 Rights: You have the right to access, rectify and erase the data, as well as other rights, as explained in the additional information.

9.4.1. Additional information: You can consult the detailed data protection information in the privacy and contests section of our website or request it by email at [email protected].

These terms are available for consultation on the domain https://www.zendalibros.com and on https://www.iberdrola.com/sala-comunicacion/redes-sociales/bases-concursos. Any aspect not provided for in these terms, or any doubt about its interpretation, will be resolved at the discretion of the promotion organizers.

10. By participating in this promotion, the user agrees to these terms. These general conditions shall be interpreted in accordance with Spanish law.