Youth Competition #StoriesWithoutAI

• Name and Surname of the author of the story*
• Participant’s date of birth*
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• Educational institution where the participant studies
• Residence town
• Minors: Name and surname of the mother, father, or legal guardian of the participant*
• Minors: Email address of the mother, father, or legal guardian of the participant*
• Title of the story
• Story text
  (minimum 100 characters and maximum 1,000 words)
• Authorization*
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* Participants: Teens and young people from anywhere in the world who, as of December 31, 2026, are between 13 and 25 years old (i.e., born 2001–2013).

* Content: the participating stories can be narratives that advocate creativity and originality in the face of AI.

* Length of the stories: the minimum length is 100 characters and the maximum is 1,000 words.

* Important: In the case of minors under 18, the submission of participating stories must be made by the mother, father, or legal guardian of the minor through the form provided in this article. In addition, the mother, father, or legal guardian must expressly authorize the processing of data.

* Zenda will contact the mother, father, or legal guardian of the participant to allow them to choose both the cultural, sports, or digital products of their choice and the online store where Zenda must purchase them.

* Deadline: stories must be published from Tuesday, September 8, 2026 at 12:00 to Sunday, November 8, 2026 at 23:59. On Wednesday, November 8, 2026, Zenda will publish a selection of the 10 stories that are eligible for prizes. On Friday, November 13, 2026, the names of the winner of the first prize and the two second-prize winners will be announced.

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RULES OF THE YOUTH CONTEST #HISTORIASSINIA

1. The objective of this promotion is to promote writing.

2. The promotion takes place on the internet and participants can be teens and young people from anywhere in the world who, by December 31, 2026, are between 13 and 25 years old (i.e., born between 2001 and 2013).

3. Duration: from Tuesday, September 8, 2026 at 12:00 to Sunday, November 8, 2026 at 23:59. On Wednesday, November 8, 2026, Zenda will publish a selection of the 10 stories eligible for prizes. On Friday, November 13, 2026, the names of the winner of the first prize and the two second-prize winners will be announced.

HOW TO PARTICIPATE

To participate in the contest, you must write a story online, real or fictional, on a free topic. The story must be sent to Zenda via the form available in this article. Additionally, contestants may share their participation on social networks using the hashtag #historiassinIA. The social accounts or blogs where contestants publish the participating stories may belong to the contestant or to their parents or guardians.

IMPORTANT: The submission of the participating stories must be made by the mother, father, or legal guardian of the minor participant. In addition, the mother, father, or legal guardian must expressly authorize the processing of data.

Each contestant may participate with up to two stories, provided they meet the requirements set out in these bases.

The stories must be original and unpublished, and must not infringe, in any way, the rights of intellectual property and industrial property, data protection, or any other third-party rights.

The minimum length of the texts is 100 characters. The maximum is 1,000 words.

PRIZE

1. The first prize is €1,000 in cultural, sports, and digital products. The second prize for the two runners-up is €500 each in cultural, sports, and digital products (a total of €2,000).

2. The prizes are subject to what is established by Law 35/2006, of November 28, regulating the Personal Income Tax (IRPF), and Royal Decree 439/2007, of March 30, which approves the IRPF regulations. Zenda will be the taxpayer responsible for any income tax withholding or payments on account related to the prize.

3. Once the winning texts are selected, Zenda will contact the mother, father, or legal guardian of the winners so they can choose both the cultural, sports, or digital products of their choice and the online store where Zenda must purchase them. Zenda will handle the purchase and delivery of the products. If it is not possible to contact any winner within five (5) days, the jury may select a different text, and if those second picks 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 mother, father, or legal guardian of the participant, presenting their DNI, Passport, or an equivalent document as recognized by Zenda.

REMAINDER OF 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 any participants who cheat, alter, or undermine the proper functioning and the standard process of this promotion, including those for whom improper conduct is evidenced or suspected.

The parents or guardians of the participants, since the participants are minors, will be fully responsible for the contents, messages, and/or comments included or communicated. In that sense, the parents or guardians will be fully responsible 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 in connection with the text submitted to the promotion, keeping Zenda and Iberdrola free from any liability arising from such violation.

In the event of improper participation, and if detected after the prize has been delivered, Zenda and Iberdrola reserve the right to take the appropriate legal actions against the author or responsible, including actions aimed at recovering the prize.

Zenda reserves the right to discard all texts that, by their nature, are considered offensive, insulting, in bad taste, or that violate the law.

2. Participants may be born between January 1, 2001 and December 31, 2013, from anywhere in the world.

3. From the moment these bases are accepted, Zenda reserves the right to use the winner’s name and image, as well as those of the finalists, so the mother, father, or legal guardian consents to the worldwide and unrestricted use, publication, and reproduction, by Zenda, of their image and name in any form of advertising, promotion, publication (including the Internet), or any other medium, for promotional or informational purposes related to this promotion, without any financial compensation to the participants beyond the prize awarded through this promotion.

4. The mother, father, or legal guardian of the participants declares and guarantees that they authorize the use of their image and name by Zenda exclusively within the framework of this promotion and for informational purposes.

5. Zenda reserves the right to modify the conditions of this promotion at any time, or even to cancel it before the stated deadline, whenever there is a justified cause, committing to communicate the new terms, conditions of the promotion, or its definitive cancellation.

6. Zenda is not responsible for possible participation failures due to Internet malfunctions or any other causes, such as interruptions, slowdowns, unregistered or incomplete entries, unauthorized access, or errors in receiving information, nor for any damages that these may cause to the user.

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

8. The mother, father, or legal guardian of the participants acknowledges that they are providing their information to Zenda and that it will be used solely to manage their participation in this promotion and, where applicable, to notify the prize if they win, with Instagram being released from all liability to the contestants and participants.

9. Personal data protection: The data protection controller, Ruritania Editores S.L., in accordance with Article 13 of the new European Union General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), commits to handling personal data in a manner respectful of the rights of its holders and in accordance with the data protection laws in force at any given time.

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’s bases

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 information on Data Protection 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 at https://www.iberdrola.com/sala-comunicacion/redes-sociales/bases-concursos. Any aspect not covered by these bases, or any doubt about its interpretation, will be resolved at the discretion of the promotion’s organizing team.

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