Effective Date: July 01, 2026
Welcome to Junior Poets. Junior Poets is a brand operated by Creative Sprouts Inc.
These Terms & Conditions govern your access to and use of the Junior Poets website at https://www.junior-poets.com/, our competitions, programs, publications, communications, accounts, and related services.
By accessing or using our website or services, you agree to these Terms & Conditions. If you do not agree with these terms, please do not use our website or services.
Company Information
Junior Poets
A brand operated by Creative Sprouts Inc.
2 University Plz Dr Suite 100
Hackensack, NJ 07601
USA
Email: [email protected]
Website: https://www.junior-poets.com/
1. About Junior Poets
Junior Poets provides opportunities for young writers and poets to participate in poetry competitions, creative programs, educational activities, publication opportunities, and related initiatives.
Our goal is to encourage creativity, confidence, self-expression, and an appreciation for poetry and writing among young people.
Junior Poets competitions and programs may have additional rules, eligibility requirements, deadlines, judging criteria, submission requirements, and award information. Any competition-specific rules published on the applicable competition page form part of these Terms & Conditions.
2. Eligibility and Participation
Junior Poets competitions are intended for participants who meet the eligibility requirements stated on the relevant competition page.
Because many Junior Poets participants are minors, competition entries may be submitted or managed by a parent, legal guardian, teacher, educator, or another authorized adult where required.
By submitting an entry on behalf of a child, you confirm that you are authorized to provide the information and submission and to agree to the applicable competition terms on the participant’s behalf.
Eligibility, age groups, geographic restrictions, submission limits, deadlines, and other requirements may vary between competitions.
3. Competition Entries
All competition entries must comply with the rules displayed on the applicable competition page.
Unless otherwise stated, submissions must be the participant’s own original work and must not infringe another person’s copyright, trademark, privacy, publicity, or other rights.
Junior Poets may reject, remove, or disqualify an entry if it does not comply with the competition rules, contains inappropriate or unlawful material, exceeds applicable submission requirements, is plagiarized, is submitted under false information, or otherwise violates these Terms.
Where a competition prohibits or restricts the use of artificial intelligence or other automated tools, entries that violate those restrictions may be disqualified.
Submission of an entry does not guarantee selection, publication, recognition, an award, or any other particular result.
4. Judging and Results
Entries may be reviewed based on criteria published for the relevant competition, which may include originality, creativity, theme relevance, expression, language, presentation, age appropriateness, or other stated criteria.
Judging necessarily involves subjective evaluation. Junior Poets may appoint judges, reviewers, educators, writers, poets, or other qualified individuals to review submissions.
Competition decisions are final unless Junior Poets determines that a correction is required because of an administrative, eligibility, technical, or verification issue.
Junior Poets may verify submission information with a parent, guardian, teacher, school, or other appropriate source when reasonably necessary to confirm eligibility or authenticity.
5. Publication and Use of Submitted Work
By submitting content to Junior Poets, you confirm that you have the right and authority to submit the material.
Unless otherwise stated in the applicable competition rules or submission form, you grant Junior Poets and Creative Sprouts Inc. permission to display, reproduce, publish, format, edit for layout, and promote submitted work in connection with Junior Poets competitions, websites, publications, magazines, social media, result announcements, promotional materials, and related educational or editorial activities.
Ownership of the participant’s original work remains with the participant, subject to the permissions granted through participation.
Where Junior Poets publishes a participant’s work, we may display information such as the participant’s first name or credited name, age category, title of the work, award or recognition status, and other information permitted through the applicable submission process.
6. Intellectual Property
Unless otherwise stated, the Junior Poets website, brand identity, logos, graphics, layouts, written website content, competition materials, software, and other materials created by Junior Poets or Creative Sprouts Inc. are protected by applicable intellectual property laws.
You may not reproduce, distribute, modify, sell, republish, or commercially exploit Junior Poets materials without prior written authorization, except where permitted by law.
Participant-created poems and other submissions remain subject to the ownership and publication provisions described above.
7. User Accounts
Certain Junior Poets services may require an account.
You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your account credentials and for activity conducted through your account.
You agree to provide accurate and current information and to promptly update information when necessary.
Junior Poets may suspend or restrict an account where reasonably necessary to protect users, investigate misuse, enforce competition rules, maintain platform security, or comply with legal obligations.
8. Teachers, Schools, and Educators
Teachers and educators may use Junior Poets tools to manage participants and competition submissions.
Teachers or schools submitting information on behalf of students are responsible for ensuring that they have appropriate authority or permission to provide student and parent information to Junior Poets.
Information submitted through teacher or school accounts must be accurate and used only for legitimate educational and competition-related purposes.
9. Purchases, Publications, and Payments
Junior Poets may offer magazines, publications, certificates, merchandise, or other products or services for purchase.
Prices, shipping charges, taxes, availability, and applicable purchase terms are displayed during the relevant transaction or ordering process.
Payments may be processed by third-party payment providers. Junior Poets does not necessarily store complete payment card information directly.
Purchasing a product is separate from participation in a competition unless explicitly stated otherwise.
No purchase is required to consent to or decline SMS communications, and SMS consent is not a condition of purchase or competition entry.
10. Refunds and Order Issues
Refund eligibility may depend on the product, fulfillment status, customization, publication status, or circumstances of the transaction.
If you believe an order was placed incorrectly or there is a problem with a Junior Poets purchase, contact [email protected] as soon as possible.
Nothing in these Terms limits any rights that cannot legally be excluded under applicable consumer protection laws.
11. Junior Poets SMS Program – Terms of Service
Junior Poets offers an optional SMS messaging program for parents, guardians, educators, and other eligible adult subscribers.
Junior Poets is a brand operated by Creative Sprouts Inc.
By voluntarily opting in to SMS communications from Junior Poets, you agree to receive recurring informational and promotional text messages from Junior Poets.
Messages may include kids’ poetry competition announcements, competition deadlines and reminders, submission and registration updates, competition result and award notifications, Junior Poets magazine and program updates, and occasional promotional offers.
SMS Consent
SMS consent is voluntary.
Where consent is collected through a website or competition submission form, users must actively select a separate SMS consent checkbox that is optional and unchecked by default.
Providing a mobile phone number by itself does not constitute consent to receive promotional SMS messages.
Consent to receive SMS messages is not a condition of purchase, competition entry, or use of Junior Poets services.
Message Frequency
Message frequency varies. You may receive up to 6 messages per month.
Message and Data Rates
Message and data rates may apply according to your wireless carrier and mobile plan.
Opt-Out
You may opt out of Junior Poets SMS communications at any time by replying:
STOP
After you send STOP, you may receive a final confirmation message confirming that you have been unsubscribed. You will no longer receive messages from that SMS program unless you opt in again.
Help
For assistance, reply:
HELP
You may also contact:
Mobile Information and Privacy
Mobile phone numbers, SMS opt-in information, and SMS consent records collected for the Junior Poets messaging program will not be sold, rented, shared, or disclosed to third parties or affiliates for their own marketing or promotional purposes.
We may provide information to service providers that assist us in operating and delivering our messaging service, but such providers may use the information only to perform services on our behalf and not for their own marketing purposes.
For additional information about how Junior Poets collects, uses, and protects personal information, please review our Privacy Policy:
Carrier Disclaimer
Wireless carriers are not liable for delayed or undelivered messages.
SMS delivery is subject to wireless-network availability and carrier service.
12. Email and Other Communications
If you subscribe to email updates or otherwise request communications from Junior Poets, we may send competition information, program announcements, editorial updates, or other communications consistent with your preferences and applicable law.
You may unsubscribe from marketing emails using the unsubscribe option included in applicable emails.
SMS preferences are managed separately from email preferences.
13. Privacy
Your use of Junior Poets is also subject to our Privacy Policy.
Our Privacy Policy describes the types of information we collect, how we use and protect information, circumstances in which information may be disclosed, and choices available to users.
Privacy Policy:
14. Children’s Privacy and Adult Responsibility
Junior Poets provides programs intended for children and young people, but certain personal information and communication preferences should be provided or managed by a parent, guardian, teacher, educator, or other authorized adult where appropriate.
Marketing SMS consent should be provided by an eligible adult subscriber and should not be obtained from a child in a manner inconsistent with applicable law.
Parents, guardians, and educators should review information submitted on behalf of minors and ensure that appropriate permissions are in place.
15. Third-Party Services and Links
Junior Poets may use or link to third-party services including payment processors, communications providers, social-media platforms, analytics providers, shipping providers, or other service providers.
Third-party services may operate under their own terms and privacy policies.
Junior Poets and Creative Sprouts Inc. are not responsible for the content, security, availability, or privacy practices of unrelated third-party websites or services.
16. Acceptable Use
You may not use Junior Poets services to engage in unlawful activity, interfere with website security or operation, impersonate another person, submit fraudulent or misleading information, infringe intellectual property rights, distribute malicious software, attempt unauthorized access to accounts or systems, harass others, or misuse competition and communication systems.
Junior Poets may restrict access where necessary to address misuse, security concerns, fraud, or violations of these Terms.
17. Website Availability
We work to maintain the availability and functionality of Junior Poets services, but we do not guarantee uninterrupted or error-free access.
Website features, competitions, content, availability, deadlines, or services may occasionally be modified, interrupted, suspended, or discontinued for operational, security, legal, technical, or business reasons.
Where practical, material competition changes will be communicated through the applicable competition page or other appropriate channels.
18. Limitation of Liability
To the extent permitted by applicable law, Junior Poets and Creative Sprouts Inc. will not be liable for indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages arising from the use of or inability to use the website or services.
Nothing in these Terms excludes liability that cannot lawfully be excluded or limited.
19. Indemnification
To the extent permitted by law, you agree to be responsible for claims, losses, or expenses arising from your unlawful use of Junior Poets services, violation of these Terms, or infringement of another person’s rights through material you submit.
This provision does not limit rights or protections that cannot legally be waived.
20. Changes to Competitions and Programs
Junior Poets may modify, postpone, extend, suspend, or cancel a competition or program when reasonably necessary because of operational, technical, legal, judging, participation, security, or other circumstances.
If a material change affects an active competition, Junior Poets may publish updated information on the competition page or communicate the change to participants where appropriate.
21. Changes to These Terms
Junior Poets may update these Terms & Conditions from time to time.
Updated terms will be published on this page with a revised effective date.
Your continued use of the website or services after updated terms take effect constitutes acceptance of the revised Terms to the extent permitted by law.
Material changes affecting SMS consent will not retroactively expand the scope of a user’s consent without obtaining any additional consent required by applicable law.
22. Severability
If any provision of these Terms is found to be invalid or unenforceable, the remaining provisions will continue in effect to the extent permitted by law.
23. Contact Us
If you have questions about these Terms & Conditions, Junior Poets competitions, purchases, privacy, or SMS communications, contact:
Junior Poets
A brand operated by Creative Sprouts Inc.
2 University Plz Dr Suite 100
Hackensack, NJ 07601
USA
Email: [email protected]
Website: https://www.junior-poets.com/
Privacy Policy: https://www.junior-poets.com/privacy-policy/
