Fan Fiction Competition!

[Nia M]

Are we allowed to take up the challenge without our entry being included into the competition? For example, I'd quite like to have a go, but I daren't give my address out due to over-paranoid parents, so even though it's unlikely that I'd win anyway, if I did, I wouldn't be able to accept the book. Would it be okay then for me to (after the competition has closed) use the opening paragraph to do my own (non-competition) entry?