Organize your online writing competition: legislation and advice

Questioner

I want to organize a monthly online writing competition. I want to ask the participants for a small contribution that partly goes to the prize money to be won and partly to the jury as compensation for reading and judging. Can this be done 'just like that' as a private individual? Which laws and regulations do I need to take into account?

Lawyer

Now that you are going to give out 'prize money' and ask for compensation for this competition, you must comply with the law on gambling. For further information, you may contact me directly.