International Fiction writing contestsJaC: Fiction Writing Contests
Fee: € 10
Prize: Publication - trip
The Eyelands Second International Short Story Contest is now open!
The contest runs from March 1st through June 15th, 2012.
The theme of the contest this year is «Greece» and the first prize is a weekly
holiday on the island of Crete plus the air tickets from England to Greece.
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VACATION IN GREECE !
It is true that there are some financial issues in Greece lately. But our
Country, and especially the island of Crete, remains an ideal place for
a vacation. Nothing can change this. So send us your story and win a fabulous week in one of the most breath-taking places in Greece!
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PRIZES & HONORABLE MENTIONS
• First prize: Air Tickets & 7 days stay in Greece (see more below) & publishing of your story in an anthology
• Second & Third prize: publication & a Greek handmade ceramic (a copy of Phaestos Disc) from the collection of Omodamos Clayart*
*The three prize winners will also get a free copy of the book with the winning stories of our contest & certification document
* Four Honorable Mentions win a special gift & certification document
* Entry fee:10 euros
*Judge: Stella Fitzsimons
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RULES OF THE CONTEST
* The theme of the contest is «Greece» -
Your stories must somehow refer to Greece. It’s up to you to make the reference, but keep in mind that we are not looking for a reportage or a chronicle of events happening in Greece. This is a short story contest.
*Entries must be short stories, of any genre, and maximum length is 2,500 words and must be previously unpublished in a book, printed magazine or web-based journal. Entries must be in English.
*You can submit only one story per person.
*This is an international contest. There is no restriction such as nationality e.t.c of the author, but you have to be 18 years old on the 1st of March 2012 to enter the contest.
* No www.eyelands.gr editor, judge, or relative of them, is allowed to enter.
* Entries can be submitted electronically (see below).
* The short list will be announced before or on August, 1st , 2012
* Winners to be announced before or on October 1st, 2012
* Copyright of manuscripts remains with the author.
* In addition to the story being published on www.eyelands.gr, the author's acceptance of the prize gives eyelands.gr the right to include the story in the anthology «Stories about Greece» that will appear in book form. Entry gives permission to include the three prize winners in the book which will be published and will be available from our site.
* The collection of stories will be published in Greek – the three prize stories will be translated into Greek.
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ENTRY FORM AND PAYMENT
* Send an e-mail with your short story attached (in doc. –but NOT in docx or PDF format) to: info@eyelands.gr
with subject: Eyelands Short Story Contest
*We don’t accept postal entries
* Name, address and a short biography (up to 200 words) of the author are to be submitted in a separate attachment to accompany the entry.
* The entry fee is 10 euros (or 12 U.S. $)
See the banner in our Home Page. You can pay via paypal.
* You must pay the entry fee and then send the e-mail with your story attached in word doc format.
*An email confirmation that your entry has been received will be sent within three /four days after receiving your e-mail.
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FIRST PRIZE
Air tickets for one person: London to Heraklion & Heraklion to London
7 days in Three – Rock studio in South Crete
(see all the information you need at http://three-rock.WebStarts.com)
The winner can choose the period of the spring/summer/ autumn season (of the year 2013) that he prefers from May 20th to October15th, with the exception of the «high season» month of July 15th through August 19th.
- The winner must send an e-email specifying the week they prefer before the end of the year 2012. The winner must choose a week from Monday to Monday (i.e. Monday 10th of June through Monday 17th of June – it means we buy your air tickets for the morning of Monday 10th (London – Heraklion) and your return tickets (Heraklion – London) on Monday 17th (it can be changed to a Sunday night flight if you wish so). So there will be seven nights in Three-Rock studio. Keep in mind that we can afford only the winner’s tickets but the studio is available for two or even three people. So you can come and stay for free with one or two more people, as long as you can afford their tickets.
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THE JUDGE
Stella Fitzsimons was born in Athens, Greece and lives in Los Angeles, California. She studied Economics, Spanish and Literature. She worked for years as a translator and teacher of Spanish. She has published one novel in Greece as well as a number of short stories and poems in both Greece and the States.. She works as a translator/editor. She is the founder of the bilingual online literary journal: Stella's Literary Bistro - http://stellasliterarybistro.com/
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- The first phase of the selection of short stories (short list) will be made by the editorial team (Maria Psoma-Petridou & Gregory Papadoyiannis).
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PLEASE NOTE
• You can read the prize winning stories of last year’s contest on
www.eyelands.gr ( eyelands/ storyland / short stories).
You can also read the interviews from our first prize winner – Natasha Ali (Pakistan) and the third prize winner – Lane Ashfeldt (England) also on eyelands/ storyland / short stories.
**: see more about omodamos clayart in: http://www.rethymnoguide.com/omodamos/index.htm)
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Fee: $ 10 - $ 20
Prize: $ 1,000
The 2012 Art of Prize Writing Spring Flash Fiction Contest is now open.
Our inaugural contest is meant to highlight the work of new and emerging writers. A competition where the winners are picked by the contestants and fellow Prize Writers. Stories may be entered online only. The deadline for entries is May 31, 2012. Please read the competition rules and judging criteria before submitting your work.
First Prize $1000 Second Prize $500 Third Prize $250
Five Runners Up $50 each Ten Honourable Mentions
Shortlisted stories to be published in online magazine.
The closing time for entries is 11:59 PM EST, May 31, 2012 and judging will begin.
The maximum number of words for each entry is 1,000.
Stories can be on any theme or subject as long as they are original and unpublished.
Contestants must be registered as a Subscriber or Guest in order to receive a Username to enter the contest and vote for their choice of prize winner from the longlist.
Entry Fee:
Guest: $20 for first entry and $5 for every entry thereafter
Subscriber: $10 for first entry and $5 for every entry thereafter
Judging the Stories
Judging the entries will be a two step process:
1. A panel of editorial staff, published authors and readers at The Art of Prize Writing will evaluate each submission according to the Judging Criteria set out below. The longlist of the best stories as determined by the judging panel will be posted online by 11:59 EST, June 21, 2012.
2. Subscribers, members and contestants will use their Username to cast one vote for the story they believe is the best and most deserving of First Prize in the 2012 Spring Flash Fiction Contest. At 11:59 EST, June 29, 2012 voting will cease. The votes will be tallied and the winners will be announced online by 11:59 EST, June 30, 2012.
Judging Criteria*:
1. How well does the story engage the reader emotionally? Does it make you care about what happens? – 10 points
2. Is the story original in its approach and concept? No re-runs! – 10 points
3. Does the first paragraph capture the reader’s interest enough to move forward and read on? – 10 points
4. Does the story have a strong sense of form, a coherent narrative progression and a satisfying conclusion or in other words, a beginning, middle and end? – 8 points
5. Is the story fresh in its use of language? Beware of the tired cliché, metaphor and simile, which only serve to distract the reader. – 8 points
6. Is the story competently presented, in terms of layout, spelling, punctuation and grammar? – 4 points
For a total aggregate score of 50 points.
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Fee: £ 6 - £ 7 - £ 8
Prize: £ 1,000 - £ 5,000 - Publication
Competition Rules
Closing date for receipt of postal entries: 31st May 2012 5.30pm
Closing date for online entries: 31st May 2012 Midnight GMT
Maximum of 5000 words for short stories (no mimimum)
Maximum of 42 lines for poems (no minimum)
Maximum of 250 words for flash fiction (no minimum)
The title is NOT included in the word count or line count
Eligibility
The Prize is open to anyone, including non-UK applicants, over 16 years.
Entries must be entirely the work of the entrant and must never have been published, self-published, published on any website or public online forum, broadcast nor winning or placed in any other competition.
Entries submitted posthumously will not be eligible.
Fees
Entry fee is £6 per flash fiction, £7 per poem or £8 per story (you can send as many entries as you like).
Fees are payable in sterling by credit/debit card, cheque or postal order. Cheques must be from a UK bank and should be payable to The Bridport Prize with the sender's name and address on the back.
Online entries are paid as you submit, using the RBSWorldPay system.
Postal entries from overseas can only be paid by credit/debit card or in cash (notes only, NO coins) - either US dollars or Euros at the current exchange rate.
Overseas cheques, money orders or drafts will not be accepted.
Entry Format
Entries must be in English.
Postal entries must be typed, single sided, with pages numbered and securely fastened with a staple. Each entry on a new sheet.
Stories and flash fiction to be double spaced and a word count noted at the top of the first page, poems to be single spaced.
Entries must show no name, address or identifying marks other than the title (Online entries should have an ID number which we will supply when you enter).
The filename of online entries must be the title of the entry and it must be either a .doc, .docx, .rtf, .wps, .pdf or .txt file.
Entries are not returned, keep a copy.
No corrections can be made after receipt, nor fees refunded.
Please ensure that you use the correct postage.
Receipt of entry
Enclose a stamped addressed postcard marked 'ACKNOWLEDGEMENT' if you require acknowledgement of receipt of your postal entry
Online entries are confirmed by the email receipt of your payment to WorldPay
It is not possible to confirm receipt of entries by phone or email
Overseas entrants : please send an international reply coupon from your Post Office rather than stamps.
Results
To receive the judges' reports (winning entries only) and full results in October 2012 - enclose an A5 stamped addressed envelope marked 'RESULTS'
Overseas entrants : please send an international reply coupon from your Post Office rather than stamps.
Copyright
Worldwide copyright of each entry remains with the author, but the Bridport Prize will have the unrestricted right to publish the winning poems and stories, (including runners up), in the annual anthology and any relevant promotional material.
Judging
The judges' decision is final and no individual correspondence can be entered into
Judges are unable to comment on individual entries
Judging is fair and unbiased. Experienced readers assist the named judges in selecting the shortlists, headed by Jon Wyatt for short stories and Candy Neubert for poems.
Prizes
Prizes for both short story and poetry categories are:
1st £5000
2nd £1000
3rd £500
plus 10 supplementary prizes of £50 each
The prizes for the flash fiction category are;
1st £1000
2nd £500
3rd £250
plus 3 supplementary prizes of £25 each
No competitor may win more than one prize in each category
The Dorset Award for the highest placed writer resident in Dorset is £100
Prizewinners / prizegiving
Prizewinners will be notified in writing by the middle of September 2012
Prizes will be awarded on Sunday 14th October, 2012, during the Bridport Open Book Festival.
Winners will be expected to attend the awards ceremony if possible
Entry implies acceptance of all the rules
Failure to comply with the entry requirements will result in disqualification
Enter online
OR
Print entry form fill in and then post with fee and entry
Postal entries should be sent to:
The Bridport Prize
PO Box 6910
DORSET
DT6 9BQ
Tel: 01308 428333
http://www.bridportprize.org.uk/
http://www.bridportprize.org.uk/rules.htm
Fee: $ 35
Prize: $ 500 - Publication
GET A PUBLISHING CONTRACT FOR THE BEST UNPUBLISHED MANUSCRIPT IN 2012!
The Claymore Award is bestowed upon the author of the best beginning (up to 50 pages) of an unpublished manuscript not currently under contract.
DEADLINE ENTRY DATE IS MAY 31, 2012 (Postmarked).
ANYONE CAN ENTER YOU DO NOT HAVE TO ATTEND KILLER NASHVILLE TO ENTER OR WIN
The ten finalists are chosen through a blind judging process and sent to our 2012 publishing partner, Five Star Press/Tekno Books.
Five Star chooses the final winner, who receives an engraved replica of a Claymore dagger.
WINNER AND ANY OF THE TOP 10 FINALISTS MAY BE OFFERED A PUBLISHING CONTRACT
Five Star will also read the winner's full manuscript for possible publication.
Five Star may also request full or partial manuscripts from the remaining finalists, if they so desire.
The winner will be announced at the awards ceremony during the Guest of Honor dinner on the evening of Saturday, August 25, 2012.
To attend the awards ceremony, you must be registered for both the 2012 Killer Nashville Conference and the Guest of Honor Dinner. Make reservations for Killer Nashville and the Guest of Honor Dinner.
TOP 10 FINALISTS
$50 worth of prizes, plus a possible publishing contract, plus a possible agent.
* A possible publishing contract.
* $50 worth of tuition, merchandise, or downloads (if available) from Killer Nashville 2012 - your choice (a $50 value).
* Introduction to Killer Nashville approved agents and editors.
* The right to use the "Killer Nashville Claymore Finalist" logo on your website, publicity materials, and published book (if applicable).
TOP 3 FINALISTS
$300 worth of prizes, plus a possible publishing contract, plus a possible agent.
* A possible publishing contract.
* Free admission to Killer Nashville 2012 (a $170 value).
* Free admission to Killer Nashville 2012 Awards Dinner (a $80 value).
* $50 worth of tuition, merchandise, or downloads (if available) from Killer Nashville 2012 - your choice (a $50 value).
* Introduction to Killer Nashville approved agents and editors.
* The right to use the "Killer Nashville Claymore Finalist" logo on your website, publicity materials, and published book (if applicable).
CLAYMORE WINNER
$500 worth of prizes, plus a possible publishing contract, plus a possible agent.
* A possible publishing contract.
* Free admission to Killer Nashville 2012 (a $170 value).
* Free admission to Killer Nashville 2012 Awards Dinner (a $80 value).
* $250 worth of tuition, merchandise, or downloads (if available) from Killer Nashville 2012 - your choice (a $250 value).
* Introduction to Killer Nashville approved agents and editors.
* The right to use the "Killer Nashville Claymore Winner" logo on your website, publicity materials, and published book (if applicable).
If a Claymore finalist has already purchased admission to Killer Nashville or to the Awards Dinner, cost of winning items will be reimbursed based on winning level, if desired.
Please remember that the conference is limited to 500 attendees in 2012.
Enter your unpublished crime literature manuscript in 4 easy steps, and you could win a publishing contract!
Step 1 - Prepare your manuscript
Entries should be double-spaced, in 12-point Courier or Times New Roman, with at least 1-inch margins. The title and page number should appear as a header on each page, but the author's name should appear ONLY on the registration form. Since the manuscripts are evaluated using a blind judging method, the author's name should not appear on the manuscript itself. Judges will consider any subgenre of mystery or thriller, including political thriller, cozy, police procedural, private eye, romantic suspense, paranormal mystery, and historical mystery.
Print out up to the first 50 pages to mail to us. Please use a binder clip of an appropriate size to comfortably hold your manuscript (no paper clips, 3 hole paper, binders, brads or multi-colored paper please)
Step 2 - Fill out the registration form
Print out the registration form, fill it out, and paperclip it to your first 50 pages.
Step 3 - Pay the entry fee
You can pay the $35 entry fee online and then send a copy of that receipt with your submission, or include a check for $35 payable to "Killer Nashville." Your entry fee helps defray the cost of producing and mailing copies to the judges.
Step 4 - Mail it
Mail up to the first 50 pages of an unpublished manuscript that is not under contract, your registration form, and your receipt (if paying online), or a check for $35.00 payable to "Killer Nashville" and mail everything postmarked by May 31, 2012 to:
Killer Nashville Claymore Award
PO Box 680686
Franklin, TN 37068-0686
If you would like confirmation that your manuscript was received, please include a stamped, self-addressed postcard with your entry. Do NOT send your manuscript in such a way that a signature is required. Manuscripts that require a signature will not be accepted.
You can verify delivery through the tracking number provided by the post office. When using the post office to mail your manuscript if you wish to track it, you may do so by mailing it Priority Mail and adding delivery confirmation. DO NOT send your manuscript via Fed Ex or UPS, they will not deliver to a Post Office Box. Please remember that we will not accept any manuscript that requires a signature.
If you have any questions, please contact us at contact@killernashville.com
That's it! You could win a publishing contract!
For additional questions and award rules, please contact us at contact@killernashville.com.
We look forward to reading your manuscript! Winners will be announced during the award ceremony at Killer Nashville in August 2012.
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Fee: $ 20
Prize: $ 1,000 - Publication (magazine)
Size limit: 10,000 words
Currently, Wag’s Revue is only accepting submissions for its Winter Writers Contest in fiction, poetry, and essays. First prize is $1,000 and publication in Issue 13; second prize is $500; and third prize is $100. All submissions are considered for publication. The contest is judged by the editors and closes February 29, 2012. Winners will be announced with the release of Issue 13 in August.
Please read all guidelines carefully before submitting. We also strongly encourage you to familiarize yourself with the magazine by reading our past issues, all of which are available for free at www.wagsrevue.com.
Each entry must be accompanied by a $20 reading fee, paid via PayPal, plus the $0.94 credit card fee and $1.15 Submishmash charges for its services. Check or cash not accepted. As our fiscal sponsor is the New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA), “NYFA EO Art” will appear on your statement. You are welcome to submit more than once to the contest, but note each entry must be paid for separately. Poetry submissions may include multiple poems but should not exceed ten pages. Fiction and Essays must be less than 10,000 words.
Wag’s Revue asks for first serial rights to all published work; all other rights revert to the author upon publication. All submissions must be previously unpublished. Simultaneous submissions are welcome, but please promptly withdraw your entry if it is accepted elsewhere by notifying us at editors@wagsrevue.com.
Author biographies should be kept brief and are not required. As the contest is blind, please refrain from including any contact or biographical information on the submission itself. We look forward to reading your work.
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Fee: $ 10
Prize: $ 200 - Publication - Publication (website)
We are now accepting submissions of short fiction or memoir (2000 words or fewer) for the Bethlehem Writers Roundtable Short Story Award. The first place winner's story will be considered for publication in the Bethlehem Writers Group, LLC's upcoming anthology, Seasonal Pursuits: Sweet, Funny, and Strange Tales. Our previous publication, A Christmas Sampler: Sweet, Funny, and Strange Holiday Tales (2009), won two Next Generation Indie Book Awards: Best Anthology and Best Short Fiction.
Entry Requirements:
Stories must be submitted using the form below
Entries must be no more than 2000 words
All entries must be previously unpublished, and adhere to our Terms and Conditions set out below
Submissions must be received by 11:59 p.m. EST, February 15, 2012
Payments are requested within 24 hours of submissions. All payments must be received through PayPal no later than 11:59 p.m. EST on February 17, 2012
Entry Fee:
$10 per story.
Prizes:
First prize: $200 and consideration for inclusion in the upcoming BWG anthology, Seasonal Pursuits: Sweet, Funny, and Strange Tales, scheduled for publication in late 2012. If it is not accepted for publication in the print anthology, it will be featured in an upcoming edition of the Bethlehem Writers Roundtable. There is no guarantee of print publication
Second prize: $100 and publication in the Bethlehem Writers Roundtable.
Third prize: $50 and publication in the Bethlehem Writers Roundtable.
Honorable Mentions: Stories may be selected for Honorable Mention and offered publication in the Bethlehem Writers Roundtable.
Judging:
Initial judging will be performed by members of the Bethlehem Writers Group, LLC. Finalists will be notified by March 15, 2012.
Final selection of winners will be done by The New York Times best-selling author, Jonathan Maberry. Prize winners will be notified by April 15, 2012.
Contest winners will be announced on the Bethlehem Writers Roundtable website and on the Bethlehem Writers Group website (www.bethlehemwritersgroup.com) by May 1, 2012.
Terms and Conditions:
1. Each story must relate to the theme "Seasonal Pursuits," broadly interpreted.
2. All submissions must be made using the Bethlehem Writers Roundtable Short Story Award Submission Form on this page. .
3. Each story must be the original and unpublished work of the author. Work is considered published if it has appeared in whole or in part anywhere in print or online.
4. Authors must be 18 years of age or older. Proof of eligibility will be required for all prize winners.
5. All entries must be in the English language.
6. Submissions are limited to 2000 words or fewer. Submissions of over 2000 words will be disqualified and entry fees will not be refunded. The title and author's name do not count toward the word limit.
7. Stories are judged anonymously. The author's name must not appear anywhere on the manuscript(s). Please include "Submission" and your story's title in the subject line of the submission form. Your name, address, phone and email address must appear in the appropriate blocks on the submission form.
8. Multiple entries by the same author are permitted. There is a $10 fee required for each entry.
9. All entries must be received by 11:59 p.m. (EST) on February 15, 2012. Submissions received after the deadline will not be opened.
10. An entry fee of $10 is required for each entry. This fee is payable in response to our invoice through PayPal only. You do not need a PayPal account to use PayPal for this purpose. Payment must be received by midnight (EST) on February 17, 2012. Payments received after the deadline will be returned minus PayPal fees.
11. Simultaneous submissions are permitted, but immediate notification is requred if your work is accepted elsewhere for publication. Entry fees are not refundable.
12. By entering this competition, the author is agreeing to abide by these Terms and Conditions. Any violation of these rules will result in disqualification.
13. Members of the Bethlehem Writers Group, the celebrity judge, and members of any of their immediate families (in the same household) are not eligible to enter.
14. By submitting to the Bethlehem Writers Roundtable, you certify that the work is solely your own, original work, is unpublished in any other electronic or print format, does not encroach on any trademark or copyright, and does not libel or defame any entity living or dead. You will indemnify and hold Bethlehem Writers Group, LLC harmless from any claims, causes of action, damages, or judgments arising out of publishing your submission.
15. Winners will grant Bethlehem Writers Group, LLC, first serial publication rights to the winning story. The copyright of the work remains the property of the author, who, one month following publication of the work by the Bethlehem Writers Group, LLC, is free to publish the work elsewhere.
16. Awards are as follows: FIRST PLACE AWARD: $200 and consideration for publication in the print anthology, Seasonal Pursuits: Sweet, Funny, and Strange Tales. Publication is anticipated in late 2012. If the story that wins the First Place Award is not selected for inclusion in that anthology, it will be published in Bethlehem Writers Roundtable, the magazine of the Bethlehem Writers Group, LLC. SECOND PLACE AWARD: $100 and publication in the Bethlehem Writers Roundtable. THIRD PLACE AWARD: $50 and publication in the Bethlehem Writers Roundtable. HONORABLE MENTIONS (if any) will be listed on the Bethlehem Writers Roundtable website and may be offered publication in the Bethlehem Writers Roundtable.
17. Award winners, including Honorable Mentions, will grant the Bethlehem Writers Group, LLC, first serial publication rights in your work. The copyright of the work remains the property of the author, who, following publication of the work by the Bethlehem Writers Group, LLC, is free to publish the work elsewhere. Upon any subsequent publication, the author will ensure that work is accompanied by a statement indicating that the work was originally published by the Bethlehem Writers Roundtable or by the Bethlehem Writers Group, LLC, along with the date of such publication. If it was originally published in a print anthology, the name of the anthology will also appear in said statement.
18. The decisions of the judges are final.
19. This offer is void where prohibited by law.
Best of luck!
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Fee: $ 23
Prize: $ 1,000 - Publication
$1000 Cash Prize In Fiction or Creative Nonfiction & Publishing Offers to Winners & Finalists
Open to all forms of fiction or creative nonfiction including novels, memoirs, or collections of short fiction & essays!
Submission Guidelines:
Manuscripts between 30,000-200,000 words. Our editors will, unlike most book-length contests, make exceptions on length. For special permissions, please email harmoni@notesandgracenotes.com
Manuscripts may be novels, novellas, memoirs, and works of creative nonfiction, collections of short fiction, creative essays, or a combination of the two.
All manuscripts must be in a standard 12 point font, reasonably edited for grammar and typographical errors, and sent electronically. We do not accept postal entries. Enough paper is wasted on this planet as it is.
Judging is blind at all levels. What that means is that the author’s name must not appear anywhere on the manuscript.
Submissions should be uploaded through our electronic submission manager and incluse the author’s name, mailing address, email address, phone Number, and title of entry in the comments section of the submission form. Judging is blind so it’s very important entrants include all required information in the proper place. No personal information should be included in the manuscript itself.
Initial judging will be conducted by a network of published writers and editors selected by Grace Notes Books. Finalists will be determined by a staff of editors from Grace Notes Books, NOTES Magazine, and Notesandgracenotes.com. Final judging will be conducted by Grace Notes Book’s primary editors.
Judge’s feedback and editors notes on entries made by the standard deadline will be sent out at the close of competition.
Entrants wishing to receive a copy of their judge’s feedback (regardless of finalist status) may do so by paying a small additional fee at the time of submission. Entrants may not do so after making their initial entry.
Entrants who choose the feedback option before the early bird deadline will receive their reader's notes by June 1st 2012 and will have the opportunity to revise and re-submit the manuscript for ½ the regular entry fee.
A non-refundable entry fee of $23 must accompany each manuscript. While we wish this were not required, we are a fledgling publishing company chasing a dream (in the middle of a national economic crisis) and an entry fee is a necessary evil. Entry fees will be contributed to prizes, with a percentage being donated to the free bi-monthly competitions hosted at notesandgracenotes.com, publishing costs for the winning title, and marketing for the winning book. In researching the subject of entry fees in similar competitions, we are confident you will find this fee more reasonable than most. There are competitions that charge as much for the entry of a single short story.
Prizes & Publishing Information:
Winning authors are not obligated to accept the publication offered by Grace Notes Books in order to receive their winnings. This is an optional offer.
The winning entry will receive a publication offer for their manuscript and the option of either a $1000 cash prize or an advance $350 against royalties and a standard publishing contract of 15% of the cover price (retail is generally $12.99 for our trade paperbacks).
The winning author will receive 5 contributor's copies of their book upon publication. They will also be able to use a discount for additional copies and pay only printing costs.
All finalists will be considered by Grace Notes Books for future publication and those offers may be made at the end of the competition.
In the case of a tie, winnings will be divided among entrants but the publishing options will remain the same and both manuscripts will be published.
All prizes will be paid upon publication of the winning titles. If the winning author turns down the publishing offer, prizes will be paid on the date publication would have taken place.
In the event that the winning author declines the publishing offer:
Grace Notes Books will select another of the finalist entries for the publication offer.
The winning author will receive the cash and product prizes they are entitled to. The publication offer that is made to a runner-up in this event may or may not come with an offer of advance payment, depending on funding at the time such an offer is made.
Just So We Understand Each Other…
By entering this competition you are acknowledging that you have read and agree to abide by these rules and that you may be disqualified for breaching these rules without a refund of your entry fee. You are acknowledging that you understand the publishing offers to be presented and that you are under no obligation to accept the publishing offer should your manuscript be selected as the winner.
Mission Statement for this contest & all Grace Notes publishing endeavors…
Grace Notes Books seeks works of quality and we do not believe that genre restricts quality. A great writer is a great writer whether they’re writing staunch literary epics or fun science fiction stories. We really enjoy stories that push the boundaries, blending styles, stories that have a strong entertainment value and are executed in the finest literary styling. In other words: Send us anything and everything-- as long as it’s wonderful.
Competition Timeline:
Contest Begins November 3, 2011
Early Bird Deadline February 15, 2012
Early Entry Feedback Sent June 1, 2012
Final deadline OCTOBER 1ST 2012
Finalists Announced October 31, 2012
Winners announced November 30, 2011
All requested feedback (for entries submitted after 2/15) sent on or before Jan.1st 2012.
Winning Book Published March 2013
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Fee: Free
Prize: $ 15,000 - Publication
OFFICIAL RULES
Please read these Official Rules before entering the Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award Contest ("Contest"). By submitting an entry, entrants (and their parents or legal guardians if the entrant is under 18 or a minor in the jurisdiction in which that entrant resides) ("you" or "your") acknowledge that you are eligible to enter the Contest and have read and agree to be bound by these Official Rules and our and the judges decisions related to the Contest. This year we will select two "Grand Prize" winners for the Contest: a Grand Prize will be awarded to the Winner in the young adult fiction category (general or genre-based fiction primarily intended for an audience of readers age 12 to 16) and to the Winner in the general fiction category (general or genre-based literature primarily intended for an audience of readers who are age 17 and older). Details of the Grand Prize and other Contest prizes are described more fully below. The "Sponsors" of the Contest are Amazon Services LLC ("Amazon"), Penguin Group (USA) Inc. ("Penguin"), and On-Demand Publishing LLC dba CreateSpace ("CreateSpace") (collectively, "we", "our", or "us").
1. ELIGIBILITY. You are eligible to enter the Contest if you are at least 13 years old at time of entry and a legal resident of one of the following countries: Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada (excluding the Province of Québec), China, Denmark, Finland, Germany, India, Ireland, Japan, Luxembourg, Malaysia, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Romania, South Africa, South Korea, Sweden, Switzerland, the United States (the 50 states and D.C.), or the United Kingdom. If you are considered a minor in your jurisdiction, you must have the permission of a parent (or both parents where required by law) or legal guardian to enter the Contest. If you are not of the legal majority in the jurisdiction in which you reside, your parent or legal guardian will be responsible for fulfilling all of the requirements set forth in these Official Rules. You are not eligible to enter the Contest if you are (a) our or Publishers Weekly’s employee or independent contractor or an employee or independent contractor of any of our or Publishers Weekly’s affiliates; (b) a family member (spouses, domestic partners, parents, grandparents, siblings, children, and grandchildren) of our or Publishers Weekly’s employee or independent contractor; (c) a family member (spouses, domestic partners, parents, grandparents, siblings, children, and grandchildren) of an employee or independent contractor of any of our or Publishers Weekly’s affiliates; (d) an individual living in the same household as our or Publishers Weekly’s employee or independent contractor; (e) an individual living in the same household as an employee or independent contractor of any of our or Publishers Weekly’s affiliates; or (f) a judge involved in the Contest, including any reviewer who participates in selecting the Quarter-Finalists. To be eligible to become a Grand Prize winner (“Winner”), you must be available to travel to the location of the Grand Prize event (“Venue”) for a three to five-night trip, which trip will take place between June 14, 2012 and June 19, 2012 (we will determine and announce the exact dates of the trip). We may waive the requirement for you to travel to the Venue if, in our sole discretion, extraordinary circumstances outside your control would prevent you from traveling.
2. HOW TO ENTER. We must receive your Contest entry between January 23, 2012 at 12:01 a.m. (U.S. Eastern Standard Time) and February 5, 2012 at 11:59 p.m. (U.S. Eastern Standard Time). The young adult fiction category and the general fiction category are each limited to 5,000 Entries, and we will stop accepting Entries for a category after we have received 5,000 Entries in that category. Entries may be edited until the above stated entry deadline or until a category has reached the maximum number of allowed entries, whichever first occurs. You must register at www.CreateSpace.com/abna to enter the Contest. Once you have registered, follow the instructions on the entry form and upload: (1) the complete version of your manuscript (“Manuscript”); (2) up to the first 5,000 words, but not less than 3,000 words, of your Manuscript, excluding any table of contents, foreword, and acknowledgments (“Excerpt”); (3) a pitch of your Manuscript consisting of up to 300 words (“Pitch”); and (4) the personal information required on the entry form. (1-4 collectively, an “Entry”). We will not accept or review any Entry that does not comply with these Official Rules.
3. ENTRY REQUIREMENTS. You must be the only author of your Manuscript, and your Manuscript must be a novel between 50,000 and 150,000 words. Any Manuscript submitted as an Entry written by two or more authors will not be eligible. Additionally, poems, short stories, and collections of works are not eligible. Your Manuscript, Excerpt, and Pitch must: (a) be your original creation; (b) be fictional; (c) be in the English language; (d) be of interior black and white text without images; (e) not currently or previously have been the subject of a publishing agreement with any publisher (but you may submit your self-published novel if you retain all worldwide distribution rights in and to the novel); (f) not include your real or pen name anywhere in the Manuscript, Excerpt, or the Pitch; (g) not include any information that identifies the author in any way including, but not limited to, a resume, previous awards received for the work, or the identity of additional works by the author, but excluding any file document properties that may identify the author; and (h) meet the content guidelines found at http://www.amazon.com/contentguidelines (which are incorporated in to these Official Rules by this reference). Additionally, you must submit your Manuscript digitally in Microsoft Word .doc, .docx, .rtf, or .txt format. Any entry that we determine, in our sole discretion, to meet these requirements will be considered a “Valid Entry.” You may be represented by an agent on the condition that you - not your agent - agree to comply with these Official Rules. Our servers and clock will be the official clock for all phases of the Contest, and your proof of submission is not proof that we received your Entry. You may only submit one Entry for only one category. If you submit more than one Entry, the first Entry that we receive will be the judged Entry, and any subsequent Entries you submit will be void and disregarded. We reserve the right, in our sole discretion, to disqualify your Entry from the Contest if the Entry (x) contains obscene, offensive, pornographic or sexually explicit material, (y) is libelous, disparaging, includes inappropriate content, or (z) does not comply with these Official Rules.
4. CONDITIONS OF ENTRY. By submitting an Entry, you represent and warrant that your Entry: (a) is your original creation; (b) has not been copied in whole or in part from any other work; (c) has not previously been published as described in Section 3(e) above; (d) does not violate or infringe any copyright, trademark, privacy or publicity right, or other proprietary or intellectual property right of any person or entity; (e) is not defamatory, libelous, obscene, or otherwise illegal; and (f) is your sole and exclusive property. You further represent and warrant that you have complete, worldwide distribution rights in and to your Manuscript, Excerpt, and Pitch.
5. GRANT OF RIGHTS. By submitting an Entry and if you are selected as a Quarter-Finalist or Semi-Finalist, you grant Penguin the exclusive first publication rights to your Entry. If you are selected as a Quarter Finalist, Penguin’s exclusive first publication rights to your Entry terminate when you are eliminated from the Contest (unless you are selected as a Semi-Finalist); and if you are selected as a Semi-Finalist, Penguin’s exclusive first publishing Rights to your Entry terminate after June 30, 2012. If you are not a Winner and Penguin notifies you that it wishes to publish your Entry, you agree to negotiate the terms and conditions of a publishing agreement exclusively with Penguin for a period of 30 days after you receive notification from Penguin. If you and Penguin have not reached agreement after 30 days, you may offer the work to other publishers on the condition that before you enter into an agreement with another publisher, you will afford Penguin the last right to publish your Entry on the same terms and conditions offered by any other publisher, plus an advance against royalties 10% greater than the other offer. Penguin must communicate its decision to you within 5 business days after you have provided written notice of the other publisher’s terms and conditions. If Penguin declines or fails to act within that period, you will not have any further obligation to Penguin, and you may publish the Entry with another publisher. By submitting an Entry, you grant us and our respective affiliates and agents permission to use, without charge, portions of your Manuscript, Pitch, or Excerpt, along with your name and stated reason for writing the submitted Entry (if provided) for any purpose in connection with this Contest until June 30, 2012. You also grant us the right to edit the formatting and display of your Entry, and to create literary or any other types of effects in respect to your Entry without compensation or approval. In addition, to the extent that any moral rights (for example, the right to attribution and the right to integrity) apply, you waive (and to the extent that these rights may not be waived, agree irrevocably not to assert) your moral rights in your Entry for purposes of this Contest, including, without limitation, our use of excerpts from your Entry in connection with this Contest. You represent that you have received the consent of any person (or parent or legal guardian if such person is a minor) whose real and actual name or likeness is used or featured in any Entry that you submit. If you fail to obtain the consent, your Entry will be disqualified. We have the right at any time during the Contest to request proof of consent, and to disqualify your Entry if you cannot provide the requested proof. Excerpts, along with the your name, city, and state of residence, and portions of your Entry which relate to the submitted Manuscript, may be posted on any website owned or operated by us or any of their affiliates (“Our Site”), any other website or other online point of presence on any platform through which any products or services available on or through Our Site are described, syndicated, offered, merchandised, or advertised. Our decision to post an Excerpt or any portion of an Entry on any one of Our Sites does not mean that the selected Entry has been selected as a winning Entry.
6. MANUSCRIPT SHOPPING. Manuscripts submitted as entries to the Contest cannot be actively shopped by agents during the contest period, which runs from January 23, 2012 to June 16, 2012.
7. COLLECTION/USE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION. We are collecting personal information primarily to process Entries, to contact you if necessary, or for marketing and other purposes. By participating in this Contest, non-U.S. resident entrants are authorizing the transfer of personal data to the United States for these purposes. If you do not wish to be contacted for marketing purposes, you will be provided with a method to opt-out from future communications. If you would like to access or modify your information related to this Contest in our database, please send an e-mail to ABNA-admin@amazon.com. By entering the Contest, you agree that we may share your information, in our sole discretion, with third parties that have a need to know the information, such as the judging panel or third parties that we retain to assist in administering the Contest; however, those third parties may only use the information for purposes related to this Contest. The data controller is Amazon Services LLC. Please do not submit an entry if you do not agree to these terms or to CreateSpace’s privacy policy available at http://www.createspace.com/Help/Rights/Privacy.jsp. , Amazon’s privacy policy available at http://www.amazon.com/privacy. , or Penguin’s privacy policy available at http://us.penguingroup.com/static/pages/aboutus/privacypolicy.html.
8. CONTEST JUDGING PROCESS.
A. Submission Period (January 23, 2012 – February 5, 2012).
The submission period begins January 23, 2012 at 12:01 a.m. (U.S. Eastern Standard Time) and ends February 5, 2012 at 11:59 p.m. (U.S. Eastern Standard Time). The young adult fiction category and the adult fiction category are each limited to 5,000 Entries, and we will stop accepting Entries after we have received 5,000 Entries in a category.
B. First Round (February 6, 2012 – February 21, 2012).
Between February 6, 2012 and February 21, 2012, our editors will read the Pitch for each Valid Entry. Our editors will select the top 1,000 Entries from each category to advance to the second round by rating each Pitch on the following three criteria: originality of idea, overall strength of the Pitch, and the quality of writing. We reserve the right to advance fewer than 1,000 Entries from each category to the Second Round if, in our sole discretion, we do not receive a sufficient number of eligible or qualified Entries.
If a tiebreaker is needed to determine the entries moving to the Second Round in each category, the following tiebreaking methods will be used:
a) 1st tiebreaker: Highest average Quality of Writing score
b) 2nd tiebreaker: Highest average Overall Strength score
c) 3rd tiebreaker: Highest average Originality of Idea score
C. Second Round (February 23, 2012 – March 11, 2012).
(1) Between February 23, 2012 and March 11, 2012, our expert reviewers, including Amazon editors and at least one Amazon Top Reviewer, will review and judge the Excerpts of each second round Entry. The expert reviewers will rate each Excerpt on a scale of 1 to 5 on each of the following criteria:
a) Overall Strength of Excerpt
b) Prose/Style
c) Plot/Hook
d) Originality of Idea
(2) Each second round Excerpt will receive two reviews, and the top 250 Entries from each category based on the average Overall Strength of Excerpt score will advance to the Quarter-Finals (each, a “Quarter Finalist”). We reserve the right to advance fewer than 250 Entries from each category to the Quarter Finals if, in our sole discretion, we do not receive a sufficient number of eligible or qualified Entries. If a tiebreaker is needed to determine the 250th Quarter-Finalist in each category, the following tiebreaking methods will be used:
a) 1st tiebreaker: Highest average Prose/Style score
b) 2nd tiebreaker: Highest average Plot/Hook score
c) 3rd tiebreaker: Highest average Originality of Idea score
d) 4th tiebreaker: Amazon editorial decision based upon Overall Strength of Excerpt.
(3) These reviews will be posted within each Entrant’s www.CreateSpace.com account on or about March 18, 2012.
D. Quarter Finals (March 20, 2012 – April 23, 2012).
(1) On or about March 20, 2012, we will post each of the Quarter-Finalists’ Excerpts and their associated written reviews online at www.amazon.com/abna.
(2) Amazon customers may download and read any Excerpt, and then write a review and rate the Excerpt using Amazon.com’s process for submitting online reviews (as described at http://www.amazon.com/gp/customer-rev ... es/review-guidelines.html).
(3) For each Quarter Finalist’s Manuscript, Publishers Weekly will read, prepare a review, and rate each Manuscript on a scale of 1 to 5 on the following criteria:
a) Character development
b) Originality of idea
c) Plot
d) Prose/style
e) Overall strength of submission (a through e in this subsection D (3), “Judging Criteria”).
These reviews will be posted within each Entrant’s www.CreateSpace.com account on or about April 24, 2012.
(4) The top 50 Entries from each category will advance to the Semi-Finals (each, a “Semi-Finalist”). The Semi-Finalists will be determined by ranking each Quarter Finalist Entry based on the average Judging Criteria score given to each Quarter Finalist Entry by Publishers Weekly. We reserve the right to advance fewer than 50 Entries from each category to the Semi-Finals if, in our sole discretion, we do not receive a sufficient number of eligible and qualified Entries. If a tiebreaker is needed to determine the 50th Semi-Finalist in each category, the following methods will be used:
1st tiebreaker: Highest Overall Strength of Submission score
2nd tiebreaker: Highest Prose/Style score
3rd tiebreaker: Highest Plot score
4th tiebreaker: Highest Character Development score
5th tiebreaker: Highest Originality of Idea score
6th tiebreaker: Amazon editorial decision
E. Semi-Finals (April 24, 2012 – May 21, 2012).
(1) We will post the names of the Semi-Finalists on Amazon.com, along with their respective Publishers Weekly review on or about April 24, 2012.
(2) The Penguin judging panel, consisting of qualified representatives selected by Penguin, will review the Manuscript and the accompanying reviews of each Semi-Finalist Entry to select 3 finalists in each category (each, a “Finalist”) using the Judging Criteria.
(4) On or about May 14, 2012, we will begin notifying potential Finalists by phone or e-mail. The Finalists will be announced on www.amazon.com/abna on or about May 22, 2012.
F. Finalist Period (May 22, 2012 – May 30, 2012).
(1) Customer Voting. After the Finalists are announced, the voting phase to determine the Winner of each category will begin and will continue through May 30, 2012 at 11:59 p.m. (U.S. Eastern Daylight Savings Time). Amazon customers will be able to download and read each Finalist Excerpt, and we may, in our sole discretion, expand each Excerpt by up to 5,000 additional words. Amazon customers will select the Winner by voting for one finalist in each category using the voting mechanism located at www.amazon.com/abna. The Winner in each category will be selected from among the Finalists based on the total number of valid votes we receive from customers. The Finalist receiving the most valid votes in a category will be the potential Winner of that category. Customers must have an account on Amazon.com in order to cast a vote, and customers may only vote once per category. We reserve the right to exclude the votes of any customer who votes more than one time per category during the Finalist Period. We will not accept votes intended to subvert the voting process or those generated by script, macro, or other automated means. Finalists are prohibited from obtaining votes by any fraudulent or inappropriate means, including without limitation offering prizes or other inducements to members of the public. In the event of a tie in either category, we will select the Winner from the tied Finalists based on the Judging Criteria.
(2) Celebrity Reviewing Panel. Each Finalist Manuscript will be read and reviewed by a celebrity reviewing panel. The celebrity reviewing panel for each category will consist of at least one well-known author, one agent, and one editor. In addition, all reviews of the Finalists’ Entries posted online up to the start of the Finalist Period will remain online and available for viewing.
(3) Grand Prize Event. Prior to the announcement of the Winners on or about June 16, 2012, the Finalists will be flown to the Venue in Seattle, WA (or a different city that we select) for publicity and promotional interviews and an awards ceremony. If you are not available for the trip, and we have not waived the travel requirement, an alternate Finalist will be invited to attend the ceremony in your place. We may choose, in our sole discretion, an alternate means of announcing the Winner.
9. PRIZES. The following prizes will be available to be awarded:
A. Grand Prize. If you are selected as the Winner in a category, you will receive one of two Grand Prizes each consisting of a full publishing contract with Penguin to market and distribute your Manuscript as a published book. One Grand Prize will be awarded in the young adult fiction category, and one Grand Prize will be awarded in the general fiction category. Upon the full execution of the publishing contract, Penguin will pay each Winner $15,000.00 USD. The $15,000.00 payment is an advance against the royalties to be earned by the Winner under the publishing contract. The approximate retail value (“ARV”) of the publishing contract is $15,000.00 USD for the advance. Penguin will determine the royalty rates to be paid under the publishing contract, which will depend on the format in which the book is published and the projected print run. You may not negotiate the publishing contract with Penguin, and you must sign it “as is” upon receipt of the executable contract (as described in Section 9 below) if you wish to enter into the publishing contract being awarded. The publishing contract will be governed by the laws of the State of New York. For a summary of the terms and conditions of the publishing contract, please contact ABNA-admin@amazon.com.
B. First Prize. If you are selected as one of the 3 Finalists in a category, you will receive a “First Prize.” Each First Prize will consist of a trip to the Venue, sometime between June 14, 2012 and June 19, 2012 (we will determine the exact dates). A First Prize includes: (a) round trip coach class air transportation for 2 people departing from the major airport nearest to your home; (b) 3 to 5 nights’ standard hotel accommodations (1 room, double occupancy); (c) transportation to and from airport to the Venue; and (d) $100.00 USD spending money per day for the Finalist only. The total ARV of each First Prize is $3,000.00 USD. The actual value will depend on each Finalist’s city of departure. We may, in our sole discretion, substitute surface transportation for air travel if you live near the Venue. If the actual value is less than the stated ARV, we will not compensate you for the difference. You are responsible for all of the costs and expenses associated with the First Prize not specifically mentioned in these Official Rules, including but not limited to any taxes, additional transportation and transfers, food and beverages, and gratuities. You must travel on the dates we specify or you may forfeit the First Prize and the opportunity to win the Grand Prize (unless we waive your travel as described above). If you are not a U.S. resident, you will be responsible for obtaining all required travel documents for travel to the U.S., including a passport and any visa that may be required. You and your guests must travel together on the same itinerary. Your guest must be of legal age of majority in their jurisdiction of residence (and at least 18) unless you are the parent or legal guardian of the guest. If you are not of legal age of majority in your jurisdiction of residence (and not at least 18), you must be accompanied on the trip by your parent or legal guardian as your guest. By accepting to be bound by these Official Rules, you warrant that you are unaware of any reason that you would be unable to travel during this period. We will select the airline and hotel for travel and accommodations. Certain restrictions and blackout dates apply, and exact travel dates and arrangements are subject to availability. You may not use the provided travel or accommodations for any frequent flyer or rewards programs. If we choose to replace the Grand Prize Event with another form of winner announcement not requiring travel, we will award a cash prize of $3,000.00 USD to each Finalist instead.
C. Second Prize. If you are selected as a Quarter-Finalist, you will receive a “Second Prize” (maximum of 500 Second Prizes total). Each Second Prize will consist of the Publishers Weekly manuscript review of each Quarter-Finalist’s respective Manuscript. A Second Prize winner may use the Publishers Weekly review solely for marketing and promoting the Manuscript as long as you do not materially change the Manuscript from the one that Publishers Weekly reviewed. Any such use must clearly state that Publishers Weekly is an independent organization and the review was written based on a manuscript version of the book and not a published version. The Second Prize has no cash value.
D. Third Prize. If you are selected as a Second Round Finalist, you will receive a “Third Prize” (maximum of 2000 Third Prizes total). Each Third Prize will consist of the Amazon Editors excerpt review of each Second Round Finalist’s respective Excerpt. The Third Prize has no cash value.
E. CreateSpace.com Promotional Code. All entrants will receive an electronic promotional code good for 20% off the base retail price of the Kindle-Ready File Conversion service from www.createspace.com ($69.00). The ARV of each coupon is $13.80 USD. The coupon is valid towards the purchase of the Kindle-Ready File Conversion service exclusively and cannot be used towards the purchase of any other goods or services from www.createspace.com.
F. General. The total ARV of all prizes is $108,000.00 USD. ALL TAXES ASSOCIATED WITH ANY PRIZE ACCEPTANCE AND USE ARE YOUR SOLE RESPONSIBILITY. IF TAXES ARE APPLICABLE TO THE PRIZE(S), IT IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO PAY TO THE APPROPRIATE AUTHORITIES. PAYMENTS TO YOU ARE SUBJECT TO THE EXPRESS REQUIREMENT THAT YOU SUBMIT TO US ALL DOCUMENTATION REQUESTED BY US TO PERMIT COMPLIANCE WITH ALL APPLICABLE STATE, FEDERAL, LOCAL AND FOREIGN (INCLUDING PROVINCIAL) TAX REPORTING AND WITHHOLDING REQUIREMENTS. You are responsible for ensuring that the tax documentation submitted to us complies with all applicable tax laws and requirements. If you fail to provide the documentation or submit incomplete documentation, the prize may be forfeited and we may, in our sole discretion, select an alternate. You may not substitute, transfer or redeem your prize for cash. We reserve the right to substitute a prize (or portion of a prize) with anything of comparable or greater value. We award all prizes “as is” and without warranty of any kind, express or implied, including, without limitation, any implied warranty of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.
10. DISQUALIFICATIONS. If your Entry is disqualified for any reason, you will not receive a notice or explanation describing the reason for the disqualification.
11. FINALIST NOTIFICATION AND REQUIREMENTS. If you are selected as a potential Finalist, we will notify you by phone or e-mail starting on or about May 14, 2012. You will be required to sign and return an Affidavit of Eligibility, Liability/Publicity Release & Nondisclosure Agreement (“Affidavit and Release”) by May 21, 2012. Your guest (or if the guest is a minor, the parent or legal guardian of the guest) will be required to sign and return a Liability/Publicity Release & Nondisclosure Agreement prior to departure to the Venue. If you do not return the required documents to us by the specified dates, you will be disqualified from the Contest.
You will also be required to sign and return a contingent publishing contract with Penguin, which Penguin will countersign only if you are selected as the Winner. We must receive the signed publishing contract by May 21, 2012. Penguin will only be bound by the publishing contract with you if you are selected as the Winner. If any documentation is not returned by the specified dates, we may invite an alternate Finalist, chosen by the Penguin judging panel from among the Semi-Finalists in the same manner as described above to replace the original Finalist. If notification to the alternate Finalist is returned as undeliverable, we may invite the next eligible alternate Finalist from among the Semi-Finalists, and so on. If you are under 18 or a minor in the jurisdiction in which you reside at the time a prize is awarded, the prize will be awarded to you only after the your parent or legal guardian signs the Affidavit and Release and any other documentation that may be required for you to claim a prize. We will notify prize recipients of all other prizes by e-mail or phone no later than June 30, 2011. Prior to awarding a prize, we may require you to sign additional documents we believe are necessary to confirm your eligibility, to obtain a liability and publicity release, and to award any prize.
12. ADDITIONAL TERMS. The Contest and all accompanying materials are copyright 2011 by Amazon Services LLC. All rights reserved. The Contest is void outside the eligible entry jurisdictions and where prohibited by law. You agree that our decisions related to the Contest are final and binding in all matters. We reserve the right, to the maximum extent permitted by law, in our sole discretion, to change these rules or cancel the Contest at any time. We may also modify, terminate or suspend the Contest if any viruses, worms, bugs, unauthorized human intervention, or other causes beyond our control corrupt or impair the administration, security, or fairness of the Contest or submission of Entries. If you use the name or likeness of an individual in your Entry, you agree to be solely responsible for that use. You agree that we, Publishers Weekly and our and their respective parents, affiliates, subsidiaries and advertising and promotion agencies, along with any officers, directors, agents, employees and representatives of any of them (collectively, “Released Parties”), will not be responsible for any action brought by a person whose consent you did not obtain. The Released Parties are not responsible for: (a) any human or other error that may occur in the processing of the Entries; (b) any error, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in operation or transmission, theft or destruction, or unauthorized access to or alteration of Entries; (c) or for technical, network, telephone, computer, hardware or software, malfunctions of any kind, which may occur in connection with this Contest, including, without limitation, any errors or problems related to the administration of the Contest, the processing or judging of Entries, the tabulation of votes, the announcement of the prizes, or the Contest-related materials. Released Parties are also not responsible for: (y) inaccurate transmission of, or failure to receive, any entry information on account of technical problems or traffic congestion on the Internet or at any Web site; and (z) injury or damage to you or any other computer resulting from downloading any materials in connection with the Contest. We reserve the right, in our sole discretion, to disqualify any individual found to be tampering with the entry or voting process, the outcome of the Contest, or the operation of the Contest or Web site; to be acting in violation of these Official Rules; or to be acting in an unsportsmanlike or disruptive manner or with intent to annoy, abuse, threaten, or harass any other person (including actions by you on our message boards) and void all associated Entries. ANY ATTEMPT BY ANY INDIVIDUAL TO DELIBERATELY DAMAGE ANY WEBSITE OR UNDERMINE THE LEGITIMATE OPERATION OF THE CONTEST MAY BE A VIOLATION OF CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LAWS, AND IF SUCH AN ATTEMPT IS MADE, WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO SEEK DAMAGES OR OTHER RELIEF (INCLUDING ATTORNEYS’ FEES) FROM THE PERSON TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW.
13. LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY. THE RELEASED PARTIES ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THE UNAUTHORIZED USE OF ANY ENTRY (OR ANY PORTION OF ANY ENTRY) BY ANY THIRD PARTY. YOU AGREE (FOR YOURSELF AND YOUR HEIRS) THAT THE RELEASED PARTIES, TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY LIABILITY, LOSS, INJURY, OR DAMAGE TO PROPERTY OR TO PERSON. YOU ALSO AGREE THAT WE ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY REASONABLE ATTORNEY’S FEES AND COURT COSTS DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY RELATED TO YOUR PARTICIPATION IN THE CONTEST, OR BY REASON OF YOUR ACCEPTANCE, POSSESSION, USE OR MISUSE OF THE PRIZES (INCLUDING ANY TRAVEL OR ACTIVITY RELATED TO A PRIZE). NOTHING IN THESE OFFICIAL RULES WILL LIMIT ANY RELEASED PARTY’S LIABILITY FOR DEATH OR PERSONAL INJURY CAUSED BY THAT PARTY'S NEGLIGENCE, A BREACH OF THESE OFFICIAL RULES, OR FRAUDULENT MISREPRESENTATION.
14. GOVERNING LAW/DISPUTES. This Contest is governed by the laws of the United States and the State of Washington. As a condition of participating in this Contest, you agree, to the extent permitted by law, that any and all disputes which cannot be resolved between the parties, and causes of action arising out of or in connection with this Contest, will be resolved individually, without resort to any form of class action, exclusively before a court located in King County, Washington. FURTHER, IN ANY DISPUTE, UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES WILL YOU BE PERMITTED TO OBTAIN AWARDS FOR, AND YOU HEREBY WAIVE ALL RIGHTS TO CLAIM, PUNITIVE, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, INCLUDING ATTORNEYS' FEES, OTHER THAN ENTRANT’S ACTUAL OUT-OF-POCKET EXPENSES (E.G. COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH ENTERING). YOU FURTHER WAIVE ALL RIGHTS TO HAVE DAMAGES MULTIPLIED OR INCREASED.
15. RIGHTS OF PUBLICITY. By participating in the Contest, you consent to the worldwide use of your name, biographical information, photographs, videos or likenesses in any manner and in any medium now in existence or later invented for any purpose in connection with the Contest without additional compensation, notification or permission, except where prohibited by law.
16. WINNERS LIST. You may request a list of the Finalists and the Winner by sending an e-mail request to ABNA-winners@amazon.com. We must receive your request by July 31, 2012.
17. SPONSORS’ ADDRESSES. Amazon Services LLC, P.O. Box 400818, Las Vegas, NV 89140; Penguin Group (USA) Inc., 375 Hudson Street, New York, NY 10014; and On-Demand Publishing LLC dba CreateSpace, 7290B Investment Drive, North Charleston, SC 29418.
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Fee: $ 20
Prize: $ 100
Submissions are now being accepted for the Top of the Mountain Book Award. There are two categories, FICTION and NONFICTION. Please read the submission guidelines carefully.
First Place in each category receives $100 and recognition at the 2012 Northern Colorado Writers Conference and on the NCW website.
4 honorable mentions in each category will receive $25 each.
To Submit your contest entry, pay the $20 entry fee here and then follow the directions below for formatting and submitting the manuscript. If you have any questions feel free to contact us.
Top of the Mountain Book Award FICTION GUIDELINES
Dates of submission: December 20 – February 15, 2012
• The contest is open to unpublished novel-length fiction of any genre. No self-published, electronically published, or screenplays.
• Submissions must be author’s original work and not under contract for publication as of entry date.
• Submission must include a five-page double-spaced synopsis and the first twenty-five pages of the manuscript.
• Submission must be sent electronically to contests (at) northerncoloradowriters.com
• Manuscript must be formatted per standard industry guidelines:
Font: Times New Roman, 12 pt, black ink only.
1-inch margins all around. Ragged right margins.
Double spaced. 24-25 lines per page, except for the first and last pages of a chapter.
The first page of each chapter must begin one-third of the way down the page.
Header: Title and genre on left, page number on right.
Failure to properly format will result in disqualification.
• Author’s name must appear on cover sheet only. Inclusion of author name on synopsis or manuscript will result in disqualification.
• Submissions must be in English.
• Fee for entry is $20. Authors may submit multiple entries, but each must include entry fee.
• Authors need not attend conference to win.
• Judges are experienced critiquers and authors. Each entry will be evaluated by 2 judges, using a standardized score sheet. Judges' decisions are final.
• Finalists will be notified by email or telephone on or around March 15, 2012.
Judging criteria: (on a scale of 1-10, 100 points possible)
• Synopsis, including plot and character arcs
• Beginning hook – how well does the story grab the reader?
• Plot, pacing, and sense of story
• Originality and voice
• Setting/description/narrative
• POV–is it clear, appropriate to the story, and consistent?
• Dialogue
• Mechanics -- spelling, punctuation, grammar
• Placement in correct genre
• Correct formatting
Top of the Mountain Book Award NONFICTION GUIDELINES
Dates of submission: December 20 –February 15, 2012
• The contest is open to unpublished book-length nonfiction. No self-published, electronically published, or screenplays.
• Submissions must be author’s original work and not under contract for publication as of entry date.
• Submission must include a five to eight-page proposal and the first twenty-five pages of the manuscript.
• Submission must be sent electronically to contests (at) northerncoloradowriters.com
• Manuscript must be formatted per standard industry guidelines:
Font: Times New Roman, 12 pt, black ink only.
1-inch margins all around. Ragged right margins.
Double spaced. 24-25 lines per page, except for the first and last pages of a chapter.
The first page of each chapter must begin one-third of the way down the page.
Header: Title and genre on left, page number on right.
Failure to properly format will result in disqualification.
• Author’s name must appear on cover sheet only. Inclusion of author name on proposal or manuscript will result in disqualification.
• Submissions must be in English.
• Fee for entry is $20. Authors may submit multiple entries, but each must include entry fee.
• Authors need not attend conference to win.
• Judges are experienced critiquers and authors. Each entry will be evaluated by 2 judges, using a standardized score sheet. Judges' decisions are final.
• Finalists will be notified by email or telephone on or around March 15, 2012
Judging criteria: (on a scale of 1-10, 100 points possible)
• Proposal: Does it give a clear overview of the book and its marketability?
• Voice: Is it strong and consistent? Does author have a clear sense of their own writing style?
• Pacing and sense of story/narrative
• Originality: How is it different from other nonfiction of similar subject matter?
• Setting/description/narrative
• Is the message or theme clear and consistent?
• Dialogue
• Mechanics -- spelling, punctuation, grammar
• Placement in correct genre
• Appeal to intended audience?
http://www.northerncoloradowritersconference.com/
http://www.northerncoloradowriterscon ... 2-conference.html?start=7
Fee: £ 7
Prize: £ 500
You are invited to enter our 2012 competition by sending your stories, gaining the chance to win one of the prizes kindly donated by our sponsors - and helping a worthwhile charity.
First Prize £500
Second £200
Third £100
Entry Fee £7 per story (100% going to the Charity’s work)
Closing Date 1st February 2012
You can make your entries either online or
by post by downloading and printing the postal entry form
Judging by Award winning novelist
Patricia Ferguson
We are hugely grateful to Patricia Ferguson for agreeing to adjudicate the Bridgwater Home-Start 2012 Prize.
Patricia is a prize-winning novelist whose books and short stories have achieved recognition with the Betty Trask Prize; the Somerset-Maugham Award; and (twice) nomination for the Orange Prize. She was recently one of the judges for the Bristol Short Story Competition.
Patricia will undertake the judging from a shortlist of ten stories selected by a team of experienced readers. A Trustee of the Charity will oversee the preliminary assessment of entries and the secure filing and recording of authors’ details.
The winners will be announced in a ceremony at Bridgwater Arts Centre on Saturday 24th March 2012. Shortlisted authors will be notified in advance. Results and (with permission from the authors) the prizewinning stories will be published on the website.
Competition Rules
Stories, on any theme, must be not more than 2200 words in length. Each should be written in English, be the original unpublished work of the author and not have won a prize in any previous competition. Copyright remains with the author.
Stories will be judged anonymously. Story pages must carry the title as listed on the entry form and not indicate the identity of the author. Please complete the form in full, whether entering by post or online.
Work should be typed in not less than size 12 font, and double-spaced.
Authors may enter any number of stories.
Entries must be received on or before Wednesday 1st February 2012.
The Judge’s decision is final. The Trustees will not enter into any correspondence.
It is a condition of acceptance that entrants have read and understood the competition rules
Postal Entries
Entries should be typed on A4 white paper and be accompanied by a completed entry form and a cheque or UK postal order for the entry fee of £7 per story (plus any extra donation to the Charity. Such gifts would be much appreciated).
http://homestart-bridgwater.org.uk/
http://homestart-bridgwater.org.uk/in ... hp/short-story-prize-2012
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