Win your chance to get Published!
2nd Annual Contest for unpublished manuscripts
For students grade 3 - 12.
Deadline
Entries must be postmarked or received by
30th November 2008.To encourage, inspire and motivate students across all age group, to promote literacy and encourage a greater understanding of one's self through the process of writing. Aaspirations Publishing Inc. encourages all student writers in Canada to explore their talents by sending in new, untried work as an entry for children's writing/juvenile writing. Submitted work will be read by professionals - writers, editors, booksellers, librarians or teachers and may win the entrant a prize and a publishing contract.
Read the Rules Below The Write Contest is open to all students in the grades 3-6, 7-9, 10-12. Students may submit original, currently unsubmitted, unpublished and unaccepted work in English, typed or word-processed, single-sided, double-spaced, 8 1/2 x 11 (or A4), pages numbered, and not stapled. To assure blind judging, include entries on a SEPARATE cover page giving your name/ (First name and first initial of last name) school's name and address/ telephone, title(s), date of entry, brief literary bio and accurate word count. The entrant may stipulate on the cover page that the entry includes "First Canadian Rights" up to the proposed date of the publication. Title only on each page. No revisions are permitted after submission. Entries may be submitted by individual students only: If it is a class entry it may be sent in separately but will not be accepted as an ‘individual entrant' and therefore will not be able to win any prizes. However an exceptional class entry may be considered for publication and a prize if more than one class sends in entries. Rules & Regulations in full: * The author's name/ (First name and first initial of last name only) school's name and address/ telephone, title, date of entry, brief literary bio and accurate word count should appear on a separate cover page and should be submitted along with the story by 30th November, 2008. The name of the author should not appear in the story itself. Entries not compiling with this rule will be disqualified.
* Entries will not be critiqued or returned. Fees are $5 per entry to cover administrative costs. Deadline is postmark. Should an entry be published elsewhere before the winners are declared, the entrant should notify the contest organizers immediately.
* Agreement: These rules govern The Write Contest ("Contest"). The act of entering the Contest constitutes acceptance of the contest rules and the decisions of the Contest judges.
* Sponsors: The Contest is sponsored by Aaspirations Publishing Inc.
* Eligibility: The Contest is open to all students except for students of those families who are related in any way to employees, judges, immediate families or anyone living with any employee of the sponsors, judges or its or their corporate affiliates, advertising or promotional agencies.
* Contest: The Contest begins at 9 a.m., January 26, 2008 and ends at 11:59 p.m., November 30, 2008. There is a limit of one entry per person. Entries not complying with this rule will be disqualified. Each story must be submitted in its own envelope. Stories must not be submitted by fax machine and e-mail. Illegible entries will be disqualified. The name of the author should not appear on the story itself. Stories must be written in English, original and unpublished up to the time the winners are declared in early 2008. Stories must be written on a computer or typewriter, be double-spaced and be no longer than 10,000 words. Total word count may be printed on the front page of the story. No changes to a story are allowed once the entry has been received. Manuscripts will not be returned. Students may also submit their stories through the school that they are attending (if more than one entry is being submitted by students of the same school). Pseudonyms are not permitted. On winning, contestants must agree to allow Aaspirations Publishing Inc. to publish their stories, names and some biographical information. Do not send photographs with entries. Winners will be contacted about a photograph at a later date and must agree to publication of their photograph. Illegible entries, photocopies, scanned copies, facsimiles or other mechanically or electronically reproduced entries will not be accepted and will be disqualified.
* How to enter: A CAD $5 entry fee must accompany each entry. Cheques or money orders should be made out to Aaspirations Publishing Inc. Please do not send coins or cash.
* Send your story to: The Write Contest. Aaspirations Publishing Inc. 2010 Yonge Street #200. Toronto, Ontario M4S 1Z9.
* Stories must be postmarked or delivered to The Write contest no later than midnight, November 30, 2008.
* Prizes: Three prizes will be awarded in each category, provided the entries are prize worthy. First Prize: $100 plus a publishing contract with Aaspirations Publishing Inc. Second Prize: $75. Third Prize: $50. Publishing contracts may also be offered to the 2nd and 3rd winners of each category depending on the quality of the manuscripts that are submitted. If a winner does not claim the prize within 10 days of being contacted by a representative of the sponsors, the next eligible entry selected by the Selection Panel will be contacted, and the first entrant selected will have no further claim to the prize. Aaspirations Publishing Inc. will not mail or courier prizes and is not responsible for unclaimed prizes.
* The scoring criteria will be on the theme of the story, correct grammar, spelling and punctuation (keeping the young age of the contestants in mind, a small percentage of errors are perfectly acceptable), writing style (organization of thought and story construction) and the overall power of the story. Marks will be given on the following basis: Theme - 50, Writing style - 30, Overall effectiveness - 20. For a total of 100 points.
* Judging and notification: A panel of professionals: writers, editors, booksellers, librarians or teachers will select the final nine winning entries. Winners will be notified by telephone or email in early 2008 and must reply within 48 hours to maintain eligibility.
* The decision of the contest judges is final and binding.
* Release: Prior to receiving the prize, the winners will be required to show valid photo ID and to sign an affidavit of eligibility and a release form: releasing the sponsors and judges of all liability, confirming compliance with the rules and consenting to the use of his or her name and photograph, without further compensation, in any publicity carried out by the sponsors and/or their advertising and promotional agencies.
* Privacy: We use your personal contact information to administer contests, including contacting, announcing and promoting prize winners. In addition, we may use this information to send you offers or information from us about future book launches or contests directly through the school you attend. Your information will not be traded, sold or marketed in any way. Read our full privacy policy . Contests are run in full compliance of our privacy code.
* Banning: The sponsors may, in their sole discretion, prohibit any person from entering any contest whom they believe to be abusing the rules. Such abuse includes entering false information and entering more than once, or submitting manuscripts not actually written by the entrant. If you wish to discuss your situation, Contact Us .
* Other: All decisions of the contest judge are final. Contests are governed by the laws of Ontario and the laws of Canada applicable therein. The sponsors reserve the right to cancel or modify any contest or the contest rules at any time without notice. All prizes must be accepted as awarded, and are non-transferable. The sponsors reserve the right to substitute any prize or portion of the prize with a prize of equal or greater value. The odds of winning depend on how many eligible entries are received. If manuscripts are not judged to be prize worthy in any one category, the prize for that category may be withheld and carried over to The Write Contest '08.
* Sponsors are not liable for any lost or stolen entries or inability to process entries, or any errors, damage or negligence that may arise in connection with this contest, including technical failures on the part of contest software, virus, website down-time, human error or property damage incurred by any contest entrant. Start writing now, ask your teacher or mentor for help and make sure you don't miss the deadline!
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