Deadline: 27 February 2011
2011 TORONTO STAR SHORT STORY CONTEST RULES
Agreement: These rules govern the Toronto Star Short Story Contest ("Contest"). The act of entering the Contest constitutes acceptance of the Contest rules and the decisions of the Contest judges, which decisions shall be final and binding upon all entrants.
Sponsor: The Contest sponsors are Toronto Star Newspapers Limited, the Toronto Public Library and The Humber School for Writers ("Sponsors").
Eligibility: · The Contest is open to all residents of Ontario who have attained the age of 16, except for employees, their immediate families and anyone living with any employee of the Sponsor or its corporate affiliates, advertising or promotional agencies. There is a limit of one entry per person.
Contest and Judging Criteria:
* Contest begins at 9:00 a.m. on Saturday, January 8, 2011 and ends at 11:59 p.m., Sunday, February 27, 2011.
* Entries must be received by 11:59 p.m., Sunday, February 27, 2011.
* By entering this Contest you acknowledge that all entries become the property of the Contest Sponsors and will not be returned or acknowledged.
* To enter the Contest, submit your entry by the contest deadline in its own envelope. Stories submitted by fax machine and e-mail will not be accepted. Illegible entries will be disqualified.
* Stories must be written in English, original and unpublished up to the time the winners are declared on Friday, April 15, 2011.
* Stories must be written on a computer or typewriter, be double-spaced and no longer than 2,500 words.
* Total word count must be printed on the front page of the story.
* No changes to a story are allowed once Toronto Star Newspapers Limited receives your entry.
* Manuscripts will not be returned.
* To ensure that stories have reached Toronto Star Newspapers Limited, entrants may wish to enclose a stamped, self-addressed postcard with their entries.
* Information is not available by email or telephone. Pseudonyms are not permitted.
* By entering the Contest, entrants agree to allow Toronto Star Newspapers Limited to publish their stories, names and biographical information in all media, including but not limited to its newspapers and thestar.com without compensation. Entrants also agree to allow the Toronto Public Library and The Humber School for Writers to publish their stories, names and biographical information in all media. Do not send photographs with entries. Winners will be contacted about a photograph at a later date and must agree to publication of his/her photograph.
* In connection with your submission, you affirm, represent and/or warrant that (i) you own or have the necessary licenses, rights, consents and permissions to use and authorize Sponsors to use all copyright, trademark or other proprietary rights in and to your submission to enable inclusion and use of the submission in the manner contemplated by these Contest rules; and (ii) you have the written consent, release and/or permission of each and every identifiable individual person in the submission to use the name or likeness of each and every such identifiable individual person to enable inclusion and use of the submission in the matter contemplated by these Contest rules.
* Sponsor reserves the right to reject and disqualify any submissions that could be offensive or inappropriate or that do not meet the terms and conditions of these rules.
How to enter:
* The author’s name, address, telephone number, email address and a 25-50 word biographical sketch must be included with each entry on a separate sheet of paper.
* The name of the author should not appear on the story itself.
* Mail or drop off your submission to: Short Story Contest, Toronto Star, One Yonge Street, Toronto, Ontario M5E 1E6. Entries may also be dropped off in the Short Story contest box in the main lobby of the Toronto Star building, One Yonge Street.
* NO ENTRY FEE REQUIRED
Judging and notification:
* Members of the faculty of The Humber School for Writers will complete the first round of judging starting on or about Wednesday, March 30, 2011.
* The finalists’ entries will then be judged by the 2011 Toronto Star Short Story Contest judging panel, who will select the First, Second and Third prizewinners on or about Wednesday, April 13, 2011. Odds of winning depend on the number of eligible entries received and the caliber of the entries. The decisions of the contest judges are final in respect of any matter relating to this Contest.
* The potential winners will be contacted by telephone or email between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. on Friday, April 15, 2011 by a representative of the Sponsor, and must reply within 48 hours to maintain eligibility. If the potential winner(s) cannot be contacted within this time period or fail(s) to respond to any attempted contact, such potential winner(s) will be disqualified, his/her entry will be declared null and void and the Sponsor reserves the right, in its sole and absolute discretion, to select another potential winner based on the judging criteria, in which event these provisions shall apply to such other eligible entry.
Ownership/Use Rights:
* Entrants retain the copyright to their stories. However, by entering the contest, you hereby grant the Sponsors a worldwide, irrevocable, perpetual, non-exclusive, royalty-free, sublicenseable and transferable license to print, publish, use, reproduce, distribute, prepare derivative works of, and display your full name, short story and photograph in connection with Sponsors’ (and its successors’) business, including without limitation in any media formats and through any media channels.
Prizes:
* Three prizes will be awarded:
* First Prize: $5,000, plus the tuition fee for The Humber School for Writers 2011 Correspondence Program in Creative Writing. Approximate retail value: $3,000.00.
* Second Prize: $2,000.00
* Third Prize: $1,000.00
* If the winner does not claim the prize within 48 hours of notification, the next eligible entry selected by the judging criteria set out in these rules will be contacted, and the first potential winner will have no further claim to the prize. Sponsor will not mail or courier the prize and is not responsible for unclaimed prizes.
* Winners must attend a prize presentation event at the Toronto Public Library, 789 Yonge Street, Toronto, Ontario M4W 2G8 on or around Wednesday, April 27, 2011 to collect the prize won.
* The winners’ stories will appear in the Books section of the Sunday Star as follows: The Third place story will appear on Sunday, May 1, 2011; the Second place story will appear on Sunday, May 8, 2011; the First place story will appear on Sunday, May 15, 2011. Should any of the above-mentioned dates become unavailable due to unforeseen circumstances, the stories will run, in the order listed above, on the next available Sunday edition of the Toronto Star.
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