Contest Rules
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1. CONTESTANTS must submit a completed application form, and one electronic copy of an original manuscript, at least 100 pages in length, written in English. Submitted manuscripts may be in any of the following formats: MS Word, Word Perfect, or Rich Text format. Submitted manuscripts should be in standard format typeset of at least 12 points.
2. SUBMISSIONS for the September 2008 Contest must be received no later than the Entry Deadline of July 15, 2008. The American Writers Contest reserves the right to extend the entry deadline or other dates for the Competition at any time without notice.
3. SUBMISSIONS must be the original work of the applicant and may not be based, in whole or in part, on any other fictional or non-fictional previously published or copyrighted work of another author.
4. CONTESTANTS must own all rights in the work.
5. The CONTESTANT'S name, address or phone number should not appear anywhere on the submitted work except the title and copyright pages. Contestant will be given an ID number by the PUBLISHER which will be inserted into manuscript in lieu of name.
6. Once the SUBMISSION is accepted, no new drafts of the entry manuscript will be made.
7. Recommendations will be made by volunteer judges to Llumina's editors. Decisions of Llumina's editors are final.
8. A maximum of 100 manuscripts will be accepted per contest.
9. AUTHORS will win prizes as follows:
First Place: The winning book will be edited and published as a print-on-demand book by Llumina Press. Editing includes proofreading only: correction of punctuation, spelling, capitalization, and minor grammatical errors. Finished book will be given its own unique ISBN and a selling web page on the Llumina site. In addition, the book will be listed with Books in Print, and will be available through Amazon.com and the Ingram database. A unique full-color cover will be designed by Llumina artists, and the book will be reviewed by an independent E-Writer Magazine reviewer and the review will be published in the magazine. We will also write a Press Release announcing the book as the winner and will send the press release out to thousands of media contacts. Here is a list of what the winning author can expect:
§ unique ISBN number
§ title submitted to the "Books in Print" database
§ information about the book submitted to Amazon
§ typeset the book
§ obtain a barcode for the back cover
§ design a full-color cover
§ assist you in writing back cover copy
§ setup title for print-on-demand
§ create web page about the book and author on the Llumina site
§ write press release and send it out to thousands of media contacts
§ author will receive royalties for all works sold according to standard Llumina Author agreement.
§ author retains all rights in the work
Second Place: The second place book will be published as an e-book by Llumina Press. It will be given its own unique selling web page on the Llumina site. A full-color cover will be designed by Llumina artists, and the book will be reviewed by an independent E-Writer Magazine reviewer, and the review will be published in the magazine. Will write a press release about book and send it out to thousands of media contacts. Here is a list of what the winning author can expect:
§ typeset the book
§ design a full-color cover
§ assist you in writing sales copy
§ setup title for download as e-book
§ create web page about the book and author on the Llumina site
§ author will receive royalties for all works sold according to standard Llumina Author agreement.
§ author retains all rights in the work
Honorable Mention: Authors of books that come in third, fourth, and fifth will receive honorable mention in E-Writer Magazine.
10. Prizes will be awarded in the October 2008 allowing eight to twelve weeks for completion.
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