Terms and Conditions
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Stories and Entrants
Entries must be submitted by 11.59 pm on July 7th 2015, UK time (the “deadline”).
Stories entered must be between 1000 and 2000 words. The title is not included in the word count.
Entrants must include a correct word-count on the first page of stories entered.
Stories entered must be original works of fiction, entirely the work of the entrant, and must not have been published (in print or online, including on personal blogs), broadcast, or performed publicly before the publication of the shortlist.
Stories entered must not have been previously submitted to Rattle Tales or The Brighton Prize.
Stories entered must contain nothing that is unlawful, libellous, or which would, if published, broadcast or performed, breach any legal obligation.
Stories entered must not have won or been shortlisted in any other competitions before the publication of the shortlist.
Stories entered must be in English.
Stories entered must be 1.5 or double spaced.
Stories entered must be in a .doc or .docx file format and must not be corrupted or otherwise unreadable.
Entries can only be submitted via the online form. Entries submitted by post or other methods will not be accepted.
An entry fee of £6 is payable at the time entries are submitted. Payment is only accepted by PayPal, via the online form.
Entrants must include their name, email address and a UK telephone number on the online form when submitting entries, but must not include their name or other personal or identifying information in the story entered.
Entrants cannot submit more than one entry.
Entrants must be over 18 years of age by the deadline.
Entrants must be residents of the UK or Ireland.
Entrants may request to withdraw entries from the competition by email before the deadline tohello@brightonprize.com. The entry fee for withdrawn entries will not be refunded. If withdrawal is successful then we may confirm by email.
Entrants cannot amend or substitute their entries after submission, but may submit a new entry by the deadline if their original entry has been withdrawn, in which case an additional entry fee will be payable.
All entries into this prize competition must comply with these terms and conditions. Any entry that does not comply may be disqualified without refund of any entry fee paid. However, we reserve the discretion to offer entrants the chance to rectify simple non-compliance and to re-submit before the deadline without payment of an additional entry fee.
The prize competition is not open to the Directors of Rattle Tales Ltd, members of Rattle Tales or the guest judges, or to their immediate families.
Entry into the prize competition is acceptance of these terms and conditions.
Administration of competition including prizes
We will automatically acknowledge receipt of all entries.
Entries will be considered and winners will be notified by early October 2015 by email or phone and given details of how to claim the prize.
If a winner has not responded to us within four days, or if the winner rejects the prize, we reserve the right to select a new winner, in which case the original winner forfeits the prize.
The winners will be announced at a prize-giving event in Brighton on November 2nd 2015.
Entrants who have not won one of the three prizes will be notified by email during October 2015.
A short-list of story titles will be published on our website in October 2015.
The titles of the three winners will be published on our website after November 2nd 2015
Entries will be judged solely on the merits of the stories entered.
Members of Rattle Tales, or members of an experienced reader panel appointed by Rattle Tales Ltd, will read all entries. A short-list will be compiled by members of Rattle Tales from which the guest judge will select the winners.
Cash prizes will be paid by bank transfer, to a UK bank account held by the winner and notified to us.
The first prize is a cash sum of £500. Two runners up prizes are £100 each.
The winners of the first and two runners up prizes will be invited to perform the winning stories at the awards show on November 2nd 2015. If a winner does not wish to read, or is not available, Rattle Tales may nominate another person to perform the winning story.
The three prize winners together with up to seven other shortlisted entrants will also:
be invited to include their stories in a Rattle Tales anthology to be published during 2016, either in print or online (subject to the entrants’ agreement to Rattle Tales Ltd licensing terms and conditions);
and be invited to join the audience of the November 2nd awards show (additional guest tickets, travel expenses and accommodation will not be provided).
be invited to include their stories in a Rattle Tales anthology to be published during 2016, either in print or online (subject to the entrants’ agreement to Rattle Tales Ltd licensing terms and conditions);
and be invited to join the audience of the November 2nd awards show (additional guest tickets, travel expenses and accommodation will not be provided).
Invitations to the anthology and awards show (as performer or audience member) cannot be exchanged, transferred or redeemed for cash or other prizes. If the anthology, or show, is not possible for any reason, we reserve the right to withdraw invitations or offer suitable alternatives.
Prizes are not dependent on inclusion of stories in a Rattle Tales Ltd anthology or on a winning entrant’s personal attendance at the awards show or any Rattle Tales show.
Copyright
Entrants retain worldwide copyright of the stories submitted, but the winners of the first (£500) prize and the two runner up (£100) prizes grant a royalty-free non-exclusive perpetual license to Rattle Tales Ltd and The Brighton Prize to perform the stories at the awards show in November 2015, to publish podcasts of the performances online, and to make commercial use of the stories via promotion of Rattle Tales Ltd and The Brighton Prize.
Winning and short-listed authors who wish to be included in the Rattle Tales anthology (2016) may not publish their stories elsewhere prior to the publication of the Rattle Tales anthology (2016).
Rattle Tales reserves the right to use any image taken at the November 2nd 2015 awards ceremony to reasonably promote the Brighton Prize in this year and any other.
Disputes and miscellaneous
The selection of winning entries by members of Rattle Tales and by the judges is final.
No individual correspondence will be entered into by members of Rattle Tales or the judges and comments will not be provided on individual entries.
These terms and conditions are governed by and construed in accordance with the law of England and Wales and the courts of England and Wales have exclusive jurisdiction to adjudicate any dispute arising in relation to them.
We are not liable for any failure to comply with our obligations in relation to the Brighton Prize if failure is a result of circumstances outside of our reasonable control.
We accept no responsibility for any costs, damage, loss, liabilities, injury or disappointment in relation with the Brighton Prize.
Nothing in these terms and conditions excludes liability for death, personal injury, fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation as a result of negligence.
We reserve the right to amend these rules at any time at our reasonable discretion. Any changes to the rules will be published on this website.
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