Silver Rose Publishing’s First Annual Writing for
Charity Event.
The Silver
Linings Contest
Silver Rose Publishing proudly
presents our first annual writing contest: The Silver Linings Contest.
We will begin taking contest submissions
on November 7th, 2015 with an ending date of January 1st,
2016. We’ll announce the names of the winners via personal email as well as
across several platforms, pages, and blogs with an estimated publication date
of April 2016.*
The runners-up will have
their stories featured on the Silver Rose blog page, The Book and The Rose, as well
as the various Silver Rose Publishing pages and platforms.
We will be choosing between
5-10 entries and up to three runners up, compiling the winning manuscripts into
a single anthology. Proceeds will be going to The Anxiety and Depression
Association of America in the continental United States and Mind.org in the U.K.
**
All submissions and entries
will be read in due time. Feel free to contact us with questions or concerns,
but please note that any persistent or overbearing queries can be grounds for
your entry to be disqualified.
For those who wish to donate
but not enter the contest you can opt to use the links provided.
Entries may be submitted to ilarose@silverrosepublishing.co.uk
Terms and Conditions:
· Entries before November 7th 2015 or after
the ending date of January 1st 2016 will not be entered.
· All entries must be no less than 5k and no more than
10k. Any entry less than 5,000 words or more than 10,000 words will not be
considered.
· All entries must include your contact information,
your name and/or pen name if you chose to use one, the title of the piece and a
short description of your story.
· Contestants should also have a very short blurb about
themselves and very short dedication included in the introduction/contact
information.
· This will be an international contest, open to all
ages and countries. We just ask that you include your age and country with your
contact information.
v For example:
John
Doe
1234
Five Street
Somewhere,
Someplace, USA
(xxx)xxx-xxxx
Email,
Facebook, other pages.
Your
title. Your genre. What your story is about. This is about me. This story is
for this reason. Word count. Specification on the language/writing style used
such as American English, British English, Australian English, etc…
·
We ask that all works be original and written by the
author submitting the manuscript. No third party or plagiarized materials will
be tolerated.
·
Please specify if it is or has been previously
published. If chosen, your title will be removed from the sales platform and
replaced under the Silver Rose Publishing label.
·
Manuscripts should be roughly edited and carefully
read for things like spelling, grammar, punctuation, and consistency.
·
We also ask that manuscripts not be formatted in any way!
This will help later on if your entry does get chosen. Any formatted
manuscripts will be disqualified.
·
Number of accepted entries will be between five and
ten. The number will depend on length, editing, and final word count of the
anthology as a whole. There will also be three semi-finalists chosen as back
up.
·
The author must be willing to share their personal
information, i.e. name, contact number, address, and be willing to sign a
temporary contract as well as any forms for Silver Rose Publishing we require.
·
We ask that each contestant sign a non-disclosure
agreement until the end date of the contest including but not limited to:
personal business aspects, personal experience, the winning entries, the
runners-up, or business aspects.
Business
aspects include but are not limited to publishing, editing, real names of the
people that use sur-names or mentors that work to get the manuscript ready for
print.
·
All authors submitting manuscripts will be required to
electronically sign a non-disclosure agreement. Failure to do so will be
grounds for the submission to be disqualified.
·
Negativity or posting/sharing slanderous materials is
unacceptable and will be grounds for full termination of the entry. Any/all
edits or preparations on said manuscript will be halted, deleted, and returned
to the author as it was submitted.
·
Entries can be Young Adult, New Adult, Mature Adult, or
18+. It may be any type of fiction such as fantasy, science fiction, contemporary
fiction, or romance; all we ask is that you specify which genre and age range you’re
aiming for.
· YA books generally are defined as:
§ Age group of 16-25 typically
§ No sexual content or explicit sexuality
§ No explicit language
§ No explicit violence or violent situations
o
EXAMPLES:
Divergent, The Fault in our Stars, Twilight, Fragile
· NA or New Adult books are generally defined as:
§ Age group of typically 20 somethings
§ Little/Mild sexuality
§ Little/Mild explicit language
§ Little/Mild violence or violent situations
o
EXAMPLES: The
After Series, The Hunger Games trilogy, Violet Awakening
· MA or Mature books generally are defined as:
· Ages 18+
· May contain vivid sexual situations
· May contain explicit language
· May contain violence or violent situations
· EXAMPLES: 50 Shades Series, The Martian, High Heels
and Naked Lies, The Jessica Dawn Series
· We will not be taking children’s books, religious
works, non-fiction, or any manuscripts that include scenes of gratuitous or
extreme violence and/or sexual/physical abuse.
*Publishing dates as well as the reveal dates of the
winning submissions are subject to change with little to no notice, upon the
Publisher’s will.
** You will not receive monetary compensation. All
monies made, after Silver Rose Publishing recovers losses, will go to a charity
we choose. However, you will receive an open ended contract that will begin
upon the date the title is published and ending the day the title is removed
from circulation allowing Silver Rose Publishing to hold the title and rights
to your manuscript. All authors must be willing to sign the short term
contract. Refusal to do so will result in immediate disqualification and will
be grounds for full termination of the entry. Any/all edits or preparations on
said manuscript will be halted, deleted, and returned to the author as it was
submitted.
The authors must be willing to forgo royalties
involved to Silver Rose Publishing for donation to the charities of our
choosing after recovering the costs incurred in creating, maintaining, and
publishing of the winning entries. Anyone not willing to do so will forfeit
their winning place and will be replaced by one of the runners up.
Silver Rose Publishing maintains the right to withdraw
contracts at any time and for any reason we deem appropriate with little to no
warning to the author.
