Writing Challenge Terms & Conditions
Overview
The terms and conditions for the writing challenges are simple. If you have any questions about them, or anything else, please don't hesitate to contact me.
Submission of a story is taken as acceptance of all the Terms and Conditions.
Copyright
The copyright of any story submitted to the writing challenges run on this website remains with the author.
When anthologies are published, the following wording appears on the copyright page in the book:
The copyright of each story published in this anthology remains with the author.
And, further down the page:
The rights of the writers of the short stories published in this anthology to be identified as the authors of their work has been asserted in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.
Editing
Each story included in a writing challenge anthology will be edited into a consistent, professional format for publication.
UK English spellings are used in all the books I publish.
Here are some of the other things I look at when preparing all my books for publication:
Abbreviations and Acronyms, Accents, Age, Apostrophes, Brackets, Can Not/Cannot, Capitals, Collective Nouns, Colons, Commas, Compass Points, Consistency, Dialogue, Exclamation Marks, Mum/mum, Dashes, Deja Vu, Ellipses, Font, Geography, Hyphens, Italics, It's/Its, Justification, Licence, Lists, Mr/Ms/Mrs/Miss, No One, North, Numbers, OK/Okay, Oxford Comma, Paragraphs, Parentheses, Participles, Passive Voice, Semicolons, Spacing, Split Infinitives, Tenses, That, That or Which, Times, etcetera.
For example, I remove all the exclamation marks (well, 99.99% of them). You can learn why here.
I also remove all profanity and may reject stories if they are not suitable for young children. This is because all the writing challenges are shared with children and schools.
When you've submitted your story and I've published it on the website, I will ask you to confirm you're happy with its presentation. We can then discuss further edits if necessary.
If you do not respond, it will be assumed that you are happy with the presentation of your story.
If you are published through the writing challenges, you will be given the opportunity to join our Authors of the Flash Fiction Challenges Facebook group.
Joining the Facebook group is optional, not mandatory. If you would to join, please do so on Facebook.
Marketing
When an anthology is launched, all the authors featured in the book will be given the opportunity to purchase the book. They will also be encouraged to actively promote the book. You can learn more about the book marketing process here.
Contributing authors do not have to buy the books they are published in, but any purchases are very much appreciated as they support charities and help all the authors in the books gain access to a wider readership for their work.
Plagiarism
By submitting, the author warrants that their story is original, fictional, and entirely their own work. The author warrants that the story they have submitted does not infringe the copyright or any other rights of any third party and is not libellous, unlawful or defamatory of any living person or corporate body.
Publishing Rights
By submitting a story to any of the writing challenges run on this website, the author hereby acknowledges and agrees that, free of any fees or royalty payments, they grant Christopher Fielden the right to publish their flash fiction story and biography:
- on this website
- in print and eBook format, to be distributed globally
If I want to use your story for anything else, I will contact you and ask for your permission to use it.
The author is free to do whatever they want with their stories at any time - they are simply granting me permission to publish their work.