Love is in the air Contest at readerjack.com!

Love is in the air at readerjack.com!

Romantic and passionate, thoughtful and kind – love poems and romantic short stories can warm our hearts! Valentine’s Day is on the way and we would like you to send us your poems and stories of ~ LOVE!

Eligibility

The readerjack.com Love Is In The Air contest is open to all readerjack.com members Joining is free, go to www.readerjack.com and login and register as a member or author.

Then send your poem or short story to:

 loveisintheair@readerjack.com  as a Word Document attachment.

Enter as many poems (maximum 30 lines) or short stories (maximum 4000 words), as you like.

Deadline

The deadline for submissions is EXTENDED TO February 15, 2009
There is no fee to enter.

Prizes

First and second place winners in the category of short story and poetry will receive:
 
-   A readerjack.com category winner icon (trophy)
-   An original book cover designed by Helix Concepts
-   A featured spot on a readerjack.com promotional poster
-   Free publicity at the at EPICon convention in Las Vegas in March 2009 on behalf of readerjack.com
-   An author’ s e-work posted on readerjack.com for a 1-year term and will receive royalties on the sale of their book during the term after which the author can have the work hosted and receive royalties during an additional term.

Decisions

Judges will review all the poems and short stories and make a decision based on artistic quality of the writing, creativity, originality of the work, and the adherence to contest restrictions. Poems and short stories that are vulgar and offensive are not accepted. Contest winners will be posted about 3 weeks after the contest closes, in time of Valentines Day.

Submissions

· Each work is submitted in a separate word document attachment within the email.
· Formatting is single space, new paragraphs double space or indent
· Font body or work is Times New Roman, 12 point

· You can place your 200-word bio and small picture at the beginning of your work, above the title of the work.
· Do not place any author’s address or contact information in the work attachment.

Rights

All works remain the property of the author.

readerjack.com shall have the right to publish and sell their work as part of an anthology or compilation and/or used in any promotion of readerjack.com. All royalties collected as part of the Contest shall be given to a charity.

By submitting a work you agree to the Contest Rules and the Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policies of the readerjack.com web site. readerjack.com reserves the right to change, alter or reformat the work for publishing purposes.

Conditions

readerjack.com is not responsible for and is not liable for any lost, late, misdirected, failure to receive entries or failed transmissions or network, computer, or electronic failures of any kind. readerjack.com will not be responsible or liable for errors or causes of errors in any materials associated with the Contest.

If a selected winner cannot be contacted or cannot accept the prize within 31 days of the judges’ announcement the prize will be donated to charity.

As a condition of entering the Contest or receiving any prize, winners warrant that they are eligible to qualify for the prize and, unless prohibited by applicable law, consent to the use of their name, address, picture, prize and/or and entry for promotional and other purposes without further payment.

General Release

By entering the Contest, you release readerjack.com, and its affiliated companies, directors, officers, employees, representatives, and agencies from any liability for any claims, costs, injuries, losses, or damages of any kind and damage to or destruction of property, rights of publicity or privacy, defamation, or copyright.

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