Terms of Submission

in Association with

Telling Our Stories Press

Websites, Contests, and Anthology Submissions

 

All work should include Entry Information comprising the following:

Your Name

Contact Information (Address or Email or Phone)

Title of Your Piece, if any

Pen name, if applicable

If accepted, entrants will be notified via e-mail and/or mail, thus contact information is necessary.

 

Each entrant must agree to the Terms of Submission for online submissions, as prompted to indicate such via checking the appropriate box. As for mailed submissions, a signed copy of the Terms of Submission should accompany said submission(s).

 

All entries must be original and previously unpublished in a book, nationally distributed periodical or Web-based magazine or journal. Entries must be in English and submitted by the author; and for nonfiction submissions, they must be true.

 

Entrants must be at least 14 years old. Minors must provide parental signature on Terms of Submission for Minors form and must provide submission by Mail.

 

Multiple submissions accepted. One person may submit more than one entry, but each entry must be accompanied by the appropriate Reading Fee for Anthology submissions and Entry fee for Literary Contests.

 

I understand that I hold the rights to my individual work, and I am hereby granting permission to Telling Our Stories Press to publish my submitted work in part, or in whole as indicated above. I understand that I have the option to receive credit for my submission(s) by being named as the author of my submission(s). I also understand that I may opt to use pseudonyms, initials, or anonymity at any time, for any submission(s) to protect privacy.

 

I understand that I am giving permission for my creative writing(s) and/or art submitted, hereinafter referred to as submission(s), for use by Telling Our Stories Press.  I understand that my submission(s) may be used in subsequent publications in print and/or electronic form on the Internet in creative writing publications and/or educational purposes by Telling Our Stories Press.

 

Any Internet publications will be for the purposes of posting on web sites associated with Telling Our Stories Press, such as, for example, www.tellingOurStoriesPress.com,  www.TheDiaryBank.com; www.ShortMemoir.com; www.UltraShortMemoir.com; www.LiftingOurVoices.com; www.OralMemoir.com; and www.SpeakingInWe.com. Furthermore, if selected, submission(s) may be included in anthologies, books, or publications edited and/or produced by Telling Our Stories Press. Telling Our Stories Press is under no obligation to publish every submission.

Furthermore, providing submissions in no way places any obligation whatsoever to purchase forthcoming publication(s) in which his or her submission(s) may appear.

 

Due to formatting restrictions, Telling Our Stories Press retains the right to reformat the entries for size and placement on the website and/or print publication(s). Though we will make every effort to preserve section breaks and forms, we may not be able to guarantee retention of format of the author's original writing. 

 

I understand that minor edits which, may include grammar and usage corrections, spelling corrections, mechanics clarifications, and/or excerpting may be performed, if necessary, without changing the scope of the submission(s); and that in the event of any significant editing, I will be presented with the edited version for review before the publication of any of said submission(s).

 

I am at least 18 years of age.

 

I understand and agree to all of the above.

 

Printed Name ________________________________________________

 

 

Signature ____________________________________________________

                       

Date __________________________________

 

Address _______________________________

 

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Email_____________________________________

 

Title of Submission(s)_______________________________________________________