UCL Publishers’ Prize for Young Adult Fiction: Terms and Conditions
Eligibility:
- The UCL Publishers’ Prize for Young Adult Fiction (hereafter, the “YA Prize”) is open to all current students enrolled at University College London (UCL) in the 2015-2016 academic year, including undergraduates, post-graduates, and part-time students.
- Writers whose entries were shortlisted and published in any previous UCL Publishers’ Prize anthology are not eligible to enter this year’s YA Prize.
- Works submitted to last year’s Prize (UCL Publishers’ Prize for Student Writing) are not eligible and may not be resubmitted.
- Writers cannot submit the same piece of work to both the UCL Publishers’ Prize for Student Writing 2015-2016 and The YA Prize 2015-2016.
- All entrants must submit their own works on their own behalf.
- All entries must:
- Be original to the sole author;
- be targeted at young adult readers (age 14-24);
- not be previously published or scheduled for publication before 1st May 2016, including self-publication on any website, blog, social media platform or forum;
- not be currently under consideration elsewhere, including any other competitions;
- be written in English;
- be a maximum of 4,000 words, without minimum limits;
- and not be extracts from larger works.
Entries which do not fit these criteria will be disqualified.
Submission:
- Writers may submit up to three entries each in total.
- All entries must be submitted:
- Digitally, in .doc or .docx format, typed, and double spaced;
- to uclpublishersprizeYA@gmail.com with the following subject: SURNAME_YAPRIZE
- files should be saved with the same rubric ‘SURNAME_YAPRIZE’
- with a cover page specifying the author’s name, department, student number, email address, and the name of the work;
- with all pages numbered.
- Amendments cannot be made to entries after they have been submitted, nor substitutions made.
- All entries must be submitted before 11.59 pm (23:59) on Friday 29th January 2016.
- Once we receive the submission, a confirmation email will be sent.
- The YA Prize cannot accept responsibility for entries not received, or received after the submission close date, due to technological failures or any other reason.
Judging:
- The shortlist of stories for publication will be decided by the committee of the YA Prize.
- The winners of the prizes, and any other commendations, will be decided by the committee in consultation with guest judges from the publishing industry. To be announced.
- The decisions of both the committee and the judges are final and no correspondence will be entered into.
- The winners and shortlisted writers will be notified by email in March 2016.
- The shortlisted stories will be published in a physical anthology to be sold in retailers.
Copyright:
- Copyright of each entry will remain with the author of the work.
- By submitting, entrants grant the committee of the YA Prize:
- The non-exclusive, unrestricted, royalty-free right of publication in both physical and digital forms and any promotional material for The YA Prize and any future Prizes, in the event of being shortlisted;
- the right to edit the format and layout of the text and amend spelling and grammar, in consultation with the author, in the event of being shortlisted.
Miscellaneous:
- The YA Prize reserves the right to amend these terms and conditions or cancel the competition at any time without notice.
- By submitting an entry, all entrants agree to the above terms and conditions.
For any queries, please email uclpublishersprizeYA@gmail.com.