1. art and entertainment
2. books and literature

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Author's First Name________________________________
Author’s Last Name ________________________________
Author's Mailing Address ___________________________
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Author's Date of Birth_______________ Male Female
Author's School ___________________________________
Author's Grade 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
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Title of the Book___________________________________
Category: Fiction Non-Fiction Poetry
Pledge of originality: I declare that the work I am submitting
to the GENERATION A Writer’s contest is my own original work.
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Author’s Signature
Parent's Full Name ________________________________
Parent’s Telephone Number ________________________
Parent's Email Address_____________________________
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1. First, read the Contest Rules to
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Contest and to see what you
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2. Review the Contest Rules
Entry Guidelines. It has all the
information you need to get
your story ready to submit!
3. Submit the entry form and the
$10 entry fee.
Entry Fee is $10 per entry. Entries must be received by August 1, 2015. Enter online at
GENERATIONA.us or mail your entry and $10 Entry Fee made payable to GENERATION A to P.O. Box 7584,
Largo, MD 20792. Winners will be notified via email by August 31, 2015.
I am the parent or legal guardian of the Author. I understand the contest rules and will comply with
them. I certify that the contest entry is the Author’s original work.
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Parent’s Signature
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GENERATION A Writer’s Contest Rules
The GENERATION A Writer’s Contest is produced by GENERATION A: Publishing Authors under 18 (the “Contest” or “Promotion”).
Contest Eligibility
Entrants must be in 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, or 11th grade. Children of employees of GENERATION A or parent companies and
judges are not eligible. To be eligible, an entrant must be a legal resident of the fifty (50) United States and D.C. Sponsor reserves the
right to disqualify ineligible entries; such entries will not be returned. A ten dollar ($10.00) Entry fee is required to participate and is
non-refundable.
Contest Entry Guidelines
Only single author stories qualify (no co-authored stories). All text must be in English. Stories can be fact or fiction, and prose or
poetry. Stories must have a minimum of 250 words and a maximum of 6,000 words. Text must be printed, written legibly, or typed.
Text may be integrated into the illustration pages or on separate pages. Illustrations are not required to participate. Illustrations should
be the original art of the author and can include drawings or collages created by the author or photographs taken by the author. The
Contest administrators will not return entries. Please keep a copy of your entry. GENERATION A, is not responsible for late, lost,
corrupted, damaged, mutilated, incomplete or illegible entries.
Official Entry Form
Entries can be submitted online at GenerationA.us. Mailed entries must be received on or before August 1, 2015 and mailed to
GENERATION A Publishing, P.O. Box 7584, Largo, MD 20792. Each entry must include the official GENERATION A Writer’s Contest
Entry Form, with the required signature of a parent/legal guardian, confirming that the Author’s story and artwork are original. Online
entries must be submitted Microsoft Word or PDF format. No exceptions. All fields on the entry form must be completed in order to
be eligible. The $10.00 entry fee must be submitted to be eligible.
Judging, Awards & Notification
Winners will be notified via email. GENERATION A will empanel a jury of no fewer than 3 judges. Submissions will be judged on the
following criteria:
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40% Creativity and originality of plot and/or themes,
40% Story structure and use of literary devices,
20% Relevance, quality and originality of illustration
All decisions of the judges are final and not subject to appeal or review. Any ties will be broken using the creativity and originality
category. Winners will be notified on or before August 31, 2015. Each winner will be posted on the Web site at GenerationA.us.
Prizes
Prizes include a GENERATION A publishing contract for the first place winner. (Approximate Retail Value (“ARV”) $3,000.00 USD),
a tablet computer (ARV $200 USD) for the second place winner, and an eReader (ARV $100 USD) for the third place winner.
GENERATION A reserves the right to substitute any prize for a prize of equal or greater value, at the sole discretion of GENERATION A.
Prize recipients must allow a minimum of 4 to 6 weeks from notification to delivery. Prizes are not redeemable for cash, nontransferable, and non-substitutable, except at the sole discretion of Sponsor.
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information and materials contained in the Entry Form, photographs, and any statements or remarks made about the Contest in
advertising and promotion without further compensation or permission, except where prohibited by law. All entries, and any
copyrights therein, become the sole property of GENERATION A. By entering, entrants agree to abide by the above stated rules, and
warrant that their entry is their original work and does not infringe upon or violate rights of any third party, and grant to GENERATION
A the right to edit, publish, promote, and otherwise use their entry materials without permission, notice or compensation. No royalties
will be paid at this or any time. By submitting an Entry Form, each participant (and parent or guardian) agree to be bound by these
Contest Rules. GENERATION A reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to terminate, suspend or otherwise cancel the Contest at any
time. Income and all other taxes are the responsibility of the prize recipient. GENERATION A is not responsible for any expenses
incurred in connection with participation in the Contest. These contest rules are subject to modification. This promotion is void where
prohibited.
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