Conditions of Entry - BNZ Literary Awards 2010
Eligibility Criteria
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Entrants must be New
Zealanders by birth, naturalisation or by residence in New Zealand
for three years continuously immediately prior to the closing
date. |
| 2. |
Entrants for all Award
categories must be 13 years of age or over as at the closing
date. The BNZ Katherine Mansfield and novice writers' categories
have no maximum age limit. |
| 3. |
The young writer category
is open only to secondary school pupils (including home schooled
secondary level pupils). Entrants must be attending a secondary
school, or still receiving home schooling at a secondary school
level, at the Awards presentation date. Entrants for the young
writer category must be under 19 years of age as at the closing
date. |
| 4. |
The novice writer
category is only open to entrants who have not previously had
creative writing (including, but not limited to, a novel, short
story, poetry or other work of fiction) published or broadcast. |
| 5. |
All entries must be
the original work of the entrant alone. |
| 6. |
No entry may have
been published or broadcast, or submitted for publication or
broadcast, as at the Awards' presentation date. |
| 7. |
No entry may be or
have been entered into any other competition until after the
Awards' presentation date. |
| 8. |
Winners of the
2009 Awards are not eligible to enter the same Award category
in 2010. Any winners prior to 2009 may enter the same Award
category if eligible. |
Entry Requirements
| 9. |
The maximum and minimum
lengths of entries are as follows:
- BNZ Katherine Mansfield Award – min
1,000 words, max 5,000 words
- BNZ Novice Writer category – min 1,000 words,
max 3,000 words
- BNZ Young Writer category - min 750 words, max
2,000 words.
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| 10. |
Only one entry per
entrant per Award category is permitted. |
| 11. |
Entrants may enter
into more than one Award category however; the same story cannot
be entered into more than one category. |
| 12. |
Each entry must be
accompanied by a completed 2010 entry form, submitted either
by post or online at bnz.co.nz/bnzliteraryawards. |
| 13. |
Where an entry is
posted, that entry must be postmarked no earlier than 1 June
2010 and no later than 23 July 2010 (the closing date), otherwise
the entry will not be accepted. |
| 14. |
Where an entry is
submitted online, that entry must be received no earlier than
midnight 31 May 2010 and no later than midnight 23 July 2010
(the closing date). |
| 15. |
Early and late entries
will not be accepted. |
| 16. |
Where an entry is
posted, it must be accompanied by two identical manuscripts,
typed in English and double-spaced. |
| 17. |
Where an entry is
submitted online, it must be accompanied by one manuscript, typed
in English, double-spaced and saved as a 2003 Word file (.doc)
in a PC (not Mac) format. |
| 18. |
All entries must be
submitted under a pen name (alias/nickname). The pen name only
must appear on the manuscript. Entries will not be accepted if
the entrant's given name appears on the manuscript (including
where the entrant's name forms all or part of the document's
file name – if being submitted electronically). |
| 19. |
Entries may not contain
any photographs or illustrations and no covers are required. |
| 20. |
Once an entry is
submitted, the manuscript is final. The entry cannot be withdrawn
and no alterations can be made to it. |
| 21. |
No responsibility
is taken for entries. |
| 22. |
For an acknowledgment
of receipt of entry, postal entrants must complete the acknowledgement
portion of the entry form and send it in with the entry form.
Online entrants will automatically receive a receipt of acknowledgement
by email if a correct email address is provided in the online
entry form. |
| 23. |
Manuscripts will not
be returned to the entrants. |
Miscellaneous Terms and Conditions
| 24. |
The prize for the winner in
each Award category is as follows:
- BNZ Katherine Mansfield Award– NZ$10,000
- BNZ Novice Writer category – NZ$1,500
- BNZ Young Writer category – NZ$1,500 paid to the
winner and NZ$2,000 paid to the winner's school*.
* If a home schooled pupil wins $1500 will be paid to the winner and $2,000 will be paid to a secondary school or a registered charity of the winners choice.
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| 25. |
The Awards' administering
committee will endeavour to arrange first publication and/or
broadcast of the winning manuscripts. |
| 26. |
A selection of manuscripts
from the young writer category (other than the winner) may be
chosen for publishing after the Awards presentation. |
| 27. |
All entries submitted
remain the property of the entrant. However, BNZ reserves the
right to publish the winning entries in the BNZ Katherine Mansfield
and novice writer Award categories, and to publish any manuscript
entered into the young writer category, without fee. |
| 28. |
The Awards' administering
committee will contact winners no later than 30 days prior to
the Awards presentation date. |
| 29. |
Unsuccessful entrants
will not be contacted. |
| 30. |
Winners will be announced
on the BNZ website bnz.co.nz/bnzliteraryawards
on the business day following the Awards presentation date. |
| 31. |
The Awards presentation
(by invitation only) will be held in Wellington on or about November
2010 – actual date of Awards presentation to be confirmed
(the Awards' presentation date). BNZ may provide assistance
to any winner to cover such winner's costs in attending
the Awards presentation, at BNZ's sole discretion. Any
such assistance will be discussed with the winner at the time
the winner is contacted under clause 28 of these terms and conditions. |
| 32. |
Winners' names,
entry details, biographical information and photographs will
be required by the Awards' administering committee and
will be used for promotional purposes. |
| 33. |
In relation to each
Award category, judges' decisions are final and no correspondence
will be entered into. |
For online entries
Apply online at bnz.co.nz/bnzliteraryawards
All
online entries must be accompanied by one manuscript typed in English,
double-spaced and saved as a 2003 Word file (.doc) in a PC (not Mac)
format. The pen name only must appear on the manuscript.
For postal entries
All
postal entries must include a completed entry form and two identical
manuscripts, typed in English and double spaced. The only name to appear
on the manuscript must be the author's pen name.
Entries must be addressed to:
Awards Administering Committee
BNZ Literary Awards 2010
PO Box 995, Auckland
Entries close 23 July 2010.
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