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IV PLANET-AMERICAN AWARD AMERICAN HOUSE OF NARRATIVE 2010
Type: Fiction
Equipment: $ 200,000
Deadline: 31/12/2010
NOTE
: The original deadline for receipt of the fourth edition of the award, which was suspended following the earthquake, was reopened until December 31, 2010.
Editorial Planeta and Casa de America, with the aim of promoting English-language fiction, announces the IV PLANET-AMERICAN AWARD AMERICAN HOUSE OF NARRATIVE for unpublished works written in Castilian.
1. ª PARTICIPANTS
may participate in this contest all writers to submit original works, unpublished and written in Castilian. Excluded, in any case, the writers have any prior year result Prize winners and the works of authors who died before the announcement of this call.
2. ª PRESENTATION OF THE CONTEST WORKS
writers who wish to qualify for the American Award Planeta-Casa de America must submit the original, duplicate and stating on the front page by the jury subject to these bases, offices of Metro Group, located in different countries are described below, depending their place of residence: MEXICO (Mexico) EDITORIAL PLANETA MEXICO, Avenida Presidente Masaryk, No. 111, 2. nd floor, Colonia Chapultepec Morales, 11570 Mexico, DF (Mexico) COLOMBIA (Colombia) EDITORIAL PLANETA COLOMBIA, Calle 73, No. 7-60, floors 7-11, Santafe de Bogota (Colombia) VENEZUELA (Venezuela) EDITORIAL PLANETA VENEZUELA, Avenida Libertador, Edificio Exa, Piso 3, Office 311-324, El Rosal, Chacao, 1060 Caracas (Venezuela)
The extent of the works must not be less than two hundred pages, A4 size (210 x 297 mm), clearly typed, double spaced on one side and bound. The works submitted do not meet the above requirements will not be allowed to contest. Each book will be signed with the name and surname, or a pseudonym, to be indispensable in this case specify. All work must be accompanied by a separate envelope bearing the name or pseudonym of the author and that contain at least the following information:
i) identification (name, address and where applicable, the pseudonym used) the author. ii) Address and National Identity Card, passport or other official identification document. iii) declaration from the original and unprecedented nature of the work presented. iv) Statement expresses the author's ownership of all rights to the work and that it is free of charge or limitations on the rights of exploitation. v) Demonstration of acceptance expressed by the author of each and every one of the conditions of entry. vi) Date and original signature. The envelope will be closed only in the novels submitted under a pseudonym, and invariably remain closed except for the novel that wins a prize. Be considered Award presentation that is done under a pseudonym for the sole purpose of development of the contest until failure. EDITORIAL PLANETA, SA, or any other company in the Metro Group (hereinafter, the Editorial), assign a registration number in each country, each work in strict order of presentation. The Publisher makes no commitment to keep any correspondence or communication with participants in the Award, or to provide any information on the classification of the works or the development of competition. The original admission closes on January 15, 2010. However, as the originals that are sent by mail, the Publisher may admit those for which it transpires that have been posted to that date, provided they are received by no later than 7 days, so as not to affect the normal development of competition. 3. ª AUTHOR, DISCLOSURE OF ORIGINALITY AND WORKS
The presentation of a work to the competition necessarily implies full and unconditional acceptance of these terms by the elector, as well as
1. The consent of the elector to the editing and dissemination of the work submitted should be awarded 3. The guarantee by the elector, with full indemnity for the Editorial, the novelty in the world of work presented and the exclusive ownership and without charge or limitation of all rights to exploit it and against third parties , without being submitted to other competitions still pending. The presentation of the work involved also the author's commitment not to withdraw from the contest.
4. ª JURY AND VOTING
the jury consisting of five members who shall be a representative of the Editorial, a representative of Casa America and three prestigious personalities narrative, to be designated by the Editorial freely and Casa de América. The system analysis, qualification, selection and voting of the works presented will be determined by the publisher. In each of the countries where the manuscripts are received, as previously indicated on your receipt, there will be reading all the works admitted to the competition in that country, we will issue a report on each one of them and choose which deemed best. And selected works will go to a second reading, where the ten finalists will be chosen that are considered best in all of those selected by all countries. These ten works, together with Reading the two reports, shall be presented to the Jury. Jury decisions, including the final decision be taken by simple majority. Any deliberation of the jury is secret. Without prejudice to the contents of the final decision of the contest, and House Publishers of America not responsible for the views expressed by the jury or any of its members before or after the issuance of that, in connection with any of the entries.
6. ª ASSIGNMENT OF OPERATING RIGHTS
The granting of the award is the award-winning author of the work gave the exclusive to the publisher all rights to exploit that work, including but not limited reproduction in any graphics system, mechanical electronic, photocopying, digital, or any other kind; distribution in any format or medium and channel, and by sale, lease, loan or otherwise; public communication through audio-visual, stage performance, broadcasting, cable transmission, fiber optic, wired or wireless, telematics, digital or on-line, database integration, or through any other system, transformation, including translation and adaptation to visual or dramatic work, or other derivative works, and in general for all forms of exploitation and the media known at the time of awarding the Prize, in all countries and languages the world, and throughout the duration of Intellectual Property Rights. The transfer of exploitation rights of the winning involves the transfer of rights to publish the work in book form under the terms hardcover or hardcover, soft cover, paperback, economic issues and / or watches, luxury , and fine bindings, illustrated, especially for companies or other publishers, for schools, club, CD-ROM or other digital or magnetic media, inclusion in collections or periodicals Publishing of partial or complete, and any other forms known that time. Publishers may make the exploitation of rights the winning work by itself or directly subscribe to any other company of its group of companies or with third parties, exclusive or not, the agreements that are needed to enable better use and implementation of those and in various forms worldwide . The award-winning author is obliged to sign the contract or contracts for the publication, a transfer of exploitation rights on the winning work, and other documents are required to formalize such assignments timely. The Publisher may make a first edition of the winning work with a minimum of two thousand (2,000) and a maximum of two million (2,000,000) of copies, reprints, within Of this total, freely decided by the editor. Later editions that follow the first, which include minimum and maximum equal to those mentioned, will be freely determined by the editor, and may extend to twenty (20). The decision about the mode to be made each successive editions and the commercial distribution system shall be solely and exclusively to the publisher. In the first two hundred twenty five thousand (225,000) copies sold in the first and subsequent editions of the book, the author will not accrue for any reason other than the award amount received. For the copies sold above those specified in the preceding paragraph, the Editorial satisfy the award-winning author with ten percent (10%) in hardcover editions or flexible type and / or rural six percent (6%) in paperback and five percent (5%) in other modalities. These percentages are calculated on the retail price without VAT of the copies sold of the various editions. In the event that the exploitation of rights is carried out through third parties, the author's remuneration shall be sixty percent (60%) of net revenues obtained by the publisher.
7. Nd right of first refusal on the works presented
The Publisher reserves the right to obtain the assignment for the operation in any form of works, presented at the competition and not having been awarded the prize, may be of interest, provided the corresponding author to communicate the decision within a maximum period of ninety (90) working days from the date of failure to disclose the Metro-American Award for Fiction House America. The author is obligated to the Publisher, in the event of receiving such a report within that period, to yield, under conditions to be established, the exploitation rights in his work.
8. ª REGISTRATION OF RIGHTS IN PUBLIC RECORDS
are the sole responsibility of the author the registration of the work presented Award in the Intellectual Property Registry for, and the effects of non-registration against third parties. Each author is obliged also to sign the documents required for the rights granted to the publishing of his work are registered in the Register of Intellectual Property and any other relevant public records domestic, foreign or international.
9. Nd RETURN OF ORIGINAL Without prejudice to the right of first refusal provided for in the seventh base, and without undermining it, after the award of the Prize will not be returned to the original authors presented awards, which will be destroyed . In no case be provided copies of reports made to the assessment of the work.
10. ª EXPRESS SUBMISSION any doubt, dispute, claim or matter which may arise directly or indirectly in connection with the interpretation and enforcement of these rules, the parties waive their own jurisdiction that may apply and are subject to the jurisdiction of Courts and Tribunals of Barcelona. NOTE
IMPORTANTEEl original deadline for receipt of the fourth edition of the award, which was suspended following the earthquake, was reopened until December 31, 2010.
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BASES IN PDF
http://www.planetadelibros.com/usuaris/premios/arxius/1/10_1_PremioIberoamericano-2010.pdf
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