Friday, July 30, 2010
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VIII MINOTAUR INTERNATIONAL AWARD OF GREAT SCIENCE FICTION AND LITERATURE
Type: Fantasy fiction
Endowment: 10,000 €
Deadline: 05/11/2010
1. This award is open to all writers, whatever their nationality, to submit original and unpublished novels, whose argument can be included in science fiction, fantasy and terror literature, except those whose authors had died before the announcement of this call . Each entry must be signed with the name and surname, or pseudonym (clearly indicated). In the latter case it is imperative that, in a separate envelope and sealed, bearing the pseudonym of the author, stating your full name. The envelope will be closed, except for the novel to get the prize.
2. Manuscripts should be written in English, in DIN-A4 size pages (210 x 297 mm), clearly typed and double spaced on one side. The minimum size of the originals will be 150 pages or 310,000 spaces, and recommends a maximum of 450 pages or a million places. 3. Writers wishing to apply for the award will get a paper original, duly bound, and a copy on diskette or CD in Word for Windows or equivalent Ediciones Minotauro, Avda Diagonal, 662-664, 7. ª planta, 08034 Barcelona or any of the national delegations of Metro Group in America, stating in the cover by the jury subject to these rules. On the cover of the game on paper and label the diskette or CD should clearly state the title of the work and the name or pseudonym of the author. No originals will be accepted via email.
4. Be awarded a first prize of 10,000 euros to the novel, unanimously or, failing that, by majority vote jury considers himself more deserving. Specialized personnel chosen by the editorial make a preliminary selection of novels whose relationship finalists will be announced prior to the decision and on which issue the jury decision.
5. The competition may not be declared void and the prize be split between two or more contestants. 
6. The original intake will close on 5 November 2010. During the 14 days calendar after this date will be accepted those originals that come with postmarked by the deadline. The jury's decision, appeal, will be announced during the first quarter of 2011. 
7. Every novel brought to this award within that time period should be to imply the author's commitment not to withdraw it before it was published the jury's verdict. Also, submitting a work implies the acceptance by the author of all the conditions of the award. 8. Manuscripts must be accompanied by a certificate signed by the author in the effect that expressly accept the bases and conditions for this competition and ensures that no rights to publish the submitted work committed to another publisher, or subject it to any another contest pending. Submitted under a pseudonym, you can subscribe to it certification under the escrow for signing the author with his name and making explicit responsibility for the accuracy of the statements contained in the certification referred. In case of missing this requirement, even after opening the escrow, the novel can not be rewarded.
9. The composition of the jury to award the Prize Minotaur, composed of five persons of great importance in the social and cultural, will be announced over the coming months.
10. Claiming the prize involves the acceptance by the author the exclusive right to make Ediciones Minotauro a first edition of the winning work with a minimum 4,000 and a maximum of 20,000 copies, reprints that within these totals to choose freely the above editorial. In this first edition the author will not earn another amount than that provided by the award. For the copies that the publisher published above those indicated above, the author is recognized ten percent (10%) in type hardcover editions and / or rural, and five percent (5%) in economic or pocket, club, etc.., these percentages are calculated on the retail price without VAT of the copies sold of the various editions.
editions that follow the first, which shall include minimum and maximum the same as those reported be freely determined by the publisher can reach up to forty (40). The rights under these terms or conditions Ediciones Minotauro include all forms of publication of the work referred to, including, by way of example, hardcover, paperback, economic issues or pocket, club, etc.. As well as the different types audiovisual and computer in existence today, without prejudice to apply in each case, and where appropriate, as indicated above, compensation percentages differ depending on the mode in question, according to industry practice, applying the effect to the provisions of the contract concerned referred to in paragraph thereafter. Furthermore, the publisher reserves the right to publish in other languages, ranging from their each and every one of the official languages \u200b\u200bof Spain, as well as each and every one of the languages \u200b\u200bspoken in European Union countries, and its dissemination any other means, to apply the effect as stated in the paragraph above. All items not specified in these rules, the author is obliged to sign contracts to adapt to the rules of writing publishing contracts at that time the publisher is in force and which recognize the assignment of rights issue publication and distribution for Ediciones Minotauro.
11. Ediciones Minotauro also reserves the right of first refusal to publish those works, submitted to the contest and not having been awarded, may be of interest, proceeding to issue, or issues, in agreement with the respective authors.
12. Each author is obliged to sign the documents required for the release of his work is registered with the Intellectual Property Registry and, if necessary, in the Industrial Property in Spain, as well as the corresponding foreign registrations. 11. Ediciones Minotauro also reserves the right of first refusal to publish those works, submitted to the contest and not having been awarded, may be of interest, proceeding to issue, or issues, in agreement with the respective authors.
13. Ediciones Minotauro will be limited to issuing receipts of the copyrighted work submitted for the award within the prescribed period, without a commitment to maintain any correspondence with individuals opting for the prize, or providing information on the classification of the works.
14. The originals have not been published will be destroyed, no resolution on this appeal is admissible.
15. Participation in this award, organized by Ediciones Minotauro, automatically implies full and unreserved acceptance of these rules. For any differences that had to be settled through the courts, the parties waive their own jurisdiction and submit themselves to the courts of Barcelona.
16. All inquiries on these bases should write to the publisher's address or email:
premiominotauro@planeta.es.
Minotauro Ediciones, SA
Avda Diagonal, 662-664, 7.ª planta 08034 Barcelona Tel 93 492
80 28www.edicionesminotauro.com
premiominotauro@planeta.es
Grupo Planeta
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