Track 1: CREATIVITY HANDLED Literary Contest and selecting stories http://scrittoricreativi.forumcommunity.net/?f=6513155 INTRODUCTION
Creativity Station is convinced that:
- there is a literary underground in obvious turmoil, composed of many entities, aspiring authors and emerging writers, blogs, forums, specialized websites, which often offer lower quality works do not (indeed, sometimes much higher) than those published by official
- that most of these authors for various reasons but not closely related to the level of their work, the way of publication of the results difficult, if not excluded, by market rules, which tend to focus on one part names are already established, the other to restrict the distribution of works, in the case of small publishers willing to risk the new, but not in possession of financial means sufficient to disclose in a capillary.
Does it feel right, consistent with the spirit and the purpose for which our forum is born, do something - or at least groped - consistent with our small but aggressive forces, rocking the boat, or at least bring attention to the most these beliefs can be large, and this reality in turmoil, for now confined in the underground, but well worth getting to the surface.
This is not to say there is no cross-head of artistic, cultural, literary, or want to boast of titles and merits that we compete, but to put our passion, willingness, commitment and time available with the same conviction of those who try to leave a little sign of his passage into the world through the written word.
We decided to hold a competition / selection for unpublished short stories, whose ultimate goal is the preparation of an anthology that will try to bring as many publishers as possible, attempting publication.
Our theory is that an anthology of short stories by the same author, for more rookie, is in most cases trashed a priori publishing houses (do not read novels, let alone the stories!). But if an anthology offers stories written by different authors, coming from a forum such as ours, showing the effervescence of the ferment and literary quell'underground, of which the same publishers can not - not much longer, at least - do not take into account, maybe things will be different ... because this would guarantee them a fair number of copies sold!
Obviously we can not promise anything, ours is only an attempt, we will not create false expectations: those who would enter the competition, do not you think you have already published in your pocket in case it is included in the anthology.
REGULATION
Article 1 PROMOTERS
The competition / selection is organized by the literary forum Creativity Station. The selection of stories is made by staff members, the assessment is made on the texts in their absolute discretion and final.
Article 2 PURPOSE AND REQUIREMENTS OF THE COMPETITION The competition
as an object to send maximum of two stories for each participant. Stories should be EXCLUSIVE UNPUBLISHED (not published in any form, either paper or digital, including therefore the previous entry in forums / blogs, websites, etc..), And the brainchild of the author who proposes, who assumes any liability, including legal action in case of embezzlement the texts of others and violation of copyright.
Stories can be on any subject, but other than strictly gender (fantasy, horror, science fiction, historical). The length of the text should be between 8,000 and 40,000 characters (or characters), including spaces.
The stories should be written in Italian. Where they contained songs in another language or dialect, not comparable to commonly used terms or references, and commonly known, shall be provided a translation.
Article 3 PARTICIPANTS
The competition / selection is open to anyone, without restrictions of any kind.
Article 4 MODE
1) The competition / selection is absolutely free, is not provided free of cost to participants.
The inclusion of the texts and the selection will ONLY FORUM ON CREATIVITY STATION, as follows:
2) Anyone wishing to participate must be enrolled in or join CREATIVITY STATION (Registration is absolutely free, just choose a username and password and provide an e-mail).
3) Users can use their own name or a pseudonym. The texts should be included in the section of the forum dedicated to the competition. To access this section, the authors shall require the approval of the Directors Forum, via private message, which must state the particulars: nome, cognome,indirizzo e-mail valido.
Al momento della richiesta d’abilitazione, provvederemo a creare all’interno una sottosezione dedicata a quell’autore, indicandogli le istruzioni per inserire i propri testi. Ogni sottosezione è ACCESSIBILE SOLO ALL’AUTORE E AI MEMBRI DELLO STAFF. Questo per garantire ad ogni autore, durante la fase di selezione, che i suoi testi non vengano letti né dagli autori partecipanti al concorso, né dagli altri utenti del forum.
Tenuto conto dello scopo del concorso, finalizzato a proporre i testi agli editori, i membri dello Staff del forum operano anche in qualità di editor e supervisori dei racconti proposti. Si chiede quindi agli autori la massima collaborazione nell’accettare tips, suggestions or anything else, any changes on the texts will still be discussed and taken by absolute consensus, and by the author himself. NO MEMBER OF STAFF IN ANY WAY I attempt to repair the proposed text. A
term competition, the authors of the texts selected, must provide their full details, and consent to the processing of their data according to the law. Should be selected texts by minors, the consent must be given by a parent or legal guardian of the same.
texts remain the exclusive property of the author, all rights of exploitation and dissemination, until eventual publication. Then any proposals for publication, with editorial clauses attached, will be evaluated by staff and authors.
4) The competition / selection remains open until midnight on 10/01/2011. We reserve the right to extend this date in the case of events or situations.
after the close of the competition, will begin the final selection of texts, to be concluded by the end of January 2011.
Article 5 AWARDS
Besides inclusion in the anthology to be proposed to the publishers, the staff will select the three best stories will consider assigning a symbolic recognition to the authors:
First place - A plaque bearing the name of the author, stating the victory in the contest, plus a scroll.
SECONDO E TERZO CLASSIFICATO - una pergamena attestante la posizione ottenuta nel concorso.
I primi tre racconti classificati, verranno PROPOSTI IN APERTURA DI ANTOLOGIA, secondo classifica.
Art. 6 GIURIA
La giuria opera in maniera insindacabile. È composta dai membri dello Staff di CREATIVITY STATION, e nella fase finale di selezione dei testi per l’antologia, da Marco Toccacieli, della redazione di “LETTERE MATTE”.
