ASIAN CHIC COMPETITION

 

If you are intested in Asian Chic Competition, please read through the Terms and conditions below and submit your Registration Form!

 

 

 

ASIAN CHIC WRITING COMPETITION TERMS AND CONDITIONS

 

1. These terms and conditions, together with any specific rules set out on www.asianchiclit.com website are the Competition Rules (‘Rules’) and by entering the competition, all entrants agree to be bound by the Rules.

 

2. This competition is jointly organised by Marshall Cavendish International (Asia) Pte Ltd (MCIA) and National Arts Council (NAC)  (“Organisers”).  The organisers retain the right to alter the Competition and the Competition Rules or make exceptions for individual cases at any time without prior notice.

 

3. Entries must be accompanied by a completed Entry Form, download the form HERE.

4. The Organisers reserve the right to withdraw the prizes offered if all entries fall below the MCIA standard.

 

5. The Competition is open to any Singapore citizen or Permanent Resident aged 18 or over.

 

6. Entries must be original, in English, not previously published and not accepted by any other publisher or producer at the time of submission.

7. Each Entry must be the undisputed work of the Entrant and the Entrant must ensure that if any text or intellectual property belonging to any other person or organisation is used in the Entry, then the Entrant has the approval of such individual or organisation to use that text or property.

 

8. Multiple Entries may be accepted, but each Entry must be submitted as if it were a separate Entry. 

 

9. Entries must be submitted by the dates published and in the format required unless specific exemption is given in writing by the competition Organisers.

 

10. The Organisers reserve the right to disqualify any Entry for any reason but in particular if any of the Rules have been broken or if the material supplied is offensive or illegal.

 

11. The Organisers will not be responsible for any error, omission, interruption, deletion, loss, defect, delay, theft, alteration or any other problem arising in the submission of entries caused by force majeur.

 

12. The Organisers retain the rights to any publicity or marketing activity, which they deem necessary to promote either the Competition or its Entrants, their Entries, the Competition sponsors and the Organisers themselves. Entrants agree to participate in any reasonable request by the Organisers to fulfil marketing obligations relating to the Competition and their own Entry.

 

13. Entrants retain all rights to their typescripts, except in the case of prize-winners to whom publishing contracts have been offered and accepted. If a contract is offered and   signed, the entrant will retain the intellectual rights to the work whilst MCIA would take the publishing rights.

 

14. The Organisers will not distribute any material relating to the Entries or the Entrants themselves other than to the Organisers’ judging panels and readers, their own staff and to the Media for the purposes as set out in clause 13 above.

15. Closing date for receipt of all entries is 12 midnight Singapore time on January 31, 2009.

16. The judges’ decision is binding. No correspondence will be entered into.

17. The Short List of 3 entries will be published on the Marshall Cavendish and National Arts Council website on February 14, 2009.

18. The winner will be announced on February 28, 2009.

 

 

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES

 • We are only considering contemporary fiction, written with a predominantly female audience in mind from Asian perspective.

 

• All submitted work must be the author’s own original material. Please do not send work that is currently being considered by another publisher.

 

• Please send us 1chapters of your manuscript, along with 1000 words synopsis of the story. Please also include a cover letter about yourself, including any other publishing or writing experience.

 

• Your manuscript should be double spaced, in font size 12. Please number the pages and do keep a copy for yourself.

 

Please email us your manuscript, synopsis, cover letter and details in Word or in PDF format at: competition@mc-asianchic.com

 

Alternatively, send your manuscript* to:

Asian Chic Competition
Marshall Cavendish International (Asia)
1 New Industrial Road
Singapore 536196

* Please note that hardcopy manuscripts will not be returned. If you would like your material returned,

 

 

Prizes for the competition are as follows: