TERMS & CONDITIONS
DEADLINE Approaching — Submit Your Book by September 30, 2024!
Please make sure you have read all these Terms & Considerations for the FIRE & Embers Book Awards Competition and have gone through the Frequently Asked Questions at the corresponding link before signing the Entry Form. If you have any further questions, please don't hesitate to get in touch by email.
1. The author, or person entering the book in the FIRE & Embers Book Award competition, must have the right to do so. If need be agents and/or publishers should be aware of the entry in the competition and it is the responsibility of the entrant to inform them.
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2. By submitting an entry and payment for said entry you agree to the terms of use of the FIRE & Embers Book Awards competition.
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3. All entrants will be notified via email when their submission has been received.
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4. Books that promote hate or inflammatory speech need not apply. If they are entered, their fee will be forfeited.
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5. Entrants must agree to participate in the Online Internet Vote in December 2024 to pick the Grand Prize Winner.
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6. By entering the competition, you give the FIRE & Embers Book Awards the right to use your likeness and information about your book in its marketing efforts for the competition. This includes the Online Internet Vote and the subsequent Showcase Catalog which will be posted during internet vote.
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7. Entrants retain all rights to their book.
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8. The FIRE & Embers Book Awards reserve the right to change a book category upon approval by the entrant.
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9. The FIRE & Embers Book Awards reserve the right to retain entry fees if directions are not followed.
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10. Awards are not guaranteed if nothing viable has been entered in a specific category.
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11. Awards are based only on the competition’s standards and criteria.
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12. The decisions of the judges and the FIRE & Embers Book Awards are final.
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13. We will only make three attempts to contact a winner. If there is no response by the entrant in a reasonable amount of time that book will be disqualified, and the next runner up will receive the award.
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14. Award notification is only sent to the author or person entering the book in the competition. All others involved in the project such as the designer or editor must be notified by the person entering the competition.
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15. We reserve the right to change these terms at any time without prior notice.
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16. If you have any questions about eligibility, please email us.
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17. By entering, you, the entrant, agree to all these terms, and you agree that every term is binding. You understand that this is a competition, and no refunds are given for any reason.
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