CARIBOO FESTIVAL PARTICIPANT REQUIREMENTS

Rules specific to Creative Writing

  1. The competition is open to any amateurs.
  2. For the 2015 Festival, all entries must be done by paper registration and mail or drop off, as per previous years. We will work towards an on-line registration for Creative Writing entries for the 2016 Festival.
  3. Each entry must be the original work of the individual whose name appears on the entry form attached to the manuscript. The work must not have been entered in previous festivals.
  4. Each entry must be listed on a separate entry form, along with the appropriate entry fee.
  5. Neither name nor age of the competitor may appear on the manuscript. The entry form must be securely attached to the manuscript.
  6. The manuscript must be double-spaced. It may be handwritten by the competitor or it may be typed. Computer print is acceptable but please refrain from using fancy script. Use page numbers for prose and indicate word count. Poetry entries must have separate pages for each poem.
  7. By entering any class in the Creative Writing section, the entrant grants the Cariboo Festival the right to publish his/her entry in the press, the radio, or on our website www.cariboofestival.ca.
  8. Should an entrant wish to enter for written adjudication only, he/she must indicate this on the entry form.
  9. A writer may enter each class only once.