Contest Rules and Conditions
1. The Call Center Connect (CCC) Storywriting Competition is open to all Filipinos.
2. Entries must not have been previously published or submitted in any other competition, and all entrants must warrant the originality of their submitted entries.
3. Writers may submit only one entry, which may be in English or Filipino. The entry must not exceed 1,500 words.
4. There is no particular theme, other than the use of call center life and culture, as the inspiration or basis for the entry.
5. Judging Process. A CCC review panel shall read and award points for all stories received based on the following criteria:
* Originality and Storyline (35%)
* Imagery (35%)
* Quality of Writing (20%)
* X-Factor/Judges' discretion (10%)
Based on the points received, CCC shall forward a shortlist of at least five stories with the highest scores to the Artist. The Artist shall then provide comments on any or all the stories, for consideration by the panel of judges.
The panel of judges - taking the contest criteria and Artist comments into non-binding consideration - shall collectively choose the winner from the shortlist of stories.
If the judges cannot come to a consensus on the winner, they shall take a vote and the entry that gains the most number of votes shall be declared the winner.
None of CCC's review panel, the judges or the Artist shall see the entrant's name until the winner is chosen.
6. Entries must be submitted by email, as a Microsoft Word attachment, to info@agentconnect.ph with the subject heading 2011 Call Center Connect STORYWRITING COMPETITION. In the body of the email, entrants must provide their name, the title of their entry, mailing and email address, and telephone/cellphone number. Only the story title should appear on all pages of the attached entry.
7. The deadline for submission of entries is 5:00 p.m. (Manila time), Thursday, 30 October 2011. Entries received after the deadline, even if sent earlier, will no longer be considered for the competition.
Kindly note that CCC acknowledges each and every entry that we receive. If you submitted a story, and do not receive an acknowledgment from us within 24 hours, please assume that your story was not received and kindly resend it to us.
Entries received after the deadline, even if sent earlier, will no longer be considered for the competition. CCC shall not be responsible for entries which are not received, or which are received after the deadline, due to technical failure or for any other reason whatsoever.
8. All entrants hereby agree to authorize CCC to post their entries on its website, as CCC deems fit, and free from any payments, royalties or fees whatsoever.
9. There shall be only one winner, who shall receive a cash prize of PhP 35,000.00 (less applicable withholding tax) for his/her entry.
The winning writer shall also be entitled to five (5) free copies upon publication of the book.
The winner shall grant and transfer to CCC all intellectual property and publication rights to the story, including any translations, adaptations or modifications thereto.
It is hereby understood that the cash prize to be awarded to the winner shall include consideration of such intellectual property and publication rights to the story, and the writer shall not be entitled to any other royalties or fees from earnings, if any, that may result from future publication of, licensing of, or other transactions on the same.
10. Except for the right to publish any received entry on its website, CCC shall not retain any other rights to entries that are not selected as the winner, except where separate agreements are reached with the writers.
11. CCC shall exercise full and exclusive editorial and artistic control over the publication of the winning entry and resulting book.
While, it is the full intention of CANVAS to publish the winning entry as a full-color children's book, CCC reserves the right not to publish the same for any reason whatsoever.
12. The winner of the CCC storywriting competition will be announced on or around the first half of December 2011. The winner will also be notified via email and by text message on the same announcement date.
13. CCC reserves the right not to award the top competition prize in the unlikely event that the judges decide that no entry was received that is deserving of the top prize. In such event, however, CCC shall have no right whatsoever over all entries that were received; and shall not publish any entry, in its website or in any other venue, without the prior written consent or agreement of the author.
14. The decision of the competition judges shall be final, and no correspondence or inquiries into the same - including requests for comments/feedback on received entries - shall be entertained.
15. Employees of CCC, and members of their immediate family, as well as the Artist's immediate family, are disqualified from participating in the competition.
