1. The competition is free to enter. It opens on 31st March 2002 and closes 31st March 2003. The winner will be informed by e-mail announced on the Fast-Print web site. It is open to anyone from the age of 18 and over, whether or not they are a Fast-Print client. If the winner submits their forms for publication and consequently wins the award they shall be refunded the full cost of the published book.
There is a prize of 300 books of the winning manuscript.

2. The submitted manuscript must be the writer ’s own original work to which they hold the copyright. The work can be submitted in a number of ways: online using the form on the competition page of our web site, or the manuscript may be submitted on disk or CD-ROM (MS Word format).

Entries should be sent to:
The Fast-Print Network International Book Award,
Mailhaus Digital
9 Sketty Close
Brackmill
Northampton
NN7 4PL
UK

Remember the work must not have been previously published, be entered into any other competition, nor should it be in consideration for any commercial contract by any publishing house. Sadly in the event of any plagiarised work winning, the writer will be required to pay for their published books.

3. The submitted manuscript must be in English and should be no less than 30,000 words in length and no more than 95,000 words. Collections of short stories and poems are eligible for entry, however technical manuals are disallowed.

4. All work that is considered racist, pornographic or has any content the judges feel is inappropriate, will be excluded entry to the competition.

5. Employees or agents of The Fast-Print Network or Mailhaus Ltd are excluded from entry to the competition.

6. All entries must be submitted in a readable format, be double spaced and in chapters. The first page of the manuscript should contain the author ’s name, age, address, a contactable telephone number, e-mail address if appropriate and a short synopsis of the submitted work.

7. The judges decisions are final and no correspondance will be entered into.

8. The organisers will not be held responsible for the loss, damage or non-arrival of any entry.

9. The Fast-Print Network is able to publish the winning titles up to 12 months after the competition has ended and is able to use the books or any of their parts in any promotional or sales material.

10. Entrants shall be expected to have read and accepted all the above conditions of entry for the Fast-Print Network Book Award. Entrants who wish to be notified of the Award ’s outcome can enclose a SAE marked Prize Winners with their entry. The results will also posted via the Fast-Print Network web site.